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Authors: J.R. Loveless
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to get my affairs in order, and I’ll leave,” he finally stated.
A panicked look crossed the sheriff’s face at his words. “No!” Kasey’s hand shot out and lightly encircled Seth’s wrist, and the vet shuddered at the sheer strength in that hand. “You can’t leave. Seth, I—” A growl rumbled in the sheriff’s throat when Seth’s phone buzzed. “Ignore it,” he demanded.
Seth glared at him and deliberately answered it. “Yes, Chessie?”
“Doc, there’s an emergency. Mr. Sheffield’s dog’s been hit by a car and is bleeding pretty badly,” she informed him in a crisp voice.
“I’ll be right there,” he said urgently. He shook off Kasey’s hand and stood. “I can’t talk about this right now. I’d rather not talk about it at all, but somehow I doubt I’m going to get rid of you that easily.”
“You’re damn right, pup,” the man replied darkly as he watched the vet walk out of the office.
The dog’s lungs were laboring for breath, and Seth could tell the dog was on the edge of dying. He assured Mr. Sheffield he would do everything he could to save the dog. Kasey stood against the wall by his office as he rushed the animal into the small emergency operating room, but Seth ignored the man. Focusing intently, he laid the small mixed-breed dog on the table. Seth placed both his hands on the animal’s side and reached outside himself. There were severe internal injuries. If he had been anyone but who he was, he wouldn’t have been able to save the dog in this bad a shape.
His eyes closed as he sent healing energy through the warm body. The instant he touched the wounds, he knew it would take a lot out of him. It was going to cost him almost all of his energy. He’d be lucky if he could stand afterward. He concentrated on fixing the injuries inside the animal. The outside wounds would need to be stitched so no one was aware of what he’d done. They were superficial wounds, anyway.
Seth felt the pull on his own energy. It sucked at him like an incubus. Perhaps ten minutes passed before he released the energy back inside himself. A gasp echoed through the small tiled room as he sank to his knees, gripping at the metal table to keep from curling up on the floor and passing out.
Using the little energy he had left, Seth shakily stitched up the two deepest wounds and bandaged the rest. He could feel the negative energy eating at his insides as he worked. If he didn’t get it out soon, it would render him unconscious. Sweat poured off his body by the time he’d finished. His limbs trembled like he’d been stuck in a blender for an hour and had only just gotten out.
Seth stumbled out of the emergency room, barely aware of his surroundings as he gripped at the wall for support. A loud roaring in his ears drowned out his name being called as he shoved open the bathroom door. He slammed it shut behind him, dropped to his knees, and retched. The amount of black liquid that came out was three times what it had been the other day. His body heaved with convulsions as he released the negative energy from inside him.
It was only after the vomiting stopped that he realized someone else was keeping him from sinking to the floor. A cool, wet cloth pressed against the back of his neck and slid along his cheek and forehead. His body trembled fiercely, like he had an intense fever. Seth struggled to his knees, shakily rinsing his mouth out with the little bit of energy he had left. He’d have slumped to the floor if Kasey hadn’t caught him.
“It’s all right, pup. I’ve got you.” Kasey’s warm, smooth-as-honey voice poured over him soothingly.
He didn’t have the strength to fight him, to push him away, so he just lay there dazed in his arms. “Can you stand?” Kasey asked gently.
“No,” he croaked out.
A small sound of shock left Seth when he suddenly found himself airborne. Kasey carried him into his office, setting him down on the small couch resting underneath
A panicked look crossed the sheriff’s face at his words. “No!” Kasey’s hand shot out and lightly encircled Seth’s wrist, and the vet shuddered at the sheer strength in that hand. “You can’t leave. Seth, I—” A growl rumbled in the sheriff’s throat when Seth’s phone buzzed. “Ignore it,” he demanded.
Seth glared at him and deliberately answered it. “Yes, Chessie?”
“Doc, there’s an emergency. Mr. Sheffield’s dog’s been hit by a car and is bleeding pretty badly,” she informed him in a crisp voice.
“I’ll be right there,” he said urgently. He shook off Kasey’s hand and stood. “I can’t talk about this right now. I’d rather not talk about it at all, but somehow I doubt I’m going to get rid of you that easily.”
“You’re damn right, pup,” the man replied darkly as he watched the vet walk out of the office.
The dog’s lungs were laboring for breath, and Seth could tell the dog was on the edge of dying. He assured Mr. Sheffield he would do everything he could to save the dog. Kasey stood against the wall by his office as he rushed the animal into the small emergency operating room, but Seth ignored the man. Focusing intently, he laid the small mixed-breed dog on the table. Seth placed both his hands on the animal’s side and reached outside himself. There were severe internal injuries. If he had been anyone but who he was, he wouldn’t have been able to save the dog in this bad a shape.
His eyes closed as he sent healing energy through the warm body. The instant he touched the wounds, he knew it would take a lot out of him. It was going to cost him almost all of his energy. He’d be lucky if he could stand afterward. He concentrated on fixing the injuries inside the animal. The outside wounds would need to be stitched so no one was aware of what he’d done. They were superficial wounds, anyway.
Seth felt the pull on his own energy. It sucked at him like an incubus. Perhaps ten minutes passed before he released the energy back inside himself. A gasp echoed through the small tiled room as he sank to his knees, gripping at the metal table to keep from curling up on the floor and passing out.
Using the little energy he had left, Seth shakily stitched up the two deepest wounds and bandaged the rest. He could feel the negative energy eating at his insides as he worked. If he didn’t get it out soon, it would render him unconscious. Sweat poured off his body by the time he’d finished. His limbs trembled like he’d been stuck in a blender for an hour and had only just gotten out.
Seth stumbled out of the emergency room, barely aware of his surroundings as he gripped at the wall for support. A loud roaring in his ears drowned out his name being called as he shoved open the bathroom door. He slammed it shut behind him, dropped to his knees, and retched. The amount of black liquid that came out was three times what it had been the other day. His body heaved with convulsions as he released the negative energy from inside him.
It was only after the vomiting stopped that he realized someone else was keeping him from sinking to the floor. A cool, wet cloth pressed against the back of his neck and slid along his cheek and forehead. His body trembled fiercely, like he had an intense fever. Seth struggled to his knees, shakily rinsing his mouth out with the little bit of energy he had left. He’d have slumped to the floor if Kasey hadn’t caught him.
“It’s all right, pup. I’ve got you.” Kasey’s warm, smooth-as-honey voice poured over him soothingly.
He didn’t have the strength to fight him, to push him away, so he just lay there dazed in his arms. “Can you stand?” Kasey asked gently.
“No,” he croaked out.
A small sound of shock left Seth when he suddenly found himself airborne. Kasey carried him into his office, setting him down on the small couch resting underneath
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