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“Painkiller,” he said, holding up another bottle, “not more than every eight hours. This is the serious shit, and I’m not giving you more, so save yourself the addiction and the withdrawal.”
Charlie just nodded. She’d seen what painkiller addiction could do first-hand.
He held up one last bottle. “Sedative. Cut them into quarters and don’t take more than one quarter. They’re designed for livestock,” he said.
Charlie’s eyebrows went up. “Why do you have livestock pills?” she asked.
“I’m a veterinarian,” he said, lifting his case. “And my pig-headed, stubborn cousin should be taking you to a hospital. You know, one for people?”
Kade growled. If Charlie had been able to move, she’d have taken a step back at the sound.
Hunter just rolled his eyes and shook his head.
“I’ll be back to check on you tomorrow afternoon,” he told Charlie. “Get some rest, and feel free to remind these two that they should feed you real food, not just bring in a whole deer from the forest and expect you to gnaw on it with them.”
“Thanks,” said Charlie.
Hunter nodded at Kade and Daniel, then left through the front door. She heard a car start and then leave.
Then she was alone with the two of them.
They stared at her, expressions unreadable, and Charlie stared right back.
Her head swam with everything that she needed to do: she was thirsty, she had to pee, and the table was uncomfortable. She really needed to get her pack so she could call her commander and tell him that the mission had gone pretty wrong and, oh, she desperately needed an airlift because she had gotten herself into the middle of something she wasn’t even sure she fully understood.
She needed to come up with a story about why she’d been in the forest that wasn’t about Kade.
Of all the scenarios her team had managed to come up with, attacked by wolves and nursed to health on a table by a nearly-feral bear and his mate, both of whom really seem excessively attractive hadn’t been on the list.
Charlie was going to have to wing it.
