Chapter 17
Bosse came awake, lyingin a bed. A real bed.
He’d never had a bed, even as a kid.
That wasn’t what frightened him.
The room smelled fresh and clean. He tilted his head up, suffered dizziness, and blinked to clear his swirling vision. Floral wallpaper gave the place a lived-in look. The room had a comfortable smell of having been a family home for a long time.
Using his uninjured arm, he reached for his chest. It was bandaged but didn’t feel as painful as he would have expected.
How long had he been out?
Long enough to dream about Alifair again. That had to be why his dick was hard. Not wanting to be found in this condition, he made himself think of the women in his clan for several minutes. That killed the tent pole beneath his sheet.
Looking over at his damaged arm, he found it splinted and bandaged as well. Before being stuck in that cage for two years, his arm would have healed naturally in a day or two. His chest might have in another day, but the medic had been a shifter. He must have been able to tell that Bosse and Titan couldn’t heal the damage before they died of blood loss.
He immediately called out telepathically,Titan, are you okay?
I am here. The woman takes good care of us.
Woman? He doubted his wolf meant Alifair. That would be beyond amazing.
Where are we?Bosse asked, surprised he’d slept when Titan had been awake.
His wolf admitted,I do not know. I woke once during the night while she checked bandages.
Is she a doctor?
Maybe a healer,Titan replied.She has energy in her hands.
The medic hadn’t been a doctor either. Bosse didn’t feel drugged. The guy they called a medic hadn’t tried to give Bosse pain medicine while he was conscious, which Bosse would have refused. He didn’t trust any shifters or humans with a needle.
Not with the Black River Pack making dangerous drugs.
This was a whole new country to Bosse. He’d heard of rare shifter doctors, but did those exist here?
He hoped Titan had an answer to his next question.Do you think we are safe here?
Yes. Feels safe. She is powerful but careful not to harm us with power.
That was interesting. Justin had also possessed a load of power he’d pulled back around Bosse.
The door opened, and a woman came in. He took in her face first and found it peaceful, then sniffed. Wolf shifter.
Bosse could feel the powerful energy she possessed pushing at the edge of his consciousness, but she clearly kept it locked down. Who were these shifters?
Orwhatwere these shifters?
“Glad to see you’re awake.” She had a commanding voice for a woman. She was tall, probably around five-foot-ten, with a crown of short, scattered black hair. The style looked as if it came from running her hands through it in irritation.
