Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

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Chapter 266

Xena's POV

I gathered every ounce of strength I had left and pulled violently on the IV tube

connected to my left hand. Pain shot through my arm as the needle tore free, and the metal stand crashed to the floor with a tremendous clatter. I immediately closed my eyes and let my body go limp, frowning and trembling as if I were having some kind of medical emergency.

The noise immediately caught the doctors' attention. They turned from their computers, speaking in rapid, panicked voices.

"What happened?"

*Her vitals are spiking!"

"The IV came loose she's lost too much blood!"

fallen IV stand. As he bent over me, I let my hand shift partially, extending my

went wide with shock and terror, his hands flying to his neck as he tried to stem the flow of blood. But it

who spun around with

"What the hell-"

"She's awake! She's-"

toward the door, but William was already moving. Despite his injuries, he had crawled behind them while

backs, piercing through their scrubs. Their screams of agony echoed off the walls as they collapsed,

his movements weak but determined. He knelt beside each fallen doctor and drew his claws across their throats, ensuring

managed to say through our mind link, offering him a

returned the smile, his face pale but triumphant. He began crawling toward me, using the last of his

and cut through the leather restraints binding my wrists and kles. The effort seemed to drain the last of

through our mind

spinning violently from the movement. When I looked at William more closely, I was horrified to see

echoed in the hallway outside, growing closer by the second. Alpha Wiley was returning, probably with reinforcements. My heart sank as realized our situation had gone from

for anywhere we could hide. But the space was filled with medical equipment and

the computer desk where the doctors had been working. Various vials and test tubes containing different colored liquids were