“Don’t worry about my heat. I have other things on my mind than finding someone to fuck.”
Ajin gave him a look. Adew narrowed his eyes on him. “You have something to say?”
“No. Have a good day. Make sure you rest. Don’t overdo it. I’ll know if you do,” he said, and dragged the cart to the door and walked out.
Adew shook his head. No wonder he didn’t like the health centre. Everyone was crazy here. He made his way to Dr Micha. Lars was waiting for him outside his office.
“Did everything go well?” he asked, looking him up and down. “I thought you’d be a while.”
Adew waved him off and walked into Dr Micha’s office, closing the door behind him. He didn’t want to talk about his session with Ajin. Dr Micha looked up from his monitor as he walked in. He pointed him to the chair. Adew sat down. Dr Micha took a couple of minutes to go through whatever was on his screen, and then he focused on him.
“You’re doing better than I thought. The WAB is strengthening your spine and muscles. Hopefully we’ll see you walking on your own soon.”
“I would like that,” Adew said, excitement thrumming through his veins. “I still feel pain though. It comes and goes, but sometimes its unbearable.”
“We’ll give you something for that. But you should also be careful not to do too much while you’re in the WAB. Remember to give your body time to rest. Healing takes time. It doesn’t happen just because we want it to.”
Adew clenched his jaw. Ajin had already lectured him. He didn’t need a second one.
“Okay,” he said grudgingly. He got to his feet and was about to walk away, but then he had to open his mouth. “Ajin mentioned something about my first heat after a year of being drugged up. What’s that about?”
“He’s probably concerned about the intensity of your heat,” Dr Micha said. “Our patients tend to experience a rise in hormones when they come off the drugs. It’s nothing to worry about. You’ll prepare accordingly, right?”
Shit. He didn’t need this. He wasn’t the alpha he used to be. Being with someone… having them see his crippled body… no. That wasn’t going to happen. He didn’t even know how the whole thing would work. He could barely fucking move on his own. He couldn’t fuck with the WAB on. That would be awkward.
Adew’s cheeks heated just thinking about it.
“I’ll handle it myself,” Adew said, walking to the door but stopping when Dr Micha called his name.
“When is your heat?”
Adew’s mind went blank. He narrowed his eyes as he tried to remember. The last time he felt any tingling down there was… fuck he couldn’t remember. “What kind of drugs did you give me?” Adew asked gruffly.
“The kind that have you standing in front of me when you should have been comatose or worse… dead.”
Adew clicked his tongue irritably. “Thank you, doctor. You truly are a miracle worker.”
Dr Micha laughed, making him feel ridiculous for snapping at him.
“Fuck, sorry. I’m already frustrated. I don’t need…”
“If you don’t remember when your heat is, I advise that you prepare,” Dr Micha said interrupting him. “There are service omegas you can use. They’re discrete and…”
Adew shook his head before the doctor had even finished his words. He resisted the urge to look down at himself. He wasn’t going to expose his broken body to some omega… discrete or not. There was no way. He reached for the door.
“Is there another reason you want to spend your heat alone? I thought you would be excited to finally go back to normal after so long.”
“There’s no normal for me, doctor. Not when I’m like this,” he said, walking out of the door and down the hallway.
Lars silently followed him to the health centre’s parking dome. “Are you alright?” he asked. Adew nodded and got into the operator seat. He brought the pod to life, Lars got in and they drifted out of the parking dome onto the airway, heading to his parents’ house.
Lars glanced at him. He looked like he wanted to say something, but he didn’t. Adew became anxious the closer they got to his home. This would be the first time he would see Urim since he’d got hurt. Their conversation last night hadn’t been great. He hoped their meeting wouldn’t be as painful.
Chapter 5
Nylune
Nylune hit the send button and stretched his arms over his head with a satisfied sigh. He was done for the day. The second testing of the pleasuring bot had been as explosive as the first. Ludiin had managed to create a top-notch pleasuring bot, even for an insatiable beast like him. He shut down his workstation and made his way to the cooking station. Even though his routine was disrupted, he felt rested and relaxed, which was strange because last night he could barely sleep at the thought of an alpha living next door to him.