20 Chapter 20. the science of healing

That's when I saw the creature I saw a few days ago enter and lay next to me, unafraid of the Infested. I petted it's back as if it was a dog or a cat. It guarded me most of the day as I was in there, only coming out to eat. I even slept in some of the infested that grew on the floor.

After a week I felt a new instinct kick in and the Infested on my body absorbed into me. "Now you can shift, head to your captor's lair. I'm sure she'd be glad to see you again" Xol said to me. I headed through the door to find her and her mate looking over the horizon in the cave.

"When do you think he'll head here?" I heard one ask the other.

"I'm already here," I said to them.

They turned around to find me behind them. I ran over and got into her arms as I shifted to my partly human form.

"Nathan, you're ok, you may have Infested in you but regardless your still my hatchling," she said to me.

"Yes, and you're still my son," he said to me. I then laid in between them, spending most of the day there.

When it was nightfall I was sleeping in between the 2 of them only to be woken up by Isabelle in front of me. I switched to my serpent form and hugged her as if I haven't seen her in months. "You know what to do," I told her. She then bit into my shoulder and as I felt her venom in my veins.

"Now your scent is in your body, you're truly my mate now," She told me as she hugged me.