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“Let’s get you back inside to clean up.” I kept my arm around him as we walked the short distance back. He said he felt fine and I believed him, but still, seeing him sick like that had my fox extra protective and I’d never be mad at him for that.

Larkin went into the bathroom to clean up and I toasted up some stale bread we had. It had always been my comfort food when I didn’t feel well.

“I smell toast.” He crossed over to me and grabbed a piece. “You’re a good mate. I’m gonna keep you.”

“That works for me. I plan to keep you too.” Larkin was the best thing that had ever happened to me and I planned to protect and love him until my dying day.

“I know.” He winked at me. “You licked me. Now I’m yours.”

I did more than lick him, but I didn’t want to get into that. It wasn’t a mystery. Heck, it was why we were here. And as much as I was happy that he was mine, the guilt weighed on me.

He ate his toast and with each bite, my fox got antsier and antsier until I could no longer keep him in.

“My fox needs out.” That was all the explanation I could give before getting my clothes off in record time and shifting. This kind of conversation needed to be in my fur. I don’t know how I knew that, but I did.

Mate. Kit. Mate. Kit.My fox was insistent.

Larkin’shaving a baby?I needed to be sure.

Kit. Kit. Kit.

I took that as a yes.

I shifted back and tackle hugged my mate. “Best news ever!”

“I’m confused.” He stepped back, meeting my eyes. “So confused.”

“You were sick to your stomach. But now you feel fine.”

He nodded.

“And we’re mated.” Half mated, but close enough.

Another nod.

“I led you to the answer, I can’t make you drink.” My eyes went straight to his belly, and his hands followed.

“You think I’m pregnant?”

“My fox insists you are.”

“He would know.” Larkin pulled me close and kissed me deeply. He seemed as happy about our growing family as I was.

That didn’t mean it was going to be easy. There was nothing ideal about the timing, but that didn’t stop the joy bubbling up inside me. My mate and I were having a baby.

“I love you, omega mine,” I mumbled against his lips.

“I love you, alpha mine. I love you.”

17

LARKIN

It wasn’t unusual that a shifter’s beast discovered a pregnancy before the omega. Humans needed a test to convince them and a voice in my head, not my wolf’s, wanted one, too. I needed the two pink lines or blue or whatever color they were.

But we couldn’t go to the store because Auden had told us to stay here and a pregnancy test wasn’t something he would have lying around. If he did, it’d be years out of date.

"Are you sure?" I asked for the third time.

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