Aiden POV
It was almost dawn when she started shaking.
I had just sat back down, exhaustion turning my limbs to stone, when I heard her breath hitch—and then the tremble began. A subtle twitch in her hand. Then her leg. Then her entire body began to spasm beneath the blankets I'd wrapped around her.
"No, no, no—shit," I muttered, instantly at her side, pulling back the covers. Her eyes were fluttering beneath closed lids. Her skin was now burning, blazing like fire against my fingertips. Her lips were dry, cracked, and she was muttering something incoherent through clenched teeth.
"Alexia!" I barked, gently shaking her. "Hey, hey—look at me. Stay with me. Damn it, don't do this."
Her body arched slightly off the couch, muscles tightening in jerky spasms. She whimpered. Then growled. A fucking growl.
The doctor had warned me.
Rabies.
