“Let’s test it!”

She’s about to stab herself in the arm when I grab the branch and toss it into the woods, growling, “Let’s not!”

Astra blinks. “But—”

“You’ve barely healed from one injury, and now you want to inflict another one on yourself?”

She looks up at me, and her lips part, a soft “oh” slipping past them. That’s when I notice our proximity. I’m leaning over her, our faces inches apart.

“I—”

The scent of her brief arousal is sharp and tangy, stirring the animal within me and making my cock uncomfortable inside my pants.

“S–Sorry,” she stammers, her face red. “I just thought—” She takes a step...