Chapter 985 Bleeding And Bare

• Skye
• I risk a glance down at Alex and catch his gaze. His eyes are the darkest blue I’ve ever seen–nearly black. I tremble but turn my spine to steel despite the liquid heat starting to snake down my back and into the pit of my stomach. This is the closest we’ve been since the library before everything went to hell.
• “Unfortunately, budgetary constraints prevent the administration from giving their poorly paid tenured faculty access to healing drafts unless we go to the clinic.” He presses a length of thick gauze to my leg and looks back up at me. “But I’m guessing that’s the last place you want to go right now.”