Page 70 of Knot To Be
“Is she okay? There’s something wrong, right?” I say urgently. “Is she in heat?”
“Why would you think that?” she asks, stepping outside and closing the door. “How did you get here?”
Verona watches me with narrowed eyes and shakes her head as she sees something.
“Not here as in the property, but into the yard. I doubt Pack Mayor just opened the back door and invited you.”
“Oh.”God she’s so pretty. Focus!“I jumped the fence. I wanted to talk to you two, and my stepbrothers are kind of on your shit lists.”
“What makes you think you aren’t?” Verona asks, though her lips twitch.
“I haven’t done anything but hide, so I suppose I haven’t had time to get on that list. Outside of acting like a brat due to staying in my room.”
“You’re not a brat,” she sighs. “You felt hurt, and that’s my fault. I’m sorry. I didn’t handle any of this very well. Rosa has a fever, and I can’t get it to go down. It’s not her heat, I think she may be sick. She’s not responding to me, and it got worse today.”
“Nico has had a pounding headache all day. You may not know this, but he’s linked to Rosalia. When they’re apart it’s the worst. He gets really anxious, and seems to feel what she does.”
Verona doesn’t respond but bites her lip as she reopens the door.
“Come in.”
I thank her as I follow her inside, and she takes me to Rosalia. She’s laying in a bed, her face flushed with a fever.
“This could be a breakthrough heat?” I suggest, my hand reaching out to cup the omega’s face. She whimpers as she nuzzles into my palm, and I worry at my bottom lip with my teeth. “The doctor came back with the test results. Did Dario text them to you?”
“I haven’t checked the phone,” she mumbles.
“Don’t bother. Dr. Walsh said her hormones are going to be a mess while she gets rid of the rest of these medications… Fuck. I need to call Dario. I won’t say anything, I need to ask the doctor something. Shit, I’ll text him.”
“Pablo. It’s not life threatening. I’m not affected by it, outside of feeling anxious for her. Take a breath.”
“I know.Espera.”
After grumbling at her to wait, I pull out my phone and begin typing.
Me
I’m here. I need the doctor’s number, please.
Dario
Since you asked so nicely. Here it is.
My lips twitch because he’s not one to tease, but I find him slowly doing it more. Connecting the call as soon as the number is sent to me, I startle as Verona pulls my lip away from my teeth.
“Stop doing that.”
I blink at her for longer than I should, and I force myself to react when the doctor picks up.
“Dr. Walsh? This is Pablo Domino. Do you know what would cause a high fever in omegas that wouldn’t be a heat?”
“Is this about Rosa?”
“Yes,” I say, putting the phone on speaker. “Tell him, Verona.”
“So bossy. Apparently it’s a Domino trait. Hello, Doctor. For the last three days, she hasn’t felt well. All scents are overwhelming to her, and she passed out three nights ago. She hasn’t been conscious for more than a few minutes at a time, and she recently began to throw up. I haven’t felt ill though.”
“I see. She almost died when you were stabbed, so I can see why your train of thought would believe this could be a cold. I think this is withdrawals from the blockers. I didn’t think they were addicting, but these are street drugs,”the doctor mutters.
