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There was growling and a lot of fir flying. Damon didn’t wait for an explanation. He knew the intruder was a bear so he shifted and went on the attack. It was dark so he couldn’t see the human form but as soon as he shifted, so did the prowler. He didn’t know how other grizzlies communicated but he couldn’t hear this one’s thoughts.
He did hear Mack though. She was calling for him, her words riddled with fear. He tried to convey to her that he was okay but she needed to find the gun. He’d dropped it when he shifted. He tried to look around, caught a glimpse of her standing across the room. He didn’t want her involved, didn’t want her hurt.
“Damon, what should I do?” Mack screamed. It was hard to hear her over chomping teeth and growls.
The intruder suddenly went limp, stopped fighting. He didn’t know what changed but he couldn’t take a chance of Mack getting hurt so he gave one final blow to the burglar which sent him flying against the freezer door. When he hit the ground he didn’t move. But, he shifted back to human. He shifted as well and Mack was there with a blanket she’d pulled from storage to cover him.
She ran to turn the lights on and Damon couldn’t believe his eyes.
“Holy hell. Mack get me another blanket and a wet towel. Do you have a first aid kit?”
“Why? I don’t understand.”
Damon grabbed his pile of clothes and dressed fast, then went to the stranger. After covering most of his body, used the damp rag and started cleaning blood from the man lying on the floor unconscious.
“Damon, please tell me what’s going on. Why are you helping this guy? Shouldn’t we be calling the police?”
Damon stopped what he was doing and sat back, looking up at her.
“We can’t call the police.”
“Why? He broke into my bar again. Don’t you think this is the guy with the hooded sweatshirt?”
“Yes I do think it’s the guy but we can’t call the police. I know this man.”
“What? You know him? Who is he?”
“He’s my brother.”
Damon looked up at her with pleading eyes, then turned back to the person lying on the floor and continued to wipe away his blood. He knew she wouldn’t understand and he wanted to explain everything to her but first he needed to make sure he hadn’t hurt his brother too badly.
Mack knelt down on the floor across from him and with another cloth, started wiping at a large cut on his brother’s forearm. When most of the blood was gone, she searched through the first aid box and pulled out a needle and threaded it with what looked like fishing line. Without hesitation, she weaved the needle in and out of his skin until she’d closed the entire wound. She cut and tied off the string and with an antiseptic wipe, she went over the area thoroughly before wrapping it with a roll of gauze from the kit.
“Where did you learn to do that?”
“My mom was a nurse, she taught me a lot when I was younger. If asked to do that unexpectedly, I probably couldn’t have but in the heat of the moment, I just didn’t think about it.”
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome. You know you have some explaining to do, right?”
“Yeah, but right now, I have no idea what to tell you. I’m as shocked as you are.”
Mack and Damon spent the next hour cleaning up his younger brother Zeke. He didn’t look little anymore. He’d grown while Damon was away. However, that didn’t explain why he was breaking into a bar.
“Do you think you can move him? We need to get him off this floor.”
“Yeah I should be able to. Can we put him on the bed in the office?”
“I’ll grab his clothes.”
She moved to stand but Damon touched her arm. Then he reached over his brother and kissed Mack. “I really do appreciate you.” She smiled and kissed him back.
“Come on, let’s get him moved.”
With his clothes gathered in her arms, she waited for him to secure his brother in his arms and followed him out through the bar to the office. When he laid Zeke down on the bed, Mack covered him with blankets.
