Possessive Instincts

(Neva's POV)

Silas looked like a mess.

His face was swollen, one eye nearly shut, and his skin had lost all color. Blood was dried at the corner of his lips, but still, when the healer, Nurse Nia, told everyone to step out so she could treat him, he turned his head slightly and gave me a crooked smile.

“I’ll be fine,” he rasped. “Strongest guy in the room, remember?”

That made me blink away the st