I step forward, nudging her leg.
She jerks away.“Okay, you’re not crazy.Iam.Maybe I hit my head harder than anyone realized.”
I shift back and pull on my clothes.“You didn’t.It’s real.Everything I said is real.”
“No offense, but I just met you.I don’t trust you, even if we are meant to be or whatever.”
“We are.”
“Easy for you to say.”
“We’re already mated.When I bit you, I claimed you.You’ll have my mark for the rest of your life.”
“Great,” she mutters.
“You’re upset.”
Dillon snorts.“You think?”
“Why?Tell me, and I’ll fix it.”
“You can’t!This is all…It’s too much!I mean, I was in a car accident.I wake up with some strange man by my bedside and find out that he’s a wolf, he bit me, and claims to be my fated mate.You say it like this is a done deal.”
“It is,” I point out.“We’re already bonded.”
“Yeah, because you chose it!Where was my choice?”
I frown.“You were unconscious.”
“God!You don’t get it.”
“Then explain it to me.”
“No.Get out.I want you to leave.”
“I can’t do that.”
“So what I want doesn’t matter?”
I feel like shit.“I’ll call Miles and Mabel.Visiting hours start soon, and Mabel will be here.”
She ignores me as I stand and head out into the hallway.I call Miles to tell him Dillon is awake, and he says they’re on their way.
My wolf paces inside me, anxious to return to our mate, but I can’t walk back in there.Not right now.
Miles and Mabel step off the elevator a few minutes later and head my way.Mabel smiles at me distractedly before she heads in to be with her friend.I sigh as Miles leans against the wall next to me.
“How are things going?”
I shake my head.“Badly.”
“Did you tell her about us?”
“Yeah.I shifted for her and everything.She’s pissed.”
“She’s pissed that you’re a shifter?”
“No?I don’t know.She just seems pissed with me in general.She’s mad that she didn’t get to choose.When I pointed out that she was unconscious and on the brink of death, she got even more upset.”
