Ali’s POV
“Ralph! Ralph!”
My entire body pulses with a fear like I have never felt before as Ralph’s eyelids slowly flutter shut and his body sags against the base of the tree.
“Help! Please! Ella!”
Tears streaming down my face, I shake Ralph roughly by the shoulders.
“Wake up! Please!”
“Move out of the way!”
Ella shoves me away from Ralph, placing a shirt on his lap as she takes his wrist and studies the bleeding wound on his shoulder, her face pale.
“How long has he been unconscious?”
“Maybe a minute?”
Ella glances behind her at Beta Chris, who holds out an over-sized shirt for me and I clumsily pull it over my head.
“Is...is he okay? Is he going to be okay?”
Ella places her hand on his neck, then over his heart before she covers her eyes with one of her hands, her bottom lip
