I thought I was going to get stabbed, but the pain I'd expected never came. I whipped my head up and realized that Dante had shielded me from the attack. He was clutching his abdomen with one hand, but it was bleeding profusely anyway.

Swaying, he ended up crashing on top of me.

"Dante!"

I quickly tried to keep him steady as I called for an ambulance. The only thing I could think of was to stop hi