Chapter 123

Avery reentered the bedroom with a first aid kit in her hand.

She knelt down by Elliot’s legs and began to undress his wounds.

His injuries were more severe than she had imagined.

A large piece of skin was missing from his leg, revealing the bloody red flesh underneath…

He must have been in agony!

Elliot barely twitched while Avery treated and dressed his wounds.

He noticed that her breathing had turned heavy.

“It looks worse than it is. It doesn’t hurt,” he said, his voice piercing through the silence.

He wanted to make her feel better, but she did not want his false consolation.

Avery poked his wound with her finger, causing Elliot to inhale sharply.

“Tell me again how much it doesn’t hurt,” she said as she glared at him with reddened eyes.

Elliot placed his arms behind him, then narrowed his eyes and said, “It doesn’t hurt.”

her not poking

heart would ache at his

rest for at least another week. Don’t go running around!” Avery snapped, then turned

the bed’s headboard and picked up

made a call, then asked, “What did you

had found its mark, but it had not punctured

interrogated

We’re going to have to use some more drastic measures to get him to talk. We’ll get what we’re looking for before dawn,” reported the man on

him die before

the one who went through such lowly means to

ago had

let the same thing

grabbed his

had to take a handful of pills every

then placed the glass of water back on the

the bathroom door opened and

idea for us to sleep on the same bed with the state of

worried about hurting me?” Elliot asked as he stared at her with

Avery climbed into bed and

as she glanced at him with a well-behaved expression on her face. “The way you are now,

appearance aroused a desire in Elliot to

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