Her skin felt wrong - like the outside was too cold and the inside was too hot at the same time. Yet, she trembled in a way that suggested she was freezing. My palm quickly shifted to her forehead, but I hesitated.
To use the medical scan and see the temptation of her being in the list of Annexable people… or whatever would happen since she is already presumptuously on the roster due to the Fated Mate potential.
But she didn't hesitate. Leaning into my touch like she couldn't help herself. Like it was soothing… instead of as selfish as it was.
"Training accident. Real silver… hunter dispersal unit got mixed in with the practice ones. Meant to just have an aerosol irritant. I inhaled... not as much as last time, but..."
"Last time? This has happened before?"
