by Kimber White
“Well, shit,” Payne said. “They will now.”
Suzanne shrugged. “So you will keep me safe. In the meantime, where is my patient?”
“She’s the shifter doctor you hoped for,” I said to Mac. He looked at Suzanne with new eyes.
Molly and Eve walked into the rotunda together. Suzanne broke away from the others and went straight for Eve. When Mac and Molly made a move to stop her, Payne intervened.
“She can help,” he said. “She risked her life to get here. Which makes her either completely brave or stupid.” He glared hard at Suzanne. She waved him off while muttering in her rapid-fire French.
“I could not risk bringing medical supplies with me,” she said, breaking back into her heavily accented English.
“Uh,” Molly narrowed her eyes. “I have a pretty sophisticated infirmary down here and access to a lot more topside.”
“May I?” Suzanne took charge and didn’t wait for Eve’s answer. She put a hand on Eve’s large stomach. Suzanne’s face creased as she moved her hands all over Eve’s swelling abdomen. Then, Suzanne peered closer until she had her ear pressed against Eve’s belly button.
When she rose, Suzanne gave Eve a reassuring smile, but the lines of worry through her brow deepened. “It is lucky I came when I did. My dear, you are already in the beginning stages of labor.”
“I’m what?” Eve said. “I have three more weeks to go.”
Suzanne put a hand on the small of Eve’s back and looked at Molly. “Come. You have a lot to learn. We do not have much time.”
Mac lost it. In a blur of motion, he was at Eve’s side. Unfazed, Suzanne and Molly took charge and the four of them disappeared down the passageway toward the infirmary.
Payne pulled me close and his heart beat alongside mine. “I don’t think her timing was luck,” he said. His tone held a dark promise. It kindled something deep inside me.
“I don’t think so either. I think fate works on more than just mates.”
I went up on my tiptoes and pulled his head down to mine. The same flickering hope I’d felt when we came back to the caves ignited all over again. Against all odds, Payne and I found our way to each other. We were stronger together than we had ever been apart. The biggest fight might yet be ahead of us. But now, hope flared where fear had once taken root.
I was whole. I was strong. And I knew exactly where I belonged.
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THE END
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Books by Kimber White
Mammoth Forest Wolves
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Liam
Mac
Gunnar
Payne
Jagger
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Wild Ridge Bears Series
Lord of the Bears (featuring Jaxson)
Outlaw of the Bears (featuring Cullen)
Rebel of the Bears (featuring Simon)
Curse of the Bears (Featuring Rafe)
Last of the Bears (Featuring Bo and Trevor)
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Wild Lake Wolves Series
Rogue Alpha
Dark Wolf
Primal Heat
Savage Moon
Hunter’s Heart
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Wild Lake Wolves Prequel Novels
Wild Hearts
Stolen Mate
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Claimed by the Pack (Wolf Shifter Series)
The Alpha’s Mark
Sweet Submission
Rising Heat
Pack Wars