Wild Men of Alaska 04 - Wild Men of Alaska - Four Book Bundle

until Lynx had Pete’s gun and yanked her into the warmth and safety of his arms. Then she started to shake like a dried, golden birch leaf ready to fall.
    “You got this?” Lynx asked the uniform over her head.
    “What’s to get? Your woman took him out.”
    Eva disengaged herself from Lynx’s comforting arms. She wanted to stay and never leave the protective circle, but she still had a patient.
    “I drugged him up. We need to call an ambulance or air flight him to Fairbanks. I might have overdosed him.”
    “You are quite the woman,” the uniform said with an appreciative look. “No wonder Lynx is ready to call bachelor life quits.”
    “Nate,” Lynx growled the warning through his teeth.
    “What? You haven’t finalized the deal yet?” Nate turned toward Eva and gave her a smile that twinkled. “Hi, I’m Nate Lewis. And if you’d like to have dinner with me, I’d love to feed you.”
    “Back off. She only eats dinner with me.”
    “I’ve yet to eat dinner with you,” Eva said. “You stood me up, remember? Besides, I don’t belong to anyone.”
    Nate choked on his laugh, and Lynx’s expression darkened. Then he grasped Eva’s arm turning it to see better. “Are you bleeding?”
    She shook her head. “It’s not mine.”
    “Nice,” Nate said.
    “Let’s get this dirt bag out of here,” Eva said. “He’s mudding up my clinic.” Eva turned back to Pete. He was out cold but still bleeding. She moved to stanch the blood, but Lynx grabbed her arm.
    “You don’t have to do this. He held you hostage.”
    “I’m okay.”
    “You might think you are.” He held up his hand when she went to interrupt. “I can bandage him until the paramedics get here. I’m a registered veterinarian, and he’s basically an animal.”
    “Let me help. I’ll be fine. Seriously. I can do this.”
    He smiled at her with what she interpreted to be pride, and it made her heart swell with that teenage excitement. She did her best to tamp it back. There was too much going on to let an infatuation with this man stay in the forefront. “After we take care of him, and you get him out of my clinic, I need an explanation on what the hell this was all about.”

C HAPTER N INETEEN

    Lynx returned to Chatanika after delivering the poachers to the jail in Fairbanks. The paperwork had seemed endless, and a new day had begun by the time he was finished. Pete was handcuffed to his bed in the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital with a guard stationed outside his room. Last Lynx had heard, Pete had come to cussing about the demon nurse in Chatanika. Lynx liked the description, so proud of Eva and the way she’d handled herself, though he never wanted to see her in danger again.
    That was one woman with a level head on her shoulders. And a very pretty one at that. He passed the clinic on the way to his place, badly wanting to pull in and see her. But a shower, shave, and a few hours of sleep would do him some good. He tended to get a little stupid when he didn’t get enough sleep, and he’d need all his brain cells for the conversation he knew they’d be having later.
    He parked and got out of his truck. He’d have to get it cleaned, since Pete had bled all over the front seat. For today, he’d grabbed a tarp from the precinct and covered his seat. Climbing the stairs to the deck, he felt the many hours he’d gone without rest, and entered the unlocked cabin to find Eva curled asleep on his couch.
    His heart flipped seeing her sleeping in his place. It was never clearer to him than right now that she belonged here with him. Quietly, he walked over to the couch and knelt down. She’d tossed and turned during her sleep. The blanket she’d covered herself with pooled at her waist, probably due to what she’d endured the night before. He should have had Raven come and stay with her so she wasn’t alone. He tugged the blanket up to her shoulders, tucking the edges in around her.
    Her eyes fluttered open, and his heart did that stuttering thing again. He loved this woman.
    “Hey,” she greeted.
    “Hey, yourself.”
    She went to smile, doing a half stretch when she caught site of her surroundings. Everything must have come crashing back to her, for she sat up quickly and wrapped her arms in the blanket, keeping it close to her body.
    “I’m sorry for making myself at home. It’s just after you left, I couldn’t stay at my place.”
    “I understand. I’m glad you came here. I should have called Raven, or gotten you a