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me.”
    “There’s nothing in it except for the poison right?”
    “James threw a dagger at me, which I immediately pulled out … it wasn’t a
    bullet. You don’t have to worry about digging anything out.”
    He carefully unbuttoned her blouse and helped her out of it. “Good God! You
    are still bleeding—I’ll have to put pressure on it, to stop it … or try a healing spell on you. I’m not a healer but I do know basic first aid.”
    “Just don’t do anything. Get the balm and apply it liberally to the affected area.
    Not only will it draw out the poison, but it will also cause the blood to clot. Please.” Her voice turned weak. She could feel herself slipping away—she had to hold on.
    Nodding his head, he reached into the jar and took out what looked to be a
    handful of ointment and started to gently rub it on her wound.
    It stung and chilled her at the same time. Gritting her teeth, she sucked in a deep DRAGON’S HEART Marly Mathews 170
    lungful of air.
    “I can feel it seeping into the wound—it will take a few moments to work.” A
    huge wave of drowsiness hit her. Closing her eyes, she opened them again at the sound of him snapping his fingers.
    “Stay awake! What if the medicine hasn’t worked it’s magic yet?” he asked
    anxiously.
    She chuckled. “Well, it is working magic on me as we speak.” She looked up at him. His eyes flickered with worry. “You handled yourself quite efficiently back there—I’m inclined to think that you don’t need me at all. You use unethical tactics, but they did have the desired effect. You killed James and Orion in a way that will certainly serve as a scare tactic to my kind. You will be known as the scourge of our kind.”
    “I didn’t think James and Orion were still a part of your kind. Didn’t they go to the other side so to speak?”
    “They were still my friends.”
    “Gee, they could have fooled me—especially since James had no reluctance when
    it came to taking you down with a poisoned dagger!”
    “Nonetheless, your actions were extreme. Couldn’t you have taken them down in some other way?”
    “I don’t think so. I was faced with a dire situation, and I acted in the only way I thought was possible at the time. You saw yourself, how many rounds I did with Denys before even coming close to taking him down. I didn’t have the luxury of trying to decide how to act when it came to your life hanging in the balance!”
    “That was the point—I was supposed to be protecting you! You weren’t
    supposed to be taking care of me. You certainly had your drinks mixed!”
    “I’m not confused at all! You are the one that’s messed up! You think I’m
    supposed to sit back and idly watch you take down all of the bad guys without even contributing! I don’t think so! I’m a man, not a pussy.”
    He realized his faux pas when it was too late. “Well, I guess I know where I
    stand. You are just an egotistical chauvinist with a big mouth! You need to learn how to shut it. I might not have a set of balls at my ready disposable, but I sure as hell know how to protect you!”
    “We’re in this together! I won’t have you thinking I’m a helpless sniveling little twat! I won’t have any of that tosh!”
    She turned her face away from him, and started to examine the beams in the
    ceiling.
    “You are stubborn.”
    “I’m stubborn right down to the bone.” He smiled. “But then, you should know
    since you’re just as set in your ways as I am.”
    “I should take offense at that—I won’t. I appreciate people that can give tit for tat.”
    “Well, you’ve come to the right man in that case. How are you feeling now?”
    She inspected her wound. His eyes lingered on the wound right above her breast.
    She was sitting in her bra in front of him, and surprisingly, she didn’t feel exposed. His presence comforted her—no matter how hard she tried to say the opposite.”
    “So close to your heart.”
    “A few millimeters in the other direction