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“It’s nice to meet you, Brynn. Would you like to go somewhere else to talk in private?” he asks me, still not losing the smile on his face which puts me completely at ease.

“No. This is my family and I’m going to share everything with them anyway. I’m tired still and don’t want to leave anything important out. Plus they’ll be able to help me talk to Kingston when he comes back from whatever he’s doing,” I answer him, taking my seat once more.

“I’m here, Kitten. Doc called me on the way here. Not gonna let you hear any of this news on your own,” he says, lifting me from my seat and taking it before placing me in his lap and wrapping his strong arms around me.

“Thank you,” I whisper to Kingston as I settle against his body and look up to Dr. Craven.

“Dr. Tallman put a rush on the results of your blood work. She has access to a lab and made sure yours was moved to the front of the line so you could get the results back sooner. It’s what she does for any patient that’s been kidnapped and attacked,” Dr. Craven informs me, his voice soft and gentle as he removes a piece of paper. “The results of your STD testin’ all came back negative. Her notes indicate that no sexual assault took place. It’s been noted that you were stripped down to your panties and bra based on what you told her. She’s ruled out that you’ve been raped and I’m not sure if she told you that before you left Cedar Bay. The other test she had performed is a pregnancy test. Based on the results, you are pregnant. You’re in the very early stages of the pregnancy and it could be contributin’ to the nausea that you’ve been feelin’.”

For several minutes, the common room is so silent you could hear a pin drop. When I lift my head up to look at Kingston, I find him looking down at me with a smile on his lips. He leans down and presses a gentle kiss against my lips.

“You’re gonna give me a baby,” he whispers as everyone starts to talk at once.

I barely hear the words of my family members as Kingston and I continue to stare at one another. Fear fills me with the thought of something happening to the baby from Jerome’s attack. I can’t be happy in this moment with Kingston because my thoughts are consumed with fear.

“Kingston, what if something happened to our baby when Jerome had me?” I ask him, my voice breaking and cracking as I continue to look at him.

“Kitten, we’ll deal with anythin’ that happens. Doc, what are the chances this attack will have a lastin’ impact on the pregnancy?” Kingston asks Dr. Craven as he holds me tighter against him and all talking around us stops immediately.

“I don’t believe it will have any impact at all on the pregnancy. You don’t seem to have any wounds to your abdomen. You’ll need to find an obstetrician in Pine View and explain the situation to them. They can perform an ultrasound to give you peace of mind and make sure nothin’ is wrong with the baby,” Dr. Craven answers Kingston as more people enter the common room.

“We’ll get right on that. Hope, can you send me the information of the doctor you used?” Kingston asks his cousin as my dad comes up behind us to find out what’s going on.

“What’s wrong, Baby Girl?” he asks, looking down at me over Kingston’s shoulder.

I immediately burst into tears at his words and Kingston stands from the chair with me in his arms. He hands me over to my dad who holds me in his strong, protective embrace. I hear Kingston letting the rest of my family know what Dr. Craven has just told us. The entire time, my dad holds me like I’m a little girl who just scraped her knee after falling off her bike for the first time. He whispers words of comfort and assurance to me the entire time as my grandpa comes up and runs his hand up and down my back. I know it’s my grandpa because he leans down to whisper that he loves me and they’ll get us through whatever happens moving forward with the baby.

My dad hands me back to Kingston who takes me up to our room. He tucks me into bed before sliding in next to me. Even though I really didn’t do anything, I’m exhausted and know Dr. Craven will be back once his office closes for the day to check the wound on my head and make sure I’m not getting any kind of infection on any of the injuries I have. He just didn’t want to delay me getting the information because he knows how hard it is to wait for the results of blood work and finding out if something is wrong with a patient after an attack. I let sleep claim me as I sink into the dreams of Kingston and a baby of our own.










Chapter Twenty-Three

King

BRYNN’S FAMILY AREstill in town. They’re staying at the clubhouse with us while the rest of the club went back to Brighton Hills. None of them are ready to leave her yet and I can’t blame them. My dad, mom, sisters, uncle, aunt, and cousin have also remained in Pine View. Last night we all had dinner in the city together so we could get away from the clubhouse and we could spend time with our family as we get to know one another. It was relaxed and fun as our parents shared stories about us growing up. I never once saw the teasing from Zoey and Maddox Brynn told me about before. If anything, both of them go out of their way to help her and make sure she’s okay. Between her going off when she went home after learning about the bet and then being taken by Jerome, they’ve realized how precious life is and how much damage words can do to a person. Even if they’re trying to have fun and tease someone. Brynn took those words to heart and it ruined the relationship between the siblings as they were growing up. She had no trust in them and kept the fact she was being bullied to herself.

Our dinner was two days ago. Since then I’ve been spending time with the men of our families while Brynn has been spending time with the women. At night for dinner, we’re all together with everyone else here at the clubhouse. Yesterday we all went out and bought furniture for our home that will be delivered in the next few days. Blood and Scathe also bought Brynn an entire new wardrobe, everything she needs to work, and a new cell phone. I tried to pay for things and they told me to put my card away. Not only did they buy my girl everything she needed but they bought us a million things for the house to make it a home. Including a photo shoot when Brynn gets farther along in her pregnancy.