“I promise.” Austin stroked the jittery female before he touched the ointment to the gash in the cow’s side. The animal bellowed but didn’t move beneath his steady hand. “There, there. I told you it wouldn’t hurt.” Another bellow, but this one was softer as he stroked her a few more times and applied more medicine. “You like it, don’t you? I knew you would. It’s just a matter of loosening up, sugar.” He continued his careful application, until he’d completely covered the wound with the antibioti...c cream he’d picked up at Skeeter’s. Mabel was the fifth animal in two weeks who’d gotten caught in the barbed wire that circled his small spread. Most had been calves too naive to know better, but this one was full-grown. And hungry. His own pastureland could no longer sustain his herd. Though he supplemented with feed, it simply wasn’t enough. And he had a new shipment of heifers to accommodate. He wiped his hands, reached for a handful of oats and held the reward out to the cow.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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