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He took a step toward me, then paused and glanced up at the loft where the twins slept. He didn't have to say it. The question on his face was plain—will they hear us?
He stepped closer. His words were a whisper. “Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you.”
“I haven’t slept. I couldn’t sleep.”
“Would’ve surprised me if you had.”
“Every time I closed my eyes...”The sight of torn flesh...the taste of blood...the overwhelming scent of fear...
He waved toward the front door. “This kinda thing, these sick inbred bastards coming in...” He shook his head and huffed out a long breath. “I’m so damn sorry, Des.”
“Please.” I reached out to him. “I need...you to hold me.”
More questions crossed his face. Questions I wanted to answer but didn’t have the energy to go there.
“Just hold me.” I paused and shook my head. There was more I wanted from this male—more I wanted to give him. But my grief was so close it colored every thought and feeling. I swallowed hard. “I can’t offer you anything. I’m just...numb.”
He cupped my face. “I won’t ask for anything. I won’ttakeanything.”
Grasping his forearms, I whispered, “Come to bed with me.”
He pressed his lips against my forehead, then released me to lead the way.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Iwoke up to a quietconversation in the living room.
“She doesn’t like coffee.”
“Really? What does she drink in the morning?”
“Hot chocolate or tea,” Arteisma and Nereida replied in unison.
Seff’s deep voice answered confidently, “I can do that.”
I heard Arteisma’s little feet tiptoe across the floor to the bread box. “Why don’t you let us make the hot chocolate, and you can slice this bread.” Always the negotiator. Seff didn’t have a chance against her.
“Okay.” The hesitation in his voice gave him away and made me smile. He’d learn soon enough that my twins were fantastic at self-sufficiency.
They are notmytwins.
No matter how much I loved them, Arteisma and Nereida were not mine.
And unfortunately, we no longer had an Alpha to claim them as part of our pack. As soon as we notified the other packs about the attack, where Arteisma and Nereida would grow up would fall to the head of their blood family, Einar Ulven.
