She gave him an irritable look, but he wasn’t about to let her continue her painful probing. Finally, he pulled away from her, clutching his throbbing arm to his chest. He clamped his teeth together, fighting a groan, but it forced its way out. Her fingers practically dug into his arm and the bruising. For someone so petite, one would have expected a light and gentle touch, but no. “I’ll make sure it’s not broken,” Leetra said.īefore he could protest, she took his arm in her hands. Looking at his bare shoulder, he found it had turned an interesting shade of blue and purple. He sat down in a chair, and they helped him get his armor and shirt off, which he would have been more than happy to leave on considering the pain it caused to remove them. As the two left the infirmary, Kyrin led Kaden to a table, where Leetra waited. She smiled and nodded, and Jace helped Marcus stand. “Not without help, you’re not,” Kyrin said, sounding amusingly like their mother. “I should go to the sleeping quarters so someone else can have this cot.” For once in his life, Kaden was too tired to think about food… not that he would refuse it.īeside him, Marcus pushed himself into a sitting position, hissing out a breath. Taking his right hand, she helped him up. “Let’s get your wounds looked after so you can get some food and go to bed.”
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