Chapter 52

“Hmm?”

“I think it kicked in when I heard you fighting, and brought me out of my stupor. Now…” His voice faded away and Ky realized Cole had fallen asleep. He smiled, carefully moving him so he was lying on the floor. Then he became Bull again, settled down beside him his injured foreleg over his chest, and moments later slept as well.

They awoke a couple of hours later. The first thing Cole insisted on doing was to check Ky’s shoulder wound, so Ky shifted.

“It’s almost gone,” Cole said in surprise.

“Told you so. Sleeping as Bull made the difference. We heal faster in our animal form.” Ky carefully flexed his shoulder. “Sore, still, but that’ll pass. Let’s get rid of the evidence—” he thumbed toward the Bullmastiff body, a few feet away, “—then go home.”

Cole grimaced, asking where they’d take it.

“Down to the alley. Whoever finds it will figure he was on the losing end of a dog fight, which he was. It’s late enough we should be able to do it without anyone seeing us.”