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pressed his hand to his head and inhaled slowly. “Hi, Doc,” he muttered, squinting toward the doctor.
    Lifting her hand, Jess waved to Zaidu. “Are you going to let me have a look at you and your bond-mate, Z?” she asked bluntly. “Or am I going to have to tranquilize you so that I can see to her injuries and yours?”
    “What?” he squawked and then squawked again when he fell between the back and front seats followed by a snarling sound.
    “I think we’ll need a crowbar,” Talon said, shaking his head at the Wolf. Looking in at the woman, he smiled. “Hi, I’m Talon. We should probably have you come out first so we can get him out of there with minimal damage to everyone and the vehicle. Z, you shred those seats trying to get out and I’ll kick your ass myself,” he warned in a low, deadly tone.
    Bethany looked at the larger-than-life man and gulped. She was terrified. The growls and snarls were killing her, reminding her of why she had climbed a tree just before a freaking blizzard hit. With a sob she launched out of the back of the truck, holding the blanket around her body as she did so. Shaking, she moved to the woman and whispered, “What in the world is he?” Fear laced each word. “Is he like those things that kidnapped and chased me up a tree?”
    Jessica wrapped her arm around the woman and looked to Talon. “I’m taking her to medical. You deal with him. He’s scaring the shit out of her.”
    “Go,” Talon said and moved to grab Z by the scruff of his neck and hauled him up once the women were gone. “Good going, asshole, you scared her,” he said, looking him over and shaking his head. “How the hell are you even moving and conscious? You look like hell!”
    “I feel it, too,” he groaned softly, bending to hold his ribs slightly. “Is the female all right?” he asked, trying not to breathe.
    “Other than you freaking her out with the growling and snarling. Good job by the way,” Talon said, watching him carefully. “You’re not exactly making any friends there with her. Especially since she’s your bond-mate, bro.”
    “She’s not my bond-mate,” Z muttered, easing upright very, very carefully.
    “Oh she is from what I picked up off you two,” Talon said softly. “She’s terrified of Wolves and then you go and snarl in the same enclosed space as she is. She’s never going to let you near her again, so I suppose it doesn’t really matter. You never wanted a mate and she’s hating you, so it all works out, doesn’t it?” he shook his head. “Get your ass to medical and, if nothing else, apologize to her and behave for Jess when she goes to fix up your mangy hide.” Turning, he headed off. He had damage control to tend to and only part of it was their newest predicament.
     
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    Bethany looked up when the door to medical opened and she felt fear crawling through her. She relaxed a bit, however, when she saw Zaidu and sighed. She looked to the doctor who was busy pulling a nasty splinter out of Bethany’s foot and asked, “Are you sure that he won’t hurt us?”
    “I’m sure that he won’t hurt you,” Jess admitted and continued to pull the piece of bark out of the woman’s foot. “You are going to have to stay off this foot for twenty-four hours. You’ve got a great deal of damage to the bottom of both feet actually.” She had winced when she saw the woman’s feet and immediately numbed the area so that she could work on them. Turning slightly, she looked to Zaidu. “Are we done with scaring the bejesus out of everyone?”
    Curling his lip in a soundless snarl he looked to Beth and sighed before moving toward a gurney and easing onto it slowly. Settling on his back Zaidu threw an arm over his eyes and lay there as his body worked on knitting itself back together. He hadn’t meant to scare Bethany but he’d been in pain and stuck on his back, not a position any canine liked. It left the underbelly exposed. And while he might be in human form,