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slammed into the side of his truck.
    “Hoss? Are you okay?” Candy gasped as he slid down the side of the truck with a shocked expression on his face.
    “Get down Candy, quickly.” He said, scanning the area. “I just got shot. It couldn’t have been someone who was used to shooting guns, they missed anything vital, but damn that shit hurts.”
    Candy immediately pulled out her cell phone to call 9-1-1 and Hoss stopped her.
    “No police. No cops. They can’t find out I’m a shifter. I’ll heal, I just have to get the bullet out. Do you think you can drive?” Hoss said, he was couldn’t figure out exactly where he got shot from, but he assumed the person would be coming to finish the job if they didn’t get out of there soon. He didn’t want Candy at risk and managed to get the doors open and get them inside. Candy was able to slide into the driver side and turn the car on, heading towards Hoss’s house.
    “What now?” She whispered, her eyes wide. This was the closest she’d come to seeing anyone be hurt, and it sunk in how important the security she’d always had growing up had been with her father.
    “Now, we see if he follows me home. I’m guessing if he wanted to kill me, he will want to finish the job and knows what car we are driving.” Hoss told her and when he saw the fear on her face he squeezed her leg. “Don’t worry, I just need you to help me get the bullet out. I can shift and take care of the rest.”
    “Are you going to kill him?” Candy asked, concerned.
    “Only if I have too. I’m not big on killing people.” Hoss told her and gave her a funny look. He felt a little sick from the bullet being in him, and was thankful that it wasn’t silver, silver really hurt.
    “Do you think he’s doing it because you’re a shifter?” Candy asked a little while later, as they drew closer to his cabin.
    Hoss shrugged and then let out a low groan from the pain. “I don’t know; I’ve been pretty careful over the years.”
    Candy couldn’t figure out who would want to hurt Hoss. “What about it being one of the poachers? I get it’s your job to stop them, but maybe they want to hurt you because of trying to stop them?”
    “That’s always a possibility. There’s a lot of people who might want to harm me.” Hoss sighed. “I’m sorry.”
    “I’m a politician’s daughter. Danger is something I’m used too; I grew up having security around me my whole life. I couldn’t even go to school without a guard to watch over me.” Candy let out a sardonic laugh. “This isn’t exactly my idea of exciting fun Hoss, but I’ll survive.”
    “Let’s hope we do.” Hoss muttered and then stayed quiet until they got to his house. Ushering her inside, he turned all the monitors on and made sure they were looking for the tiniest movement and turned on his security cameras at the front of his house and off the back. He normally didn’t do that, but he wasn’t taking any chances. Setting an alarm, he hooked it up to his tablet so he could monitor the screens remotely.
    “Okay, we should be good. It will beep anytime it sees movement. I need you to help me get this bullet out of my shoulder now, please? I have a first aid kit on the coffee table, and some tweezers. I already got the alcohol out, just dump it on the wound, and dig until you pull the bullet out. I’ll heal properly as soon as it’s out.” Hoss told her and set the tablet down on the coffee table as he collapsed on the couch to let her work on removing the bullet.
    “Oh my,” Candy whispered as she did the steps to get ready to remove the offending piece of metal. She’d never thought of herself as a wuss, but digging around in his flesh with him turning pale and shaky as she dug for it had her feeling guilty. And a little queasy. Soon, she got a hold of it and was able to work it out. Feeling relieved she dropped it on the table and went to get a piece of gauze and some tape from the first aid kit to put over the wound.