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Looked like the civil as in full swing

Eleven

Everything hurt Kar groaned Heat surrounded her, though an icy draft cut through the warmth every once in a while She opened her eyes Blinked Blinked again, hoping that she was seeing things

Nope She appeared to be in soeon? The fire set into one wall allowed her to see the hard-packed dirt floor, covered in places by straw The walls were log and stone, and attached to one rough slab of rock were huge rings froled fro

This was a olf containment lair She knew because she had one Her ainst her brain She’d been running froht Shot And then Luc was there They’d actually held a conversation, though the details were a little hazy

She sniffed the air, got a lungful of burning hardwood , and the verythu Groaning, she rolled onto her back, clenching her teeth at the wash of pain through her right side Luc, wearing jeans and a blue flannel shirt, clo bowl of what smelled like rich, meaty soup in his hands

"You’re awake" His words carunt

"Yeah," she said hoarsely

"You’re pregnant?"

"Yes"

Oh, God, she’d told him Her memories churned, and so did her sto to kill the baby if it was born hu across her face Thing was, the baby probably would be born human--not because the father was turned, but because she was He believed she was varcolac because he’d seen the mark she’d had tattooed on by a warlock who specialized in ypt, Luc hadn’t questioned hoarg could infiltrate The Aegis, but then, he hadn’t asked anything about her Not even her nay black hair back froht you some stew" The savory aroh her o back to sleep, even though pain wracked her and her skin was so sensitive it hurt to lay on the lumpy pallet where she could feel every individual piece of straw "I’ry"

He doubled up the pillow behind her to elevate her head and he put a spoon of stew to her lips "You need to eat so I can give you some medicine Don’t worry," he said, when she opened her e of her open ry, she ood"

"Isn’t hard to put some meat, water, and potatoes in a pot" He dipped the spoon in the bowl and caught a large chunk of rabbit "You’ll eat this entire thing"

His coy, she squir my life, but you didn’t have to kill the Guardian, and--"

"I haven’t saved it yet"

A chill washed through her, countering the fever andarcoat it or anything"

His expression was devoid of e her of how coldly efficient he’d been while black her into sex with hi hot and passionate once the demon war ended and lust had taken hiive herself a chance to think than anything "What are h she tried to keep her voice level, there was a hu on to the end of her question

"We need to get you to Underworld General"

The dehtened her more than death did "I don’t know…"

"There’s no choice I’ve already rigged a sled to the back of ht when it’s fully dark, and hope there are no Guardians waiting to ambush us" The spoon clanked in the bowl as he fished for another bite "If ere closer to the full moon, you could shift Heal your wounds"