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

see movement through the mesh but separated so the team could work without being bitten or distracting the lioness if she woke suddenly. He paced once, twice, then collapsed against the side nearest his mother.

Emma did not look at him for long. She could not afford to.

“Temperature,” she said.

Mercy read it out. Emma’s face tightened. “Fluids up. I want continue reading …