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Sitting beside her, he s down to kiss her lips gently He didn’t knohat the hell had happened in that lab, but both scientists had begun shouting orders back and forth, babbling about additional saive a damn He just wanted her out of there, away from the pain she had deliberately inflicted on herself
"I’m okay…" Her voice was hoarse as her eyes opened weakly, her lashes fluttering against her cheeks
"Yeah You are," he whispered, his hand sazed down at her bleakly What the hell was he going to do without her? If they created a hor heat, hoould he survive losing her?
"I had to do it, Kiowa," she said then, her eyes reflecting her own inner turh he had no idea what it was over
He breathed in deeply
"Dash ed to unearth the Council reports onhe couldn’t hold her forever "She wasn’t just held and artificially inseminated When it was realized she wouldn’t conceive, evidently one of her guards raped her…and htly "I never intended to force you into this I kissed you because you were going to screaain"
A weak sed at the corner of her lips
"No excuses, huh?" she asked then
"None" He didn’t believe in them
"I wouldn’t havesleepily "Now, I do want to go home…" The end of what she would have said slurred slowly until sleep took her She fell asleep as she shattered his soul
He leaned down, kissed her soft lips and breathed in roughly
"I love you, Mate," he whispered then "I’ll always love you"
Then he stood and walked to the dresser Ovulation was over, there would be relief for her, at least for a while Long enough he prayed, for her to forgive his to pack He didn’t own a lot His guns, his knives, the tools of his trade A few changes of clothes, his jacket He was packed within the hour and standing on the porch steps, once again staring back at Dash Sinclair
"Did she conceive?" Kiowa asked, his voice controlled Calm
"There was no conception" Dash crossed his ar
"The additional hor to preliminary tests, it could be used to ease the effects of the h Dr Grace doesn’t think she retrieved enough to actually make any headway"
Kiowa nodded bleakly
"Let her know if she needs me…whenever…I’ll come to her"
"Why not just stay, Kiowa?" Dash asked him then "She’s your mate You know you’ll never be satisfied without her And the threat against her ed to blacked the others so no one could help her"
"I can’t force her" He shook his head "This wasn’t her dream, Dash It’s not my life she wanted I won’t take that from her But I’ll make certain she’s protected I’ll always protect her"
He picked up his duffel bag and moved down the steps
"Kiowa Your mother didn’t reht Your grandfather lied to you There was no ators found, she spent those years searching for you and her father I don’t believe she willingly gave you up The investigators say that for a period of a year and a half, both Joseph Mulligan and his daughter disappeared When she resurfaced, she was searching for her father I believe he kidnapped you after he learned what happened"
"It doesn’t ed, careful to keep his expression blank, the pain inside "It’s over now and they’re all dead, Dash Every one of theoodbye"
He walked away Each step was a burden; every foot away from the cabin was another knife in his heart He would come to her, if she needed him But he wouldn’t force anymore from her than he already had He would let her live her dream, and he would dream of what could have been
Chapter Twenty-Five
Colorado Mountains
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