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And then I hovered my hand over the wound, my white power burning bright.

It wasn’t enough.

She was already straddling the line between life and death.

It required more.

A great deal more.

Hesitation wasn’t an option.

A moment longer and I would be unable to reach her without pulling back the veil between the living and the dead.

It required a tether.

I straddled her, pressing one hand to her heart, and the other directly over her wound.

And then I pulled on my power, and poured my Celestial Light into her, destroying the infection at the site of the wound and coursing it through her body, while my other sparked with my white lightning, to restart her heart that had just ceased to beat.

I kept my hand tight to her wound even as her body jolted beneath me from the magical electrical current I was afflicting her with.

On the third rush of lightning, I felt it—the beat of her heart.

She lurched up, drawing in a long, choking breath, her eyes shooting wide.

Clearly in a state of shock, she bucked, trying to move away, but if I allowed it, the infection would not be healed, and she would die once again.

I pressed my hand to her back and gathered her to me with one arm, holding her steady, cradled against my chest, as I continued pouring my Light into her wound.

“Be still,little shadow,”I spoke into her hair.“You will be well in moments.”

“I… it burns.”

“Painfully?” It was my first time doing anything like this.

“No… a different kind of burn.”

Oh.

She wasn’t strained in speaking anymore, but there was a different sort of struggle, and with what she seemed to be conveying, it appeared to be arousal.

I didn’t know what to do with that.

But then she lifted her hands, careful not to impact my healing of her abdomen as she did, and her fingers clutched at my shoulders, little moans escaping her that warmed me in ways I couldn’t deny I found… favorable.

“God,” she breathed.

How ironic.

“I’m sorry to inflict this upon you.”

“You’re saving me.”

“I didn’t know it would come with these… side effects.”

“It’s okay,” she murmured softly.

Her fingers trembled and she tightened her grip. I looked down to see her cheeks heating also. Those little moans continued, moving between those and pants.