She scowled at me. “That asshole got you with a knife.”
“It’s a shallow cut.”
“I should’ve let you and Kai finish him off.”
Hayes groaned as he walked up. “I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that.”
Shiloh turned her scowl on her brother. “He could always have a little accident on his way to the station…”
Hadley chuckled. “I forget how vicious she can be when she’s riled.”
“Like a rabid dog,” Hayes agreed. “But you’ll have to settle for jail with no hope of release anytime soon.”
It wasn’t enough. Not because of me but because Kenny had almost taken Shiloh from me. Stolen the light I’d found. The one person who could clear away all the shadows.
“Where’s Beckett?” I asked.
“Right here,” he said, rounding the side of the ambulance. His gaze immediately went to his sister, settling on the marks on her neck. “Did you lose consciousness?”
“Not really. Maybe for a second or two.”
He gently probed her neck, and I didn’t miss her wince. He set his medical bag on the gurney next to me. “Does it hurt to swallow?”
“My throat’s a little raw, that’s all.”
“Have you had anything to drink?”
“I gave her some apple juice,” Hadley said as she dried my wound. “Can you help me glue this guy back together?”
“Let him finish with Shiloh first,” I cut in.
Begrudging respect filled Beckett’s gaze as he pulled a penlight from his bag. He flashed it over Shiloh’s eyes. “I don’t think you have a concussion this time.”
“I didn’t hit my head,” Shiloh said. “I told you, I’m fine. Can you help Hadley with the glue?”
Beckett rolled his eyes. “You two are a pair of martyrs.” But he snapped on gloves and got to work helping Hadley.
She hovered her hands over my arm on either side of the wound. “I need to hold things in place. It might hurt a bit.”
“If I take you into the clinic, I can numb you up first,” Beckett offered.
“Just do it.” I didn’t want to leave the ranch, and I wasn’t stepping away from Shiloh for a single second.
Kai pushed in closer to Shiloh and me. Hayes smiled down at him. “You’ve got some damn protective animals around here.” His gaze lifted to Onyx in the round pen. “Feel like I need to give that mare a medal.”
Shiloh stroked Kai’s head as she looked towards her protector. “She’d probably settle for some treats.” She lifted her gaze to mine. “Sure you don’t want the drugs?”
“I’m sure.”
“Here we go,” Beckett said.
Pain, hot and intense, tore through my arm as Hadley held my cut together. It only took a matter of minutes for the glue to dry, but by the time it did, my breathing was ragged.
Shiloh glared at me. “You should’ve taken the dang drugs.”
I leaned forward and kissed her softly. “It’s all done now.” As I straightened, I looked at Hayes. “What happens next?”
“Chambers’ bail has been revoked. He’ll go to trial for child abuse. Then he’ll be tried for what happened here today. I doubt he’ll see the outside of a cell before he leaves this Earth.”