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She finished a bottle of water and looked at the tray of drinkables next to her bed. Polly scooted back toward the bed, and Minoru smiled. “Let’s take a walk.”
She squeaked. “Walk. Hard.”
“I’ve got you. You need some fresh air, and Nari wants to change the sheets. You are running a fever.”
She nodded but was mortified. He stood up and picked her up to standing, one arm around her waist.
She slowly stepped into her slippers, and he slowly guided her out of his bedroom to the wide deck surrounding his home. “Where going?”
He smiled. “I have a path into the hills. There is a small lake and a view of the moon.”
She looked up and could only see slivers of light through the canopy of trees.
He walked with her and held her securely as they walked the path. The wooden pathway made soft thuds as they walked, and Polly swayed as she ran out of energy.
He picked her up and carried her to a bench that was in the centre of a gazebo on a lake with the moon reflected in the still water. He sat down and held her, cuddling her close. “You scared me.”
She squeaked. “What?”
“You heard me, and don’t talk. You went very pale, and Jiji had to bite your ear to wake you up.”
She fidgeted.
“Why didn’t you tell me about the problem that you were having?”
She looked at him and tapped her temple.
“Ah, you couldn’t think. Well, you were in a pheromone heat, and no one noticed. Taking action was more than most would do.” He sighed. “I just wish I had been here.”
She patted his chest and leaned her head against his shoulder. She then pulled out the green pendant that was lacking the fire inside.
He stared at it. “Oh, you used the ogre fire to burn out the heat.”
She nodded.
He held the pendant and tilted her head back to kiss her. Warmth started to spill slowly through her, and it pooled in her back. He spread his hand across her mark and held the pendant in the other hand. The next kiss increased the burn, and her mouth moved under his, her tongue sliding against his, causing her toes to curl.
Minoru lifted his head. “So, you are returning to normal. Two more days, and you will have gotten it out of your system.”
She croaked. “What then?”
“Tomorrow, we will have a medical examination for you, and the hormone levels will tell us what is happening.”
“What if I broke me?”
He somehow managed to translate her squeaks. “We fix what we can and adapt to what your condition is. It was only a few days, so reversing the effects is likely. If not, we adopt.”
She chuckled hoarsely. “You accept that easily.”
“Of course. I was adopted.”
She jerked her head up to face him. She blinked, and he smiled.
“You think that I am descended from my tiny grandma? No. My parents had a union of convenience, and one of my mother’s friend’s from school had a North American alpha’s child, but she died in childbirth. Since my parents had affection but not the kind of burn required for children, they adopted me.”
“Birth father?”
“Also a businessman, married to my birth mother. It was a very legal adoption.” He smiled. “I will also introduce you at the wedding. He is now remarried but has no children.”
