Chapter Forty-Six

Acts of Care

Koin

Azier was having serious mood swings as Koin washed Thalia's hair. Of course, he was horny, he's wolf. Other emotions were swirling around as well. fear that she didn't want to actually join the pack. Anger that anyone would do this to her. And then comfort. There was an intense satisfaction for him in caring for her, the way she softened against his hands and now looked sleepy. He wanted to sooth her into a tired bliss, to kiss and massage every bruise or kink out of her body. He was already running through his mind a small list of ways to get her to relax with him, to pamper her. He couldn't mend her bones any quicker, but he could make other things better.

When he was through washing her hair he went to get the soap and wash cloth, stopping as he turned towards her again. The sight of her like that had Azier crashing headfirst into the boundary of his mind.

She was facing him, sat forward slightly, her large perfect chest pushed out, her legs a bit parted givi