Clover was sitting in the driver’s seat of my truck with the engine running.
“Are you okay?” She jumped out of the cab. “There’s a trail of blood behind you.”
“I will be.” I grimaced as I put my arms around her. Fuck, did it feel good to have this woman in my arms, even if one of them was broken. “Need to shift, but I can’t do it here.”
“Get in the back of the truck. I’ll get us to safety.”
Chapter
Twenty-Six
Nurse Clover At Your Service
Clover
My heart pounded as I floored the accelerator to get Bellamy’s truck out of the parking spot. It wasn’t easy to haul ass with a giant grizzly bear in the truck bed. I was absolutely heartbroken to be fleeing clan land—No. Pissed off was more like it. This was our home, our family, and it had felt like we’d just stepped into the Twilight Zone.
But I couldn’t think about any of that until I knew Bellamy was okay.
He insisted he was fine, but it was nothing more than alpha bravado. His fur was stained with blood, and not only was he limping, he was holding his paw at a terrible angle, which could only mean one thing.
And those were just the injuries I could see. I’d kill Edgar myself if Bellamy was hurt worse than we thought.
I had to get him to a healer. Normally, that would be my Nana. Instead, I sped away from her as fast as I could.
Chandra Lowe was my best bet, but there was no way I could risk bringing him all the way to Granger Falls in this condition.
“Fuck!” I yelled to no one, since Bellamy probably couldn’t hear me, and slammed my hand against the steering wheel.
I pulled over to the side of the highway. No one had followed us, apparently the clan had what they wanted. But they still didn’t have the damn locket, and finding it felt further away than ever. Sheer adrenaline powered my climb into the truck bed.
“Bellamy!” I wrapped my arms around him and then jumped away. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
“You’ll always make me feel better by touching me.” He groaned as he repositioned himself. “I’m glad you got out of there. When I didn’t see you… I didn’t know how far they’d go to keep us apart.”
“How badly are you hurt?”
“My arm is fucked. Hopefully nothing a shift can’t fix.” There was no hiding the pain in his eyes.
“Don’t you dare try to act brave right now, Bellamy Laredo. No being a stubborn, proud bear. If you need help, tell me what you need me to do.”
The heat that rolled off his body was enough to liquefy me. I braced myself as he shifted to human.
“Once again, I find myself on the side of the road with a naked bear.” I managed a chuckle, but I was terrified. A shift would probably heal his injuries, but if those bears came after us…
I hated thinking of my clan as the enemy with every fiber of my being.
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” His attention was on his left arm. He gingerly put his other hand on his forearm and grimaced. “I was afraid this might happen. That bastard got me good.”
“Shit.” It didn’t look good. The skin was purple and bruised. “Are you hurt anywhere else? I can call Chandra right now. She can be ready for us when we get there.”
He shook his head and groaned. “Just my arm, I think.”
“Liar,” I said softly, kissing his cheek. “Let me check you. You’re gonna try to be tough and say you’re okay, but we need to know what we’re dealing with.”
With his good hand, he grabbed my chin and kissed me like I was the medicine we needed to heal him.
“You were pretty spectacular back there,” he said.
