The Alpha's Warlock
He went on, his words dissolving into sobs, and it nearly killed me to lie there helpless when he needed comforting.
Instead, I watched snowflakes dust his curly hair and waited for the bullets to make their way out.
It felt like it took a lot longer than five minutes, but at last my heart muscles shoved that slug out and my heart lurched and pumped blood, once, twice, a skip, and then a steady rhythm, growing stronger. The bullet in my gut was working its way out, and the pain of that nearly made me black out for a minute. Then, at last, the third in my lung popped free.