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It hurt when he pushed into me, a stretch and burn I knew would always be present because no way could my body ever get accustomed to something that big. And God help me but I wanted that fullness, wanted to feel like he was stretching me in half every time he fucked me.
“Mmm,” he hummed in deep approval as I stepped into his waiting embrace and rested my forehead between his pectoral muscles.
“How’s Lennox?” I asked softly and felt him smooth his hand over the back of my head.
“Healed fully, although he will forever sport scars across his face. I tried telling him it makes him look badass, but even my charming personality couldn’t bring him out of the darkness he’s currently stuck in.”
“I’m sorry. I wish there was something I could do.” He made a deep sound in the back of his throat and just kept stroking the back of my head.
“Lennox has to find his own way out of a hole that deep and that dark. He can’t be forced. He knows he has family and support and that he’s loved. All we can do is be there for him when he finds his way back.”
He wrapped his arms around me, and I just breathed him in, let the heavy weight of his arms around me lull me into a sense of calm, like I was wading in a warm bath. And for long moments I just let the here and now surround me. The sadness and worry faded, and in its place was that warm—soon to be scorching—heat that only Adryan could have growing in me.
“You’re wet for me,” he growled and lowered his head to bury his face in my hair, inhaling deeply, his arms banding even tighter against me. “You have an extra sweetness to your scent, princess.”
My heart was thundering as I slowly tipped my head back so I could look at his face. His eyes were hooded, his fangs longer because of his arousal. I pressed closer, and his cock dug deeper into my belly, solidifying that thought.
The longer I stared into his eyes and stayed silent, the more his arousal faded and his expression cleared. Gone was that raw heat I was so familiar with when he wanted to fuck me, and in its place was concern and silence.
“Who do I need to kill?”
I found myself laughing softly, which probably made me insane, given he’d just offered to kill someone on my behalf, and that wasn’t something Adryan joked about.
“Kitty?” he growled, and I took a step back, still silent, my throat extra tight and dry all of a sudden. “Tell me what the fuck is going on so I can do something about it, preferably destroy whoever the hell put that worried look on your face.” He cupped my cheek, his palm so big it dwarfed my face.
I leaned into his hold, unable to stop myself from letting him take control. I liked the fact that he wanted to take care of me above all else. I loved that he wanted to protect me. Yeah, he was brutal and over-the-top, and his default was to kill and ask questions later. Then again, he didn’t ask questions because he didn’t fucking care, didn’t have remorse, didn’t bother with worrying about repercussions.
He made me feel safe in a world that had opened up under me and made me anything but.
But as I stared into his blue eyes, I knew I had to be honest with him, knew that no matter what, Adryan would be with me every step of the way. But this… this truth was life changing, and I didn’t know how a man—a vampire—like Adryan would handle it.
God, I don’t even think I am fully handling it right now.
“Do you think of the future?” I asked softly and immediately felt stupid for saying it. The future was probably all he thought about.
Adryan didn’t show a lot of emotion—well, not in the “normal” way people did, with laughing and tears, with sadness or affection. He showed me he cared, that he was devoted to me and only me, by eliminating any danger with blood and violence, by fucking me hard and giving me all the things I needed to feel whole.
“You are my future.”
My breath hitched when he leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. Although I felt how tense his body was, how much he wanted me still, he was holding back. I knew that wasn’t the easiest task for a male like him. And the fact that he tried to go against the very essence of what made him who and what he was made me soften for him even more and fall harder for my vampire.
“I’m pregnant,” I whispered against his lips before he pulled away. When he did break the kiss, it was to pull back a couple of inches to stare into my eyes, a totally self-satisfied smile curving his full, sexy-as-hell lips.
“Of course you are,” he said all cocky-like. “The amount of times I’ve been fucking you, and for as much as I filled you up with my seed, there’s no way I wasn’t gonna knock you up.” His grin was absolutely self-satisfied. “To know I got you pregnant,” he growled, “turns me on, princess.”
Oh my God. The arrogance. I couldn’t help but snort and lightly smack his wide, hard chest.
But then his expression sobered. “A baby.” He let go of my face to take a step back. I instantly felt that chill from the loss of his hard body pressed to mine. “Hell,” he said low and ran a hand over his jaw. “Me, a father?” He shook his head but was grinning. “Not sure anything crazier has ever happened.”
He looked down at my flat stomach, and instinctively I placed both hands on my belly.
He hummed low… in pleasure. And then before I could say anything, he dropped to his knees, my arms falling to my sides as he wrapped his around my body and rested his forehead on stomach. For a second I was frozen, staring down at Adryan’s dark head and broad shoulders. He was saying something low and deep, inaudible.
“Adryan?” I whispered and tentatively lifted a hand and touched the top of his head. I wasn’t used to this side of him. He was always so sure of himself, arrogant in his actions. But right now? I didn’t know what to say.
When he didn’t move away, I tunneled my fingers in his short black hair and he started shaking his head again. He finally lifted his head so he was looking up at me.
“I don’t deserve you. I don’t deserve this baby.” Oh God, his voice… his voice was deep, and if it ever held any kind of heartfelt emotion, it was laced in the words right here and right now. “I don’t deserve you. I don’t deserve you,” he kept saying over and over again.
