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Pill and any other natural substances you’re taking. All of them have the same threat potential.”
    She had never gone without some type of buffer. She didn’t know how. Only mated females went through the heat unmedicated. Wouldn’t Rory get a kick out of this? “If I can’t control the heat, I could end up mated to any wolf that was cunning enough to get to me, whether I want to be or not.”
    “I know the risk, but would death be preferable? I don’t want your choices taken away from you any more than you do. This is serious business. Look, this is the problem: The thickening blood in your veins, the hormones in your birth control pills, and the surging hormones in your body caused by the heat all exponentially increase the likelihood of blood clots forming in your body. I can’t control the PV because there is no treatment or cure. All we can do is monitor it and take measures as needed. I can’t stop the heat because I don’t know what’s causing it. Of the three, the only factor in this equation that is in our power is the birth control pills you take. Anything we can do to decrease the potential for clotting needs to be done.”
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    “Is there anything you can do about the pack? Make the unmated males leave me alone or something?”
    He looked at her sorrowfully and shook his head. “Under normal circumstances, I could try, but your season is scheduled to hit its peak during the week of the blue moon.” She stared at him as the implications set in.
    Oh shit!
    A blue moon was a second full moon falling within the same month. It only happened once every two years. Weak shifters had little to no control over their beasts during a regular full moon. Blue moons were worse because they triggered a sexual frenzy. Males referred to the week of the blue moon as the fuckfest because the urge to mate was all-consuming.
    Everyone was affected, even the alphas. There were always more pregnancies after a blue moon phase.
    “It will be all right, Shannon. We’ll figure something out, okay? I promise. In the meantime, let me give you something to help you sleep at night.”
    “Thanks, Alex,” she said as she took the bottle of pills. “I appreciate your help. Do me a favor. Don’t say anything to anyone about this, please?”
    “I couldn’t. It would violate doctor-patient confidentiality. Try not to worry. The last thing you need right now is stress. At least now you know you’re not going crazy.” He smiled at her, but it wasn’t much of one. Shannon could tell he was worried.
    “I would prefer crazy. I’d probably handle it better. I’ll see you later. Thanks for the sleeping pills.”
    Shannon left Alex’s office and sat in the truck, trying to get herself together. Think, Shannon, think. This is no time to panic. She had a brain. She was an intelligent woman.
    There had to be something she could do.
    What was that serenity prayer? Something about not worrying about the things she can’t change. To focus on what she could. All right, what about this messed-up situation did she have power over?
    She couldn’t do anything about her blood. Ditto the heat. The PV whatever took away any control she might have had over it. If she didn’t want to jump on the first penis she saw, she was going to have to make it difficult for the penises to get to her.
    Leaving was out of the question. Shape-shifters were everywhere, and the last thing she wanted to do was be surprised by some out-of-area wolf-shifter. What she needed was a way to keep the males from getting to her. She might not be able to control them, but she could limit or prevent their access to her body.
    Realizing she was on to something, she let that thought play out in her mind. If she could make it difficult enough to get to her, she might just make it out of this heat unmated Nikolai’s Wolf
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    and in one piece. She needed a secure place, like a panic room, ’cause Lord knew she was going to be in a panic when the blue moon