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I was safe I was free I had soht before, and yet a heaviness settled deep into one, h, and the woman I loved--would always love--was out there somewhere, probably curled up in so onto my side, I punched my pillow to fluff it when I sensed so I hadn’t woken Pick or Eva with uest, I realized it was one of the kids

It waddled toward the bed and began to climb onto the mattress with h," hein for sleep

I lay there frozen, not sure what to do It didn’t feel right to kick the guy out of his own bed, but it felt wrong to let him stay, too I didn’t want Pick to think I was so his kids in thethem to bed with me But Julian had alreadyto ainst me He was out in seconds Five minutes later, his sister found us She crawled onto the bed, created another nest on top of me and was asleep almost as quickly as Julian

For some reason, I didn’t mind the intrusion Their sweetness and innocence had a cal after theht My dreams were filled with red hair, blue eyes, and a smile that meant the world tobundle in his aravehis head over the infant and cooing at her, his strong shoulders and backunder the cloth of his worn T-shirt When he paced under a break in the trees, a slice of sunlight flared down on hiolden

My breath caught as I slowed to a stop He had to be the race the planet And he was here, waiting for me

When I stepped forward, a twig snapped under my feet He lifted his head and ss to me The way his lips stretched and his eyes warenuinely happy to see , kiddo," he told the baby "So about the crazy stir he caused in me, I hurried forward, momentarily more curious to see the baby than I was to see him

He turned and twisted his arht e she had in her The red hair looked particularly bright in this light, and her blue eyes ide and curious as she gazed up ather chin "I’m your Aunt Felicity"

When Knox sucked in a startled breath, I glanced up, worried "What?"

I iht I was so busy darting aze around for trouble, I didn’t catch his expression until he said, "I just realized you’re related to her just as hthiuess that would ht to hold her as you do?"

He sniffed out an a if you can hold her?"

I nodded and batted rin broke out, even though he ive her up "Okay, fine If you’re going to be a big baby about it"

But as soon as he started to hand her over, I lost my nerve and jumped backward "Wait"

"What?" This time, he was the one to scan the trees as he tucked Bentley protectively close

I blew out a breath "Nothing, I justI realized I’ve never actuallyheld a baby before"

"You’ve never" He blinked a few ti

"I don’t see how that’s funny at all," Iscarlet "What if I don’t hold her right? What if I hurt her? What if Ibreak her?"

"Ohso hard I was te in my expression must’ve alerted him to my true distress, because he cal to break the baby, Felicity Here Put your ar one, and I’ll slip her into place"