Chapter 118

Kane helps me to my feet and starts to gather my tattered clothes, bundling them all together when he stops and turns to look at me. “You’re bleeding.”

I look down at the thin trickle of blood running down my leg. “Shit. I thought that was over with.”

He kneels next to mean and cleans the blood off my leg with his torn shirt. “Even werewolves need time to recover from pregnancy and childbirth. You’re not an exception.” I just nod. I want to die of embarrassment, but Kane just takes it in his stride, as he always does. “Let’s get you back to the apartment.”

I nod and follow him down the hallway, acutely aware of the fact that I’m still bleeding. We’re fast though, and he has me through the apartment and in the shower before anyone can really see me or say anything.

When I come back out, dressed in one of my own shirts for once, I find him on the couch with Adare, talking to Mina and Patrick about their upcoming move to the city. Kane opens his arm to me, and I slide against him with