Erik POV
I was restless. It had been almost a week since Gavin took Trisha away. The damn Alpha Shifter had gotten away from me. The sheer amount of toxin in Trisha’s veins was overwhelming. It was like someone had slathered pure Fire Rose concentrate oil and rubbed it all over her skin. She hadn’t meant to survive that without being almost completely incapacitated long term. The pain had felt like lava seared through my veins while simultaneously being cut and ripped to shreds from the inside out.
It hadn’t helped that in order to clear her blood completely I had to take it from 3 different areas of her body, and ingesting so much of her blood…that most intoxicatingly sweet and delectable blood…almost made me lose control. While I fought to allow the toxins to run their course without
