Page 26 of Allegiance

As he stared into the mirror across from his bed, his chest fighting for air, he saw the man there and realized it was just a dream.

Thank.

God.

It had only been a dream.

It was both a relief and a pain.

The fairy queen was gone, but at least he didn’t get her pregnant.

That was the only good thing.

She was safe and not tied to the mess he was.

His heart was racing, and he’d nearly had a stroke. The idea of impregnating anyone…passing on his fucked-up DNA to a child…

It was terrifying.

There was no way he could ever do that. No one deserved to be saddled with his issues.

NO.

ONE.

Lifting the sheet, Dakota felt that telltale wetness, and realized that he had cum, but not with Eve.

Nope.

She’d been enough in his dream to pull him from the edge and into that pleasure.

Of course, she was.

Even he knew the truth.

He was madly in love with her, and likely would be for the rest of his life.

In that moment, as his breathing leveled, and he tried to drop his blood pressure to a non-stroke level, Dakota knew one thing.

They needed to find Chevy sooner rather than later. It was taking too long.

Why was he so worried?

Because he had to get the hell out of there before he did something stupid.

FAST.

Chapter Two

Friday Morning

Chartres Street

‘The Office’

Meeting Time

T he daily routine was pretty simple. The family would wake at the new house in The French Quarter, and sneakily make it to Chartres by leaving from a back alley. Only, it wasn’t just any back alley that surrounded their new home.

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