Ripley woke early the next morning, still holding Scarlet to him. He was looking worriedly at her flushed cheeks while she slept against his chest when Doc came in. “Morning, young Alpha.” “Morning, Doc. She looks flushed; do you think she has a fever?” He asked worriedly, never taking his eyes off his beautiful sleeping mate. “From what the Alpha and Luna and a very happy Mia told me, you held her the whole time you were unconscious, even though she tried to get away from you. According to Mia, the words were ‘he’s her own personal sauna’.” He smiled with amusement while he checked her vitals. “Aside from being cuddled to the point of overheating, her vitals are very good, but I’m not sure the sedative is completely out of her system yet. It seems she doesn’t need as much as were

