“I’d love to take you on a date. Where would you like to eat?”
“Uh, you can cool it with the date stuff. It sounds kinda silly seeing as how I’m knocked up, don’t you agree?”
He gave her a gloomy look, “Okay, if that’s what you want. Where shall we lunch?”
“I’m not from around here, what do you recommend? Just so you know, I’m very hungry, and I pretty much eat anything.”
“We could go into Napa and eat at this great deli, if you’re up for it. They have the best sandwiches, and right down the street there’s the best cupcake bakery. I’ll enjoy showing you all around this area. Napa is known for their wine and fine cuisine.” You could see the delighted look in his eyes. It was hard to be in the room with Conner, and not be cheerful.
“Sounds fun, but we’ll have to take your car since mine has been violated. Do you mind?”
“I’d like nothing better than to drive you around and show you all the wonders of this area.” He was actually extremely happy that his mate would accept his protection, and he wanted nothing more than to feed and care for her-forever.#p#分页标题#e#
Katie still felt a bit on edge when they got into Conner’s red Chevy Camaro, but she didn’t understand why. She buckled her seatbelt and laid her head back to catch a few moments of sleep, she was always so tired lately.
Katie woke feeling the car lurch suddenly to the side. Conner threw his arm around her chest to hold her against the seat, while the car went off the road and into a ditch. Conner was yelling something at her, but she couldn’t hear him over the sounds of metal crunching and glass breaking. She was still trying to orient herself when the airbags deployed and her head was thrust against the seats headrest. Lights out.
Katie woke up cold, and half naked. Her whole body ached and her head felt like it was splitting open. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Conner pacing the length of a small room. That’s funny; it looked similar to a hospital room. She was stuck to a hard board, and she tried moving her legs without success. “What the hell is going on?” She couldn’t turn her head very far.
“Oh my God Katie, are you okay? I was so worried about you. I called Shana and she’s on her way. Do you hurt?”
While he was leaning over her she saw a huge gash running from his forehead to his temple. “Uh, did you know you’re bleeding? What happened, are you alright? Will you please let me up, I’m uncomfortable.”
He looked hesitant to answer, “We were pushed off the road by another car. The paramedics put you on a backboard and placed the collar on your neck, just in case you have a spinal injury. I’m so very sorry.” He had tears in his eyes as he bent his head and rubbed his cheek on her hair.
Oh yeah, now she remembered. “It’s okay Conner it could have happened to anybody. No biggie. Could you please get the doctor to get me out of these restraints?”
“They came in a moment ago and took blood. The doctor said he thought you were fine, but that we should get him when you woke.” He brushed his lips against hers barely even touching, “I’ll go get him.”
When Conner came back into the room, there was a short older man with him wearing a white coat, and he asked Conner to step out. At Conner’s growl and aggressive stance in front of Katie the man submit by retracting his statement, and telling Conner he could stay.
“Hello, Ms. Ward, I’m Dr. Holtz and I’m going to be taking care of you today. This is my nurse, Betsy.” He said pointing to a lovely woman with red hair who appeared to be in her mid-thirties. “Are you having any pain?”
“My whole body aches, and I have a headache. But most of the pain is coming from being on this hard board.” She felt silly strapped to this board with the collar. She was probably the only one in the room that didn’t turn into an animal, yet she was the one wearing the collar, unnecessary.
“I’m glad you’re not in a lot of pain, but we need to check you for a spinal injury, and then send you to x-ray. I’m going to take the straps off you but I don’t want you to move just yet. We’re going to turn you over to your side and I’m going to run my hand down your back and neck, you need to tell me if anything hurts, okay?”
Conner growled deep in his throat for a second time, but this time his eyes turned golden.
Dr. Holtz eyed Conner with understanding, “So, this is your mate? I promise I’ll take good care of her.”
“Get out Conner. No one wants to deal with your shit right now. Send Shana in when she gets here, but you need to leave until you can calm down.” Why the hell did she always feel like she was alone? Even though Conner was standing next to her, she felt like she couldn’t have him here because he couldn’t take it. What about when she went into labor and the doctor needed to check her cervix? She should have thought about that before she had sex.#p#分页标题#e#