Quinn
Irina was asleep again when I slipped out of the bed in the morning. It had been a rough night. She had woken a few times screaming and sweating, her fever high. She only settled when I was fully skin-on-skin with her using my elevated body heat to cocoon her. She seemed jumpy too. I had carried her to the bathroom as she was so weak. Our bond was filled with shame and anxiety. I assured her I didn’t blame her. I apologised for being an ass. I told her over and over that I love her. When she’d woken for the third time, I persuaded her to take the medicine Avery gave me and now she was out for the count.
“Hey big bro, how is she?” Al came into the alpha suite. I’d mind linked her to come and sit with Irina.
“Weak, feverish, not great.” I blew out a breath.
“Well go and get a sh
