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"So what does it mean?"I asked.
"I don't know really but you feel better when he touches you, don't you?And the more skin to skin contact you have the better you feel?"
I nodded."Yeah."
"That's because the more contact you have with him, the more energy you gain from him."
"It won't hurt him will it?"I asked, concerned for Devon.
"No.He'll eat more, burn more calories, almost as if he were healing himself but it won't hurt him."She explained.
"All right, what now?"
"Well, you'll heal the physical injuries faster if you shift."
"Honestly?I don't have the strength.I don't know if I could even make it to the bathroom on my own right now."
"That's the advantage of our talent."Alexis said."I can call your wolf for you, if you'd like."
I thought for a second, if I let her shift me it would go a long ways toward healing my injuries."I'll be even weaker than I am now."I said.
"Yes and no, you'll be weak, yes, but you'll be hungry.You should have no trouble eating once you've shifted."
"Do we have anything to eat?"
Alexis turned and looked at Caden.
"We have some," He said."but not enough.Let me call room service and once it gets here you can shift her."
"She's going to need an awful lot, can't you just go get it?"Alexis said.
"Nope.No one goes anywhere alone, not anymore."He turned and headed back into the front room, a few seconds later he reappeared carrying a binder with the hotel logo on the front.
"Here.There are some menu's in there for places that deliver.We'll order some from room service then from somewhere else, that way it's not a really large order that will draw attention."He handed the book to Alexis who flipped through it to find the menus.
"We have American, Italian and Chinese."She looked up for my input.
"Just make it easy and order pizza.No one will think anything of delivering two, three or even four pizzas to a suite this size."I said.
"You have a point."She agreed."What kind do you want?"
"Extra-large, spinach and mushroom for her, meat lovers for me."Devon said, his arms still around me."Use the card in my wallet to pay for them."He nodded toward the dresser where his wallet sat
"Don't worry about that."Alexis turned back to Caden."You know what I like, charge it to the pack."Caden took the folder and went into the other room.I could hear the bass of his voice as he placed the orders.
"Now, shifting won't completely heal you, I want you to be prepared for that."She warned.
"I know, but if we can get me past this too hurt and weak to eat or think part, I think I can more easily handle the healing on my own."I said.
She nodded."Good.Do you want to know the extent of your injuries?"
"Why not?We have a while until the food gets here and you shift me."
"It's really not a long list but some of them are a bit severe.You've fractured the radius in both arms.You're lucky though and they aren't misaligned, they'll heal fine without any added pain."
"I knew when I decided to break loose that I was risking breaking my wrists."I felt Devon's arms tense around me.
She nodded, continuing."You have a couple of cracked ribs and some bruising on your side and back from that asshole's boots and hitting the pavement.The most obvious of all your injuries are these bruises on your wrists, they go all the way to the bone and they're probably going to take at least a few days to heal.The cuts and scrapes should heal pretty quickly once you shift and have eaten, the strangest part is that you haven't metabolized all of the tranquilizer yet.There's still some of it in your system, which I'm sure only makes things worse."
