Page 6 of Princess Redeemed

“Can I help you with anything?”

I open my mouth but then close it abruptly.No way am I going to ask Margot for an ultrasound.That will invite questions I don’t want to answer.

“No.I just thought I’d come in and say hi.”

“But no one on your shift is here.”

“You’re here.Hi, Margot.”

Margot shakes her head and walks off without so much as a “nice to see you.”

That’s okay.It’s not nice to see her, either.

I walk back to the main hospital to the closet where my duffel is stashed, and?—

In a flash I’m pinned to the wall, a large hand covering my mouth as the door to the closet is kicked shut.

“Did you think I wouldn’t find you, princess?”

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His voice.

That hungry rasp.

And his scent…

Oh, God, his fucking scent.

It’s only the pheromones, Hannah.You’re being manipulated.Your father did this to you.You don’t love this man, this wolf.It’s all in your body.Think with your head.

Except all I know is Rogan.His teeth scraping at my neck, his tongue gliding across my flesh, the warmth of his strong body melting against my own.

“What are you doing here?”he rasps against me.“Did you think I couldn’t find you?You’re in my body, princess.In my soul.And—” He inhales deeply, hold it.“My God… You’re… You’re…”

I use all my strength to pull away from him.

“Pregnant,” I say.“The word you’re looking for ispregnant, Rogan.”

“Fuck, Hannah…” He crushes his mouth down on mine.

It’s pointless to resist.My body is a slave to him as much as his is to me.It’s not real, but still it exists—that instinctual pull, that raw and feral desire and passion.

I open for him, let my tongue touch his, and the kiss becomes ravenous.I’m exposed, so exposed.This man drains myself from me, and I’m no longer Hannah.

I’m one with him, with Rogan.

And it’s got to stop.

I push him away, breaking the kiss with a loud pop.“Stop!”

“I won’t.You’re mine, princess.You always were, and you always will be.”He glances at my abdomen.“Especially now.”

“Rogan, no.”I swallow, my legs unsteady.My God, just being in his presence has me wanting to escape reality.Run into that green meadow in the ether and be with him forever.

Except…

None of this is real.