Should Have Been Drowned

Chimera was quick to return to aid her and Aliana was grateful for his attentiveness. When she gave him the signal, he pressed right where she had instructed him to, and the result was a keening squeal of pain from the slave woman, muffled some by the leather strip in her mouth. Ali worked quickly while Chi held the fracture as close to set as possible, positioning the firm timber splint on either side of her leg and lashing it together with the cloth strips. Deft paws tied them tightly together, and when she removed her paws, the splint stayed in place. "Okay, you can let go now," she said to Chimera, waiting until the massive brute had removed his paws to inspect her work and make sure the splint hadn't shifted. When it didn't, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded her head. "Okay, that should do it!"

While Aliana began to gather up her supplies, she took out one last bottle of extract and placed it before Reila. "Drink this, Reila. It will help numb the pain in your leg. You'll need to try to not put weight on it for at least a few weeks to let the fracture set, but it should heal properly now. I'll get you a sling so you can keep it elevated." Once she'd gathered up everything in her satchel, she gazed with empathy to the slave woman once more, then turned to Chi, gently tugging at his fur to bring his head down to her level. "It's an extract of lavender and chamomile. Extremely potent. She'll be unconscious in a few minutes. She needs to rest and not move her leg for a few hours," she whispered into her mate's black ear. "You can leave her here or carefully move her to a more comfortable bed, but please mind her leg." With her final instructions imparted to Chimera, Aliana ducked out of the bungalow and made her way back to the Klein estate to see about finding a sling for Reila's leg.

- exit Aliana -

"Aliana"