Page 10 of When Embers Become Ashes

“and it seems supe drugs have odd effects.” He turns to a female nurse, who has a slight look of fear, but she doesn’t try to help either of us,

“Give her a one-month birth control injection!” turning back to me,

“Have you started your monthlies?” I know there is no point in lying, so I gave the most honest answer I can, but I can tell he isn’t happy about it.

“Yes, I started when I was nine, but I’ve only had six since then. They aren’t regular.” He hums, leaves orders for us to be left in our chairs but hooked up to monitors and have regular blood taken.

Forty-five minutes later, I feel odd, and I can see something affecting Trick, but I don’t know what, as they have only taken his vitals so far. When the nurse comes in, she pricks my finger and makes a drop of blood fall into the test tube that has a cloudy liquid in it.

She swirls it until it turns a turquoise colour. Trick goes shockingly paler and starts to shake his head. An orderly walks in and forces blue pills down Trick’s throat and then most of a bottle of water to make sure they have gone down.

He’s then dragged out of the room, and I’m frog-marched in a similar direction, we are put in the same bedroom, and just before they slam the door shut, the Doctor appears again.

“You will remain in this room until the effects wear off. He is there for you to use as you see fit. He may say no, but he enjoys it. We will let Mrs Sinclair know you won’t be available for this month’s feed.” I see Trick flinch, recoil and sag in relief in the same breath, and I just blink at Doctor Dickhead.

Trigger Warnings.

This book contains triggers that include:

Threat of child rape.

Child molesting.

Child torture.

Child abuse.

Child neglect.

Death of a baby. **

Murder/Manslaughter

Child Abandonment.

A child being forced to take drugs.

There are some references to trafficking.

Death of a family member (cancer)

Chapter 4 is a Trigger Warning

Also, because this series takes place in a supernatural view, there are references to age gap fated mates.

The next Chapter holds the darkest moments of Jenson’s time within this series, after this chapter things do get better, but my ARC ( advanced readers copy ) readers felt this chapter needed an extra warning.

Consider Yourselves Warned.

CHAPTER FOUR

Ember

It takes Trick an hour to explain that Mrs. Sinclair is a Succubus that comes, grinds on a Viagra-filled Jenson so she can feed, and sometimes her husband likes to watch. We also worked out that the pills the orderlies gave him were Viagra to help me through the mating heat caused by the birth control.

I guess I will have to find another way to stop pregnancies then, not that I wanted sex any time soon, after everything we witnessed with Gerald and then the club bunnies.

We overhear Doctor Dickhead on the phone saying if I get pregnant, they will have off-the-books specimens to see if I pass on my deformities but have a Kitsunes abilities.

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