Nevertheless it solely lasted for a cut up second.

A hand clasped round my wrist, and my eyes shot open.

I couldn’t even make a sound as the whole lot received choked up in my throat.

“I received you!” Damiano grunted, virtually out of breath.

He was drenched in sweat, his face contorted in a frown, and he groaned as half of his physique hung over the sting whereas gripping my arm tightly. Damiano gritted his enamel, struggling to tug me up as my physique swayed within the air.

“I’m slipping!” I choked out, my coronary heart practically stopping as I fell an inch.

“You’re not leaving me!” He growled.

He used the security railing together with his legs for help and reached for me together with his different arm. Panting closely, sweat dripped from his face as he exerted each ounce of power to haul me again as much as security.

When half of my physique was on the platform, he wrapped his arms tightly round me and pulled me in. Damiano was on his again with me on high of him, each of us in an iron grip.

We had been each panting, and my complete physique was shaking – not from the trouble, however from the belief that I had narrowly escaped the identical brutal destiny as Carlos.

“Are you okay?” Damiano’s voice was strained as he spoke however nonetheless held me to him, afraid to let me go.

“J-just maintain me, please.” I cried, burying my face in his neck.

Tears streamed down my face, and I couldn’t discern whether or not it was from worry of virtually assembly my finish, or from reduction that he saved me.

Damiano’s arms slowly loosened their maintain on me and slid down. I raised my head to take a look at him. His eyes had been closed, and he was trying unusually pale.

“Damiano?” I known as after him, panicking when he didn’t reply. “Damiano?” I tapped his cheek a number of instances as I stored calling his title.

However he didn’t reply.

He didn’t get up.

“Damiano!” I shouted. “No, no, no, please get up!” My tears fell down his face.

“Y-you can’t depart me… we-we haven’t had sufficient time… please, come again to me.” However there was nonetheless no response, and his eyes remained shut.

I sobbed as I cradled his head into my arms.

“Come again to me, my love…” I whispered, refusing to just accept I used to be holding my useless husband.

I frantically appeared round his physique to determine what was taking place to him.

His gunshot wound!

I rapidly ripped his shirt up and unstrapped his vest, however nothing ready me for the sight.

His wound was open, and blood flowed out too quick. I instantly tried to cease the bleeding with my fingers, watching the blood seep out between my fingers and canopy my fingers.

I quickly blinked away my tears to clear my sight, however they continued to stream down my face as I attempted to suppose easy methods to assist him.

Shakily, I grabbed his shirt once more, tearing a big sufficient piece of fabric to wrap round him. I tied it as tightly as I may whereas nonetheless including strain. Damiano was nonetheless unmoving. He wasn’t even making a sound.

I moved as much as him once more, checking his pulse on the facet of his neck, holding my breath as I did. I set free the largest breath of reduction once I felt his heartbeat. It was faint and sluggish, nevertheless it was nonetheless there.

“Althaia!”

I appeared over my shoulder, seeing Lorenzo with Cara unconscious in his arms.

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