Chapter 17

Liz POV

I stand rigidly until I am sure Deimos has left the dining room and is not going to return. The Omega he assaulted is moaning loudly on the ground. She is holding onto her neck, trying to stem the bleeding, but she is failing miserably.

“Shh,” I whisper to her as I kneel beside her.

With a cloth napkin in my hands, I press it to her neck. Bile rises in my throat as my hands become soaked in her blood.

“Don’t let me die, Luna,” the Omega whispers.

Her breathing is ragged, and I am not sure she is going to make it. With each breath, she takes more blood pours from the wound.

“It will be okay,” I whisper. “Just hold this right here while I go get some help.”

I move to stand up, but the Omega grabs my hand and forces me to stay with her. “Don’t leave me,” she whimpers.

“I have to go for help,” I plead with the woman. “I will be right back. I promise.”

“He will kill you if you help me,” the Omega cries.

“Then so be it,” I say as I get to my feet.

I run th