PROFESSOR'S PET (M×M)
I hooked my arm through the loop, wrapped it twice around my wrist, and they hauled us both into the air while the door gunner laid down a storm of lead that turned the courtyard into a slaughterhouse.
We collapsed inside in a heap of blood and limbs. Ghost’s head lolled against my shoulder, breath wet and ragged. I pressed my hand to the hole in his chest, felt the warm flood soaking through my fingers.
“Stay with me,” I rasped, voice breaking. “You hear me? Stay with me.”
He tried to laugh, coughed blood instead. “Trying, boss… trying.”
Medics swarmed, needles flashing, pressure bandages slapping on, voices shouting numbers I didn’t understand. My own side was a furnace, every breath slici