Don't Poke the Luna (Xena and Ryder)

Chapter 272

Ryder's POV

"What the fuck?" I raised my rifle immediately, my finger on the trigger as I stared at the crumpled forms. Blood was everywhere-too much blood. One figure was clearly dead-blood seeped from his shattered skull and limbs, his body twisted into an unnatural position with visible bone fractures beneath the skin, his clothes torn and stained with dirt and gore. The other...

"Xena!" The name tore from my throat like a battle cry.

She was unconscious, lying on top of the other body. Her left arm was twisted at an impossible angle, clearly broken, and her left hand was completely gone. Blood covered her entire body, each wound making my heart shatter into smaller pieces.

My heart hammered against my ribs as I dropped my rifle and rushed toward her. Alpha, wait!" Novak shouted behind me. 'It could be a trap!"

But I didn't care. Nothing else mattered except getting to her. I skidded to my knees beside her broken body, my hands hovering over her injuries, afraid to touch her and cause more pain.

My voice cracked with desperation. She remained unconscious. My

a medical helicopter on

to check for breathing, then pressed my ear to her chest listening for a heartbeat. Relief flooded through

replied, still holding his

my fist into the ground in rage. I was terrified Xena couldn't survive thirty minutes in her current condition. Panic clawed at my chest as I watched the shallow rise and fall of her blood-soaked chest. The words kept spilling from my lips like a prayer:

louder, mixed with screams of

save Xena. I pulled out my phone from my pocket, only to find the screen completely shattered and

clearly shocked by my frantic emotional state. He asked respectfully,

at him, still gazing heartbroken at Xena. I just showed him my broken phone before angrily hurling it away. "FUCK!" I roared in fury. The next second,

the car at the entrance-I would drive Xena to the hospital myself. I pocketed

person might be Alpha Wiley!" Novak called out in