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“So how do you know if Colt lashes out, he’s not going to hurt you?”
I froze…my heart racing. I prayed to God I was right and the mental calculations I’d made were correct. “Because I’m about ninety-nine percent certain Colt is the father.”
TWENTY-NINE
Colt
You’re the father.
You’re the father.
I clenched my eyes while the wand moved over my belly, pressing down until a sickening wave of agony washed through me.
Let me out, that low voice demanded in my head. I want out now.
“No,” I whispered.
“Am I hurting you?” the young nurse asked beside me.
I shook my head, unable to even speak. Quakes ripped through my body and it wasn’t just from the pain. It was from fear.
I want her, the voice rumbled. Give her to me.
I knew that voice wasn’t really there. This was all just a figment of my imagination. A shattered part of my conscious mind I’d created as a child to keep me safe. This wasn’t real. He wasn’t real.
Still that low snarl reverberated in the back of my throat as clear as anything else I’d felt.
“Oh, God. I’m so sorry,” the nurse cried. “I'll try to be more careful.”
I snapped my eyes open to find her eyes shimmering with tears. That sound died away in the back of my throat. He was clawing to the surface, fighting to get through. I gripped the metal railing on the bed, missing thumb and all, and heaved myself upwards. “Are we done?”
The nurse just nodded, unable to take her eyes from my bare chest. “I know we’re not supposed to ask.” Her voice was small. “But I have to know. What happened to you?”
I looked down, white scars were almost neon against the deep purple bruises and gouges their boots had left behind. But it was the marks from the stun gun I stared at as I clasped my chest with one arm and slipped from the bed. “A car accident.”
The young nurse rushed around to grab me as my knees buckled. “Jesus.” She took my weight as I crumpled, steadying me. “It’s a miracle you survived.”
A miracle? Not a miracle, that was me. You need me, the beast growled. I can give you all the strength you need…just…let…me…out.
“No.” I forced the word through clenched teeth. “No.”
The nurse dropped her hold instantly and stepped away. “I’m…I’m sorry.” She whispered. “I’m so sorry.”
I yanked my t-shirt over my head. “It’s okay. I just…”
“Not sure if that’s your girlfriend or your sister waiting out there, but if you…if you need someone to look after you,” she breathed, “I get off at six.”
That snarl came again, only this time it wasn’t desperate. It was pissed. This…bitch was trying to come on to me when the woman I fucking loved waited out there for me? This woman didn’t love me. She couldn’t. She looked at me like I was broken, like I was something she could fix. I didn’t need fixing. I needed…Wildcat. Cold plunged through me as I narrowed in on that panicked stare. “Get the fuck away from me.”
Her eyes widened. “I’m sorry!” she burst out, then turned and hurried from the room.
I both hated and loved the sound of those panicked steps. They triggered that hunger inside me. The one which wanted to hunt and destroy. I yanked my shirt down and pushed away from the bed, following her out of the room until I stopped.
Vivienne sat outside the room, taking up the closest seat as she waited. Her brow rose, turning from the nurse as she frantically hurried away. “Everything okay?” she asked as she stood.
My nostrils flared. I couldn’t stop myself from scenting her. “Yes,” I answered, but the threatening tone said otherwise.
Vivienne took a step, scowling as she placed a hand on my arm. “Easy,” She urged.
