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She was spinning and antsy Inside her head Outside of it "I am so confused"

"What about?"

The bullet wounds in his flesh had her shaking her head This was not the tiet the healers You need to be attended to"

"You&039;re ht?"

Given the stubborn line of his jaw, it was clear he wasn&039;t budging And no doubt if she left to get the surgeon, he would follow her and leave a trail of blood he did not have to spare

She shrugged "I just never expected to"

As she went no further, the realities of their situation returned to her That arousal, that satisfaction that he&039;d found it had been about his shellan, hadn&039;t it She had told him that Wellesandra elcome between them, and he&039;d made it amply clear that he wanted no one but that fe on her, in all likelihood he had e of so to do with her

Which really shouldn&039;t have bothered her It was, after all, exactly what she had told him she wanted

So why did she feel so curiously deflated?

"I am fine" She et the healers? I will take no true full breath until they care for you"

His eyes narrowed But then he nodded "Okay"

She sot to the door, he said, "No&039;One"

"Yes?"

"I want to return the favor to you"

Well, didn&039;t that stop the female in her tracks

Kind of made Tohr&039;s heart freeze, as well

As No&039;One stood at the door with her back to him, he couldn&039;t believe what had cooddah on it

"I know you go to the Sanctuary to take care of your blood needs," he said, "but that can&039;t be enough Not tonight I&039;ve taken so much from you in the last twenty-four hours"

When she didn&039;t reply, he caught her scent and had to tarowl in his throat He wasn&039;t sure she knew it in her mind, but her body was clear: It wanted what he could provide to her

Badly

Except God, as he getting into? He was going to feed someone other than his Wellsie?

God help you if she ever wanted you back

No, no, noooooo, this wasn&039;t about sex It was about hi care of her after she had allowed hih, fuck him very much

You sure about that, the small voice shot back

Just as he was about to fuck-off hiain, Lassiter&039;s fakakta lecture ca on to the past is putting you both in an In Between

Tohr cleared his throat "I mean it I want to be there for you now It&039;s siy - "

Oh, really? that voice demanded

Fuck off -

"Excusea stare over her shoulder, her brows to the ceiling

Great, so he wasn&039;t just talking to himself

"Look," he said, "co ht afterward"

"You may be more injured than you know"

"Nah, I&039;ve been here before Lots of times"

She lifted the hood into place "You need your strength to recover"

"You&039;ve given h for the two of us Come with me - I mean - " Shit Fuck "Coet the healer"

As No&039;One left, he let his head fall back - and as it slaurney&039;s hard pillow, the thud reverberated through his skull The sting felt good So he did it again

Manello strode into the exauy&039;s tone was snark-free, so Tohr would have appreciated more if it didn&039;t just dawn on him that he&039;d come all over the sheet

"Okay, let&039;s do this, big eon snapped on a pair of latex specials "I took X-rays while you were out cold, and I&039;s in you Chest and shoulder So I&039;o in, perform a lead-ectomy, and then stitch up the other sets of entrance and exit wounds Piece of cake"

"I need to clean up first"

"That&039;s h distilled water to hose all that dried blood off and still wash a car afterward"

"Yeah u about that kind oftires As Manello&039;s expression went from relaxed to resolutely professional, it was obvious that the ood How about I get you another sheet?"

"Yeah Thanks" Fucking hell He was blushing Either that or he&039;d been shot in the face, too, and was only just now noticing

As a clean sheet aardly changed hands, neither one looked at the other - and then Manello got studiously busy over at a stainless-steel rolling table, checking the needles and thread and scissors and sterile packs that had been laid out

Arown adult ers

Tohr tidied himself up and told his hard-on to can it Unfortunately, his cock see stayed hard as a crowbar Maybe it was deaf?

He was kind of done throwing fists at it

Du the dirty cloth on the floor, he covered himself with the fresh one "I&039;ood neas that at least he hadn&039;t been hit in the thigh, so Manello was going to stay above the waist

"Good," the doc said as he came back over "Now, I think we can handle this all locally, and the fewer drugs the better So I&039;d like to take a shot at not putting you out cold, okay?"

"I don&039;t care, Doc You just do you"

"I like your attitude And we&039;re going to start with this one on your upper chest Thisas I numb you up - "

"Fuuuuck"

"Sorry about that"

"Nothing you can do" Well, other than taking a spike and nailing him to the table

As Manello settled into his work, Tohr closed his eyes and thought of No&039;One "I don&039;t have to stay down here after this, do I?"

"If you were a hu up Goddaht back to the mansion"

"Well, yeah eventually" There was a resounding bonk! - as if the guy had dropped one of the lead slugs on the tray "I think Mary wanted to check in with you first"

"Why?"

"She just wants to, you know, check in"

Tohr focused a glare on the guy "Why"

"Do you realize how lucky you are that you didn&039;t end up - "

"I don&039;t need to &039;talk&039; to her, if that&039;s what you&039;re getting at"

"Look, I&039;et in the middle of this"

"I&039;ht"

"Hazard of the job - "

"Bullshit You are not &039;fine,&039; and you do need to &039;talk&039; to soestured with his hands, doing air quotes in spite of the fact that his fingers were busy holding instruments

Tohr shut his eyes in frustration "Look, I&039;ll folloith Mary when I can but right after this, I&039;eon covered all kinds of mental health territory, most of which was punctuated by f-boh