Chapter 204: I don’t want to do this again
Kellen had a hard time remembering what happened after that. As soon as his Mother arrived, Kellen was shifted over so that he was out of the way. Kellen would never deny his Mother the right to be beside her imprint, but Kellen needed to be close enough to continue to give him blood.
Kellen barely remembered them hoisting his Father up, or following them in the same car, his arm still hooked up to his Father.
What he did remember was that Rhys was with him the whole time. Holding him, keeping him upright and moving. He knew at one point Rhys was carrying him, but he didn’t care. He could not have his Father out of his line of sight.
It wasn’t until Kellen woke up in a hospital bed, the soft sound of beeping filling his ears, that he really took in what had happened.
Kellen felt his face crumple as he began to sob. Tears ran down his face as his emotions ate him alive.
His Dad had almost died. Someone had tried to kill him. What kind of monster could do that? His Dad was such a good man, and he only hurt people who attacked him first.
Who could do something like this?
Sobbing, Kellen raised his hands and covered his face. His whole body shook. Why was he the one in a hospital bed? Where was his Dad? Had he managed to save him? It was such a deep wound.
And there had been so much blood. So fucking much blood.
Kellen had never been so scared in his whole fucking life. Not even for himself. It had felt like his heart had stopped. As soon as the bullet had grazed his Father, he knew he couldn’t let go of the wound. His Dad would have bled out almost immediately. It was only because of Kellen’s training as a Field Guide that he knew how to hold the wound properly.
Kellen shook with his sobs, anxiety, anger, concern fueling each sound.