Her Lion Guard - The Complete Series Box Set (BBW Shifter Romance) by Amira Rain

Author:Amira Rain [Rain, Amira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOUR

Mary-Lou lay in bed, tired and aching extremely, indescribably frustrated. She did not care much about being the victim – which was all she had been over the past few days, no, the past month. It was…upsetting, to say the least.

“Are you alright?”

Jonas’ hovering was starting to get pretty old, too. The fact that it was warranted grated like nothing else.

“I’m fine,” Mary-Lou sighed. Jonas resumed his nervous pacing, eyes flickering from Mary-Lou’s prone form to the door and back.

They were waiting for Rowfer; the old man had been the first person Jonas contacted after getting Mary-Lou to safety and regaining the ability to think. “He will heal you,” Jonas had told her when Mary-Lou made a token of protest, “He will tell us what happened. What will happen.”

Mary-Lou felt guilty for making the aged Healer travel what was likely a great distance twice in one week. Still, she could not fault Jonas’ thinking – something was wrong with her, something that went deeper than the torn skin of her stomach and torso.

Her head was too full.

The shadows had receded somewhat – blown away by pain and Jonas’ presence, the quiet warmth of her pack about her. Still, Mary-Lou felt their presence in her mind, like snakes lying hidden in tall grass; whispers of motion, of existence thrummed beneath an otherwise even surface, weighted her mind and burdened her body. She could not move beneath it, felt more exhausted with every breath. It was intolerable.

“He’s here!” Cara called out from her spot by the window. Mary-Lou winced at the noise, her voice echoed by a silent hiss in her head.

“Tell Sasha to guide him in,” Jonas ordered, unwilling to leave Mary-Lou alone. He strode to the bed, kneeled to grasp her hand in his and kiss her palm.

“You will be fine,” he promised again. Mary-Lou nodded, more for his sake than her own. She did not feel fine, did not think she will be fine for a long, long while.

The front door opened with a dull thud, two sets of staggered footsteps making their way to the bedroom’s entrance.

“Alright,” Rowfer’s raspy voice grumbled; Mary-Lou turned her head to see the man’s wrinkled face, trying to muster a greeting. Rowfer waved her off, “What happened this time,” he asked Jonas, in a tone that clearly stated he was simply too old for their foolishness.

Jonas told him what he could, what they knew: Told him about Wiley’s Challenge, the fight, the unknown assailant and Mary-Lou’s subsequent ailment. Rowfer let out periodic snorts; when he heard about Mary-Lou’s injury, he rolled his eyes and smacked Jonas with his cane.

“The girl is hurt? For goodness’ sake, boy – move away.”

Jonas hastily made space for the aged Healer. Rowfer tottered past him, grumbling about idiots and blood loss and have they not heard of a hospital? Still, when he laid his hands on Mary-Lou they were gentle, careful about the jagged edges of her wound.

“This will sting a little,” Rowfer warned. The aged Healer

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