Page 56 of Savage Reign

“Okay,” I said quietly, not really feeling like myself. I felt… shy.

I was not shy.

Killian stood there and watched me for a beat before nodding and walking out of the motel room.

I missed him the instant he was gone.

Fuck, but I missed Maverick and Silas as well, and that wasn’t good. I was becoming too dependent on them. The last thing I wanted,needed, was to get back to our usual routine.

I looked around the empty room with the blanket pulled up to my shoulders, trying to think. My mind was nothing more than a jumbled mess, and finally, when I couldn’t stand the thought of staying in bed, especially naked, all day, I got out, headed to the bathroom, and turned on the shower.

While waiting for the water to turn warm, I took myself in through the full-length mirror hanging on the bathroom door.

I ignored the noticeably blackTiernanname tattooed on my right rib. The longer I stared at that, the angrier I would get, and I didn’t want to be angry. At least, not this morning. I didn’t want to fight, but I wasn’t going to let this go either. I frowned and moved my eyes down onto my belly.

It was still too early to tell I was pregnant. Not that I had expected to look like it, but the fact that I still looked likememade it hard to wrap my head around the fact that I was growing another human inside of me. One that was half me. One that I would protect for the rest of my life.

I shuddered, though I wasn’t cold. The steam from the hot water was warming the small space pretty quickly.

My hands skimmed down to my still-flat stomach. Even after an increase in appetite, I looked like I had lost weight. My hair was no longer shiny and well-kept, and the shaving and waxing and grooming I had done while at the Tiernan mansion was quickly falling apart.

It was a wonder Killian had found me attractive in any way. That Maverick or Silas could too.

I grimaced and walked out to the room where I had stored the items I had purchased days before. At least I had the good sense to buy some shaving cream and a razor.

I grabbed the things I needed and hopped into the shower, groaning when the hot water rained down on my aching body.

Fuck, that felt good.

I gave myself a few moments before I got to work. I shaved almost everywhere that hair grew on my body. It was when I got to the last step, about to rinse all the suds from my body, that I felt the curtains pull back, and cold air teased my skin.

Before I could register that there was another person in the tub with me, strong arms wrapped around my middle and pulled.

My back was against a hard, naked body.

I jumped and turned my head around to meet light brown eyes. He was smiling at me.

“Silas,” I said. “You scared me.”

His arms tightened around me briefly before twisting me around fully to face him. Shower water washed over his tan skin, and I watched greedily as droplets ran down.

I was fucking jealous of the water.

He reached one hand up and cupped my breast, his fingers teasingly playing with my nipple, while his eyes took in my face, as if looking for any distress I might have.

I looked down and watched his fingers, not moving away and not saying anything. I knew I missed him when he was gone, but I hadn’t realized just how much until he actually showed up. And it was not just our physical connection that I missed, although…

“Did my baby miss me?” he asked, twirling the nub over and over with his fingers as if he could read the longing on my face.

“Yes,” I said softly. I didn’t want to pretend I didn’t miss him when I did.

He made a low sound in the back of his throat. “Fuck, baby, but I missed you. So fucking much.”

Somehow, I thought he was talking about more than just the one day he was gone. I didn’t ask him to get into that though.

“Where did you go?” I asked.

“There’s stuff going on back in the city. Maverick and I were off dealing with that. Fuck, Maverick is still there, trying to get everything under control.”

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