“Shay? Shay!” Brielle was at the door, pounding against the wood. “What’s happening?” Reed’s question was next. “I don’t know. Something’s wrong. Get me in there. Now!” Brielle barked the order with alpha power, and then the splintering crack of wood followed by the boom of the door falling to the ground was all I could hear. I clutched my chest, mouth stuck in a frozen o of pain as Reed lunged through the door, Kane and Gael coming more slowly behind, blocking my friends from any danger. When it dawned on the men that it was just me and Dirge writhing in pain on the bed, they allowed my friends to pass. “What is this? What’s wrong with her?” Leigh’s voice was desperate as she watched Brielle check my pulse, tug at my hands. But the searing heat was starting to leave, numbness fillin

