My consciousness drifted in and out.
I can hear several voices and other sorts of noises which I deduced that Lion brought me back to where he came from.
I can hear all sorts of sounds in which I concluded that they haven't finished fighting with whatever they are fighting before I fell in the abyss.
I slowly opened my eyes and saw them fighting hordes of what seems to be a mix between a troll and a demon but deadlier and moved fast.
Lion yelled something at Sly in which Sly immediately went towards us. Sly looked like he was partially relieved seeing me and aghast at my condition.
I was about to tell them that it is okay now to use magic when I suddenly coughed up blood. My body starts to shake uncontrollably as I feel my body temperature getting higher.
Both Lion and Sly began panicking when Alpha suddenly yelled at Lion for help in a desperate voice.
Sly assured Lion that he is going to do what he can to help me and Lion gently handed me to him, giving me a soft kiss on my forehead while telling me in a trembling voice that he will be back as soon as he can.
Please be safe.
....
Sly held me gently as he sat down, trying to think whatever he should do to help me.
It seems that we lost our things earlier and the bleeding on my head is starting to get worse.
Sly gently put me on the ground as he tried to tear apart the remains of his coat. He tried to wrap my head fast but my head is bleeding too fast that the cloth began to soak with blood.
I groaned with pain as the pain on my leg starts to become unbearable.
I began to pant fast and coughed up more blood.
Sly is definitely panicking as he is tearing all his clothes just to wrap up my head. Then he noticed my leg.
I can hear him muttering that my leg is swelling to twice its size when he suddenly stopped.
I looked at him questioningly as he is about to say something but immediately closed his mouth, turning red.
Now what?
He suddenly slapped his face and sighed.
Then he whispered into my ear and asked me in a nervous voice, if he can remove my pants as he is going to bandage it properly.
Good thing I wore underwear.
I understand since it really is an emergency situation but I can feel myself began to flush in embarrassment.
I nodded slowly in which by doing so gives me a sensation of dizziness.
I closed my eyes and tried myself not to vomit when I felt Sly's cold and trembling hands removing my pants.
How cute.
I can feel a bit of relief when he removed the pants as it turns out that I tied up the bandage on my leg too tightly. I can hear him sighing and felt him replacing the bandage on my leg with a new one.
The bleeding on my head didn't stop and soon, I can hear Sly muttering to himself about random sorts of remedies then realizing that we lost our stuff earlier.
The pain in my head became unbearable then I slowly told Sly that it's hurting too much and that I can't take it anymore.
Sly hurriedly held me tight and I can feel him shaking. Then he stopped.
I slowly opened my eyes and saw him looking at me with warmth.
He asked me if I was willing to accept his blood which made me confused at first. Then I remembered something that I read from the fantasy books about the magical properties of a dragon's blood.
Of course! His blood has healing properties!
I smiled at him and he immediately took a huge bite on his forearm, making it bleed profusely.
He told me to drink it and I slowly suck on his arm, feeling a bit better.
I can feel the pain started to lessen as I drank more and more of his blood.
His hand that is holding me starts to tighten as he looked at me with tenderness, saying all sorts of stuff like he is going to protect me with his life and that he is going to care and desire me for the rest of his life.
Wait.
What is he saying?
I can hear Puma's voice guffawing on my mind, reminding me about the secondary mate.
Uh-oh.
I didn't know that drinking his blood is also the ritual.
Now I'm afraid to face Lion, especially as I can see a mark on my ankle.
....
The bleeding on my head finally stopped and I can see my leg returning to its normal size.
Now that I'm healed, Sly grinned at me, telling me that as much as he wants to embrace me, he really should go and help the others.
I can feel my face turned red as he nuzzled my face before joining the others with huge enthusiasm.
I'm in trouble.
....
Finally, they managed to kill the enemies. Nobody died and got injured seriously except me.
I wish I could go back to being injured.
I facepalmed myself and tried to think of ways how to explain the mark to Lion when I can hear Lion running towards me.
It was at this point that i don't want him to go near me as much as I wanted to.
Lion pulled me into his arms, nuzzling and giving me soft kisses on my face, stroking my cheeks and checking my head.
Please don't look at my ankle.
I kept praying all sorts of prayers as Lion tried to cover me with his coat, checking my healed leg when he suddenly saw the mark on my ankle.
Ah.
I can hear him breathe deeply before he embraced and kissed me fiercely. Then he whispered into my ear, telling me that he is going to take care of something.
Take your time please.
I saw Lion trying to attack Sly with his katana in which Sly doesn't seemed to mind as he kept grinning at Lion while trying to avoid being hit.
Sigh.