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The female was foaming at the mouth and convulsing.This was no fighting injury.“We’ll need to pump her stomach,” I called to Jack.

He grabbed what we needed and ran to join me, and we got to work.

Thankfully, once we got the drugs out of her, she seemed okay, but we needed to get her to the clinic ASAP.

Jack secured our new patient on the gurney.“I need to get these two transferred.”

“I’ll wait here, there could be more,” I said.Both stretchers in the ambulance were full, and if someone else got hurt, we’d have no room to transport them.

“Yeah, probably a good idea the way tonight’s going.You’ll be okay?”he asked.

“Yeah, fine.”

Jack took the Taser from the glove compartment and handed it to me anyway.“Don’t hesitate if someone tries to mess with you.”

“You know I won’t.”Though that had never happened.Everyone who came here seemed to recognize the uniform now, appreciated what we did, and stayed out of our way, which was the only reason Jack was cool leaving me.

“As soon as I drop them off, I’ll head back.”

“I’ll be fine,” I said again, grabbed the pack we kept stocked with supplies out of the back of the rig, added a few extras from my own bag, and slid it on.

I jumped down, shut the doors, and headed into the warehouse as he drove away.

The place was packed as always, and loud.Cheers mixed with music blared through the room.Mainly wolves, crows, bats, and a few other breeds of shifters came for the fights, but there were always demons as well, and a handful of vampires came most weeks.

Scanning the room, I spotted Rome and Lothar, beers in hand, watching the action going on in the cage; several other hellhounds were there as well.

A demon of mixed breed, by the looks of him, and a crow shifter were currently fighting, and going by the number of lines tattooed on the side of the crow’s head, and the grin on his face, he was toying with his opponent.No one was usually stupid enough to take on the crows, besides the hounds that is.The demon must be new here.

I scanned the room, looking for anyone who might need my help as I made my way over to Lothar.We spent a lot of time at the hellhounds’ clubhouse now that Fern was mated to Relic, and when Jagger came back, I’d be there even more.

My heart did a stupid flutter, and I couldn’t contain my grin when I stopped beside Loth.“Hey,” I called.

He looked down at me, then behind me.“Where’s your backup?”

I smiled wider.Hounds were emotionally stunted, yes, but they really were protective of females.Probably because they didn’t have any.Female hounds weren’t a thing, only their male offspring were hounds.Females took after their mothers.“He’s taking some patients back to the clinic,” I yelled over the music.“He’ll be back soon.”

Roman patted me on the head.“What up, shorty?”

By the looks of him, he’d already fought, not because he was bruised or anything, but because there was blood that I doubted very much was his smeared on his knuckles.The groupie beside him pressed her boobs against his arm and narrowed her eyes at me.

I ignored her.“Thought I’d stop by to say hey.I’m just doing the rounds?—”

“Medic!”someone yelled from the cage.

I spun around.“Crap.”

The crow stood back, splattered with blood and utterly calm, while the demon lay on the floor, sliced in several places, his leg at an odd angle and an arm that was obviously dislocated.The crow had gone easy on him—the demon was still breathing.

“Medic!”I yelled, trying to push through the crowd.“Let me through.”

Suddenly, I was airborne, big arms lifting me and shoving the crowd aside.“I got you,” Rome said, getting me where I needed to go with ease and planting me on my feet.

The cage door was open, and I rushed in and quickly got to work setting his break and getting Rome to help me pop his shoulder back in, while I stopped the demon’s bleeding and used my magic and healing oil to jumpstart his own healing abilities.

When I was done, his friends came and carried him away, and I got out of the cage so they could hose away the blood for the next two fighters.

Idiots.Seriously, absolute imbeciles, all of them.I didn’t get the appeal of any of this.