Chapter 0969

My head falls back as my mate kisses his way steadily down my neck, my chest...

And my eyes drift shut as I think - just to myself - that I'm really, really going to enjoy the rest of my life with this man.

"Okay, little baby," Pippa whispers, pressing the fussing infant close to her chest as she pulls the door softly shut behind her. "You want to try a little walk? You liked this when you were -"

But Pippa goes still when she turns and sees the Alpha sitting with his back against the wall, his arms resting over his knees, which are bent up before him. He looks up at her with sad, exhausted eyes.

Pippa gasps at first and freezes but then whips her head left and right before storming over to Mark Sinclair. "What on earth are you doing here!?"

"Pippa," Mark says, looking up at her, flipping his hands over, helpless. "What... what else am I supposed to do?"

“You're supposed to...to be elsewhere!" Pippa hisses, her eyes darting up the hall. She spins back towards her door, a bit frantic that her Alpha will come out of it and witness this encounter.

"I can't go elsewhere, you're here -"

sake," Pippa snarls, turning back to Mark with a frown. She presses the still-crying child even closer to her chest

his mate, he knows this

She rushes inside, turning her

night - and no one uses this wing, mom wanted you to have privacy - Pippa, do you want me to take

baby tighter and turning her half away. "She's my

"I never thought you couldn't," he murmurs. “I just thought you might...want some help, you must

business," Pippa bites out, looking down at her baby girl with a frown, bouncing her a

letting his hands drop fully, putting them on his hips to have something to do with them. "I mean, it kind of is my business," he

him, her eyes full of rage. "How dare you, Mark

how dare I!? Pippa, it's

her voice wavering with emotion. "An Alpha who I love very much, to whom I have always been

dropping. "I'm aware of all of

she gasps, the sound putting Mark's nerves on edge. He whips his head up to see her smack her hand across

taking a step

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