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His huge mass and all the black clothes were co the pale old accents--and a shiver of thrill went through her He was standing in a place she was naked in on a regular basis

She wasn’t sure why this occurred to her or even seeraold faucet Putting her fingers under the rush, she waited for the water to--

"It doesn’t need to be warue with hiht, and then wet the terry cloth

"Just give it tothe excess free, she went over and put the towel into his pal?"

Well, that was obvious He was trying to scrub off that whole side of his face

She grabbed his forearm, and as he recoiled, like she’d surprised hie of the reaction and snatched the towel back Yanking him farther into the bathroo in close, she batted his hands out of the way and went to work properly

"How’d this happen?" She dabbed with care "It doesn’t look dirty Who hit you and is he still alive?"

Axwelle’s response? A jaw that ground his lowera conversation with soht with?

Probably her

"You can tell ain and rinsed out the towel Ca in still closer, she focused on the laceration "I think this is going to need stitches It’s deep and wide? Can you see out of this eye?"

No answer Justlower jaw

"Okay, Mr Chatty, let o see Havers You’re obviously healthy, so you’re going to heal, but this et infected before it closes itself"

Elise patted the area dry with the other end of the towel and went to her cabinets, bending over the center drawers as she pulled them open one by one The first aid kit was in the last one by the floor

Rifling through the Band-Aids and gauze patches, she took one of the big squares out "This’ll do"

She shucked the wrapper into the wastepaper basket and headed over to her silent, ," sheto school I’et to be myself No assu butwho I a off the two adhesive ends, pinched the gaping hole in his flesh, and covered the laceration, ht Crushing the little tabs in her fist, she stepped back Axwelle was staring straight ahead, as if he hadn’t been able to stand her getting near hiain, she felt like her chance to keep going to that hu in front of her very eyes