cautious with your diet and exercise moving forward," the Pack's doctor sai
ook the card and
eful. Avoid shifting into your wolf form fo
arriage, and given my body, it would be di
I'll be careful."
by..." My wolf spi
uch I longed f
e I married, and no one want
protect the baby,
clinic and back into the car. James, the driver, start
PM. We still have twenty minutes. Shou
go," I
nty minutes made me smile softly, my
her pack for nearly a month,
the pregnancy test report and look at it
n just eight months, we would welcome them into the
e airport, James park
you like to
ur had landed by now, and dialed
elayed. Let's wait a l
e, he still ha
again, but the
bit longer,"
ommon, sometimes las
ours
instead of the usual cold voicemail, a
lo,
and I are at the D terminal
the other end, follow
the restroom. He'll
, the call abruptly en
he blank scre
hur hadn't brought an
at the phone, waiting
nutes
c
but I couldn't wait any longer.
bout to disconnect, he picked up. His fami
y,
been waiting for you here w
er pause before
phone on after landing. I'
faded i
for you?" I bit my lip. "I need
something to
favorite fo
some things to take care
nt washed over me, but
ka
o hang up, I heard th
lled earlier. I forgot
I was about to ask who this woman w
Arthur?" Lucy's voice
k screen of my phone. I turned to
on my tone, and he drove off
but for the sake of th
ally watching it. I sat on the couch, holding a p
dy ten o'clo
e I knew it, I had
suddenly felt my body lighten
cent, mingled with a hint of
's
been dri
d a little wit
bathroom. I furrowed my brows and
a large hand settled on my w
eyes closed, rel
loser. A surge of electricity coursed through me, sending waves of tingling pleasure
bout to reach the p
, don't
him to continue. I was des
feels so good
, his thumb circling it as I
n, he licked the other n
to hold on much longer. Arthur's hand moved from the base of my breasts to the top, and
leaving behind a trail of red marks. My nipples were consta
no... please.
ough fingers tracing the soft curve
hat fee
ky, reached me, and all I c
s, I had been longing for this moment
ple, drawing a deep breath, while his rough fingertips,
. that feel
't experienced before. Then, he shifted
ait-pl
or this morning, and the thought of
ening. He placed a hand on my back
kly drifted off i
y was gone, replaced only by the faint wrinkles i
ppointment. How had I f
up falling asleep?" I asked,
an wait until today," Lucy said sooth
obably better to di
suit for Arthur. As I considered my pregnancy-something that should bring jo
stairs, Arthur was already
workout clothes, setting down a sta
at the corners of my lips, though my heart carried a thread o
to know he was goi
you," Arthur replied, his voice
eet smile on my lips, though my t
cking up a file from the couch. He handed it to me. "Here's the agreement.
ashed over me. I stared at him, tr
a long moment, I wasn't sure
my voice, my lips trembling
d to div
ossible? What
no sign. I was left reeli
t of necessity, and we never made it public. It's best to end it now," Arthu
he room seemed to freeze as a c
, like a weight squeezing my he
couldn't be
d him for
ad awakened at sixteen, to bec
three years of marriage-
orced into this
eemed like nothin
e, trying to steady my voice. "These past three years... haven't we bee
m s
our fa
in everythi
t if
off, his voice becoming more impa
those words piercing me like a
hands, my voice barely audible as I
been forced together or that we'd
w was the last t
was