Wild Country by Anne Bishop

Author:Anne Bishop
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-03-05T05:00:00+00:00

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With a furious snarl, Virgil tore out the throat of the last enemy. Then he howled.

We are here. A message to the other terra indigene who had joined the fight as well as a message to the Elders. We are here.

<Kane?> The Wolves had needed to meet the enemy pack, so he’d ignored the gunshots coming from the building where the horses lived. And he’d heard another gun being fired in the square. He needed to find the rest of the fighters, but first . . . <Kane!>

<Hurt.>

Virgil leaped over the bodies of the dead dogs to reach his brother, who struggled to stand on three legs. Kane’s left hip was ripped and bloody—was still bleeding.

Standing next to Kane so his brother could lean against him, Virgil howled again—this time, a cry for help. In the wild country, the Wolfgard would have licked the wound to clean it, would have found the safest place for a packmate to rest—and if their pack didn’t have a bodywalker who had learned how to set bones and close up wounds, they would have hunted for their wounded, starving themselves if game was scarce.

But here the Wolfgard were too few, and the dogs had been many, despite the Wolves receiving help from the Sanguinati.

“Virgil? Kane?”

Virgil watched Jana as she ran toward them, as Tolya Sanguinati headed toward them.

They were few, but that didn’t mean they didn’t have a pack.

Movement coming from the side. Virgil turned his head and snarled.

Tobias Walker, his gun still in his hand, stopped moving. Raising one hand, he carefully holstered his weapon.

“Anyone hurt?” Tobias asked.

“Kane,” Jana said. “Gods, he’s bleeding.”

Her voice sounded . . . strange. High. Not like the wolverine who challenged him all the time.

“I called the vet for another reason,” Tolya said. “He’ll be at his clinic now.”

“My truck is at the livery stable,” Tobias said. “I’ll throw a couple of blankets in the bed for padding. We’ll get him there.”

“I have the official vehicle,” Jana said.

“Let Tobias Walker drive,” Tolya said.

Something in the Sanguinati’s voice warned that there would be no discussion—and that made Virgil look closer at the wolverine. No blood on her. He hadn’t noticed her having trouble moving. But Tolya recognized there was something not right about her. He couldn’t put a word to what he sensed, but he agreed.

Tobias ran to fetch the truck.

<Virgil.> Even using the terra indigene form of communication, Kane sounded weak. <You have to stay and help Tolya. Your job as the dominant enforcer.>

He knew that. He didn’t like it, not with Kane so hurt, but he knew it. <Do you trust Tobias Walker enough to be with him when you’re hurt?>

<Tell Deputy Jana to come with us.>

Yes. She wasn’t a Wolf, but she was a member of their pack.

Tolya met his eyes, then looked at Jana. “Virgil needs to help me deal with this. You should go with Kane and Tobias.”

Jana nodded. “What about the other thing you wanted me to do?”

“Stewart Dixon isn’t here yet.

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