Chapter 28
Elle realized what was happening before I did. “No!” we shouted in tandem, tumbling down the path so quickly I barely felt the stones slicing into my left foot’s instep.
At the bottom, I hurled myself atop my sister to protect her while Elle hung upon Gunner’s non-dominant hand as if preventing him from throwing a grenade. Only when I saw the blood welling up between her fingers did I realize what was going on.
Gunner wasn’t trying to harm Kira. He was trying to help her. And his cousin was intent upon preventing the alpha from carrying out his humanitarian task.
“Mai?” Kira’s reedy voice was nearly inaudible. And yet, the evidence that she’d regained consciousness still stopped the scuffle in its tracks.
“How are you feeling?” I demanded, rising so I could press my wrist a
