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Cold skin.

Had the pills taken effect?

It was when my movements were still that Rose jerked back, moving off of me in horror. The pills had taken effect a while ago.That attempt to kiss me before ravaging my neck had been all her surrendering to her wolf..

“I'm sorry…I’m sorry,” Rose gasped. “I’m fine now. The pills, they—” Rose stopped mid-sentence, lurching forward. She doubled over in pain. Then she threw up.

Chapter 38

“Even After All this time The Sun never says to the Earth, "You owe me." Look What happens With a love like that, It lights the whole sky.” ? Hafiz

Rose's POV

It was much later, when I finally got into a change of clothes and was lying back in bed, that Aiden entered my room again, holding a tray with a bowl of soup on it. He sat on a chair next to my bed, watching me warily.

“I asked Lorraine to make you some clear soup,” he said finally, settling the tray in my lap.

My throat clicked as I swallowed. “Thanks.”

I took the tray from him but couldn’t manage more than a few sips.

After much deliberation, Iput the spoon down and looked at Aiden who seemed to be studying the ground with a set jaw.

“Thank you for helping me.”

Now it was Aiden's turn to swallow audibly.

“Don’t thank me, Rose. Please don’t. If I hadn’t kept my distance… I was just giving you your space. I’ve really been wanting to talk to you. If I just looked at you…really looked…I would have been able to tell…” A frustrated breath escaped his lips. “We got lucky today.” He leaned back in his chair, crossing his arms. “I hate to think what would have happened if Jake hadn’t alerted me. I just thought that you...Someone should have talked to you about this. I guess Mom was so caught up with all the stuff going on with Dylan and Tanya that she didn't think to prepare you. Or maybe she'd hoped Hilda would be the one to explain a she-wolf’s heat...but it's still no excuse. A she-wolf going into heat is obvious even a few days before it actually happens. It's my fault for not seeing it earlier. Thank goddess I was close enough to come get you."

I stared at him. He was always ready to run to my aid at the drop of a hat. If I felt down, he was there asking me, "What’s wrong". If I was kidnapped, he was there looking for me, trying to save me. If…if I needed anything, he was there making sure I got it. Even if it was something trivial, like an opportunity to attend a college party or milkshakes at the diner. He took care of me even when I was angry at him. Right now, he was looking at me earnestly.

“I wanted to say sorry for what I did after marking you. I didn’t mean to invade your privacy. It was just this uncontrollable urge to find out—”

“Aiden, I practically forced myself on you on the floor right there. I understand better now how hard it is to control our animals and their instincts. I really can’t hold it against you if your wolf had the urge to poke around in my brain,” I cut into hisspeech matter-of-factly. “I guess we were both bound to slip up. It’s like playing with fire…you and I. I could feel it. Feel my wolf urging me to mate with you.”

My cheeks pinkened when I recalled the ferocity of my desire for him. How I'd nearly unbuttoned his jeans. The dull ache between my legs had blossomed into a throbbing need, my body pulsing for his touch. Even after the pills cooled my skin, I kept kissing his jaw, working my way across his neck and collarbone, enjoying his hands on me. It wasn’t until he stilled his hands that I was able to control myself.

“I didn’t feel forced.” His voice was teasing. “Your beautiful body on top of me? Who could ever say no?”

I did my best to smother the happy feeling over him describing me as beautiful. I looked away, a little embarrassed over the back-handed compliment.

“You did,” I pointed out.

My breath snagged as I recalled how aroused he’d been. There was something immensely pleasing in the knowledge that I had been the cause of that arousal. That I was responsible for turning him on. That I could actually turn him on instead of him finding an inexperienced girl like me a total turnoff.

Now it was Aiden's turn to look away embarrassed.

“I like you, Rose. It took all my restraint to not give in to my…desires.” His confession hung between us, while I absorbed this news. “But I didn’t want to do anything you might regret later.”

I looked at him warily before leaning back in the pillows.

“You don’t have to say anything. But I think you should know that I really care about you.”

“I need time,” I finally said quietly.

Did he even really like me or was this just because of the pull our wolves felt to each other? The pills were making me drowsy, and I couldn't think straight. This was all so confusing. I likedhim, but I didn't want to be with him if he was just being egged on by his wolf.

“Remember to take your pill once every day for three days,” Aiden spoke up as I felt my eyes droop.