Page 89 of Kai's Hunger

Her arms wound around my middle, and she nuzzled her nose to my chest. “No. I don’t think I would.”

I pulled back a few inches. “Are you angry?”

“No,” she grudgingly admitted, “just trying to take it all in, I guess.”

Something else struck me. “I should probably warn you about going into heat.”

Lily’s face reddened. “Heat?”

“Yeah.” I licked my lips, my dick hardening all over again. “It might not happen for you, but for one of my kind it lasts about two weeks,” I explained. “Your sex drive kicks into overdrive. You won’t be able to get enough. Until it’s over, of course.” Damn, I wanted to experience that with her. Just the thought had me ready to jump her.

She quickly glanced away, as if finding the subject embarrassing. “That’s very ... I don’t know what to say to that.”

My phone rang and I cursed the damn thing. “I need to get that. It could be about Trakker.”

“Of course.” She stepped out of my arms, then sat on the end of the bed. I picked up my cell and checked the screen. “Wyatt,” I muttered as I answered. “What’s going on?”

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Lily

I was freaking out a little as I watched Kai. The warmth of our shared passion still lingered in the air, but my thoughts were consumed by the revelation Kai had dropped like an unexpected bombshell. I looked at him, my eyes narrowing in anger. And love.

Kai’s gaze shifted from the phone in his hand to my face. Oh, he was feeling all sorts of self-reproach. It was clear in his expression. “We’ll leave now,” he said into the phone.

My fingers clenched into fists as I tried to process what had just happened. He’d kept something from me. Intentional or not, I still felt betrayed.

Kai sat down beside me, his hand reaching out to gently cup my cheek. “I understand your anger, Lily. And I take full responsibility for not telling you,” he said, his eyes locked onto mine. My anger was tempered by the raw vulnerability in his gaze. I sighed, as anger gave way to a sense of unease. “I don’t truly think you were trying to trick me,” I admitted. “I just never imagined being a mother before.”

Kai nodded, then began playing with a lock of my hair. “Honestly, I never imagined being a father,” he admitted. “But pregnant or not, we’ll handle it together.”

Just as the tension between us began to ease, Kai’s gaze landed on his phone, his expression shifting from concern to urgency. “We’re needed at the house,” he said, his voice tense. “Wyatt has news about Trakker.”

My eyes softened as I realized the gravity of the situation. “Of course. Family comes first.”

“Youaremy family.” He pressed a quick kiss to my forehead, then got up and put his clothes on.

I took a deep breath. My mind was still reeling from the news of the potential pregnancy, but I knew that we had other pressing matters to attend to.

I got to my feet and followed suit. Soon we were out the door and on our way back to the house. As I glanced over at Kai, seeing the worry on his face, I knew that the path ahead wouldn’t be easy, that our life would be fraught with trials, the likes of which I couldn’t even fathom. But despite the challenges I would be there for Kai. As his mate. His equal. Through the good and the bad.

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