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A wave of queasiness hit ritted reat deal of peace of nancy andlike this, I wanted no part of it

A cold stab of apprehension went throughthe nausea was because of the cuff Was I engaging in unhealthy denial? Nausea, check Mood swings, check Shiiiiiit I’d read enough novels where the woman felt sick and seeular booty calls and getting knocked up I was definitely getting the forht, alht before, but as the last tiht I retrieved , and pulled up the calendar Since I was on the pill I had a pretty good idea of my cycle I chewed my lower lip as I looked at the dates The pill wasn’t infallible; I knew that And the dates could possibly work out But it didn’t seeht as I stopped at a drugstore and bought two pregnancy tests--just to be sure--while praying to any gods willing to listen that I wouldn’t run into anyone I knew Wouldn’t that set the ru!

My luck held, and IEvenBut that’s where ravel came from behind me as I ran up the steps I turned, my hand on the doorknob

The dark blue Crown Vic pulled up and parked next to ht to give the saer bag I glanced down towas closed and spied the cuff onabout that He’d worry, or get pissed, or so with I knew I’d have to tell hiht at this moment Luckily I was inside the wards now I hurriedly slipped it off, dropped it in the outer pocket ofreceded as soon as it was off my arnant after all, I thought a little shakily At least I hoped that was the cause Still, I planned on testing to be sure

I yanked hts away from that topic as Ryan approached I knew too hts? Even subconsciously? I was pretty darn sure that Rhyzkahl could, which ht be able to as well Think of soh, I had no experience in trying to avoid having my mind read Purple Giraffe Purple Giraffe!

"Hey, Kara," he said, sn on his face that he was picking up any of"You forgot, didn’t you?"

I blinked at hi he had a pizza box in one hand and a boxed set of DVDs in the other I gri to attempt to turn me into a nerd"

He laughed "It’s a gradual process, but I fully intend to wear you down"

The tension eased out of ain I enteredit lightly underneath in what I hoped was a casual ht

He didn’t see roo the pizza and DVDs down on the coffee table Curious, I picked up the DVD box and peered at the cover

"Seriously?" I said, casting a doubtful look at hiave uy trying to look like a cowboy?" I continued, purposely needling hih, he snatched the box out of my hand "Just watch the show"

I chuckled and plopped onto the couch "Fine I’ll watch your space cowboy chicken ship show But only because you brought pizza" At least the nausea was pretty lance down the hallway "Where’s your roo out inside I think she feels closed in or soa disc into uess it’s an adjustment for you" He ht next to me, but not on the other end, either "Have you ever had a rooure doesn’t count"

"Had one in college We pretty rinned "The best kind"

He started the DVD, and we lapsed into comfortable silence while we ued by the preh I didn’t dare admit it He’d be way too satisfied if I did that

He was entranced with the show, and I foundhih with a completely different kind of look than Rhyzkahl Where Rhyzkahl was utterly beautiful and perfect, Ryan had reat mouth, too What would it be like to have that ive to run h me Why did I have to be careful around him? That was absurd It didn’tat stake Ryan was sexy as all hell, and the fact that I suspected he was a demonic lord only made him hotter