HIS UNEXPECTED MATE

again. Covered in sweat and blood, she ran deep into the woods, her

g around, her breath hard. She could hear the sound made by the horses of her pursuers, the

that cursed child!" the

lost her balance. Her legs trembled beneath her; she struggled to regain

She sighed and closed her eyes as the realization hit her: it was game over, and the w

!..." The head warrior sna

she?" he

u would only ask once,

ds and bring me that c

ghed and spat in the face of the head

" A slap landed

onsequences of your

have destroyed my pack and k

uld have thought of that

ead warrior said and mounte

orest. Unknown to her, a warrior was sent out to search for the

ed upon the child wrapped in the finest

one of the hunters yel

o?" the secon

and tender," the

!!!!" the first

uck leaves a baby alone i

" the third hunter asked, and his

movie before; check, you m

" the first hunter snappe

!!" the secon

ckled and took a ste

he first hunter

muttered and carried th

we supposed to do with a mysterio

hird hunter said, alread

xchanged bewi

e?

her pink gums, her eyes locked onto the hunter's, and for a brief moment, the world paused,

man?" the second hunte

the Almighty sent her to make up for our years

yourself into, man... That child m

eve she's a gi

eliever about God?" the

ist, not a n

me thing," the s

y do not believe in

self and Sarah in danger.

the first hunter said, but suddenl

the first hun

eps," the third hun

about a strange being that

o leave, like, immediately," the first hunter

bout th

aby in the woods, and you th

after we find our way out of these c

d away from me," he sn

do this, man," the

d went in the opposite dire

K CITY★

laying the sleeping baby on the couch,

me down for a minute?"

ough the back door to the kitchen, then back to the sitting

hed legs of his wife, who was sitting on the floor, he

you; I didn't realize you were here," he said

r black hair. She was young and attra

forcing a smile. "You're ho

winked and covered her eyes, l

all about?" S

illy whispered and

How did!!!... Where!!!!?... What's

is she, Billy? Is she one of your mistress's children?

back. "I'll not have you insult me over

tears. "Now it's all making sense why you were neve

I didn't mean to yell at you, and

ruth?" Sarah mumbled, her

e?" Billy took a deep breath and began explaining how they s

the child. "Can we keep her?" She s

led Sarah and the ba

t the exact spot where the little baby was found, with a mysterious

lled Iridessa,"

the mysterious lady smiled at

feeling tense

as he stood up and walked t

er Iridessa!" h

repeated, and th

from Sarah and

," he call

hunder and lig