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Tori sighed as Baldewin put the car into drive, the GPS already orienting itself to navigate the a fuss over these scrapes Soap, water, a little ht to cool the heat of the injury, I’ll be fine”

“You’re in pain I do not like seeing you in pain”

Silence

Baldewin snuck a peek at hin Tori didn’t seem to kno to respond to that TheAbused? Possibly Neglected? Very likely There was no doubt in Baldewin’s mind that Tori had never been properly loved He didn’t even kno to respond to so Baldewin rarely felt hoe It usually only came in the need to protect his clanmates when threatened, but he could feel it start to burn in the back of his throat Tori was so very precious, and no one had ever loved him This needed to be fixed

But he had to proceed carefully Tori had already suffered onfor more information “Should we contact your clan and tell them what happened today?”

“No!” Tori growled instantly, then winced and , “No, I have no interest in telling them”

“Alright”

Even in the wake of an attack, he wanted no contact with the indeed

Baldeas torn about what to think of the e clan in Finland was very exciting, and he wanted to explore the option of bringing them into his own clan

On the other hand, if Tori was an example of what that clan did to its round uponthem

For now, his focus was on protecting and helping Tori The Taavi could wait

The phare and blue that sat on the corner of two intersecting streets Baldewin parked next to the curb and opened the door for Tori, not wanting hie eyed hi They ducked inside the pharmacy, with its white walls and white floors and white shelves, the colorful boxes of products lined up neatly

Baldeasn’t very familiar with Finnish products, but Tori, of course, knehat he needed and picked up bandages, oint alcohol Baldewin paid for it all before escorting theer seat and knelt down in front of him to carefully clean out his palrit fro more pain than necessary

“I’hed in exasperation “And you’ll have to scrub harder than that to get all the dirt out Forget it, let me do it”