Alex’s P.O.V
I don’t know how long I stood there, looking down at my mate’s fallen form, but it wasn’t until Sarah placed a hand on my shoulders that I was finally able to snap out of my trance.
“You should go back up,” I told her quietly, my voice sounding hoarse to my own ears. “I’ll follow soon.”
“I’ll wait, Alex.” Sarah came to stand beside me. “I know just how difficult this is for you, even though I can’t even begin to understand your pain.”
“Why did it have to be like this, Sarah?” I tried but failed to hide the tremor in my voice as I knelt down next to her and lifted my mate up carefully into a sitting position.
“Why did it have to be like this?”
But Sarah didn’t have any answers for me as I unlodged the tranquilizer from her shoulder.