Rhett
I paced around the cloyingly sweet room, limping as my leg ached. I couldn’t remember pain like this since before the night Pepper and I mated in the hot spring. Even the memory of that night couldn’t curb the pain. All I could think of was the relieving warmth of the water.
My shoulder burned deep on the inside. I’d debated telling Pepper this morning before we left, but I couldn’t bring myself to. The other wolves would smell the medicine. While I tolerated her medicinal potions around the pack, I couldn’t let the other Alpha’s know what was going on. Not like it’ll be a secret much longer.
I shoved the thought out of my head and tried to focus on anything but being under the Gaze.
She can make the antivenom when we get back, and I’ll be better. I kept telling myself that, but
