Badger to the Bone (Honey Badger Chronicles, #3)

by Shelly Laurenston

She waved his obvious concern away. “The kid’s fine. His father and uncles are a little pissed but the Kapowskis are always pissed. They’re like the pissiest grizzlies on the block.” “I think I’d be pissed, too, if someone tried to eat my kid.” “Allegedly.” He frowned and Max explained, “In case there’s any legal trouble. We go with ‘allegedly.’ ” “Legal trouble? As in getting arrested for eating a child? That seems like something one should go to prison for.” “Allegedly eating a child . . . actually, allegedly attempting to eat a child. And you were having a rough moment. We thought you had completely healed up but it seems the damage to your brain was worse than we thought, so it took a bit longer for your recovery. You feel fine now, though, right?” “Even if I can’t tell whether this is reality or a fantasy world where I’m a cat?” “Christ, we’re not still arguing about that, are we?”

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