Chapter Twenty-Four

A Worrisome Thought

Alec ran into Logan walking down the hallway carrying Cale, worry etched into his eyes. "Dix told me Max wasn't feeling good."

"Ugh," Alec ran a hand through his hair, "yea but it don't go in there, it's the kinda not good that you'll end up dead from."

It took Logan a moment to register what Alec was talking about, "Heat?" He thought for a moment about her on the phone earlier, she'd been acting strange, but he'd have never guessed heat.

Alec nodded, "I'm gonna go get Gem or anyone female I can find to stay with her."

"Yea you do that." Logan said absent mindedly. Alec had started walking down the hall again, when Logan turned and called out after him, "Hold on."

"Yea?"

"Manticore didn't have anything to take the edge off?" he asked

"They had something, I don't know what though."

"You don't know anything about it?"

Alec searched his mind for a moment, trying to think back to the guards all those years ago, "I think they simulated a pregnancy or something."

Logan nodded, "That makes sense, no need to go into heat if you're already pregnant. Thanks Alec."

"You got an idea Logan?"

"I might."

"Shit." Alec a few steps into his walk turned.

"What?" Logan didn't like the look on his face.

"Women, they normally cycle together."

Logan shook his head, "It's too early for that." Oh dear god he hoped he was right.

"Hey" he said brushing back her hair.

"What happened?"

"I drugged you" he smiled

She just looked up at him confused. Her mind felt slightly blurry from sleep and sickness. Gem had been here, feeding her pills until she started to throw up...

"Alec told me they used to simulate pregnancy at Manticore, so we loaded you up on birth control pills….There's probably a better way, but it worked for now."

She shook her head, she'd thought of that once, "I tried that, it didn't work."

He grimaced slightly, thinking of hearing Max retch for over an hour until she collapsed, "We gave you a lot of pills. The pack is on your table. Take one when you feel it returning."

She nodded, "Thank you."

"No thanks necessary."

"I hate being that person Logan."

"You aren't that person." he reminded her, looking down with compassion in those green eyes of his.

She smiled softly for a moment, just enjoying the moment, when suddenly her actions while in heat returned to her, "I kissed Alec" she said with a groan.

He laughed, "Be glad that's all you did."

She shook her head, "Alec with morals…This is happening a lot more frequently. Kinda scary. Maybe it was that time you guys hugged…" she started to tease.

It was Logan's turn to look horrified, "That wasn't my fault…That was Mia's."

"That damn Manticore, look what it does to us."

He laughed, "I'm sorry about the throwing up."

She waved her hand, "No biggie, trust me I'd rather be throwing because of pills than my actions." She pushed back the sheet that covered her, "I need to shower, I feel dirty."

He laughed as he stood with her, "You know Alec's probably not going to let you live this down for awhile."

"Don't remind me." she gave a joking glare