Page 85 of Curvy Dirty Omega

“Ms. Parker, how many exactly and what’s the prescription?”

“It’s 800 milligrams per pill and I took two. The prescription is Tratiflox.”

He had the decency not to curse out loud, but I could feel it in his silence.

I was fucked.

“How long since you took it?”

“Maybe five minutes?”

“Lucy, that’s supposed to work instantly. If you haven’t felt any changes, you need to get somewhere safe immediately. Where are you right now?”

Fuck, with my luck, I should have known this was going to happen. “Last night wasn’t pheromone sickness, was it?”

“I don’t believe it was.” Nathan sighed and I could hear him typing on a keyboard. “It’s difficult to tell by your tests, but it looks like it might have been pre-heat symptoms in tandem with an anxiety attack.”

Double fuck.

“It’s never been this bad before,” I whispered, knowing I didn’t have much time. Liam was going to break the door down if I didn’t come back soon. “What should I do?”

“Where are you?”

My stomach cramped so hard I thought I was going to throw up, and my turtleneck was drenched in sweat. “In a private restroom at Bite. Liam brought me here.”

“Oh, thank god.” The relief in Nathan’s voice scared me even more. “I’m going to call him and tell him where you are, okay, Lucy? Where do you want him to take you?”

I hesitated, knowing I should say my own fucking apartment, but I couldn’t forget the way Frankie had collapsed just because I was upset. If I ran into her during my heat, I could really hurt her.

“I want to go back to his house in the city,” I whispered, like this admission was a dirty secret. I felt so embarrassed and upset by how badly I wanted to go back there that I actually felt tears prick my eyes and this time I wasn’t sure I could keep them from falling.

“Okay, Lucy. It won’t take long, just hold on.”

His words became background noise when I heard the faint sound of footsteps just outside the door. They stopped instead of continuing past like all the others had and my heartrate skyrocketed.

Was someone waiting for the bathroom, or were my pheromones leaking out and they sensed what easy prey I was right now?

Remember, Daphne, any sign of weakness and they’ll use that as an excuse to sink their teeth into you. They like to bark and bite, tearing through flesh…

Being an omega without an alpha was already a weakness, but the fact that I was an unclaimed omega in heat on top of that? If an alpha was out there who happened to be able to tell what I was just like Liam could…

The gun felt heavy in my hand and the second the doc hung up I selected Liam’s contact, finger hovering over the dial button as I braced myself against the door. I was probably just overreacting. This paranoia could be explained away by the fear of something unfamiliar and the new pain I didn’t know how to manage, but there was always the chance my father was right.

The very moment my weakness was exposed, they’d scent it like sharks – sensitive to even the tiniest drop of blood in the water.

I didn’t know if I could even stand, but I had a gun. Squeezing the trigger was easy enough and this predator would soon find out just how sharp my teeth were. I almost laughed at the thought. To think how confident I’d been that this would never be a situation I’d have to deal with.

Being hunted simply because I was an omega.

The handle on the door turned slowly, and I held my breath. Would they leave it alone if they found it locked? Probably not, honestly. There was a fifty-fifty chance it was just a random person with no ill intentions, but my gut was telling me otherwise.

Either they’d force their way in to do whatever it was they had planned, or they’d force their way in because they’d lost their mind after scenting an unclaimed omega in heat.

All it took was one good twist and a shove for the door to open. The fucking lock snapped instantly and I was flung forward, my phone shattering as I tried to catch myself before smashing my face into the tile.

Shit, this one was strong.

My wrist twinged when I fought against the force, twisting my body at the same time that I brought my arm up to aim where their forehead should be.

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