The Hand of Vengeance by Renee Rose

Author:Renee Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bdsm, domestic discipline, scifi romance, alien warrior, discipline and punishment erotica

Chapter Seven

Blade lay on the operating table wearing loose-fitting hospital pants, with one pant leg pushed up to his thigh to reveal his horribly misshapen foot. Lara would need to re-break many of the metatarsals and, because she had a limited amount of bone glue, she’d be using the old-fashioned method of titanium plates and screws where she could. She buckled his leg to a platform that held it at the right height for her to work.

As if his dog knew he was about to undergo a trauma, he whined outside the closed door.

“No,” Blade said, his voice deep with authority. “Lie down.”

Of course, they couldn’t see the dog, but she had no doubt in her mind that the dog promptly dropped to the floor.

She pulled on her surgical gloves. “Clean the skin of the foot, please,” she instructed Alyx. Although he’d not had any medical training, she’d put him to work immediately, and he’d learned fast out in the field. They had no antiseptic, but Alyx picked up a bottle of homemade grain alcohol which he poured onto a cotton swab. He cleaned the skin on his foot with as light a touch as possible, watching his superior’s face for any sign of discomfort. Of course, he remained stoic, as ever.

Looking over at Dasha, she nodded. Dasha walked to Blade’s side and gazed down at him.

His body jerked as if he’d been punched. He threw his head to the side, looking away from her. “Get the fuck away from me. You’re not getting into my head, Varu.“

Her eyes met Dasha’s over her patient then she looked back down at him. “Blade, you said I could operate.”

“I didn’t say I’d let her put me under.”

Lara spread her hands. “You know I don’t have anesthesia. I don’t even have local anesthesia or any kind of pain blockers. So I can’t cut your foot open to reset your bones if you’re awake.”

He flexed the muscles in his arms and chest, pushing himself upright. “I don’t need meds.”

With anyone else, she might have laughed, but, with Blade, she actually believed it. She’d never seen a man walking around on a broken foot the way he had. The pain must be excruciating, and yet he’d gone on as if nothing had happened.

She touched his thigh. “Yes, but you won’t be able to hold still. Even if you can take the pain, your foot will jerk, and your discomfort is going to distract me.”

“I will keep my foot still.”

“Dammit, Blade.” Tears burned her eyes. The thought of cutting someone open while he was awake nauseated her. She couldn’t do it.

“Hey.” His face softened, and he reached for her hand. “Why the tears?”

She gave an exasperated sigh. “Why do you have to be so damn...unyielding?”

He traced tiny circles on the back of her hand with his thumb. She hadn’t experienced such gentleness from him before, and it surprised her. He studied her, and she allowed her full frustration to show.

“Leave us,” he commanded without looking away from her.

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