Carter's POV-
"Hold on my love. Please hold on."
I was too weak to respond to Lilliana's mind-link but I could hear her holding back tears. I wanted to hold her close and whisper reassurances to her, while stroking her auburn curls. Instead I laid on the ground, clutching my side. That dirty bastard cut me with a silver knife laced with wolfsbane. No matter how hard Equinox tried, and believe me he was trying, we would never be able to heal that wound. It would heal as slowly as a human's heal time, but we would never live long enough for that to happen. Blood ran over my fingers, pooling beneath me. There was so much even the ground underneath me couldn't soak it all in.
I forced my eyes to stay open, tracking her movements towards us. Marcus was back in his human form gloating abou
