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“How can you say that? You’re my Fated Mate, Addison—healing you will be my pleasure. It’s the closest I can get to you since my Drake is too chaotic to let me Claim you.”

She bit her lip. There it was again—he thought of her as his Fated Mate. Just the idea of that made it feel like a flock of butterflies had taken flight inside her stomach.

“Now just lay back and relax.” Drago stroked her cheek again and leaned down to press a soft kiss to her forehead. “I’m going to take care of you, baby. I swear I will.”

His warm words and tender gestures were so different from his usual gruff and growly demeanor that Addie felt herself melting again.

“Okay,” she said softly. “I trust you, Drago.”

“Good girl,” he rumbled. “Come on, let’s get you comfortable. And me too—hand me one of those pillows, will you? I’mprobably going to be on my knees for a while if I’m going to neutralize all the venom.”

The matter-of-fact way he talked about healing her made Addison feel more comfortable and confident that he knew what he was doing. She handed him a pillow and then lay back on the bed as he had directed.

Drago didn’t kneel in front of her at once, however. He surprised Addie by grabbing another pillow and putting it under her head.

"So you can watch me heal you," he said when she raised her eyebrows in a silent question.

“I can’t see in the dark like you can,” she pointed out.

“No, but you can get a general idea. I don’t want you to be nervous, baby—want you to be able to see what I’m doing every step of the way,” he told her.

“Okay, thank you.” Addison was touched by his thoughtfulness. Her stern and stoic Protector was turning out to be a sweet guy with a heart of gold—who could have guessed?

“Just relax,” Drago told her. “And open wide for me, all right?”

“Is…is this wide enough?” Addie asked, spreading her legs. She felt embarrassed all over again because she could feel her pussy opening as her thighs spread. But she told herself that Drago wasn’t interested in that area—he only wanted to heal her. Still, she hoped that he wasn’t looking—it was soembarrassing.

“A little wider. Here, let me.” He parted her thighs gently but firmly, resting the left leg over his broad shoulder as he turned towards her right inner thigh, which was open so far her knee was nearly resting on the bed.

This new position spread her pussy even wider and Addie felt another flush of embarrassment. Oh God, what if her clit was visible? It felt all swollen and she was still wet down there from coming earlier while he sucked her nipples! Would that grosshim out? She’d been with a few guys who thought she gottoowet—what if Drago thought so too?

No, no—stop thinking that way. Drago is going to heal you and that’sall,she told herself sternly.

“Perfect,” he rumbled, breaking into her train of thought. He looked up at her, his golden eyes glowing. “I’m going to start licking you now, baby. I’ll start at the bite and move outwards and I won’t stop until I see the lines are completely faded. Okay?”

“All…all right.” Addie’s heart had started pounding even harder—not from fear this time, though. She could feel his hot breath against her inner thigh—it stirred the curls on her mound sending a shiver through her.

“Good girl,” he growled softly. “All right, just hold still and let me heal you, baby.”

Then he started to lick.

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ADDIE

At first it hurt—a lot. Addie winced and had to force herself not to jerk away even though his tongue was warm and wet and gentle as he stroked firmly over the spider bite. But gradually, the pain began to be less sharp—it was more of a dull throbbing ache. And after Drago had been licking the bite on her inner thigh for a solid five minutes, it began to fade away. Five minutes after that, it was gone entirely.

“Oh, it doesn’t hurt anymore!” she exclaimed, looking down at the big Kindred. “Is it looking any better? Because it certainlyfeelsbetter.”

“Let me see.” Drago drew back and examined the spider bite with a critical eye. After a moment, he nodded. “Yes, the bite itself is almost gone.”

“You healed me!” Addie exclaimed. She started to sit up so she could give him a hug, but one big hand slid up her chest and Drago pushed gently but firmly back down on the bed.

“Not so fast—I still have to heal the lines that were coming from the bite. I don’t want to leave a single drop of poison in your system.”

“Oh, of course not. Sorry.” Addie lay back down obediently. “Go ahead—finish healing me.”

“All right.” He started licking again, dragging his warm, wet tongue from her inner thigh all the way up, almost to her knee. Addie bit her lip—wow, the lines must have really extended far from the bite! It was a good thing Drago was able to heal her. With poison that worked this fast, she would have been in big trouble if she’d waited until morning to see a doctor.

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