Chapter 42
The flashing red and blue lights of the emergency vehicles painted the grit-covered brick in rhythmic, violent pulses. Leo didn't wait for a gurney to come to him; he moved with a singular focus, his arms locked around Serenity as he carried her through the skeletal doorway and into the cool New York morning.
She felt dangerously light in his arms, her head resting against his shoulder, her breathing coming in thin, exhausted hitches. The sharp, metallic scent of the warehouse dissipated the crisp city air as it hit them.
"Serenity, they’re going to take you to the hospital to get checked out, okay?" Leo murmured, his voice low and steady as he reached the back of the waiting ambulance. He laid her onto the padded stretcher with a gentleness that seemed impossible for a man w
