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Gerald nodded, hurrying over to the other side to get his tools. "It will take only a few minutes. Shall I give her an anaesthetic..for the pain?"

Cassy sighed. "I am right here. You may ask me. I do not need to be knocked out before getting treated," she said dryly, earning a frown from Lino.

She glared right back. Now the physician was treated her like a child too. Just great.

"Pain killers should be fine," Lino said on her behalf and the physician hurried over to where Cassy lay on the oddly comfortable bed, though the place reeked of herbs and brewed plants.

"Do open your mouth, Luna," he said, holding a spoon of something that smelled acrid.

She gagged, covering her nose. "By the Goddess, what is that?"

"Let me have it," Lino sighed, taking the spoon from the physician. His voice dropped low as he leaned closer. "Had I know you would be this annoying on a normal day, I would have mated you sooner."

Cassy blinked. "What?"

She had not expecte