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Like that, the darkness hanging through the room fades, turning everything upside down into a chaotic mess of emotions. I’m so fucking confused. So shocked. But hearing Hayley and Knox laugh, seeing them kiss, watching the joy that they share together lights me up in a way I never expected.
“I’m going to be a fucking father,” I say, scrubbing my hand along my face. “We’re having a baby.”
“The fuck you are the father. It’s me. We fuck like rabbits. My dick shoots potent loads of baby paste.” Monroe flashes his fangs, wagging his eyebrows at Hayley as she twists her mouth in disgust.
“Who fucking cares who the father is. Our girl is pregnant! We are fucking making a family!” Knox twirls Hayley around and drops her on the bed, lifting up her long T-shirt to expose her lacy panties and stomach.
I beat him and press my lips to her torso, sending her into a fit of giggles. Monroe chuckles and joins me, and he grabs Cooper with one hand and drags him to us. The four of us surround Hayley and each touch a part of her, feeling her connection.
“This is why we can’t destroy La Vega.” Hayley licks her lips, her smile fading with her words. “We need somewhere for our family. For us. We don’t need to destroy it. We need to fix it. Are you guys with me?”
“What kind of question is that? Of course we are with you. You’re our girl. We’re going to change everything. For the better. For a baby.” I stroke my fingers over her cheek, leaning in to kiss her once more.
“I’m all in if you will allow me.” Cooper squeezes her hand.
Monroe play punches his arm. “You better be all in. This is your baby too. We are a coven, Coop. Plus, you look like you’d be awesome at changing diapers.”
Cooper bellows a laugh, his voice ringing through the air and his shoulders shaking. His youth as a vampire ensures he’d know more about babies than any of us.
“I’ll be in charge of teaching our little monster to throw knives. Fuck shit up.” Monroe widens his grin. His psychotic tendencies peeking through. “What about you, Knoxy?”
Knox shrugs his shoulders. “I don’t fucking care what I do. I want it all.”
I nod my head. “So do I.”
Hayley spreads her arms, inviting us all in for a hug. “La Vega is ours. We have something even more worth fighting for. I’m ready to take the leadership and Alexander down. There is no other option.”
She’s right.
This is exactly what we needed to push through.
This war will come to an end soon, and the Bella Crew will defeat everyone. They are going down.
Chapter four
Hayley
Best Friends Forever
“Areyousureyouwant me to wipe your emotions about yesterday?” Sawyer holds my hands between his, sitting ultra-close on the bed. It took me shooing away the others and giving them tasks to do to get a moment alone with Sawyer to ask him. I know I should learn to deal with shit but forgetting is just so much easier. It’s like I know what happens, but I can separate myself from the situation. I feel bad, but it doesn’t feel as if my emotions are intended for me. I can pretend they are for Ruby Dixon or Violent Violet. I no longer have a persona to lean on, so I lean on my guys instead. Is it selfish? Maybe. I just hope that they know they can lean on me too. Especially now.
I scoot closer until I sit between his legs and rest mine against his sides. Draping my arms around his neck, I meet his gaze straight on, so he can see exactly how serious I am about it. “It makes me terrified to leave this room. I don’t want to live in fear. I just want to be able to live with acceptance to know that shit can happen, but it won’t control me. Please, Sawyer. Just thinking about yesterday twists my stomach.”
“Or it could be morning sickness. Knox is arranging an exchange for some medical equipment, but his calculations from the first time you two had sex, he estimates you being anywhere from six weeks to three months, maybe.” Sawyer leans in, locking his gaze to mine. His eyes flash silver. “We will find out for sure. Maybe as early as tomorrow night.”
Bobbing my head slowly, I try to wrap my mind around what he says. Has it really been three months? I guess it has. Time seems to be slow and fast altogether. I can’t believe it’s been weeks since leaving the Aris Hotel for good. Since being tormented by Lawrence at The Whiskey. Those things don’t even feel like they were a part of my life. It almost seems like a past life, being a different person completely.
“I know you worry about manipulating my mind, but it’s not the pregnancy. Even if it was, I still want you to wipe my mind. I want only happiness to linger with me. I don’t want the awful circumstances to overshadow the fact that I’m going to be a mom.” A mom. I never, ever believed that I would have a child. I never even considered it. Wanted it either. But now that I know of the possibility, I will fight for this life. I will fight for whatever is to come.
“It’s truly incredible, Hayley. I haven’t been around children much, and I won’t lie about how freaked out I am, but you’re going to be the most amazing mom. I just hope I can live up to you.” Sawyer releases a long sigh, his fangs peeking out from beneath his top lip. “I’ll do everything I can to prove my worth. And no more fuck ups. I will not bow down to anyone or compromise what we want just to please some power-hungry asshole.”
“You’ve already proven yourself to me. I hope you know how proud I am of you. How much I love and appreciate what you’ve done for not only me but also for my family.” Because the Gemstones aren’t just performers. I have spent every single day with them for years and years. “I know we’ve been through a lot, and I know you feel as if you fail me all the time, but you have never once failed me, Sawyer. I promise. If anything, what we’ve been through has showed me just how capable you truly are.”
He groans and kisses me, molding his lips to mine without getting carried away. Easing back, he captures my gaze and locks me in place, opening up my mind to him.
“I want you to take the feelings you have for me and only think about them when you think about yesterday. The renegades failed, because you’re tough. I know it wasn’t how you wanted to learn about your pregnancy, but there’s no better way than discovering we’re having a family than murdering a bunch of disgusting vampires and human beings.” Sawyer smirks with his words, my emotions intensifying as joy crashes through me.
“You’re right. A pregnancy announcement wouldn’t be something special without serving justice and showing assholes that they can’t fuck with the Bella Crew’s girl.” I smile wider, the fear and anger disappearing until only hope and love fills me up, sending my body buzzing.
