Seducing the Schoolmarm by Mahalia Levey

Seducing the Schoolmarm by Mahalia Levey

Author:Mahalia Levey [Levey, Mahalia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Black Hills Wolves
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2015-04-02T23:00:00+00:00


Chapter Six

“How’s our patient?” Ravage swept in the door of his home at sunset with Ford trailing right behind him. He kissed his sister on the head and looked at the guy sleeping on the couch.

“Hey. He’s snoozing. I gave him a cup of valerian root tea for pain relief.”

“Thanks.” Ford leaned against the doorway. “My nephew is all I have. I’d die if anything happened to him.”

“It’s nothing. You can go sit by him. I’m going to finish making this fresh poultice and swap out the old one. I can’t find our plastic wrap so I’ve had to improvise with a cut up a trash bag.”

“How do you know how to do this?”

“Ravage. He was a bit obsessive-compulsive with making sure Raze and I learned how to survive.” She gestured to the fresh linens folded in a laundry basket. “Can you hand me the small towel over there, brother?”

“Sure.” He noticed how Ford watched his little sister with a different expression than when he’d first met her. Interesting.

He and Ford sat nearby while she dampened the cloth then spread the newly made paste. She grabbed the piece of cut up trash bag, a roll of duct tape, and headed into the living room. Luck slept on as she knelt next to him and gently removed the first poultice.

“She’s good at this.”

“I taught her well.” Pride surged through Ravage at his sister handling the situation with expertise.

“Shh, you two.” Caress checked the puncture marks and replaced the dried-out poultice with the fresh one. She wound the plastic over the inflamed skin to hold it in place and secured it with two long strips of tape. “Luck should be good for the next four hours.”

“Are you going to put his arm in water and pulverized charcoal?” Ravage asked.

“In a few hours, maybe. If he needs it. The bite site is looking much better. The first hour was the roughest. At least he’s finally resting. He’s lucky the snake didn’t get a good bite. Must’ve snatched his hand back almost in time.” She cleaned up her mess. “I’ll check him out later. I don’t want to aggravate him. I’m sure he feels like shit. The bites are extremely painful. I know. I’ve been bitten.”

Ford nodded, his focus shifting to his brother. “What will you do if it’s not better by tomorrow?”

She stopped tidying to look at him. “I will make him a different poultice. His self-healing should help and kick-in by then, but if it doesn’t, I’ll mix a batch of Echinacea powder with bentonite clay and water, and apply it to his bite directly. The clay is in abundance at the water hole and absorbs toxins the same way charcoal does. I noticed the clay when we went swimming.” Caress moved to the kitchen to dispose of the discarded poultice.

“I’m impressed.”

“Not such a little girl now, am I?” She wiped her hands and reached up to give her brother a kiss on the cheek. “Adrie is coming by later on. Thought you might like to know.



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