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Bryce nodded.
The loud music became muffled as the world turned on its axis. “I’m dizzy.”
Ty scooped me off my feet and into his arms. He carried me out of the bar and into the fresh night air.
I groaned, clutching my stomach as the world continued its slow spinning. Was it just me, or was the spinning getting faster? “I haven’t been this sick in a long time.”
Ty gently set me on the curb and sank down beside me. “Has this happened before?”
“Yes. I used to get really bad headaches as a kid, which led to terrible temper tantrums.” I rested my arms on my knees and sighed. “My parents thought it was just me going through puberty.”
Ty wrapped his arm around me and kissed my temple. “Did anything help when you felt that way?”
I nodded. “Those angry sensations seemed to calm down when I started taking the hormone medications.”
Shit. The medication!
“Maybe the new medicine I’m on is causing this.”
Ty was quiet for a bit. “Long-term use of medications can cause a lot of complications, not to mention high doses of hormones. Once we’ve mated, I don’t think you should take your medication anymore.”
I turned to face him. “Really? Don’t you think that would be too risky?” It was certainly something I’d have to discuss with Doctor Reynolds again before I made that decision.
“You’ll have a mate, and our scents will mingle once I claim you. There’ll be no need to mask your scent anymore.” He grabbed my hand. “Isn’t that the whole point of taking the medication?”
He was right. I hadn’t thought about our scents mingling and possibly toning down my intense pheromones.
“Honestly, I would be happy to not take them anymore. They stifle me,” I admitted.
“In what way?” He cocked an eyebrow.
Before I could answer Ty, Sabrina hollered from the front steps of the bar. “Liza? Are you okay? Should I call an ambulance?”
So much for her sobering up and gaining some volume control.
“No, that won’t be necessary.” I smiled weakly in her direction. “Let Bryce take you home. Ty’s taking care of me.”
“Oh, I bet he is taking care of you.” She stumbled over her own feet as a chuckling Bryce caught her before she fell on her face.
My face flamed when I met Ty’s gaze. So much for having a serious conversation without us thinking about banging one another.
We watched as Bryce walked Sabrina to his car before Ty turned his attention back to me. “You were just about to tell me how your hormone pills stifle you,” he reminded me.
“My wolf always seems lethargic. Not just that, but I no longer feel the pull of the moon like I did as a child.” I stared straight ahead, a little embarrassed to admit how different I was from other shifters. “I don’t even feel the need to shift often. And, if I’m being honest, I don’t have a strong sense of connection to other wolves.” I hated being this way. I just wanted to be like he was. I wanted to be enough to deserve him.
Sympathy radiated from Ty as he squeezed my hand. “I can tell you want to say more. Go on.”
A lump rose in my throat. “I’ve often wondered if my lack of connection was due to the fact that I was depressed because I’d been displaced. My wolf knows this isn’t her pack. Or, maybe the pills affect more than just pheromones. Either way, I stick out like a sore thumb.” I touched my hair and pushed it back from my face as if I wasn’t touching it to point out how out of place I was in a sea of dark-haired shifters.
Ty looked away and didn’t say anything. Had I said something to make him rethink mating with me? He would soon be an alpha. Perhaps he needed a woman by his side who had a much stronger sense of belonging to the pack. Instead, fate had stuck him with a depressed, hormonal, light-colored shifter who didn’t even know who her real parents were. Lucky guy.
He turned back to me, stroking the back of my hand with his thumb as he curled his fingers into my palm. “I’m sorry you’ve felt so out of place all these years. I can’t imagine feeling the way you’ve felt for so long.” He paused, and I sensed the emotion emanating from him. “I promise that from now on, I’ll make sure you know you belong to the pack. You’re mine, and you’ll always belong by my side.”
Who wouldn’t fall for a guy who said stuff like that?
Chapter 23
Ty
