Chapter 0728

Nina

"Hold still."

I dabbed at Matt's bloody nose with an antiseptic wipe. He winced, but didn't pull away as I cleaned away the oozing blood to reveal raw, bruised skin.

"It's not broken," I said softly. "Just cut up real good."

"Fuck. I'm so sorry, Matt," Enzo, who was standing beside me with his fingers curled up in his hair, said. "I really didn't mean to 17

y.” Matt shot Enzo an understanding look. "It's alright. Shit happens."

"Hey." M

his breath and turned away. He rubbed his bloody knuckles on his shirt and shook his head, but said nothing

and forth between the two of them. The scene I had walked in on was so shocking and grotesque; Enzo hunched over Matt, his fist raised. Matt's hand wrapped around Enzo's fist, his arm quivering from the strain of trying to hold

wild dog. I don't know where his mind went during those moments, but it certainly wasn't here. He only seemed to come fully back to his senses when I dropped the tray of coffee

as Enzo wandered over to the door and stepped out of

happened?" I whispered now that we were alone.

shook his head. "One second we were having fun sparring, and the next

pacing back and forth down the hallway, still clutching his hair. It

just hoped that he

he just... freaked out?" Jessica

warming over my cup of tea. Lori, Jessica and I were sitting in our

bloodied was still fresh in my mind, like the icing on top of

we came back," I said. "Which

coffee away from herself. "PTSD, you think?" she

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