The Cub Stayed Beside the Trapped Lioness Until Help Reached the Grass

that made miracles easy. There were steel tables, portable monitors, cabinets labeled in Emma’s blocky handwriting, and people who had learned to do delicate work while sweat ran into their eyes.

They moved Mara into the treatment bay first. The cub’s crate stayed in the adjoining enclosure, close enough that he could continue reading …