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Chapter Five
Hugh
Iknew I was acting like a surly asshole.I had been since we got here five months earlier.At first, I thought this would be an adventure—something so different from what I was used to.I would help Kristin and be there as her mate and the father of our child, but then the shit with Angelina happened, and I’d gone almost ballistic.
It wasn’t that I had thought I would have Angelina in my bed while I was with Kristin.I knew that I couldn’t do that to either of them, not after everything that Kristin had done for me.However, knowing that Angelina was out there—alone—did not sit well with me.
Almost every day, I would head up to the small area where we could be outside, and I would stand there and search for her.Sometimes it was easier to find her than others, and occasionally, I would use my power to see through her eyes.
Most times, I found her doing mundane things like traveling or feeding.I could tell she was scared a few times, but she didn’t appear to be in any danger.I had witnessed horror through her eyes, though, as she had watched others of the breed die.I hated the humans then.Who cared that I had been raised by them or had lived in their world for forty years—I sure didn’t.They were evil and power-hungry.They thought we were what nightmares were built on when it was just the opposite.
While before I could see mental pictures of things that Lena thought about, I couldn’t do that now.Maybe it was because we were too far apart, or perhaps because we hadn’t shared blood in a long time.For now, I had to rely on what I saw through her eyes to know she was safe and unharmed.
I know that I had hurt her when I had stood beside Kristin and didn’t speak up for her to stay.How could I have then?Even I knew that bringing Olivia, Gabe, and Zander—especially Zander—back to the compound was a bad idea.I didn’t know any of them, but I sure as hell didn’t trust them.How could Kristin?
Since Lena left, I hadn’t told anyone about my ability, although I knew I probably should have.That was why I had taken blood from Zander shortly after he arrived.I wanted to know what that man was doing at all times and who he was with.I didn’t trust them when it came to their history together.
It didn’t help that just yesterday, I had decided that I needed to stop being such a prick and focus more on my relationship with Kristin, and I’d woken up to her being with Zander.I needed to keep them apart, at least for now.
That’s why when Kristin came to me after seeing him, I had grabbed hold of her and kissed her passionately.It had been too long for both of us, and as we undressed, I stared in awe at the way her stomach rounded with our child.
“I’m sorry,” I told her, meaning the words.“I have neglected you for my own selfish and stupid reasons.You deserve better from your mate.I promise I will give you what you need.”
I dropped to my knees, placing my hands on the sides of her belly, and kissed over the rounded bump from one side to the other.
Kristin stared at me as if surprised by my words.Her hand cupped the side of my face.“You are forgiven.”
I shifted her back toward the bed, and after she was seated, I ran kisses up her stomach to her chest.I nuzzled her large breasts and sucked one nipple into my mouth.Her hand held the back of my head to it as her breathing picked up.
I continued up her chest to her neck, where I covered the sides with kisses, my hunger growing both for blood and body.She held me tightly to her, and I almost pierced her neck then but decided that I should wait a few moments.
Moving back down, I coaxed her to her back and spread her legs so I could run my fingers through her folds.She was already slick, and it made my erection harder as it began to demand to be deep within her.I licked at her clit, putting the bundle of nerves into my mouth and adding pressure to it until she gasped.
It didn’t take her long to start climbing, and I fingered her in time with the movements of my tongue.I ran my other hand over her stomach and stopped in mid-movement when I felt a kick against my hand.My head snapped up, staring at her stomach in wonder.
Kristin lifted her head from the mattress.“Why did you stop?”
I put both hands on her belly.“Because I felt our daughter kick.I haven’t felt that before.”There was another jolt from inside, and I laughed.
Kristin chuckled.“Yeah, well, she’s got some strong legs.She kicks me quite regularly.”
I frowned.“I’ve missed so much of this.I’m sorry.”
She gave me a tender smile.“It’s okay.”
I placed another kiss on her stomach, and even though I wanted to stay right there and wait for another kick, I resumed my place between her legs.
A few minutes later, I had taken Kristin over the edge, and then she pulled me up to the bed and had me spoon with her from behind.As I entered her repeatedly, my hand went from her tight, round belly to her soft breasts and back again.I was fascinated with them both.
As we hit the climax, I clamped my teeth into her neck.I hadn’t taken her vein in months.She had fed from mine, but I had taken my nourishment from one of our many human guests here for that purpose.Kristin hadn’t seemed upset by that, but right now, I wanted to taste her blood pouring down my throat.I needed to be a part of what she was sharing inside her body with our child.
Afterward, I lay with her head on my shoulder and caressed her stomach.“You okay?”I asked.
“Yeah, I’m great,” she replied, but I wasn’t sure I believed her.She seemed satisfied, but I wouldn’t say she was great.Something heavy was weighing on her mind.Was it Zander?Angelina?Something else?
I pulled her face toward me.“What’s on your mind?You seem pensive.”
She shifted away from me and curled on her opposite side so that she was now facing me.“I am pensive.”
