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He growled and lunged at her again. She slashed the insides of his thighs and anything she could reach. She grabbed his arm and twisted it behind his back before dragging him to her front door, ranting the whole time.
“I find it odd with all the testosterone around me I’m the one saving their asses. I tell you, the baby better bloody be a girl.” Sandy looked down at the man who was bleeding everywhere. She groaned. “Stop bleeding. You’re ruining my floors.”
The guy gurgled, and she let him go. “Now I’m going to open this door, and if I find that you’ve moved, I will cut your family jewels.” He moaned, and she opened the door to see her father walking toward her. He rushed to her, and she saw her brothers fighting the blaze at the side of her house.
“Hey, Dad. I dragged the man who did this to the door, and I think it’s the shifter killer Jake’s been looking for. He promised not to move. He’s just at the door. I might have almost killed him, but he did try to kill my men and he put my baby in harm’s way.”
Her father’s eyes widened, and he walked to the door to make sure the man hadn’t moved.
Her dad grunted and hugged her tighter. “Oh, baby girl, he was an idiot for messing with you.”
She snuggled against her dad. “That’s what I told him. How long until the blaze is under control? Zack and Jake are in pretty bad shape too.”
Her dad looked around and muttered, “I’m always right. The house was a good buy near the hydrant. It should be out soon.” Sandy could hear sirens getting closer.
The adrenaline started to leave her, and she leaned on her dad. “Oh, that’s so good because I think I’ve finally gone insane.” Black filled her vision as her father’s arms tightened around her, and she let herself go.
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Sandy awoke to the sound of beeping and yelling in the distance. She cracked an eye open to dimmed lights and a white ceiling and walls. Opening her other eye, she took a better look around. She was in a hospital bed. A drip was in her arm, and she had clips on her other hand monitoring her heart rate.
The room was empty. She wondered where Jake and Zack were, and if they weren’t here, where were her father and brothers? She searched for the Call button, pressed it, and waited. Seconds later a tall, pretty blonde walked in. As the door opened, the yelling got louder.
“You have quite the family, Mrs. Bear.”
Sandy sputtered. “I beg your pardon. Did you just call me Mrs. Bear?”
The nurse nodded. “Is that not your last name? The woman who came to check on you first told me you were married to her son.”
“And you believed her.”
“Should we not have? It was Adele Bear. She is on the committee at the hospital. I think she has a wing named after her.”
“You let her in here?”
The nurse stared down at her. “Yes, she seemed very concerned for you. Actually, she just came back now as I walked in.”
Crap. Taking a deep breath, Sandy tried to get off the bed. The nursed rushed over to stop her. “You can’t get out. You have a cuts and smoke inhalation, and we are trying to keep you from stress. You are very lucky woman. Your babies are all right.”
Sandy paused and closed her eyes, the shouting from outside the room disrupting her train of thought. Abruptly the commotion outside her room stopped and what the nurse had said clicked. The woman walked to the door but before she could leave, Sandy yelled, “Wait. What do you mean my babies are okay? Don’t you mean baby?”
The woman turned back to her and smiled. “No, you’re having twins.”
She took a deep breath and let it out before answering. “Are there two big men outside?”
The nurse nodded. “Oh, there’s a lot more than two.”
She groaned. “Send Jake in. He’s the one built like a bear with short dark brown hair and the brightest emerald green eyes you will ever see. And also send in Zack. He’s the tattooed one with shaggy jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes.”
The nursed stared at her for a moment before nodding and leaving.
Sandy rested one of her hands over her belly. “Please be girls. I think I will be committed if you’re boys.” She closed her eyes and repeated a prayer to herself.
When she snapped her eyes open, two very ragged-looking men stood on either side of her.
“You two are in so much trouble and when I get out of this friggin’ hospital bed, I might actually kill you both.”
Both men hung their heads and Jake muttered, “We’re so sorry. We should have saved you. We know we’re not worthy to be your mates.”
Sandy had no idea what they were talking about. “What the hell are you two going on about? I’m talking about killing you two because I’m pregnant with not one baby but two. Twins!”