Page 61 of I Replaced His Husband
"Kay?" Adam’s voice came, shaky.
Kay’s eyes opened; there was panic in them.
"Kay? Can I come in?"
"Adam, we… we—" Kay stammered.
I looked around quickly, grabbed a blanket, and threw it over both of us. Only our heads and shoulders were visible now.
"Adam, we’re… knotted," Kay finally rasped. His voice was so hoarse, Adam probably didn’t catch it.
"What?"
We exchanged a look. I gave a slight shrug. I wasn’t embarrassed. Might as well let him in.
"Okay, come in!" Kay called out.
Adam opened the door, and… he wasn’t alone.
A tall alpha stood next to him.
"Fuck," Kay muttered under his breath.
From the start, I figured it was the local sheriff or a deputy. The guy had gray at his temples and deep lines across his forehead, and as he came closer, I caught a look of pure disdain on his face. Great… This wasn’t going to be simple.
"Kay, can you… um… separate?" Adam asked awkwardly, clearly rattled by the sight of me lying on top of his brother in what had to be the most compromising position imaginable. "I'm here with Deputy Johnson."
That’s when I noticed Marco, standing just behind the door in the shadows.
"No, we can't. We're knotted," Kay replied, sounding completely defeated.
The room went dead silent. Could this get any weirder?
"Knotted?" The cop raised his eyebrows. "I thought you told me your brother was pregnant," he said, giving Adam a puzzled look.
"He is!"
"Iampregnant, Deputy Johnson," Kay said quickly. "It’s just that Rain went into fighting mode when the Dawsons tried to rape me. Probably some kind of primal instinct or something," he added, cheeks burning.
The deputy’s eyes dropped to Kay’s chest, half-visible under my arm, and I quickly moved my hand to cover his swollen, dark pink nipples.
He noticed my gesture, so did the deputy.
Johnson made a face but didn’t say a word. Kay, though… his expression shifted just a little when he realized what I’d done: he was grateful.
"What exactly happened on the beach, Kay?" the deputy asked, his voice cold.
"The Dawsons came up to me, being vulgar and aggressive. Jorah said, ‘Heard you became a whore, Kay.’ I asked what the hell he meant, and he said, ‘You already fucked some new stud while your husband's barely cold in the grave.’"
I growled, low in my throat, as Kay continued.
"Then Harry said, ‘Looking for a new daddy for your bastard? Is Maurice even the father, whore?’"
"Fuckers!" I growled again.
"Okay, that’s enough," Johnson cut in, clearly done with hearing the details. "What happened when Rain showed up?"
"Harry said, ‘You give it up to him, give us some too, right?’ Then he grabbed me by the neck and started sniffing me. That’s when Rain came in. He knocked Harry down. Jorah tried to get him in a chokehold, but Rain bit him. He was full-on in fighting mode, and I marked him before—"
