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His Grumpiness returned with thenot to wince, and turned my back to him

Silence

"It’s not that bad"

His hands brushed my skin, warm and careful The cold saline solution washed over the cut and I shivered

"What about this?" Curran’s fingers touched the aching spot on ht I’ll chant over it once you’re done cleaning It will heal itself"

Cold wind touchedmy teeth dance Thanks, weather Screw you, too

"The rationale is, since we killed it once, we could probably kill it again This is a residential neighborhood We are going to do the right thing and watch over it"

"This is a duet involved"

I grinned "Aha! Now you are catching on Welcome to human society, Your Majesty"

"Kate Chant"

Ten h to put a bandage over it I pulled my turtleneck over my back Unfortunately while it was rolled up, it had ti covered in ichor didn’t help Curran sat next to me

"Shoulder," I told hi the world’s best chest to the wind I cla out of him with my pliers It was about the size of a thin metal skewer "Ready?"

"Do it"

I ripped the hair out It was ten inches long

He ritty noise It had to have hurt like hell I wiped the blood off his shoulder with gauze "Four ed all four in under a minute The less he hurt, the better Curran put his shirt back on and pulledwasn’t good

"You okay?" I asked