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“Look, I’m not making a definite decision now, but I want everyone to think about it. If the Hornets have an heir on the way, we need an heir too,” I told everyone before heading to the bar to fix myself a glass of whiskey, the drone of their conflicting arguments fading into the background as I sank into my own thoughts.

And they snapped right to Aisling.

She had been lurking in the back of my mind, and as I tried to rack my brain for a woman to go to for this crazy proposal, she kept popping up in my head. We had a spark between us, and she was bold and fearless.

But I doubted that a civilian like her would ever want to get involved with our type of scene.

She hadn’t even texted me after our night in the club. At this point, I had to let her go and try to find someone else, even if that didn’t sit right with me.

Chapter3

Aisling

Steam rose from the kitchen sink as I rinsed off my dishes in Madison’s sink, my eyes peering through the nearby window to admire the overcast sky.

It had been a few weeks since I’d met Kai at Altitude. I hadn’t seen him or spoken a word to him since then, even though the thought of reaching out to him crossed my mind quite a few times.

Madison was adamant that I didn’t contact him after I told her about our crazy night together because it was too risky.

Plus, I needed to focus on getting my life together. I had moved all of my things out of my own apartment, and Madison had been kind enough to let me stay with her, Chloe, and Nicholas at her house. With seven partners, there were a lot of houses between all of them, so I wasn’t in the way. A lot of nights, I had Madison’s house to myself because she stayed at one of their houses or the attic at the tattoo shop.

Of course, this was a temporary situation.

I didn’t want to impede on her happy life, so I was planning on trying to get some overtime at my office job if my boss let me so that I could save up some money to move into a new apartment soon.

It felt like everything was changing all around me, but I was determined to not let that scare me.

New beginnings could be great!

Right after I finished up with the dishes, I heard the front door open and shut. While drying off my hands with a paper towel, I looked toward the kitchen just as Madison walked in with a tired groan.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her.

Madison placed her hand on her lower stomach.

“I’ve been cramping all day long,” she said with a grimace as she leaned her back against the kitchen counter. “I hate being on my period.”

I cracked a smile as I tossed the paper towel in the trash, taking a quick glance around to make sure the kitchen was clean after I used it. If I was going to bum off her for a little while, I was going to do it respectfully.

“I’m right there with you,” I laughed before falling silent as my eyebrows knitted together. “Usually, I’m about two weeks ahead of you.”

Madison fell silent for a few seconds.

“Wouldn’t you have had your period around when you moved in with me?” she asked.

It was like ice water flooded through my body, my heart pounding so heavily that my head ached.

“I missed my period,” I breathed out, my eyes widening in disbelief. I then sucked in a deep breath and tried to force a smile. “It’s probably from stress. I’ve had my period come late because of that before.”

Madison didn’t look as convinced.

“I have a few pregnancy tests in the bathroom cabinet. Why don’t you test to be sure?” she suggested.

My stomach twisted at the thought of getting a definite answer, but I couldn’t avoid it forever. I needed to know because that meantanothercurveball was thrown at me. I couldn’t wrap my mind around how insane my life had been lately!

Was this bad karma or something?

I headed to the bathroom and shut the door behind me, my chest feeling tight. It was hard to breathe in deeply as I found the tests and used one, time seeming to drag on as slowly as possible as I waited for the result.

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