The Fake Heiress and Her Purrfect Partner novel Chapter 186

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Eloise looked at Nina expectantly. “So, we’d like to hire an animal consultant from your zoo to help guard these precious seeds.”

Nina pressed her brows together, lost in thought as she weighed his request.

The best pick for Eloise’s problem would be a large raptor.

Those birds were born to be the bane of little thieves-nothing slipped past their sharp eyes.

The catch was, her zoo didn’t have any large raptors at the moment.

She could always ask Mr. Crow to pull some strings and borrow a few big-shot raptors from the wild.

The image of a Golden Eagle soaring through the sky flashed in her mind, but she couldn’t help feeling a bit uncertain.

Nina mused, ‘Making these kings of the sky clock in at the farm every day? That’s a tall order, and keeping them in semi- captivity isn’t good for wild animals. It won’t help them thrive.’

Seeing Nina’s troubled look, Eloise quickly added, “Don’t worry, we’ll make sure the compensation is generous.

“All the funds we originally planned for hiring guards can go toward bringing in animal helpers. We’ll make sure they have the best food, the best place to stay, and get the best care possible!”

Nina couldn’t help but chuckle at her eagerness. “No rush-we can take our time finding a long-term solution.

“For now, I can pull together some temporary help to look after your seeds these next few days, just to get you through this emergency.”

She was already considering whether she could have Mr. Crow help coordinate a raptor duty roster.

“Oh, that reminds me,” Nina added, switching topics, “We’d like to set up a regular order of fresh produce from your farm to use as feed for our animals. What sort of price could you give us?”

“Oh, the price? That’s no issue at all!” Eloise said with a big smile.

Eloise’s face broke into a relieved grin the moment she heard Nina was open to partnering up.

She wasted no time pulling out a ready contract from her briefcase and said enthusiastically, “As long as you’re on board, we’ll supply all the feed at cost!”

Eloise gave a bright smile as she added, “And for every project, you’ll get a special Beast Whisperer fee-meant to be split between you and your animal crew.”

Eloise gave a bright smile as she added.

She kept sweetening the deal. “It’s not just plant feed-if your carnivore buddies need meat, I can hook you up with trustworthy suppliers who offer premium quality at great prices.

“We’ve built up a killer network of high-quality suppliers at our farm over the years.”

Nina’s eyes lit up instantly. ‘This is exactly what I needed-a blessing sent straight from above!’ Nina thought.

‘If I can lock down this supply chain, every critter at Forest Isle Zoo will be feasting like royalty!’ she wondered.

She vowed to pamper every animal at Forest Isle Zoo, making them so plump and fuzzy their coats would shine like polished gems!

But at the moment, the most urgent thing was to get Mr. Crow to put out the word on the raptor grapevine and see if any heavy-hitters from his wild crew would step up to help the farm out of its jam.

After pinning down the exact time for their visit to the farm the next day, Eloise and her team said their goodbyes and left.

Just as Nina was about to sit down and untangle the mess of today’s events, Mr. Crow came racing in, wings beating hard, his voice laced with real panic.

Mr. Crow said, “Ms. Summer! Trouble-big trouble! I found a witness, a kestrel that actually saw the person with the kite!” He panted, feathers puffed up in alarm. “But it’s in terrible shape, barely holding on! You’ve got to help it, quick!”

“What?” Nina’s mind went blank for a moment, stunned.

Without missing a beat, she whirled around and snatched up her trusty first-aid kit. “Lead the way!”

Tearing off after Mr. Crow, who swooped overhear as her quide che cned toward a small park just northeast of the zoo on her electric scooter.

Successfully unlocked!

When they arrived, Nina pushed aside the bushes-anu une sign wanny for her made her gasp, her breath catching in her throat.

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A kestrel with rusty-brown feathers lay sprawled on the ground, barely clinging to life, its consciousness fading fast.

Its once agile body was torn and bloodied, those elegant wings now twisted at angles that made Nina’s stomach clench.

But the worst part was the icy steel pellet buried in its chest and belly, blood still seeping out in a steady trickle.

There was no mistaking it-someone had cruelly targeted this kestrel with a pellet gun.

“Hang in there,” Nina whispered, holding her breath as she gently scooped the kestrel up, moving with the utmost care. She quickly worked to stop the bleeding and stabilize its injuries.

Not daring to waste a single second, she hopped back on her scooter, cradling the kestrel protectively in her arms, and sped back to the zoo as fast as she could.

She burst into the zoo’s medical center, crying out for emergency help.

Hearing Nina’s urgent cry, the on-duty vet Emily immediately dropped everything and rushed over.

Together, they carried the barely breathing kestrel into the sterile operating room.

With the state-of-the-art medical equipment Loomis had left behind, they worked frantically against the clock-every second counts-to clean the wounds and keep the kestrel alive.

After three nerve-wracking hours battling for a life, the operating room doors creaked open.

Nina and Emily shuffled out with the weight of the world on their shoulders, foreheads slick with sweat and surgical scrubs mottled with specks of blood.

The veterinary assistant, Sophia, swooped right in, keeping a close watch on the kestrel’s vital signs post-op.

Nina collapsed onto a bench in the med center hallway, using her sleeve to wipe the sweat off her face. She felt like she had been wrung out like a towel-there was nothing left in her.

That entire mind-bending afternoon had left her so spent, she felt she couldn’t even muster the energy to wiggle a finger.

Just then, a set of hurried footsteps came rushing down the hallway, growing louder by the second.

Simon burst into the med center and immediately saw his sister, Nina, leaning exhaustedly against the bench, looking utterly drained.

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