Page 81 of As The Shifter World Turns

I backed out of the bathroom to let him by and he ran into the bedroom and shut the door.

“Fuck,” I grumbled. I’d just wanted him to get medical treatment not have him freaking lock me out—literally.

The phone buzzed in my pocket and I almost ignored it. Unlocking it, I was surprised to see it was Archer.Can you leave?

I went to the door. “Let me in. Let’s talk about this. If you really don’t want to go, I’ll watch you like a hawk instead.

My phone buzzed a second time.My wolf. Please go.

“Your wolf what?” I wasn’t playing the phone game. Not when I was right here.

The door flew open and Archer’s eyes were a yellowish gold. “My wolf wants me to bite you, okay? And I’m afraid I’m not strong enough to fight him.”

I was not expecting that.

“We can’t take you to a doctor like this.” Not a human one anyways.

“Just go.”

And that was the thing. I couldn’t. I wanted him to bite me… mark me as his and I wanted to do the same back.

It didn’t make sense. He was sick. There was nothing sexy about losing your lunch in the toilet and really, I wasn’t feeling sexual about him. No. I just wanted to mark his skin for all to see.

“What does this mean?” I asked.

“Go means to leave. Please. I don’t want to do something you don’t want.” His voice cracked, a little more wolf than human.

“But what if… never mind I’ll go.” I could find one of the guys to watch him and make sure he didn’t need ER care or maybe one of them knew a doctor who happened to be a shifter. That would be the best solution all around. Get him seen by a doctor who knew his kind.

“But what if what?” He moved so quickly I didn’t even see him until his hand landed on my shoulder. “But what is what?”

“What if I feel it too?”

“You can’t. You said so. Unicorns don’t mate non-unicorns.” He shook his head as if a bee landed on it and he needed it gone. “You can’t… and it’s not even rules… you can’t make ba?—”

“Babies.” I let out in a whisper. “You're puking and tired and… could you be pregnant?”

“Fuck you.” He stomped into the bedroom, not bothering to close the door and threw himself on the bed sobbing.

I stepped into the room, unsure what to do next. So, I asked him. “What did I do? What do you need me to do?”

He rolled over onto his back. “I can’t believe you think I would cheat on you.”

I nearly lost my lunch. In all the things that had raced through my mind, that very much was not it. Not even close.

Taking a seat on the edge of the bed, I reached out for him, stopping as he shook his head. “I never thought you cheated. Not. Once. Not even for a split second. It’s just what if you are? What if by some miracle we work together. The unicorn and the wolf.”

“What if I’m not pregnant?” He wiped the tears from his cheeks with the back of his hand.

“Ask your wolf.”

He closed his eyes, took in three deep breaths and when he opened themagain, they were more wolf than I’d ever seen without his fur. He said three little words that changed everything. “I am pregnant.

Daire

“Thanks for picking up the Thai food.” Neil thanked me for like the third time.

He invited me over to discuss the whole Martin thing, but then decided he didn’t want to talk about it at all, which was fine. If he just needed to be around a friend, I was okay with that.

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