Page 5 of Wolf Blood

There wasa shower in my observation room, and Bloom didn't protest when I told her I was going to clean up in there before we met up with Ryker.

No one other than melikedthat I still lived in the room that was basically a cell, but Rhone was the only one who actively tried to stop it. My observation room had padded walls and a one-way window, which ensured zero privacy.

I didn’t need privacy. I was going to lose my mind with or without it.

Other people needed protection from me, which was why I kept going back.

Bloom tried to talk me into living in the apartment the wolves had assigned me to.

Maverick told me that no one thought I was a threat.

Oren said there was no one in the tower I could really hurt if I devolved and went on a rampage.

I didn't care what any of them thought, though.

I was too dangerous.

Too unstable.

After Bloom was satisfied that I'd made it out of the curtainless shower without anyone coming in to steal my nonexistent virtue, she headed down to her apartment to wash up.

I didn't trust myself enough to leave my room on my own, so I waited on my bed until Bloom was at the door again forty minutes later, her face flushed and the scent of sex around her even stronger than usual.

"Sorry. I got distracted."

"By Maverick's dick?"

"It's very distracting. You'll understand during breeding season, if anyone talks you into spending it with them."

"Huh?" I flashed her a look that should've conveyed that I understood approximately no part of what she'd just said.

Her face flushed brighter red. "Hasn't anyone told you about breeding season?"

"No. You're the only person here who tells me things. You, Oren, Nolan, Rhone, and Maverick are the only people I talk to at all."

"And Sutton. We need to make you some more friends, though. Elise is pretty cool. Remember her?"

"You changed the subject."

"We're running late. I'll tell you the specifics later, but breeding season is this month. The wolves started feeling the first effects of it today. It makes them even crazier than usual. This is the only time of the year that they can, you know,breed. Everything changes for them. There are two mated pairs in the pack who are actually trying for a baby. It's pretty exciting around here."

"Female werewolves can only get pregnant this month?"

"Only during a few days toward the end, but yeah."

"How does it affect them the rest of the month?"I asked.

"Oh, they're just super horny all the time. They go at it like animals the whole month. People will be screwing in closets and stairwells and elevators. If you smell sex, run in the other direction." She paused. "Unless there's a werewolf behind you. Don't run from them."

"I assume that's also sexual."

"Yeah."

"Fabulous."

She flashed me a grin. "Just think about how many perfect, chiseled werewolf asses you're going to accidentally see this month."

I tried to smile.