Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Chapter 43

"Bronx?" | say shyly. | hope he is sleepy enough that he will just say yes to my request.

 

"Yeah, Baby?" he responds sleepily. His voice is almost a whisper.

 

"| want to do something for you, but | need your permission and I'm afraid you'll say no," | try to sound casual and calm.

 

The light of the moon shining through the window is the only light allowing me to see his reaction. He opens his eye and looks atme with concern but his voice sounds suspicious of my motives, "Why would | ever tell you no? But more importantly, why would you need permission?"

 

"I-| want to heal you," | sit up, facing him, "I don't want you to end up with scars like mine. | know in Blood River having scars is a badge of honor, but this is different.”

 

"You're right. I'm going to say no," he rolls gingerly on his back away from me and stares at the ceiling, "It isn't your burden to bear. | don't want you to waste your precious strength on something like that. You're healing, yourself. You don't need to heal me too."

 

Ugh, why does my mate have to be so stubborn.

 

"Bronx, please. | have enough strength for this. | mean I'll probably be tired tomorrow, but | will be fine, | promise,” | pout.

 

"Kas, you almost died bringing me back from the brink of death. | can't lose you because you are worried about my vanity. | can't."

 

lose me. This is a simple enough healing. There's no poison in your bloodstream anymore, it's just flesh wounds. This is basic stuff. I've trained

 

There is also a touch of confusion mixed in. He stops and rubs

 

crap. He's

 

to stop until | say

 

not," | shrug,

 

do this and anything

 

It will just make me extra sleepy. |

 

fine. You can try to heal me. What do you want me to do?"

 

your back is well...not full of lash marks. Don't think about me, don't think about anyone else, just imagine what

 

I'm crazy. "Just close your eyes and focus, please.” : He closes his eye and takes a deep

 

my eye and sigh deeply. | know this is a bad idea but

 

body. Think about what it feels like when you move when you exercise.

deeper than that. Think down to the individual strands of muscle. Think about when they are flexed, about when they are stretched. The

 

feel my body relax, like I'm hypnotized. Her voice melts into me,

 

can feel my body, but it doesn't necessarily matter at that moment. |

 

building in my chest radiating to my back. It doesn't hurt. It's comforting and | don't want it to stop. | feel any tension that | didn't even know that | had been holding on to release from my body.

 

into the far corners of my body, evening out and cooling down. | open my eye and look around. No

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