"How are you feeling?" Grace greeted her when she heard Iris whimper and her eyes finally opened groggily to take her surroundings in.
"H- Hanna...?"
"She went to bring warm water to wipe your body," Grace replied. She then placed her hand over her head and smiled with relief. "Your fever has gone down."
"How long... have I been sleeping for?" Iris looked at the bright sky out there, it was so rare to see clear sky, since recently it had been raining so badly.
"It is noon. The alpha told me about you last night." Grace held her hand and took her pulse. "You were in heat last night. Do you feel pain anywhere?"
With the healer mentioning the heat, Iris remembered what had happened. "My neck."
Grace’s expression turned ashen. "I have applied medicine to your neck, you will probably have a sore throat, but the bruises will disappear in a week."
It would be great if she could heal her by using her power, or she had an exceptional healing ability like any normal shifter, unfortunately, she couldn’t count on both.
Iris didn’t give any response to that and the healer didn’t want to talk much about it. She knew what she had gone through.
The pain of being in heat and having your mind muddled was something that was not enjoyable, even though your mate was there to help you assuage the pain. However with Cane in the picture, it was a completely different story for Iris.
Seeing the bruises on her neck, she could figure out what she had gone through during her first heat.
"Here... drink this first, I will ask for a bowl of warm porridge for you," Grace said softly. She helped her to drink, so she wouldn’t choke, but Iris was very quiet.
She was not able to guess whether she was angry, sad, in agony or hated Cane for what he had done, she was very clueless.
"You need to rest well, I heard you will go to the Moon Dew pack two days from now. It is a long journey."
Iris only nodded and closed her eyes. She told her to rest, so she put aside her muddle headed thoughts and slept. She needed this the most.
Seeing how Iris had decided to sleep, Grace tucked her in and prepared to leave, so she wouldn’t disturb her. She would let Hanna bring a bowl of porridge for her later.
But then, before she could leave, Iris grabbed her hand, she opened her eyes and looked at her directly, as she spoke. "Is it alright if I don’t take the dragon heart?"
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