Page 319 of The Curse Trilogy

“We have to find him and eliminate him soon. I don’t need to worry about him and everyone else while we try to make this work,” Hale urges.

“I’ve got a team working on it right now.”

“Who’s leading them?” Brazen asks.

“Captain Harris.”

“Tell him to stand down. I’ll take over the Ty search. Hale can’t leave Araya right now, and I don’t trust anyone else to find him. I’m not going to let him touch her again.”

My eyes glance over to the pale beauties staring into mine with fear and pangs of worry staining them. Then I look up to the hybrid blue ones praying for a way to keep me safe.

My wedding day has a bit of a damper on it now. I’ll be terrified someone will know. Please don’t let anyone know.

“Go get some rest. You’re going to have to appear to be able to keep your strength up. Being pregnant with a hybrid is very exhausting on the full blood or human mother. I can only imagine a true hybrid being born. You’ll need plenty of rest, food, and hydration.”

Hale tugs at my hand while leading me to the door, and I lean into him as the lights overhead seem to blaringly obscure the darkness lurking beyond the walls.

“Is it wrong to be incredibly excited about this?” I whisper while suspiciously looking around.

Hale jerks me to him while continuing to walk, and his lips consume mine as I taste his emotional pour. It’s a completely different feeling we’re sharing right now, and my legs wrap around his waist as we continue heading back to the apartment.

“Not at all, baby. I am too,” he almost laughs out, tears sneaking into the corners of his eyes, and I smile as my lips reclaim his.

“I love you so much,” I say as the tears roll down my cheeks.

“I love the hell out of you,” he murmurs as I feel the door against my back opening.

I giggle louder as we make it into the sanctity of his apartment, and he pulls off my shirt as soon as we do. We can’t say it out loud because the walls are too thin to contain our secret, but his lips stroll over my stomach as if he’s kissing his child. Tears whelp up in my eyes when I see the dedication he’s already giving our unknown little one.

“I love you too,” he whispers to my belly, and my tears drip upon hearing the endearing sentiment.

He coughs to clear his throat as the tears make themselves more noticeable, teetering on the edge of his lids and threatening to fall. His lips find mine before pushing me into the bedroom. I feel the bed beneath me as the tears continue to drip free, and his soft lips slide down to my neck and then my chest.

“We can do this,” he whispers, and his lips gingerly stroke my belly again before he pulls my pants down.

“I know we can, I’m just worried what we’ll have to face once this… once I have…”

I stumble for words that won’t say I’m having a baby.

“Whatever there is to face, we’ll face it together, and I know we can handle anything together.”

I smile as he slowly slides into me while silencing my worries. He’s so good at distracting me, and right now all I want to do is feel as close as possible to him - lost in his touch.

His hands latch onto my hair as he pulls me to him, and I gasp lightly when he tilts my hips to give him a deeper, more intense angle. My body contorts when his begins owning me, and my moans rattle off the walls behind us. Each thrust melds him to me, and the soft love behind the hard sex is all the more breathtaking.

His lips strum over mine, and then they lower to my neck as my back arches in ecstasy. I clutch the sheets so tightly they tear beneath my hands, and he just thrashes in harder upon hearing the shredding fabric. I relish each touch as though I’ve never felt it before because it’s so different now. I’m connected to him in an entirely different way.

His sliding motions quicken when he nears his finale, and I gush out my moans louder as I rise to the same calling. My lips attack his, and then he powers into me with his glorious force hard enough to bring the scream crawling from my throat. He smiles as he thrusts in once more, and I feel him filling me with his life as his lips softly caress mine with less fire and more love.

“I can’t believe this is happening,” he says through a salacious grin.

Neither can I. Please keep this baby safe.

The black dress has an intricate design laced in red to add a blood-kissed touch to a girl full of dark secrets. The strapless wonder drops into a small, but elegant train behind me. The red lining inside reveals itself through the long slit that goes up my leg.

After all we’ve been through, this is finally going to happen. The life I’ve led has been all leading to up to this moment. Each step I’ve ever taken has brought me closer to Hale - the man I was meant for.

The front door opens, and I squeal while running over to hide behind the bedroom door.