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I rushed my mate to the infirmary. I hardly noticed that we were moving, that’s how focused I was on listening to every breath Bryn breathed, every beat of her heart. I could even hear our pup’s heartbeat. It had started to keep pace with Bryn’s, as if our pup was worried about her mother.In the infirmary, I laid her on the bed and stuck close to her. “She fought the feral,” Lance explained. He was sweating and staring at Bryn with wide, worried eyes. Her blood was on his shirt. It was on mine, too. “She killed it, but it injured her like this.”My beautiful, brave mate. I touched her soft cheek, splattered with red. She’d protected the women while they escaped, but look at what had happened to her.Seconds later, the Camas doctor arrived. When he laid eyes on her, determination gave way to uncertainty in an instant.“Oh. I wasn’t aware that she was…with child.”“What does that matter?” I growled. “Help her. Now.”“I-I’m sorry. I don’t handle pregnant women. That is for the midwives
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“You seem nervous,” I said. Thanks to the water, my throat was less scratchy.He forced a laugh. “Ah, maybe a little. Night will probably kill me if he finds out you’re awake and I didn’t tell him immediately.”“That’s funny.”He blinked. “It is?”“Yeah. You should be worried about the threat sitting right next to you.” I leveled a glare at him, and he had the decency to duck his head. “I’ll probably kill you both the minute I can get up from this bed. You lied to me.” I sighed and leaned back against my pillow. “And so did Night. But what else is new?”“Hold on.” He leaned toward me. “You shouldn’t blame Night. He was innocent in this.”I raised a brow. Lance defending my mate was the last thing I’d expected, given their history. “How exactly is he innocent? He helped you keep the secret, didn’t he?”He paused, but only for about a second. “Okay—yes, he did. But he did that because I made him. He asked me multiple times to tell you the truth, but I refused because I was sure it would
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He nodded. “That was why I was worried one of them would try to kill you when you were alpha.”“But they didn’t. And that was because they weren’t inherently bad people. The Redwolfs made them awful, angry people. The environment ruined them.”“Yeah, I’m sorry I scared you. And I’m sorry I was so cryptic. I…to be honest, it had been such a long time, and the first chance I had to talk to you was at the market. I wanted to help you, to show you I wasn’t a bad guy, but I feel like all I did was creep you out.”I remembered how he’d haggled down the price of the bracelets I’d bought for Tavi and Night. I laughed.“You definitely confused me, to say the least.”Chuckling, he rubbed the back of his head. “When you became alpha, I thought, ‘Shit, this is what our mom was talking about. I need to protect Bryn from the whole pack.’ It was so important to protect you because you were in the spotlight as alpha, and I thought you’d just painted a huge target on your back. But you had Night and T
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“This was your last chance to prove that you could keep that promise, and you failed.” Tears burned my eyes, but for the first time since I’d found out I was pregnant, I kept them from falling. “I don’t want your apologies, Night. I need to see action. You are never to lie to me for the sake of my ‘protection’ or at the expense of my autonomy. Do you understand?”Night moved from the chair down to his knees in front of me. He lowered his head, and his answering “yes” was a whisper, a promise that only he, I, and our wolves knew.It was awful having to say all those things and mean them, and I couldn’t bear seeing him like this even a second more. It took effort, but I went to him and pressed my lips to his forehead. When he looked up at me, I kissed him.The kiss was gentle, and I tasted sweet relief on his tongue. I could have stayed there kissing him forever, but he pulled away.“There’s something else,” he said. “When we leave here, we’re taking Oakley’s daughter with us.”I blinke
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I popped in every once in a while just to set eyes on things, make sure things were running well, and put some distance between me and the psychological warfare the council was waging on me. I had Samara escorted to Kings territory, figuring the less hostile mood would be a better environment for her.Of course, every time I visited the Kings, I found that things were going fine—my beta and sister were amazing at what they were trained to do. That was a relief in most ways, but sometimes I wondered whether I was needed there at all.On the day that marked two weeks since we returned to Wargs’ territory, Lance and I were walking around, checking out the progress of the construction and discussing pack safety. The attack on the Camas had made us all hyper-aware of security, and fortunately, Lance was an expert. He was close to Theodore, whose son I’d saved during Troy’s attack. Because of what Lance had learned from one of the Kings’ strongest warriors, he had plenty of ideas for how we
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She’d made cabbage stew and brought fresh rolls of bread from the mess hall. The cabin smelled savory and wonderful—like home. Doc was reviewing some papers at the dinner table. He was so involved in them that he didn’t notice Lance and me coming in.“Damon.” Mom only spoke his name, but in an instant, he stopped looking at his work to focus on her.He brightened when he saw us. “Good to see you, Alpha, Lance,” he said. “I was wondering how the two of us were going to finish this stew.”Mom laughed and took the seat next to him. Lance and I sat and helped ourselves to the stew. Between Doc and Mom, the conversation was lively and interesting, but I found her stealing glances at me. When everyone had had their fill, Lance yawned.“Sleepy?” Mom asked with a smile.He nodded. “I should walk this off, and I have some people I want to talk to. Night, you coming?”“Sure—”“Actually, Night, I was wondering if you could help me hang a picture before you leave,” Mom said.“A picture?” Doc tilt
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“You know,” she whispered against my skin, “we haven’t been ‘together’ since we left the Camas Pack. Don’t you think it’s been long enough?”Her voice was sultry with lust, stirring an answering desire in me. I turned my head when she made to kiss my cheek, catching her lips with mine. She tasted divine, and she felt even better when she moved onto my lap and ground herself against me. It should have been easy to lose myself in the feeling of her, in the kisses she left across my skin, but my brain wouldn’t shut off.The mood was right, and the time and place were ideal. We were as far from anything that reminded us of Troy as we could get. My body wanted it, my wolf was ravenous for it, but I just wasn’t feeling it.When she started to pull off my shirt, I took her hands in mine. I pulled back and gently eased her off my lap and onto the bed. My wolf howled in protest, but I ignored him.Bryn looked up at me, her lips a bit swollen, her cheeks red, her eyes dark with lust. Her blouse
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“I know you’re capable of wonderful things because you’ve already achieved the impossible. We’ve had our bumps and our fights, but we always come out on top, don’t we?”He nodded. “I just…don’t know why I can’t shake this.”The uncertainty on his face tugged at my heart. I hated seeing him so upset. “It’s okay. I’m here to help you. If you’ll let me.”I pulled his face down to mine and placed kisses on his forehead, the tip of his nose, and finally his mouth. He stirred under my insistent kisses, and hungry hands clutched at my waist and my ass. I sucked his bottom lip into my mouth, biting down just hard enough to make him growl.“I’m here, baby,” I said into his mouth. “Be here with me.”I deepened the kiss, letting the tip of my tongue brush over his lips. His breathing hitched, his hold on me becoming more insistent. Somehow, I guided him toward our bed, even with our lips locked. The taste of him was so deep, so masculine, I wouldn’t have minded spending the day in his arms just
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