Atomic Mage by Garrett Carter (short books for teens txt) 📕

Looking down he found the panther woman looking at him quizzically.

"The asshole who I brought with me decided he was going to commit suicide by Cade. I was just making sure he hadn't attracted any new guests."

Mina's expression cleared with understanding.

"I only wish I could have killed him myself. Now if you could follow through with your promise Casanova."

"I will do as I promised but I would like to know where you learned that word when you have a moment." He said as again Mina used what he thought was an earth term.

"Y...Yes as soon as I have a moment Cade."

As she stumbled on her words he raised an eyebrow at her from his kneeling position.

Clearing the remaining bacteria from where they weren't supposed to be in her body took the longest, she had been shot two days ago and sepsis had just barely started to overwhelm her immune system thankfully.

"That paste probably saved your life."

He said to the gorgeous woman as her face cleared of pain and the pallor Cade had assumed was her natural skin tone darkened to a black tone that did nothing to diminish her beauty.

"I'm glad it did, it would have been a shame to miss out on meeting such a talented man as you Cade."

There it was again the flirting, he wasn't sure if he liked it or not.

He could definitely appreciate the attention she was giving him but it seemed way too familiar for someone who he had just met.

"Well, it is nice to finally meet you in the flesh too Mina." He said, trying to keep some sort of professionalism after his declaration made in lust during their last conversation.

As the embarrassment burned through him he decided to distract them both by taking a moment to heal the few cuts and bruises that the woman had gained during her flight and subsequent capture.

After healing the cuts and bruises that he assumed were caused by the bandits he stood up brushing off his hands on his gator skin pants and leaned down to offer Mina a hand up.

A knowing smile crossed her face as she delicately placed her hand in his, but not before she rolled onto her back and gave him a view of her clothed assets.

Cade forgot to breathe for a few moments as the view Mina gave him short-circuited his brain.

"Like what you see Cade?" Mina said as her knowing smile grew three sizes as she glanced down from Cade's blank face to his slowly stiffening dick.

"Yes." He said softly, his brain still rebooting.

Blinking his eyes as his brain finally came back online, Cade cleared his throat and pulled the little tease up.

Coming up with a fair bit of grace Mina stumbled into him, her arms around his waist would have been a wonderful turn on if not for the shaking he felt in her weak grip.

As she held on to him, he saw Mina's eyes squeezed tightly shut.

"Are you ok? Everything should be healed up just fine."

"Yes, everything is fine Cade just a little woozy from going to a little more than half dead to not I think. Thank you for that by the way."

Shifting her grip from his waist to his arms Mina stepped back and blew out a shaky breath into Cades bare chest as she slowly recovered.

Cade gagged at the smell, any amorous thoughts blown away by the stench.

Turning his head to the side to inhale some air not tainted by the smell of rotten meat, he decided before they talked that bad breath had to go.

"Hold still one second for me please?"

Pulling on his power he scoured all germs from her mouth, a little trick he thought up while making his bathroom back home had proven to come in handy.

"Not minty fresh but it does the job," Cade thought with a grin.

A confused look and a pair of perked ears, he had missed before as they must have been laid to her skull blending in with her long black locks, greeted him as he looked back at the panther woman.

"Are you finished and why are you grinning?"

He decided if this partnership was going to work out then honesty was going to be the first step, no white lies from him.

"You breath stank so I removed the germs from your mouth."

There honesty, now to wait for the blowup. Cade was surprised when all he received was a "thank you" from Mina.

"Your very welcome Mina."

Blowing out a germ-free breath of his own, Cade took Mina in.

Cade was glad to see clear golden Irises looking back at him, her bought of weakness and dizziness thankfully passed.

"Are you ready to get out of here?"

He was more than ready himself to get out of the increasingly rancid camp he gestured to the path that led out.

Mina held up one finger, "I would like to collect some of their weapons before we go mine were left behind and most likely stolen by the slavers who attacked my village."

Mina finished the statement with bared teeth and a short growl.

Glad that ire wasn't directed at him Cade swept his arm out in invitation, "well welcome to my shop I have a 100 percent discount for badass ladies today. Have a look at my wares and let me know when you are ready to check out."

Mina let out a small chuckle followed by a large grin. "I think I would enjoy your wares, Cade."

Finishing her statement she locked eyes