Blackfeather Woods How to save a life

Meldresi cursed silently as Burke did not vomit as inspected. She loathed having to do the secondary method; it was painful and possibly dangerous, but at this point, it was all she had. Meldresi dragged the herbs away into a corner behind her and pulled the bamboo stick to her paws. The Alpha pawed at it absentmindedly for a while before giving directions to her children and patient. "Potema, run back to the herb store and get me poppy seeds before start. Burke, I need you to keep your neck as straight as possible. Cicero, you make sure his paws stay still and he does not flail when we begin."

She grasped the bamboo stick in her mouth, gripping it in a way that would allow her purchase when the time came to stick it down Burke's throat. She was not looking forward to this.