“What time is it? How long have we been in here?” She stretched
“It’s about one thirty in the morning. Jake gave the all clear a while ago but you were sleeping, and I didn’t want to wake you.” He kissed the back of her neck where his wolf bite was evident. “I’m really sorry I growled at you, and bit you.”
“Puu lease. I can deal with that, but we’re definitely going to have to discuss shifter anatomy, and treatment of basic wounds. How did you get shot? The last thing I remember was sleeping on your work bench; you picked me up and there was a lot of noise. You ran to this room, locked us in and turned feral.”
He snickered, “I was taking you to bed and heard a sound outside, so I went to investigate.”
“You never investigate unless you’re a half-naked young woman in a horror movie. Or, unless you have a gun and backup.”
He couldn’t hold in another laugh. “You are such a surprise sometimes.” At her worried expression he continued, “Shifters heal pretty easy, so it wasn’t a problem. In a week it’ll only be a faint scar, no worries.”#p#分页标题#e#
“I wish you wouldn’t do that. You’re making light of something that’s serious, you could have been killed.” She shrieked the last part and it hurt his ears so he winced. “Are you still in pain?”
“No, and you could have been hurt or lost our babies. It is my responsibility to care for you, to protect you. I love you, and I’ll protect you and our children with my life, always.”
She was amazed at this man, “Thank you.”
“And…”
She knew exactly what he was fishing for, “I’ll protect you too.”
“Katie…Give me what I want.”
“I’ll protect the babies with my life too.”
He sighed, “Alright, let’s get out of here.” He punched in the code to open the doors.
As he was walking out he heard her softly spoken, “I love you too.” He stopped and turned as she walked out and she said, “But I’m not happy about it right now.”
He didn’t allow her to keep walking. Conner picked her up and kissed her long and hard. They were still in a passionate embrace when Quinn and Jake found them. “I think this one will do. I was worried when he brought her home, but she can hold her own. She’ll be a great bitch.”
Jake wanted to laugh but when he saw the look in Katie’s eye he refrained. Katie looked fit to be tied and it didn’t help that Quinn guffawed.
Katie was going to teach this lady a lesson once and for all. She walked up to Quinn with a smile, balled her fist, and hit her right in the kisser. Quinn didn’t go down. She stumbled and righted herself immediately. Katie got into a fighting position and was shocked to hear Quinn’s cackling laughter.
“Yep, she’ll do.” And Quinn walked away.
Jake and Conner had dazed expressions on their faces. She twisted to them and uttered a curse, “Damn, she has a hard head. Let that be a lesson, no one calls me a bitch, even if my children turn to wolves, understand?”
Both Conner and Jake nodded their heads.
“Good, shall we head off to bed? Or is there some other emergency at two in the morning that will force you to keep your pregnant mate out of bed?
“Uh, go on to bed honey and I’ll handle everything else. I’ll be there in a little while.”
“Yeah, yeah.” She threw over her shoulder, “Don’t get shot again, I still have blood under my nails.”
“Wow, my woman is so damn hot. You’re going to have to speed through what happened, Jake, I have plans tonight.”
Chapter 14
He didn’t get back to bed until three in the morning, and when he pulled back the covers Katie was nowhere to be seen. He started to worry but there was no way she was able to leave the house without the code and she wouldn’t be dumb enough to stand in front of a window. Don’t panic, calm down and think.
It was then he noticed the light down the hall. He went into the master bedroom, and found Katie snuggled under the covers of the king bed he had waited years to climb in with his mate; it had finally happened.
Conner was about to pull back the covers and climb into bed, when he remembered all the blood on him. He walked into the master bathroom that he had never used before, and turned on the spray. There were several showerheads that beat down on him. The water felt good on his injured shoulder.
He was enjoying the warm water and steam when Katie unexpectedly pulled open the shower door. She was naked and had a wicked twinkle in her eye. “Well, hello there mate. Took you long enough, I missed you.”#p#分页标题#e#