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    alcohol to get through this conversation.”
    “Well, yeah, he freaked out, just like I did, although I think I took it to a whole other level.”
    The waiter came back with a big ass margarita and set it in front of Melissa. “I walked out, but then
    realized he drove us to his place. So after I looked like an idiot he took me back to my car.”
    “So, was he an ass?” Melissa sucked down her drink and watched her. “I bet he was. Lord
    knows Nick was a hot piece of ass, but way too alpha and pushy for me, and that was just in bed. I hate
    to see how he acts with a female he’s in a relationship with.” That had Ary lifting her brows in
    surprise. “Yeah, I mean I like my men all controlling and whatnot, but some of the stuff he wanted to
    try at the end just wasn’t for me.” Melissa waved her hand in front of her. “More on that later, though.
    Anyway, finish up, girl.”
    Ary spilled the rest of it. The more she talked the better she felt. She told them in detail how
    she freaked out so much because her fertile time was nearing. That little tidbit had their eyes widening
    even further, because any shifter female knew the full severity of the situation. Over the past few days
    Ary had thought long and hard about what would happen if she did end up pregnant. The chances were
    slim, of course, but it was still possible. When a shifter female went into heat there was a one-hundred
    percent probability that conception would occur. Most single males stayed away, for obvious reasons.
    “Holy crap, Ary. That is serious.” Leave it to Candace to state the obvious. “What did he say
    when you told him? You have to know that unprotected sex even days before a shifter’s fertile cycle is
    dangerous.” Candace’s eyes were as wide as saucers. “Oh my God.” Candace looked between them.
    “You could be pregnant with his cub.”
    “God, Candace of course she knows that. You’re cute, but sometimes I don’t know about you.”
    Melissa turned her full attention back on Ary. “What did he say, and when are you going to see him
    again?”
    Ary wasn’t going to admit that she had been thinking about him nonstop. She had one night
    with him, that was all, and chances were nothing unexpected would result from that mind-blowing
    night of sex, but a tiny voice in the back of her head kept whispering “what if”.
    “Every male shifter knows that if they don’t want a kid then they better keep it in their pants
    when a female is ovulating. Of course I suppose if you weren’t ovulating at that time he wouldn’t have
    known.” Melissa’s brow dipped low, and she looked thoughtful.
    Shifters senses were precise and keen, and a female in heat could be scented a mile away. It
    was kind of like a big neon sign that hung over their head stating they were ready to procreate. “I was
    a couple of days away from it. I mean it wasn’t like it was flashing across my face.”
    “I suppose, but still.” Melissa shrugged and sucked down more of her margarita. “What are
    you going to do?” That was the million dollar question.
    February shrugged and picked at the bagel she’d hardly touched. “I guess just wait and see. I
    mean it isn’t like we weren’t staying safe. The damn thing broke.”
    “Was he just that big, or was he going so hard he tore right through it?” Melissa wagged her
    eyebrows in a lewd fashion. Ary didn’t need to respond because when she felt her face heat and saw
    Melissa’s grin widen she knew that had been answer enough. “I’m just going to assume he was both.”
    “You should just tell him, Ary,” Candace said.
    “Why get him worried and worked up when I don’t know for sure? If my period doesn’t come
    the day after tomorrow I’ll take one of those tests that detect pregnancy like five days before your
    missed period, just to be on the safe side. If it happens to come out positive I’ll tell him.” God, just
    thinking about possibly being pregnant sent everything inside of