Ella's POV
"Alex! Alex!" I called as I rushed to her side. Dropping to my knees, I immediately pressed both hands against the gunshot wound on her abdomen.
"Alex, please keep your eyes open. Don't close them," I pleaded breathlessly as my heart pounded violently inside my chest.
"Ella... I'm fine. Let's keep going," Alex whispered as she struggled to get back on her feet.
"Alex, no! You've just been shot!" I cried, panic creeping into my voice.
"Fuck... Ella, I can see that," she replied through gritted teeth. "But the people chasing us are a bigger problem than this gunshot."
"They're getting closer, and I'm not going to let them catch me."
Without another word, I wrapped her arm around my shoulders and supported most of her weight as we stumbled deeper into the woods.
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