Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles, #1)

by Shelly Laurenston

“Wait,” Cella said, walking away from Dr. Davis and over to him. She sniffed him. “It was you at their house. Hold on . . . do you think we want to hurt the MacKilligan sisters?” Berg let his silence answer her question. “Oh, God, no. No! That’s not what’s happening.” “Uh-huh.” “You don’t believe me?” “I don’t believe you,” Dr. Davis said from across the room. “Jai . . . is this you helping?” Cella asked with false sweetness. Dr. Davis didn’t reply, so Cella refocused on him. “I can see how you might think we were . . . but we’re not. That’s the farthest thing from our minds. Just a conversation. That’s all we want. So, if you could just—” A crash from the exam rooms cut off Cella’s next lies, and Berg moved past all the women, heading right to the glass door. He’d just opened it when the glass and blinds of one of the exam rooms exploded out—nurses, orderlies, and other doctors making a panicked run for it—and an annoying weasel landed hard on the hallway floor. A few seconds later, Charlie followed Dutch out, glaring down at him. “You’re not being reasonable!” Dutch was saying just as Charlie reached down, wrapped her hand around Dutch’s throat, and lifted the guy off the floor. With one hand.

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