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lie with me

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Chapter 1 - chapter 1

The pain was unbearable, but I had to keep moving. I had to keep running because, if I didn't, he'd find me. I looked behind me as I ran through the streets; scared, alone, and in the dark as the mist of rain hit my face. There was no time to think and there was no time to stop. My shoes were soaked as they sloshed through the puddles of the dimly lit streets.

As people passed by, they looked at me strangely. I kept my hand on my side as the throbbing pain continued deep inside me. I started to get dizzy, so I stopped in the alley and sat up against the brick wall. My breathing was shallow. I removed my hand from my side and held it up so the dim light could reflect on it. I gasped as the blood soaked my hand and dripped onto the cement. I started to shake, and I felt like I was going to lose consciousness, but I had to keep moving. As I stood up and leaned against the wall, I pressed my palm against my side and started moving out of the alley.

My mind kept flashing back to what had led me here in the first place. The fight, the rage, the look on his face that I'd never forget, and the knife plunging into my side. The sidewalk started to spin and the pain was getting worse. I didn't know where I was, and I didn't know where I was going until I bumped into a man, and he held onto me as I collapsed in his arms.

"Whoa, miss. Are you all right?"

I couldn't speak, and I started to fall to the ground. I felt him take my hand from my side as he picked me up,carried me a few feet, and slid me into the back seat of a vehicle.

"What the hell, Joshua?" I heard a low voice say.

"She's hurt and she needs medical attention. It looks like she's been stabbed."

"Call Dr. Graham, tell him what happened, and have him meet us at the house."

"Don't you think we should get her to the emergency room?"

"We can get back to the house quicker. Now let's go."

He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me down onto his lap. I felt the palm of his hand press against my wound as I flinched at the pain that shot through my body.

"Relax. We'll get you all fixed up,"his low voice said. "Who did this to you?"

I tried to look up at him, but all I could see was darkness and shadows. My eyes slowly closed until I felt his strong hand grip my chin.

"Stay with me. Don't close your eyes. You need to stay alert."

"I−I can't," I whispered.

His grip on my chin tightened as he moved my head from side to side.

"You can and you will. It's not a request; it's a command. Do you understand me?"

Before I knew it, the vehicle had stopped and the door opened. After I was taken from the car, the man carried me inside and up the stairs.

"Lay her here, Ian, and let me do what I have to do," I heard anothermale voice say.

"Is she going to be all right?" the low voice asked.

"I'll do the best I can, but it looks like she's lost quite a bit of blood," he said as he cut my shirt up the side.

I tried to focus on what was happening, but I couldn't. Between the room spinning and the blurry faces, I just needed to close my eyes. I felt a prick on my skin and that was the last thing I remembered.

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