Page 93 of Love Bites Hard

“I’ll be there soon. The lead was a bust,”he said.“We can skip our plans tonight and watch a movie in bed.”

“Sounds nice. Will there be food?”

“Of course. I’ll bring you dinner, but I’m not hungry for anything but you.”

I snorted inwardly.“Smooth.”

He laughed.“Always. See you soon.”

His mind left mine, refocusing on whatever he was doing.

I felt a bit woozy as I slipped down the hallway.

I wasn’t sure why.

I’d eaten plenty of food, and fed on Porter recently enough that hunger couldn’t have been the cause.

My implant made me positive that pregnancy wasn’t an option.

Magical beings didn’t really get sick, so that was off the table. Maybe I’d eaten some old food or something?

I stumbled a little, and had to stop for a moment. Putting a hand on the wall, I took a few slow breaths as everything around me spun.

“Are you okay?” someone asked me. I recognized Kim’s voice immediately, and relief rolled through me.

“Mmhm,” I managed.

“We should tell the alpha. Did you talk to him?” Kim asked.

“Just to tell him I’m going to our room.” It was a struggle to get the words out.

I tried to reach Porter mentally again, but my mind was such a mess, I couldn’t seem to connect with the pack’s link.

What the hell was wrong with me?

“Here, I’ll help you back to your room,” she said, pulling one of my arms over her shoulders. She wrapped her arm around my waist, too. When she started down the hallway, all I could manage to do was try to keep myself on my feet.

“You’ll be fine,” the woman said, her voice upbeat.

How did she know I’d be fine?

How did she even know what was wrong with me?

I tried to pull away from her, but she was the one carrying my weight, and she tightened her grip when I tried to get away.

“It’s just a little wolfsbane, to suppress the mental link,” she added. “It doesn’t do any permanent damage. It’ll bleed out ofyour system easily enough. Be glad you’re not a wolf; you’d be vomiting like mad right now.”

Ifeltlike I could’ve beenvomiting like mad, so her words didn’t calm my fears in the slightest.

It seemed like I’d found the person responsible for the chlorinated towel. And now the wolfsbane, apparently.

But why would Kim do that to me?

She was fighting with Evan, but that didn’t have anything to do with me. He and I were friends, but we weren’t close. I was mated, so there wasn’t a chance in hell he had feelings for me.

She towed me down the hallway. I didn’t bother trying to tap into my speed. I couldn’t see the walls around me well enough not to collide with one, and a broken nose on top of whatever was already happening seemed like a bad call.

“Where are you taking me?” I asked, when I smelled tires and oil.

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