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her." Doc stood.
    "What exactly do you want me to do? I don't
think she's going anywhere."
    Doc sighed. "What in the world is up with
you today? Just make sure she doesn't drown, okay?"
    Rafe looked down at the woman in his tub.
What was up with him? Ha! Loaded question. For one, seeing the
woman naked despite her injuries made him very uncomfortable. The
kind of uncomfortable that made him adjust his jeans discretely so
he didn't embarrass himself. What kind of jackass gets turned on by
a half dead woman turning blue in his tub? Fucking nut job, that's
who.
    He crouched beside the porcelain enclosure
and touched her skin. Doc was right. She was literally burning up
from the inside out. He grabbed a sponge from the nearby dish and
began dripping cool water over her heated flesh. The ugly cuts on
her arm and leg looked deep and terrifyingly dangerous. If she
couldn't shift then they'd have to be stitched up to heal. If they
got the poison taken care of.
    Rafe squeezed water across her exposed
stomach and could have sworn she twitched. His core tightened and
his chest began to constrict. Even with the cuts, bruises and blood
she was a beautiful woman. He couldn't imagine who wanted to do
this to her or why. The females in his pack were treated like
queens. If anyone ever laid a finger on one of them the
consequences would be swift and fatal. Who would defend this woman?
Did her pride not care?
    You do . Goddamn wolf needed to shut up. Still, he continued to move
the water across the feline's body. He didn't want her to die like
this.
    "I don't know who you are
or why you've walked into my woods , but you're going to live. Do you hear me?
Whatever is going on inside there, if you can hear me, then fight
back. Do whatever it takes to just live. Let the animal do her
job."
    The more he talked to
her , the angrier
he grew. Someone had wanted her dead and he needed to know why.
There were a lot of whys floating in and out of his head at the
moment. Why her? Why now?
    He laid the sponge down and gripped her
hand. Long, strong fingers settled perfectly inside his. He stayed
beside her and listened intently for a sign she was listening. Her
heart beat steady, and her breathing had eased despite sounding
shallow. Her body temperature had reduced at least a few degrees
from what he could tell by touch.
    He ached to pull her into his arms and hold
her close. Whatever darkness had brought her to his doorstep they
would fight together. That's what nature called for when she
delivered your mate.
    Mate.
    He still wasn't ready to
voice the word out loud. Although the way it slid through his mind
felt more natural than he'd expected. After all the years of
searching and wondering if someone out there was fated for him,
she'd stumbled into his life on her deathbed. Not the aggressive
she wolf he'd wished for though. Now, when tensions were higher
than ever between the felines and the wolves, fate had delivered
his mate. What a bitch fate could be. First , this one had to survive and he was
helpless to save her. No! Doc would help her and she would recover.
Of course , that
left the matter with Tanner and the rest of his pack.
    God help them all if they went against his
mate.
    ~
    Kitty struggled to wake up from the strange
dream sucking her in. Where was all the growling and cursing coming
from? She struggled to move and found her arms and legs too heavy
to cooperate. Whatever the hell dream she'd gotten stuck in was
quickly turning into a nightmare. The only exception was a man's
voice, deep and caring, calling out to her. She opened her eyes to
see him, at least she thought they were open but there was nothing
but a sea of black in front of her.
    "C'mon , cat girl , you can do this."
    The voice came to her from
what sounded like the far end of a tunnel. Normally someone calling
her cat girl would have annoyed her, but for some reason the voice
soothed her no matter what it said. If she could get out of this
bed or whatever she was stuck to she'd