Page 14 of Spider Demon's Kiss

“No, Mr. Ricci,” she said relaxing in resignation.

“Could anything associated with a pinch to the neck lead to a heart attack that doesn’t have what you were looking for? You know, what did you call them? Markers?”

Dr. Rohit paused.

“As I said, the most likely cause is usually the correct one…”

“Doc…” I protested not wanting to argue with her.

“…However, yes. A pinch to the neck could both be the cause of heart attack as well as a symptom of one depending on the cause.”

“And what could cause something like that?”

The Doc shook her head reluctant to answer.

“A poison. But, Mr. Ricci, and I can’t emphasize this enough. There has been no evidence of that and the most likely cause…”

“Is a panic attack. I know. When will I be able to get out of here?”

“If what you had is a panic attack, we can release you as soon as you feel strong enough to get up. If it was a heart attack, then we’ll need to keep you here a bit longer to run a few more tests.”

I looked at the Doc and laughed.

“I see. How about I just release myself when I’m feeling up to it. We’ll go with that option,” I said not giving her a choice.

“As you wish,” she said with a look that said, ‘You had a panic attack’ written all across her face.

Fine. Whatever she needed to believe to allow me to get out of here.

“Could you send in my brother when you go,” I said done with her.

“I’ll send him right in,” she said politely before showing herself out.

“What’s the verdict,” Lorenzo asked immediately entering.

“I think I was poisoned,” I told him rolling the thought around in my mind.

“Kuroi! But how? The kiss!”

“The kiss,” I concluded not giving any life to the other thing the doctor had suggested.

“He poisoned you with the kiss,” Lorenzo concluded with a laugh. “Well, that would explain the look on your face after it happened.”

“What do you mean?”

“You looked drugged. It was like you didn’t even know where you were. Then you just took off.”

“Yeah, that’s probably what happened,” I said slowly remembering the kiss.

Was that what happened? Things were coming back to me and any look I had on my face wasn’t from a drug. I didn’t go around kissing men. At least not in front of people who knew me. And doing what I did the way it happened and with him…

What was it about Kuroi? Was it his lips? His eyes? Oh right, the way he looked at me. It was like he slipped into me and became the puzzle piece that had been missing my entire life.

As a wolf, you grow up hearing a lot of talk about fated mates, people who the spirits have planned for you to be with. When you meet them, you’re just supposed to know.

I never believed it, especially considering who got my dick hard. But the feeling I had looking into Kuroi’s eyes made me wonder. I had never felt anything like it. Could that be what everyone was talking about?

Still, if I were poisoned, didn’t it have to be from Kuroi’s kiss? Could this have been the way he killed all of his lovers? The kiss of death? And wasn’t it minutes after that I passed out?

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