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Mags huffed a laugh.“Seems to be the hounds’ MO.”

“What?Follow a female around until they finally give in?”

“Yep,” she said, shoving, then scowling up at a male who’d stepped on her foot.“You close to giving in yet?”she asked, grinning.

“I’ll never give in.”

“Uh-huh.”She didn’t sound convinced.“Oh shit,” she said, her eyes widening when we finally made it to the cage.

A call had come in a short time ago for someone who’d been badly hurt, and we finally got a look at our patient.A young wolf shifter lay in the cage.He’d tried to shift, to help his healing, but he was too badly injured to make the shift.He lay there screaming, a horrifying mix of skin and fur, of animal and human limbs.And standing off to the side was Poe, a nasty smirk on his face and hands covered in blood.He’d done this.Fucking bastard.His gaze slid to me, and his eyes were bright with glee as he bounced on the balls of his feet, energized by the damage he’d caused.

He winked.

I quickly looked away, and Mags and I got to work.

“You’re going to be okay,” I said and pulled out one of my new healing elixirs.I held the back of his head.“You need to drink this.It’ll numb the pain long enough to finish your shift, okay?”

He groaned but nodded.

“What the fuck are you giving him, demon?”one of the wolves snarled at me from the sidelines.“Don’t touch him with your dirty fucking demon hands.”He was one of the wolves who’d thrown me in that van that night.

Magnolia shot to her feet.“What did you just say?”

He immediately realized who she was and flinched.Magnolia was not only his alpha’s sister-in-law, she was also mated to a crow, one of the deadliest beings you could encounter.“Yeah, that’s what I thought,” she bit out.“Now sit down, asshole, and shut the fuck up so we can save your pack mate’s life.”

His jaw was tight, but he dipped his head and quickly looked down.

“That’s it,” I said to the young wolf.“Drink it all.”

He finished, and a second later, he literally sighed in relief a moment before he finished his shift.His wolf lay on his side panting, and I held my hand above him, running it over his trembling body while I spelled, forcing my magic inside him to start his healing.

“Nice work,” Mags said.“Your elixir, that’s some good stuff.You want to trade recipes?I have a kickass balm.”

I smiled up at her.“Thanks, and yeah, that’d be cool.”

She waved the wolves in, and they lifted the drowsy wolf.

“Take him home, he needs lots of rest, but bring him into the clinic if you’re worried.”

The wolf jerked up his chin and they left.

“No worries, asshole, you’re totally welcome,” she muttered behind his back.

I gathered my supplies, and we got out of the cage so they could hose away the blood.

“Idiots,” Mags said.

“Complete morons.So, I take it Bram doesn’t fight?I’ve seen crows here before.”

“That’ll be his brothers.They like to come here and freak everyone out and assert their dominance now and again.Bram knows better than to pull that shit.”

I laughed.“He’s already won you, he doesn’t need to impress anyone else?”

She grinned.“Exactly.”

Poe was watching me closely.It was only a matter of time before he came over.“Shall we split up?See if anyone else needs treatment, then meet back here?”

Mags hitched her bag higher on her shoulder.“Sounds good.See you back here in a few.”