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“A process of elimination? I’m not buying it.”
He frowned. “Lachelle.”
Her heart turned every which way like a happy puppy upon hearing her name on his lips. He played dirty without knowing it.
“I was confused for a long time. I didn’t understand. If what she said was true—that we bonded—why didn’t feel anything for her?”
She gasped. “You’re kidding? Nothing at all?”
“Nothing. No familiarity. No rightness, no love, no desire. No—”
“Okay, stop. I get it. But how can that be? You guys live and breathe your mate.”
“We could not have bonded. It’s impossible.”
“Okay.” Her stomach growled. She rubbed it. A powerful hunger came over her to the point that she was ready to faint. That was another thing about being pregnant with a half shifter. The baby didn’t play when it came to eating. She had to keep herself fueled so that he would get proper nutrition.
When she wobbled, ready to pass out, Gerard carried her to the kitchen. He set her down in a chair and wrenched the refrigerator open—too roughly. She groaned when the handle broke off in his hand.
“Just put it down, Gerard. I’ll call for a pizza. Please, sit over there.” She pointed to the chair opposite her. Gerard, the stubborn thing, ignored her and rifled through the refrigerator. He found fruit and plated some for her and him.
“Eat,” he ordered.
She didn’t argue but tore into a banana and after devouring it went for an apple. The hunger eased a bit. She was able to put in a phone call for two large pizzas. Gerard needed to polish off everything she didn’t eat because she didn’t like him so thin and wasted away.
“So back to our conversation,” she said. “Kelly lied. She wanted to rule the shifters, and she needed you to take your rightful place to do it. There’s no way everyone will be okay with you tossing her aside if I come back.”
He pointed to her belly. “If I am not with her, then the next rightful heir is my son—daughter?”
“Son.”
He grinned, and the happiness in his eyes brought tears to hers.
“What about Bannon?”
“I am the older son. It follows my line.”
“Okay, never mind. You’re ruling
, right? The babies and mates and whatever are moot.”
“I don’t wish to rule. It’s boring.”
She laughed. “You’d rather walk around footloose and fancy free.”
“Yes.”
“So.” She hesitated and fingered the apple core, focusing on it rather than him. “You’re going to reject your mate—or supposed mate—to be with me?”
“You are my mate.”
“You’re being stubborn, Gerard. There’s no proof of that other than how you feel about it. Everyone questioned it when Kelly showed up. You used to feel something for her. I’m not saying I doubt you. I’m just saying that I’m—”
“—afraid I will let you go again.”
Her breath caught in her throat.
“And that you will be alone with our child, here.”
