Page 33 of Shifter Marked and Claimed

A very large man stepped out of the driver’s seat.

He nodded at me. “Lucy.”

I would never forget that face and those eyes of steel.

“Silas?”

He smiled at me, though somehow it didn’t soften his glare any.

The passenger door of the car opened and closed.

“I heard a rumor you were here.” Vada, the woman who had saved me countless times, had delivered my daughter into this world, and who I cherished so much that I’d named my kid after her.

In seconds I was wrapped in her embrace as I was consumed by emotions.

“Vada?”

“I here, Mommy,” my daughter said.

I laughed through tears.

The elder Vada let go of me as I turned to help my daughter out of her car seat. I lifted her into my arms.

“Sweetheart, this is Vada, too.”

“Hi,” she said shyly.

“Hi, Vada. Can I hold you?”

My little girl shot me a look, but I smiled and nodded.

Vada took her from me. I watched the two of them together as little Vada sniffed her shoulder and then pulled back.

“I know you.”

“I know you, too. Silas, isn’t she the most precious thing in the world?”

The man that I was certain was made of ice literally melted as he watched them.

I took a moment to really look at them and my jaw dropped.

“You’re having a baby?”

Vada practically beamed. “We are.”

“She’s not due until Spring,” Silas informed me.

I reached out and touched her round protruding belly.

“Are you sure?”

“We’re sure. Though Doc believes it to be twins.”

“How wonderful.”

“If you’re truly sticking around here, Lucy, I would love for you to be there to assist with my delivery.”

Silas stiffened and I could see how protective he was of her. I had to assume he was her mate. I vaguely remember hearing they were mating when I last saw her during the big rescue.

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