Page 235 of One Winter Knight
“You can always come here. I’ll give you all the codes,” he offered.
“Thank you. Where’s the bathroom?” I looked around, there was a closed door that wasn’t the closet.
“I have a guest bathroom, it is probably a lot cleaner.” He led me to the third door off the living room, the one by the bookshelves that wasn’t locked with a keypad.
“I’ll make some tea.” He gave me a kiss.
The small bathroom was quite clean. It even had a window and a shower. Closing the door, I followed the instructions, peeing on the stick. As I waited, I checked my phone. Fiona had texted.
Fiona
Getting a lot of anxiety. Are you okay?
Me
After our workout, I had to go announce my presence just so no one thought I was here to cause any wars with Russia.
Fiona
I could see how that might cause anxiety.
The little plus sign appeared, and I tried very hard to block my feelings from Fiona as much as I could.
Shite.
I did the next test to be certain, as I continued to get love through the bond with Dusty.
“The tea’s ready when you are,” he said through the door.
The secondtest was the same.
No. No, no, no,no.
I sank down to the floor, my back against the bathroom door as I stared at it. If I stared at it hard enough would it change?
It did not. No. I was pregnant with Dusty’s baby.
Shite.
A multitude of emotions swarmed me. Fear. Angry. Worry. Could we do this? Should we do this? What had I even been thinking? How could this have happened?
A tear streamed down my face as I rested my head on my knees.
What worried me was that part of me was happy about it.
Perhaps I was ready for a family. And not just to spite the people who said I didn’t deserve one.
Maybe I wanted to actually have Dusty’s chaotic spawn and be happy with him, Fiona, and our pack. Dusty would make a great dad. The entire pack would make great parents.
Yes. Part of me was ready to embrace this.
And that frightened the rest of me most of all.
Chapter Fifty
Dusty
Approaching the door again, tea in hand, I got so many different conflicting emotions from my mate that tears pricked my eyes.
