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Pull Alaric's arm over my shoulder and hobble him over to the bed for some rest. I sit down with him, trying to position his body, but he rolls over, laying his head on my thigh. It's such a small, intimate gesture and my breath catches. He's never laid on me like this.

Gently, I adjust his body until he's under the covers. I bring him some medicine and tell him to sit up

I'm measuring the medicine into a cup, and he surprises me by jeaning forward and kissing me. I nearly drop the cup. I'm so shocked.

"Shh.. lay back and rest," I say, trying to soothe him.

He's probably just delirious from the sickness. But I can't deny that my body clenched when he kissed me.

These physical reactions to him were so frustrating. My mind was made up, I didn't love him. Now I just needed my body to get over him, too, "Cara. I need you... Alaric whispers, stroking any hand.

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His eyes are barels

open, he looks desperate for sleep.

shh shhh. "I beckon him to surrender to sleep, rubbing his ha

thinking of all the emotional whiplash he's caused me over the

1

I whisper once he's

me, the question was just my own mental musing. I

when he answers me,

my answer, once

all just physical to him. He doesn't love

a new mistress. He'll go back to thinking

just about

a child to think

Our child

good of the baby, I have to leave

Chapter 15

a while, my pregnancy symptoms finally

reward for being such an invaluable asset to the pack was

my mal Beta work but

day, Alaric and I were reviewing details of some pack business when I saw a list of names on top of a stack

I asked

before looking down at the papers. "Oh that." He sighed. "That was a failed attempt

smiled politely, I had been doing my best to hide my true plans from

was planning to leave the pack after all and start a new life. If he found out, I'm certain