Meadow had taken a leap of faith for her pack. Maybe I should give that a go too.
“I’m pregnant,” I blurted out. “I don’t know who the father is, except that it’s one of your pack, based on the timing, and I’m really fucking freaked out about all of it. I wasn’t keeping it from anyone, I know that sounds dumb with how far along I am, but I really thought I felt like shit because of the stress, and I don’t expect anything, but?—”
Avery closed his fingers over my mouth. “Stop panicking, angel. You’re cute as hell when you’re babbling, but you don’t have to freak out. I’m totally down for you walking around with my pack’s mark on you. Do you have any pictures yet?”
I slid the ultrasound photo set from my purse and handed it to him.
“Holy shit. That’s a whole baby in there.”
“Yep.” Everything about this moment was surreal, like I’d slipped into another dimension, where everyone was immediately chill about this life-altering surprise.
Avery held it out so Logan could see when we hit a red light.
Logan stared at it, eyes misty. “We have a kid. Fucking hell, is it too early to love it?”
“Nah.” Avery beamed. “Love away. Can I feel the bump?”
“Uh, sure.” I nodded, utterly confused. “I don’t really have a bump yet. She’s sneaky.”
A bubble of anxiety and adoration burst in my chest, Logan squeezing my hand. “We’re having a girl?”
“Well, I don’t know. They asked if I wanted to know, but I’d rather it be a surprise. I just feel like it’s a girl.”
“Are you all set up for prenatal care now that you know for sure you’re pregnant?” Logan asked.
“Yeah, Meadow got me in with her OB-GYN, so I’m all set.”
Avery leaned forward in his seat and slipped his hand beneath my shirt, laying it over my relatively bumpless stomach.The warmth of his skin made me shiver, and the sheer intimacy of the moment had my throat tightening. “She really is sneaky. Has a different firmness than the rest of you, but I can definitely see how you might not have noticed. Maybe she takes after me, being all tricksy.”
“You’re taking this way too well, and it’s freaking me out almost as much as finding out I was pregnant to begin with.”
He tilted his head like a puppy. “Did youwantus to be mad?”
“No.” I pouted. “I don’t knowwhatI want.”
Logan pulled off the road and into a parking lot, coming to a sharp stop before he cupped the back of my head and drew me into a kiss. Affection draped over me like a warm blanket. Desire coiled hot in my stomach and slunk southward until I was ready to climb right into his lap. The moment he let me get a full breath, I was stolen away by Avery leaning between the seats to capture my mouth in an equally searing kiss.
When I was finally allowed to breathlessly sink into my seat, I pressed my fingers to my lips, trying to get the lusty throbbing through my body under control. “There’s more.”
“What kind of more?” Avery asked, practically bouncing in his seat. “Twins?”
“Not quite.” I almost lost my nerve under their combined attention. “Meadow found a bond mark on me when she was doing my hair. I don’t know who did it, though.”
Avery’s gaze whipped toward Logan. “Isthatwhy you’ve been so off?”
Oh, shit.
Was that why I’d felt so much better when I’d put on his hoodie? Had it tricked my body into thinking my bondmate was close by and spared me the symptoms temporarily? I hadn’t put the pieces together before, but it made sense now that I thought about it.
“I don’t have a bond mark,” Logan said carefully. “That I know of, anyway.”
“Maybe it’s a secret one?” I suggested. “They didn’t find Hendrix’s for a while because of that.”
Avery looked absolutely delighted. “Where was it?”
“Ass cheek, right on his ‘bite me’ tattoo.”
Avery’s peel of laughter unravelled some of my anxiety, but definitely not all of it.
