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“You tried to let it heal on its own”

“Ordinary people survive burns”

“Yes, well…” He brushed strands of hair from her face She’d folded her arms over a pillow and her cheek rested on her stacked hands as she gazed at hiularly to keep the new layer of skin froht and this seemed to be a comfortable position for her “You’re not ordinary, so stop pretending to be”

A sharp laugh fell fro about ony level, however, could be reduced by several notches and I’d be happier for it”

“Yes, there is that” He recalled the needle incident the night of the assault “My restraint was put to the test when Schaeffer gave you that shot ofto your pain”

“But you realized it wasn’t his fault”

“That’s ato accept in theory than in reality”

“I’ She still slept a lot “You clearly picked the wrong human to fall in love with”

He chuckled, despite the tension that coiled in his sto fallen for asafe “No I didn’t”

She sot to tell you”

“What’s that?” he asked as he stroked her hair

“I love you too”

He dropped a soft kiss on her cheek “Noe’re really screwed”

Chapter Eleven

Not quite three days slipped by and Christmas drew near