Chapter 177 Bleed Out

• Ethan staggered forward, his hand pressed against his stomach, trying to stanch the bleeding. Outside, it began to rain.
• His breath came in ragged bursts as he pushed through the sheets of rain that poured down on him. Brandon was just ahead, darkness in the storm, sprinting as though he could outrun everything crushing him from behind.
• "Brandon, wait!" Ethan’s voice was hoarse, almost swallowed by the roaring wind and rolling thunder. Each step sent a fresh jolt of pain through his body, but he kept moving, forcing himself onward. He had to catch him.