Chapter 13: Brace Yourself

Arlo stepped into their bedroom and carefully placed Lily on the bed. Her beautiful dress he had bought her was completely shredded and she had dirt on her skin. Arlo's eyes followed Lily's curvy thighs up to her face to see it was flushed pink. He extended a hand to touch her forehead. She was burning up. "Gerald!" Arlo shouted out loud and rung Lily's call bell. Gerald quickly came and rushed into the room. "Master? Are you alright?!" Gerald saw Lily passed out on the bed with her clothes ripped off. "Oh no... what can I do sir." Gerald felt saddened but stood at attention for Arlo's commands. "Fetch a doctor to check on Lily." Right away!" Gerald was gone in an instant and it was just the two of them. Arlo had a basin filled with cool water and began to wash the dirt off her body and dab her heated forehead. He glanced down to her tattered skirt and saw her lacy underwear smothered between her thick legs. He turned away and blushed. "Get it together man!" He thought. "I need to get her out of these dirty clothes and warm her up to break the fever. Arlo finished cleaning up her arms and legs and began to try to take her dress off. Part of it was still attached to the bust so instead of taking off the top and exposing her further, he used his sharp fingernails to rip the bottom half off of her. He walked to the closet and took out a large brown bear fur and swaddled Lily like a baby.

The doctor arrived not long after and checked her temperature and any damage to her body. The doctor turned to Arlo; "well the good news is she is going to be okay. The bad news is she has broken one of her ribs. After such a heavy pressure of being held down especially by a non-human, we are lucky this is the extent of the damage she received. Her fever should break after resting. She will need to stay in bed for 3 days for that rib to heal. No bending, lifting, or twisting." The doctor glanced at Arlo to see his eyes were ridden with anger and a bit of sadness. "Doctor, could you please check my wife, for other internal damages?" Arlo locked eyes with the doctor. "Okay I understand, but you both will need to leave the room for this please." Arlo wanted to protest but he had not seen Lily's body yet and he knew she might get upset. "Okay." Arlo left the room. About 10 mins later the doctor met Arlo and Gerald in the study downstairs. Arlo eyes caught the doctors movements and jumped up to meet him. "She is completely fine." The doctor whispered. Arlo exhaled in relief. "I left some medicine for you to give her, let me know if you need anything in the meantime. She will be waking up soon, you should go back upstairs so she's not alone."

Arlo quietly entered the room and sat on the bed next to Lily. She slowly opened her eyes and met Arlo's. Arlo immediately leaned down and embraced here. Lily felt so safe and warm with Arlo. She felt his lips against her ear. " I am so glad you're safe." Arlo sounded choked. She felt slightly dizzy and felt a pain in her chest. Lily looked fearful and ridden with anticipation as she started to remember what happened. "Arlo what are you?" Lily whispered. Arlo smiled as heran his fingers through her hair. "The question is my love,.. what are you?"