Chapter 43: Growing Feelings

Jody

A stabbing pain jerked through my calf making my toes curl backward at different angles. I gasped from the sharp pains shooting up my leg.

"What's wrong?" Axton jumped up, knocking me off his lap, with his hands in fists and ready to fight.

"M-My leg. I've got a cramp."

Without asking, he quickly placed his hands on my leg. Heat seeped into my flesh. Then he stretched out my leg, slowly massaging the muscle. His hands on me felt so good I didn't want him to stop.

"Do you hurt anywhere else?" he asked.

I could barely see his silhouette in the cell room as the moon was hiding behind clouds.

"Honestly? I hurt all over."

"Here." He reached over on the other side of him for the flask. "Have some water, it will help, and I'll massage you some more."

"But don't you need the fluid too?" Not that I was turning down his offer to massage me all over. I tried to hand the container back to him, but he shook his head.

"My body is used to extreme conditions."