Cold dread pooled at the bottom of Maximillian's gut, numbing his limbs as he watched Julian and Mia being moved into an ambulance car.
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Trained police dogs, a whirlwind of brown and black fur, swept across the rough grassland. Their barks and growls echoed through the air as they sniffed out the blood trail, noses twitching with concentration. Shortly afterward, Maximillian arrived at the head of a contingent of agents and uniformed officers.
By that time, another ambulance car had arrived and the two victims were carefully moved onto the stretchers.
Maximillian's heart stopped beating on the spot when he saw who the two victims were.
"Julian...!"
The alpha threw himself to the ground next to Julian's stretcher.
