Then she thought it best to give him what he wanted. It’d be over sooner that way.
“I don’t know much about it, no one does. It’s that rare. I’ve lived with it my whole life. There’s one treatment, the injection. I know that because I’ve talked to my doctor about alternatives but there are none.”
“Are they researching it?” Callum asked.
“No, like I said, it’s rare. I’m lucky there’s even a treatment.”
His voice was soft when he said, “Honey, what I saw in there, that isn’t luck.”
There it was.
Too nice. Too concerned.
Way too sweet.
She tried to be nonchalant about it. “Trust me, Callum, if I don’t take the treatment, it’s that times about ten thousand,” she informed him. “I tried it once, went off the meds for two days, I thought I was boiling alive.”
“Jesus,” he muttered on a wince.
She stared.
He was feeling this.
Deeply.
Which made Sonia feel something deeply too.
Something insane.
A strong pull toward him to soothe and comfort.
Before she could stop herself, she pressed closer and assured, “Callum, it’s okay. I’m used to it.” She gave him a teasing grin. “I think it was probably good I had my teenage rebellion against the injection. I learned, quickly, it’s better than the alternative.”
His eyes bored into hers and he replied, “I’m not finding this amusing.”
Yes, he was feeling this.
And yes, it was deeply.
She didn’t know what to do with that. It made her forget he was a madman and think he might be her dream man.
Her handsome wolf.
Which had to be why she couldn’t fight that odd pull.
And this had to be why her grin faded, she pressed even closer and her voice went soft when she said, “That’s because it’s not amusing. But it’s two minutes of pain every day. At least there’s something that helps, even if it’s an awful something. It could be far worse.”
His arms around her got tight and one hand drifted up her back into her hair to tuck her face in his neck.
Then he said, “I’m giving you the injection every night.”
Sonia’s body jolted and her head jerked back. “What?”
He tipped his chin down to look at her. “You heard me.”
“Okay then, why?”
“You shouldn’t do that alone.”