Bite Risk: Caught Dead by S.J. Wills
Author:S.J. Wills
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Published: 2024-03-14T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 19 Mika
This cage was made for animals a lot bigger than us. âI can get out,â I tell Arty, poking my head and my bottom part-way through the bars carefully.
Eyes squeezed shut, she breathes in and out through gritted teeth, hissing with pain. I donât think she can speak.
Iâm not in a hurry to go out there. The Revenant might still be close. But Iâm scared that whatâs happened to her foot is really serious. It looks bad. One of the metal poles has gone right through the leather of her boot, and â unless the boots about six sizes too big for her â through her foot as well. I know from my first-aid classes that you shouldnât take stuff like that out by yourself, because once itâs out, the blood will really flow. But we canât just stay here.
After a couple of minutes I tell her Iâm going to the Wellness Centre for help, and she finally speaks. Her voice is faint. âNo. Get the circular saw from the bottom locker with a number six on it. Bring it to me. And the first-aid kit from twelve.â
I squeeze through the bars, and creep as quietly as I can round to the caravan door, on alert, ears straining for sounds, my heart belting away in my chest. I find the saw and the kit where she said in the caravan and slip back to her, then watch as she cuts the bar sticking into her boot. Eventually the top part falls away. She blows out a couple of long, harsh breaths, then yanks out the rest with a strangled cry. Blood starts to ooze up from the leather. I have to look away when she takes the boot off. When I glance back, sheâs bandaged up the foot. But thereâs no way thatâs going to be enough.
âLet me help you get inside.â I feel awful for even thinking she might throw me out here as bait.
She bats away my hand, and stands up, grimacing, holding the cage for support as she steps out. Then she slams at the bars with the flat of her hand, making me start.
âSomeone unplugged it.â She glares at me as if she thinks I did it, but then says, âImmutables.â She spits. âWhat a bunch of petty⦠Just because I donât want to join their pointless club. They have no idea what theyâve done.â
I canât believe theyâd do something like that out of spite. But then, perhaps they want to be the ones to get the glory for catching the Revenant. Or perhaps they just donât care about Rippers being bitten. It doesnât affect them.
âHow did you fall over?â I ask. âThe Revenant had gone.â
âShut up.â
The words might as well be a slap in my face.
She limps off round to the front of the caravan, refusing to let me near her.
âArty?â
As she reaches the door, she spins round to face me and I rear back. Her expression frightens me.
âYou screwed up, Mika. That thing would have been trapped right now, if you hadnât interfered.
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