Cutting losses

[Raymond Wyndham]

It was sad and anticlimactic. Yet Ray was taking solace in the fact that she’d retreated. Lions didn’t retreat from any fight that they were not bought into. Nothing not worth their lives did they flee from. She fled she retreated ad that let him know that something was working on her. Something was reining her in. He was thankful that she gave into it. He didn’t have time to shift. Not while she was functional. No that was not the right word not while she was awake. She was not functional she was damaged. And while she would never know that he was willing to die for her, the Pride, and the City.

It was weird for him to really get his head around it and even as he bled freely he had to admire it some. He’d come a long way. Not far enough to shout it from the mountain tops but far enough that he was proud of his growth. He was proud tat if he had to die that for the first time in his life he was dying for a reason. He slumped and held onto the opening not sure what would happen but accepting his last thoughts was for Danika.

[Melissa Haze]

Opening her eyes she streched and groaned. Peeking over he was there still but pale and breathing raggedly. She slid down and carefully approched " idiot just shift"

Going through things she found a needle and thread in medic kit in a drawer. Tearing open the pants more she threaded the needle. Carefully closing the largest gash. Tightly, then the next most dangerous. Wiping the blood away" stay awake till I get clothes on..I will take you to your bear and she will save you"

She opened the door and slid out quickly rinsing in a bathroom indoors and then finding clothes. Jaw tight as she found the old beater he kept here. She pulled around the truck and went to him" lets go tough guy"

[Raymond Wyndham]

He chuckled sourly at that idea. Of shifting. Didn't she know preternatural damage made even the strongest shifter heal slower usually humanly slow. And a damaged lion was at their absolute worse. If he had shifted his lion would have set on her to kill, mate or worse both.

He hadn't come this far to throw it all away on feeding the beast something he wasn't sure he could live down.

He was sure Ro would kill him if he gave into that side of himself. He wasn't sure how he would respond to her losing it. She was still new enough that there was a leeway.

As it stood it was all he could do to not raul as she sat in.

[Melissa Haze]

Glad he was able to find humor in all this she was still a bit mad but this was life or death and there had been enough of the latter. Helping him in the back so he could keep his leg straight.

She made a map of this place to return to later taking her cell and then peeling out. She used back streets but since they were near enough to the city proper the harvey house was reached in short order.

Running in to get the sluth she gave them a vauge story of fallowed and fighting their way out. They took him in and to the basment. She refused care stating she had to clean up the scene.

They were worried but luckly able to staunch the bleeding and give him blood. She left once they said hed make it.

Eventually she found her self back there and begain storing the trucks load deep in the foundry moving the dogs to the beater she abandoned the cleaned wiped truck miles away and hiked back. Last call to a foster she knew would let her drop the dogs off.

Text to the rex sent" ray is with the bears everything is cleaned up I'll be back soon"

Two states to cross one way then back but the drive would do her some good.