26. Princeton

"Come back to me baby, please come back to me" I whispered holding onto Jessie's soft yet cold hand as his chest rose and fell with each pump of air the ventilator pumped into his body. He lay motionless in the bed. The second I had crossed the border back to the pack house when Haynes contacted me about being attacked I knew something had gone wrong. Something didn't feel right. I ran into the house, something told me to run downstairs to the safe room, the to had to be there. So I ran. I ran as fast as I could with my chest rising and falling with fear. My head was filled with questions as to why I wasn't helping, why I was running away but ignored them. The pack was strong. We had the Levine pack at our side fighting so it didn't matter if I was there or not.

I shifted my human form and slammed the steel door open making everyone in the room jump, but my sole focus was on the unmoving male across the room. Blood was everywhere. Ellie was sobbing in a corner with Gavin holding her,