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Maybe she’d try it on again later. For now though, she wanted food. Julie searched for the pizza number on her phone. Delivery was what she needed and then it was off to bed. If she was sleeping, she wasn’t drinking.
* * * *
Taylor could feel himself sweating as he sat on the couch and waited for Ayden to show up. He just wanted this over with so he could go home and lie down. He really was starting to not feel very well, and just staying upright was becoming a chore.
“You okay, bro?” Londyn was watching him from across the room. The smug bastard leaned against the wall like he didn’t have a care in the world. Strange for someone who was freaking out mere minutes ago.
“Do I look all right to you? I feel like shit. Probably coming down with the flu that’s going around. Sure as hell hope that I gave it to you.”
Londyn laughed. “The flu is probably the last thing you need to worry about right now.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
Londyn opened his mouth to answer when a knock sounded on the door. Ayden didn’t wait for anyone to answer, he just walked in. One look at Taylor and he snarled at Londyn. “Tell me right now why I shouldn’t drag your ass outside and beat some sense into you.”
“Whoa.” Taylor motioned to Londyn. “No worries, Chief. I already told them I’m not going to file a complaint or anything.”
Ayden walked over and kneeled before him. Taylor felt uncomfortable. He looked over to Londyn and Aston. What was he doing?
“This is going to be hard to understand, but I need you to trust me. Can you do that, Taylor?”
“Maybe.” Taylor used all his strength to scoot back on the couch. Anything to put distance between the two of them.
“Listen to me. This is very important. The sickness you feel right now—”
Taylor narrowed his eyes. “I never told you I felt sick.”
“You don’t have to.” Ayden sat on the cushion next to him. “You’re as white as a ghost, sweating profusely, and your eyes are as round as saucers. You’re infected.”
“Infected?” Taylor stood up and felt himself sway. “You make it sound like I have some disease. I told your friends here, it’s just the flu.”
“No, it’s not. Londyn’s blood infected you. You don’t have the flu.”
Taylor glared over at Londyn. “What the hell did you give me?”
“You believe in things like vampires and werewolves?” Londyn smiled, but it wasn’t one that made Taylor feel comfortable. Everything in the question said Londyn wasn’t bullshitting.
“Are you kidding me?” Taylor wasn’t sure whether to leave now or sit back down. Every word was beginning to become harder to speak, and his apartment was four buildings down. There was no way he could walk that far.
“I wish he was kidding,” Ayden said quietly. “Londyn is a wolf, one of mine to be precise, and as much as we could use you right now, I hate to say that you’re going to be one of mine too.”
“Wait…” Taylor plopped down on the couch and rested his head against the cushion. He suddenly felt like he was spinning.
“This next twenty-four hours are going to be excruciating for you, but you need to know that it will subside. I’m sorry you have to go through this, Taylor, but I can assure you that we’re a family, and we’re all going to take very good care of you.”
Taylor shook his head. “Londyn’s not family. He left Julie.”
“Not by choice,” Ayden said quietly. Taylor actually liked the fact that he was talking so quietly. His head was beginning to throb. “Even though it goes against everything I believe, I sent Londyn away. I had to. He’s my intelligence on our enemies. Things got too heated and he needed to leave for a while. He had no say in the matter. I did what was best for Julie. I left her in your care.
Taylor forced his eyes open. “Why me? You had no idea if I was a good or a bad guy. What if I had hurt her?”
Ayden laughed. “I know everything there is about you, Taylor. I know she’s been in love with you since high school, and she trusts you more than anyone else. I know you feel the same way about her. You were perfect for Julie.”
“Wait.” Londyn walked forward. “If you knew this, why him? I’m to be bonded to her. Not him.”
Ayden shook his head. “Not just you, Londyn. If you were the only one meant for her, the pull would have made you two bond already. It didn’t.” He turned to Aston. “You felt a pull to her, didn’t you?”
Londyn whipped his head around so fast, Taylor thought he was going to be sick from vertigo.
