“Deal.” Some of the gentleness returned to her face. After walking inside, she’d lost the somber, assertive attitude that she showed only moments before. Swiveling, “For now, though, you need rest and medication. The doctor will be here soon. In the meantime, let’s get you some more of those pain pills, okay?”
He couldn’t argue with that.Epilogue
Despite Katya’s apparent promise to send any one of three physicians within the network, the group’s recent string of bad luck would only continue. All of them were either dead or had abandoned their posts. In the end, a medical professional didarrive to help treat Dakota. But it wasn’t a doctor.
Not of humans, anyway.
When Dakota saw Bahaar’s timid face peeking into his room, he let out a big sigh. “I’m not a horse,” he snarked from the relative comfort of his bed, where he lay nestled under a stack of blankets and quilts. “And you’re a long way from home, buddy.”