When you have to do the right thing…
AXEL
Lemon’s weight sagged into me as I carried her off the boat. The staff and other guests let us off first, and I was annoyed to note Bentley and Peach following us.
There was so much blood, and because Lemon’s human, her wound wasn’t closing like it would for me. Her head lulled against my shoulder despite her reassuring me that she was awake.
“You just can’t help but f**k everything up, can you?” Gear growled at me. He was not particularly happy that Lemon got hurt.
“Dealing with a lot right now,” I shot back at him. I already felt awful for letting my wife get hurt; I didn’t need him to compound on it.
“It’s not difficult to keep your eyes on someone in the open water!”
“And I wasn’t expecting Peach to come floating toward us. They wer
