Page 48 of Rock Pucking Bottom

Instead of busying myself by writing patient notes, I dragged my ass to the bathroom. I reached into the medicine cabinet and downed some zinc, vitamin C and airborne. Might as well, to boost my immune system before I did the obligatory nighttime routine.

I pulled on one of Eoghan's shirts. Just smelling his musk on the shirt made me feel much better.

I collapsed onto my bed and cuddled his pillow.

I missed my man. According to his travel schedule, this was one of the worst trips, but at least he was going to have a home stand after, and I’d get him home for a bit.

Waking up three hours later, I felt ten times worse than I did the night before.

Damn it.

That meant I needed to call out of work. I really hated doing that, but that was the easier of the two calls. I really didn't want to call Logan.

Theoretically, I could decide not to call Logan even though I promised Eoghan I would if I ran into trouble.

Pressure built within my chest, which felt weird. Normally, if I was getting a chest cold, it would feel like a weight was on my chest and it would just push on me. In some ways, it was as if my heart was breaking.

I scooped some water into my mouth from the tap. The water helped to give me some energy, but that was about it. It did nothing to help with the chest pressure.

My phone chimed from the bedroom.

I forced myself to go back to the bedroom. I answered it on the fourth ring and collapsed on the bed. "Hello."

"Please tell me you called Logan." Eoghan croaked out.

I closed my eyes and said, "I just woke up and got a drink of water. I haven't had time. I'm not hanging up to call him either."

Eoghan just sighed, as if I was being a petulant child. In some ways, I was, but who could blame me? Talking to the love of my life versus some guy that I barely knew, the call was simple. I wanted to talk to my boyfriend.

"We're both sick. It's only going to get worse. I can't lose you."

Then the line went dead.

I stared at my phone incredulously. He seriously hung up on me. Why the hell did he hang up on me?

I was about to dial his number again but I just laid back on his bed, snuggling up in his smell. I was just too tired to do anything else and gave into sleep. Dreaming of him.

Chapter 41

Eoghan

ThemomentthatIlanded in Munich, I felt like utter shit. It wasn't the normal yuck from taking Ambien. Granted, I only got half of my normal dose of Ambien since the Legacy didn't know my metabolism worked a lot faster than the rest of the guys. So when I didn't wake until we were landing, I knew things were going wrong.

I was exhausted, had a fever, and there was a pain coming from my chest.

Thanks to my grandfather's diaries, I knew the symptoms to be blood sickness.

Fuck.

How could I be so careless?

Well, I knew how Emmy and I finally sealed our mating bond. We had enough sex for it to happen, but I'd given up on the seal happening.

Things felt so easy and so perfect lately. But I couldn't tell you when things shifted.

It was why my heart was breaking at the thought of leaving the country without her.

I called her to confirm my suspicions and hoped that we had some help on the way. When she didn't call Logan, I knew I had to act.

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