Chapter 45

Chapter 45

I lay in a hot bath with Luke behind me, gently massaging my shoulders as I sip coffee and nibble on toast. I could get used to this life.

“Are you still feeling okay?” Luke asks.

“I feel great actually,” I smile, I do feel amazing.

“Good, as soon as you feel the slightest twinge of it coming back then say something, we can try and stop it before it gets painful,”

“I will. How long do I have before it comes back?”

“No idea, it could be minutes or hours. If you want to bond with Axel and Theo first then you should do it soon,” he says.

“Is that why you all had a mad rush to get everything done?” I ask.

“Yes, we are taught to act quickly after the need passes. Comfort, clean, food, clean, drink, clean is what is drilled into us,” he explains.

“There's an actual class for this?” I laugh. “And why so many cleans?”

“You’d be surprised just how many classes we have on how to care for our bond, as soon as we hit 16 we are taught about the heat and how to deal with every aspect