Rein's promise of a hot bath and bed, as well-intentioned as it had been, didn't come to immediate fruition as Sin had hoped. Though, in reality, he hadn't expected it to.
After Jax's departure, he, Rein, Marta and Ian went to Rein's large tent in an isolated and extra-magic-protected area northeast of the main part of the camp.
Marta pushed Sin down onto one of the benches at the rough-hewn wood table and he was too tired to protest when, with a gentle touch, she cleaned his shoulder, applied an herbal salve, and bandaged it. Rein, apology still haunting his eyes, handed him one of his own shirts to wear.
Their fingers brushed, causing a tremor of heat to spread through Sin. Wondering if Rein felt it, too, he reached out via their mental connection to see...and was surprised to disc
