Page 250 of Knot What I Expected

“What the...?”

Inside my panties is a thick, viscous discharge, and right there in the middle of it is a small, bent piece of copper.

I stare at it, my brain refusing to make sense of what I’m seeing.

It’s my IUD.

My fucking IUD is lying inside my panties.

Expelled from my body all on its own.

For several seconds, I just stare at it.

That isn’t⁠—

How did⁠—

What the actual fuck?

My hand instinctively covers my lower belly. A little flicker of fear moves through me.

Then confusion.

Then something else.

Because my body feels wrong.

No. Not wrong.

Different.

Like something has shifted.

Changed.

Unlocked.

My other nature surges beneath my skin, and the matebond flares so intensely that I gasp. But this time, it comes with something else.

Heat.

Not the warmth I feel when Rowan touches me. Not even the delicious burn that races through me when the matebond pulses between us.

This is different.

Primal.

Demanding.

It starts low in my belly and spreads outward until my entire body feels like it’s caught fire from the inside.

“Gabby?”

Rowan’s voice comes through the door.

I should answer. I know I should. Instead, another wave hits me.

My knees nearly buckle. Not in pain this time. It’s desire. It’s lust. And need.