Chapter 16
KaliniMerit snarled the entire time Belith examined Clarity and Kal.
“If you don’t stop, I’ll sedate you,” Belith said coolly. She set a hypodermic needle, presumably a sedative, on a nearby tray. “I need to concentrate, so either hush or leave. I really don’t care.”
“I am your boss,” he said, tail lashing behind him.
“You’re a pain in my a*s right now,” the doctor said. Belith’s behavior might have shocked Kal, but she already saw the blunt end of her bedside manner. That suffer-no-fools attitude probably served her well at the Watchtower.
Belith used a wipe to clean the sole of Kal’s foot. The alcohol stung, but Kal did not dare wince or complain. Merit might lose his s**t. Right now, he held it together.
Barely.
Back in the cave, though, he was a different beast. When
