Heat

Kane mixed up a panacea blend of immuno-boosters and nanozymes and injected it into her sleeping body. Come daylight, the swelling would be gone and the holes well on their way to healed. The rest, he’d leave to nature. It would mean staying at the hotel until she was fit to travel again, but he could live with that.

“Thank you,” she mumbled now, and he patted her back absently. “I’ll be good.”

“I know you will.”

“I’m sorry I hit you.”

“I forgive you,” he said generously.

She stretched out and kissed his foot. She fell asleep that way, her cheek atop his talons, and Kane leaned his head on his fist and smiled down at her from above.

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