A Fox's Love (American Kitsune Book 1) Read Online Free
Author: Brandon Varnell
the fox's torso got wiped away, Kevin was finally able to see the injury more clearly.
His stomach churned.
It was a rather nasty looking gash that reminded Kevin of the time he had been bitten by a pit bull that belonged to this grumpy old man. When he tried to pet it the animal had quite literally clamped its jaws onto his hand and tore into his flesh. He had needed somewhere around half a dozen stitches on each side of his hand for the damage to heal.
That was the only time any animal had ever bitten him before. He still had a memento of the wound in the form of a white scar on both sides of his hand near his thumb, a jagged, white line that stood out starkly against his tanned skin.
The longer he continued cleaning the wound the more he realized just how horrible the injury truly was. It was more than just a ragged gash. Whatever had done this had actually torn through some of its muscles as well, or was that just fatty tissue? It was hard to tell, since Kevin didn't know much about fox anatomy. Either way, he wasn't even sure stitching the wound shut would allow it to heal properly. And even if he had the necessary supplies, he knew next to nothing about stitching wounds.
This would require professional help.
Unfortunately, the nearest veterinary office was over fifteen miles away and he didn't think he would be able to make it on his bike before the kit died of blood loss. Maybe it was just him, because really, he couldn't see the fox's skin beneath all that fur, but the creature was beginning to look kind of pale.
Not knowing what to do, Kevin just kept cleaning the wound until he felt it was good enough to begin bandaging it up. He ended up going through eight cotton balls because there was so much blood and dirt covering the injury. Truth be told, he had expected to use more.
It was right after he had grabbed the bandages, but before he began wrapping the wound, that his eyes caught sight of something startling.
"What the heck...?" The young teen looked more closely at the wound, his eyes squinting.
He blinked several times, then rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't just seeing things. When he convinced himself that, no, he was not suffering from any kind of hallucination, and that, yes, what he was looking at really was happening, his eyes widened. The wound was healing! Slowly but surely the large gash on the fox's torso was closing up fast enough that Kevin could actually see the process happening. Small lines of skin that looked more like thread slowly stitched themselves across the fox's wound. There had to be at least six or seven of these 'threads' that were slowly weaving through the other threads and leaving behind perfect, unblemished skin that began growing sparse amounts of bright red fur soon after.
"What is this?" he asked under his breath. It was a question asked in rhetoric, as there was no one near him who could answer.
It was like watching a video of how a wound might heal if someone used a Curaga spell or something else from one of his video games. It was fascinating to watch, but Kevin wasn't thinking about how amazing the sight was. He was more startled than impressed.
What was going on? Was this fox some kind of ancient and powerful creature like those half demons he read about in his manga? Or was it some kind of government experiment that had managed to escape from a top secret lab somewhere? What if it had been injected with the T-virus and granted super human... um... super fox, healing abilities?
Kevin had obviously been playing way too much Resident Evil.
As he continued watching Kevin noticed that the wound was still very large and that the fox was beginning to breath much more heavily as the constant loss of blood began taking an even harsher toll on its body. If this kept up, super healing abilities or not, the fox wouldn't last much longer.
Deciding that he could think on what he was seeing later, Kevin began dressing the wound as best he could. He pressed the gauze
His stomach churned.
It was a rather nasty looking gash that reminded Kevin of the time he had been bitten by a pit bull that belonged to this grumpy old man. When he tried to pet it the animal had quite literally clamped its jaws onto his hand and tore into his flesh. He had needed somewhere around half a dozen stitches on each side of his hand for the damage to heal.
That was the only time any animal had ever bitten him before. He still had a memento of the wound in the form of a white scar on both sides of his hand near his thumb, a jagged, white line that stood out starkly against his tanned skin.
The longer he continued cleaning the wound the more he realized just how horrible the injury truly was. It was more than just a ragged gash. Whatever had done this had actually torn through some of its muscles as well, or was that just fatty tissue? It was hard to tell, since Kevin didn't know much about fox anatomy. Either way, he wasn't even sure stitching the wound shut would allow it to heal properly. And even if he had the necessary supplies, he knew next to nothing about stitching wounds.
This would require professional help.
Unfortunately, the nearest veterinary office was over fifteen miles away and he didn't think he would be able to make it on his bike before the kit died of blood loss. Maybe it was just him, because really, he couldn't see the fox's skin beneath all that fur, but the creature was beginning to look kind of pale.
Not knowing what to do, Kevin just kept cleaning the wound until he felt it was good enough to begin bandaging it up. He ended up going through eight cotton balls because there was so much blood and dirt covering the injury. Truth be told, he had expected to use more.
It was right after he had grabbed the bandages, but before he began wrapping the wound, that his eyes caught sight of something startling.
"What the heck...?" The young teen looked more closely at the wound, his eyes squinting.
He blinked several times, then rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't just seeing things. When he convinced himself that, no, he was not suffering from any kind of hallucination, and that, yes, what he was looking at really was happening, his eyes widened. The wound was healing! Slowly but surely the large gash on the fox's torso was closing up fast enough that Kevin could actually see the process happening. Small lines of skin that looked more like thread slowly stitched themselves across the fox's wound. There had to be at least six or seven of these 'threads' that were slowly weaving through the other threads and leaving behind perfect, unblemished skin that began growing sparse amounts of bright red fur soon after.
"What is this?" he asked under his breath. It was a question asked in rhetoric, as there was no one near him who could answer.
It was like watching a video of how a wound might heal if someone used a Curaga spell or something else from one of his video games. It was fascinating to watch, but Kevin wasn't thinking about how amazing the sight was. He was more startled than impressed.
What was going on? Was this fox some kind of ancient and powerful creature like those half demons he read about in his manga? Or was it some kind of government experiment that had managed to escape from a top secret lab somewhere? What if it had been injected with the T-virus and granted super human... um... super fox, healing abilities?
Kevin had obviously been playing way too much Resident Evil.
As he continued watching Kevin noticed that the wound was still very large and that the fox was beginning to breath much more heavily as the constant loss of blood began taking an even harsher toll on its body. If this kept up, super healing abilities or not, the fox wouldn't last much longer.
Deciding that he could think on what he was seeing later, Kevin began dressing the wound as best he could. He pressed the gauze
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