Lauren was five stories up and the buildings beside her were smaller, but still, a fall of even three stories could be deadly, even for Bo. And so, knees to her chest, Lauren was making short work of the fire escape. She dropped to the ground and started running. Two blocks and Lauren was winded again but this time she pushed through it out of sheer terror for Bo. Rounding the corner into an alley, Lauren called out for her. “Bo? Are you all right?”

There was crumpling of plastic and the rustle of papers. Lauren surveyed the alley, it’s dumpsters and bags of garbage everywhere. She didn’t even know where to start so she just started throwing garbage bags around until she found Bo and the not-surprisingly dead under-Fae.

“Bo!” Lauren skidded onto her knees beside the other woman. “Where does it hurt?”

Bo groaned. “Everywhere.”

Lauren began an impromptu exam. “Broken wrist, dislocated shoulder, two broken ribs, a sprained ankle and a broken leg. Good thing you landed on Freddy. I would hate to see you if he hadn’t broken your fall.”

“Is lecture time over?” Bo tried to sit up before falling backwards again.

“Stay still,” Lauren ordered, palpitating her dislocated shoulder.

Bo winced. “You’re a great doctor, Lauren, but I don’t think this is really something you can fix for me. I need to heal.”

“And how are you going to feed when half of your bones are broken?”

“A drunk hobo?” Bo smirked, but Lauren knew she was only half kidding.

Lauren braced her hand on Bo’s other shoulder, slipping her arm beneath Bo’s. “Hold on,” she whispered. “Exhale.” As Bo let out a ragged breath Lauren pulled her arm sharply, resetting her dislocated shoulder.

Bo sat back on a pile of garbage bags and looked at Lauren, who knelt beside her still. “If you keep doing stuff like that I’m going to have to walk out of this alley just to prove to you that I can.”

“Bo…” Her tone was a warning.

“Well, what do you propose?”

Lauren‘s expression was serious. “Feed on me.”

“Lauren…” Bo dismissed her suggestion as fast as it had come up.

“Look around Bo, this is it. You and me.”

They were in Dark Fae territory. Bo had ignored the Morrigan’s repeated threats not to return to her realm and now she was broken and battered and stuck with little option. Bo would have to feed on Lauren who trusted her a little too much. Fixing this was going to take a lot of juice. She slumped deeper into the garbage pile.