Chapter 127

That person dropped an address, a stone’s throw from the Starlight Group.

When Brandon got there, the ambulance hadn’t arrived yet, but he spotted Sophia, the center of the crowd’s attention.

She was propped up in a chair by the storefront, clutching her left arm with her right, blood oozing through her fingers and dripping down, her face as pale as a ghost, with a furrowed brow and a pained expression.

At her feet lay a wooden sign, split in two, along with a clothing bag.

The clerk was beside himself, glancing out the door in a panic, muttering on repeat, “Where the heck is that ambulance?” Despite her pain, Sophia was still somewhat lucid.

“Get me a strip of cloth,” she managed to say, her voice weak.

“Huh? Oh, sure,” the clerk replied, still in a tizzy, looking around aimlessly for some ratty piece of cloth.

Brandon elbowed his way through the crowd and squatted down in front of Sophia.

“Hanging in there?” he asked in a low voice, taking over the pressure on her wound with one hand, while reaching for the clothing bag with the other, swiftly pulling out a garment to wrap around her arm, not even checking what it was. As he wrapped her up, he looked at her, “Anything else hurting besides your arm?”

shook her head instinctively, still feeling woozy.

metal edge that came with the sign still managed to slice a big gash in her arm, and the blood

and gently stroked

to the

her armpits and the other

of being lifted made Sophia instinctively

soothed as he held her close and turned

someone called out, and the clothing bag was stuffed between Brandon and Sophia.

on getting to the car outside, holding her steadily as he strode through the alley. His steps were firm, his breathing even, and

solid chest, the sound of his steady heartbeat and his familiar scent enveloping her, giving her a sense of

discomfort in her body and the

of the alley,

Sophia into the ambulance

concerned about a possible concussion, the hospital arranged for her to stay overnight.

into the hospital room. After a series of blood

concussion, fell into a fitful sleep as soon as she returned to her room, only to be vaguely aware of someone tucking her

her eyes to meet a pair of deep, eyes.

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