Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future

Forever In The Past And Forever In The Future By Neener Chapter 43

Forever in the Past and Forever in the Future by Neener Chapter 43

“Bronx?” I say shyly. I hope he is sleepy enough that he will just say yes to my request.

“Yeah, Baby?” he responds sleepily. His voice is almost a whisper.

“I want to do something for you, but I need your

permission and I’m afraid you’ll say no,” I try to sound casual and calm.

The light of the moon shining through the window is the only light allowing me to see his reaction. He opens his eye and looks at me with concern but his voice sounds

suspicious of my motives, “Why would I ever tell you no? But more importantly, why would you need permission?”

“I -I want to heal you, ” I sit up, facing him, “I don’t want you to end up with scars like mine. I know in Blood River having scars is a badge of honor, but this is different.”

“You’re right. I’m going to say no,” he rolls gingerly on his back away from me and stares at the ceiling, “I t isn’t your burden to bear. I don’t want you to waste your precious strength on something like that.

You’re healing, yourself. You don’t need to heal me too.” Ugh, why does my mate have to be so stubborn.

“Bronx, please. I have enough strength for this. I mean I ’11 probably be tired tomorrow, but I will be fine, I

promise, ” I pout.

“Kas, you almost died bringing me back from the brink of death. I can’t lose you because you are worried about my vanity. I can’t.”

This is a simple enough healing. There’s no poison in your bloodstream anymore,

let me do this

me angrily. There is also a touch of confusion mixed in. He stops and rubs his face with his hands before he puts them on

crap. He’s frustrated

are you?“ “Probably not,” I shrug, trying to sound nonchalant. “If

just make

sighs heavily, letting his arms drop to

this to turn into a fight, so if it will appease you, fine. You can try to heal me. What do you want me

sense of relief spreads over me, “Thank you,

knees and pull

it feels like when your back is well…not full of lash marks. Don’t think about me, don’t think about anyone else, just

when you

He looks at me like I’m crazy. “Just close your eyes and focus,

eyes and takes a deep breath. Bronx’s

close my eyes and sigh deeply. I know this

like when you move when you exercise. The

way they relax when you’re next to me, ” she speaks, her voice subtly changes, “Good,

down to the individual strands of muscle. Think about when they are flexed, about when they are stretched. The

massage.”

Kas talks, I feel my body relax, like I’m hypnotized. Her voice melts into me, becoming part of me.

meant when she said she spread herself out in the universe. I can feel my body, but it doesn’t necessarily matter

a warmth building in my chest radiating to my back. It doesn’t hurt. It’s comforting and I don’t want it to stop. I feel any tension that I didn’t even know that I had been holding on to release from my body. I feel better

into the far corners of my body, evening out and cooling down. I open my eyes and look around.

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