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"Yes, you’re right" I held out ht Mi amica That’s what you call me You’re the best"

"You will notlook "You will be a gentleet clean and dry and put to bed Give her soet it, Flo" Rafe kissed the top of my head "No hanky-panky I’m not the asshole Achelous was Glory’s beat Traumatized I’m not about to make some stupid move on her now"

"Hey, I’m here you know And if I want him to climb into my bed for h I knew that was the last coht, Flo"

"I’ll call you toht If you want me to cancel my trip to Paris, say the word" She also sentfoolish with Rafe

"No, take your trip And quit worrying about s so far Maybe I can get Laurie to give et rid of this Siren whammy"

"Not sure I’d do that, Glory" Rafe smiled down at ht you protection at least"

"I’ for her to talk about now, Rafael Get her in the shower, dry her off, feed her Now, good night" Flo stalked out of the apartment and closed the door

"We have our orders" Rafe carried me into the bathroom He carefully set me on the closed toilet and pulled my ruined red sweater off over my head Then he reached back and turned on the water in the tub since it took a while to heat up

"I’ when they were dry" I got the button open and the zipper down "That daive et?"

"They aren’t wide They’re perfect" Rafe lifted one hip and ed to slide the jeans and my panties down then did the same with the other He was very careful when he had to pull them off over my wounded feet Still, I hissed when the stiff fabric rubbed against them

"Thanks, Rafe" I reached behindvery clinical about undressing rateful I knew he still wanted e in his oet jeans

"Wait" He wrapped a towel around et in this tub with your feet like this It will be agony"

I glanced at the filling tub then down at ht of that hot water touching the you first" He turned off the water then started to lift ain

"Wait Take off your shirt It’s soaked and you can dry off I’ve got one of your old T-shirts in ht" He jerked off the shirt then picked ently then disappeared into the bathroo only a towel around his lean hips "Give me another minute and I’ll throw my jeans into the dryer"

"Good idea" I lay back and closed ether if I’d tried

"I’ as Rafe sat beside et those feet healed You also have bruises on your shoulders"

"I’ve got a killer headache too" Killer Oh, God I looked away froie" Rafe gently turned my chin so that I faced him "That bastard really did a number on you, in more ways than one"

"Understatement The way he and Circe htened at the mention of Jerry’s name I reached up to trace those lines "I’m sorry You’re also one of my victims Do you hate that?"

"Never" He leaned down and kissed me carefully on the lips "Drink from me At least heal before you try to reason any of this out" He pulled my arms around his neck and offered his throat

I was powerless to resist as I slidhis jaw to the sweet spot where I could hear his blood puht I had to feed and he had just what I needed