- ALEX (ELISE)
My stomach gave a violent flip.
I slammed my laptop shut, shoved myself away from the desk, and made a lunging sprint for the private bathroom at the end of the executive hall.
I barely got the stall door closed before I was on my knees, coughing up nothing but stomach acid and the half-slice of dry toast I’d forced down at six this morning.
"f**k," I gasped, leaning my forehead against the cool plastic of the water closet.
My throat burned. My entire body felt like it had been run over by a freight train, backed up, and run over again. I’ve shifted during full moons with broken bones, and it didn't feel this completely draining. This felt totally different.
For the past four days, I’d been walking around the office like a zombie, praying Liam wouldn't notice the mass
