She let out her breath in relief. He wasn't wounded. If hunters found him, he could still be in real trouble.
"You need to get up," she whispered in his ear, one hand stroking his neck, the other the crown of his head. "Axel Ash, you've got to get up before the hunters come for you."
Still, he didn't respond. Figuring more roughness was required to wake him, she growled and shoved at his back. "Get up! Now!" Which didn't work, either.
Hell.
Okay, fine. She stepped around him and knelt down in front of his snout, intending to offer him what she assumed he really wanted and hope that he would stir enough to get on his way, while she took off in another direction as a decoy for the hunters.
Kneeling before him, she stroked the top of his head between his ears and whispered in one of them, "You chased me, and now that I'm all yours, you're too tired to come out and play?"
