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I was going to be a father! I wanted to shout it from the rooftops, go into town and tell
everyone I knew! I was so elated the full force of all the implications hadn’t hit me. I knew
they were coming but I wouldn’t let any of that dim my shine about my mate being pregnant.
When I set her down and looked at her as I cupped her face.
“I’ve missed you,” I said wiping the tears from her cheeks,”
“I missed you too, so damn much, but no more secrets, I can’t handle any more hidden truths
or lies, you tell me today anything that could come up and we talk it out. There’s so much I
don’t know about this world, I need to know everything. How Clyde works, what Jake was up
to before he died. How these bonds work. Creedon could be here tomorrow for all we know. We
are out of time.” I told him.
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“I’ll tell you everything and anything you want to know, I’m so fucking sorry I was such an
idiot to have not told you sooner. You are everything to me, you’ve been everything to me
since the moment you rolled out from under that old truck. The second our eyes met you were
it for me. I want you to know the only lie about us was what I am and what brought you to me
that day. Every moment with you was real. I love you so fucking much, a life without you isn’t
worth living and this.” I said, placing one hand over her lower stomach. “I will protect you and
this baby with my life. Whatever we decide to do, stay or run we do it all together. You and I,
nobody is coming between us, not Creedon, not Clyde, and most of all I don’t ever want you to
doubt me ever again, I will spend the rest of my life ensuring that never happens.” I promised.
She nodded looking up at me and gave me a smile.
“My heart never doubted you Carter, but my mind, it’s still fucked up, I couldn’t help the
spiral of thoughts. I let it get in the way of seeing clearly. There was too much I didn’t know, nothing made sense, I should have let you talk to me then. We both made mistakes but I can’t
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