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me."
    His
words were like a slap in the face.   Aspen bit her lip and pulled away.
    "Go,"
Aspen said between tears that could and would not be stopped.
    "I
said that I wasn't leaving."
    She
swiped her tears and her cougar rose to the surface, the familiar ripple of fur
erupting over her arms.
    "GO!"
    Skylar
bent into her face, an obvious challenge for her cougar, his green eyes going
wild.
    "No,"
he said between clenched teeth.
    "I
believe my patient has asked you to leave, sir.   Don't make me call security."
    Aspen
shifted her attention to the short and curvy female standing in the doorway,
her eyes cautious but firm as she regarded Skylar.
    "I
won't leave my mate," Skylar said.
    The
female smiled sweetly.
    "I
believe you don't have a choice, sir.   Now, mate or not, my patient has requested that you leave, so you can
leave or I can make you leave."
    Skylar
closed his eyes, his whole body shaking.   He leaned down and took her mouth, his tongue invading on her gasp.   She wanted to hate that he kissed her, wanted
to push him away, but her traitorous body relaxed for the first time in months
and basked in his dominance, the way he was rough until he got her
acquiescence.   How he gentled his kiss,
dueling his tongue with hers.   She hated
that she wanted him so badly.   Hated that
she'd soaked through her panties with wanting him, and she was so confused
because all she could imagine was Xavier joining them.
    "You're
mine," Skylar said before turning and leaving her alone with the curvy
female.
    "Are
you okay?"  
    Aspen
nodded and touched her lips with her fingers.   The curvy brunette smiled.
    "My
name is Destini and I'll be your nurse.   We just changed shifts, so I'll be taking
over your discharge."
    Aspen
nodded.
    "You
need to follow-up with Dr. Sanchez next week.   I know your previous appointment was next month, but in light of your
visit to Pinewood Creek ER Dr. Sanchez thought it would be better if she saw
you next wee...Are you even listening?"
    Aspen
jumped when a hand touched her shoulder, pulling her from varying thoughts of
clawing Skylar's pretty face and kissing him senseless.   How dare he even think this baby was anybody's
but his!   She looked up into Destini's face and sighed.
    "I'm
sorry."
    Destini sighed and
looked at her watch before taking a seat on the stool sitting beside Aspen.
    "Okay,
spill it.   What's bothering you?"
    "Not-"
    "Don't
give me that crap, girl.   I may be
twenty-five, but that doesn't mean that I'm naïve.   Pfft ! I’ve been a
nurse since I was twenty.   Seen and heard
it all...Ok, maybe not all, but a lot...so spill."
    Aspen
bit her lip and stared at the curvy brunette.   She leaned forward and took a deep whiff of the female's scent.
    "I'm
a platypus."
    "Huh?"
    Destini smiled.
    "You
were sniffing me to figure out what I was, well I'm a platypus."
    "Okay."
    Destini laughed.   "Okay, now that you've determined It is okay to talk to me about super secret shifter stuff, tell
me."
    Aspen's
tenseness slowly eased when she realized that if she told this person who
didn't know her at all she could relieve a lot of the stress she'd felt for the
past three months.
    "Skylar's
my mate...or at least I think he is..."
    "You're
not sure?"
    "Well,
I was the night...the night we-"
    Aspen
smoothed her hand over her abdomen and the baby resting there.
    "Got
freaky?"
    Aspen
knew her eyes were the size of saucers and she couldn't help but laugh when Destini broke down into giggles.
    "I
guess you could put it that way.   Anyways, He didn't claim me and left me three months ago.   I moved.   I've never told him or anyone, but I watched him for months before I got
the courage to go up to him, and then I did and it was like wham!   He was the one.   I couldn't stay and see him after he left me,
so I came back to my childhood home."
    "So
what made you doubt that he was your mate?"
    Aspen
grimaced.   This was where it truly got
freaky.
    "Before
we came to the hospital, I met