Fen looked mildly amused by my antics. In fact, he was just short of full-on laughing. "Don't snicker at me, wolf. Being naked in your arms..." As I said those words out loud, a kernel of heat seared through me, heat that had nothing at all to do with the scalding temperature of the water. "Well... let's just say it surprised me, okay? I wasn't expecting to be ... unclothed or ... alive, for that matter." "Valkyrie, your nakedness does not bother me in the least." Did his eyes just flare a teensy bit? "It would've been counterproductive to heal you with your clothes on. What was left of them, anyway. I figured your life was worth more than your modesty." His lips went up in a cocky grin. "Plus, it kept me quite... focused on my task.

Fen looked mildly amused by my antics. In fact, he was just short of full-on laughing. “Don’t snicker at me, wolf. Being naked in your arms…” As I said those words out loud, a kernel of heat seared through me, heat that had nothing at all to do with the scalding temperature of the water. “Well… let’s just say it surprised me, okay? I wasn’t expecting to be … unclothed or … alive, for that matter.” “Valkyrie, your nakedness does not bother me in the least.” Did his eyes just flare a teensy bit? “It would’ve been counterproductive to heal you with your clothes on. What was left of them, anyway. I figured your life was worth more than your modesty.” His lips went up in a cocky grin. “Plus, it kept me quite… focused on my task.