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Ada care with her injuries Ethan hovered by the bed, his face a study in panic

“Oh God, Adam, I feel like I need to push!”

Adam tossed her pants aside and took stock of the wide, panicked eyes that stared up at hiut was clenched with so ht But he knew he had to be calm for Holly and try to make her as much at ease as possible

“Listen to me, baby I need you to try and calm down and breathe deep Don’t push yet if you can keep from it”

Ryan strode back in “She’s on her way, but it’s going to be a while”

“We don’t have a while,” Adam muttered

“What are we going to do?” Ethan asked as he walked over to join his brothers “I don’t have a clue about delivering babies!”

Ada panic from his voice “We’ve delivered foals It can’t be that different”

Holly raised her head froruntled look at him “You did not just compare me to a horse”

He grinned, feeling the tightness recede from his chest just a bit They could do this They would do this Holly was depending on them

“Ryan, you go get behind her and do your best to keep her calm,” he said in a low voice Ethan you and I need to wash up then you have to findto claes we have in the medical box outside Get whatever else you think we need because I can’t think straight to save my life And hurry the hell up”

Chapter Five

Ryan sat behind Holly, his ar on her belly She leaned back into his chest, her back cradled in his pelvis He moved one hand up to push her hair from her face as another contraction seized her body

She trembled in his arms, and it was all he could do not allow his fear to override all else

When he’d returned to the house after exercising the horses, he hadn’t been able to find her anywhere In that h his mind Crazy, insane ideas, but they’d scared him nonetheless

Her ex-husband had escaped from jail Or maybe he’d hired someone else to kill her

It brought back the ht he’d lain helpless on the floor while Holly had been taken from him His inability to save her, the fact that he’d failed her when she needed him most

He closed his eyes and buried his lips in her hair The sting of tears burned his eyelids, and he took deep steadying breaths to try and remain in control of his emotions He wouldn’t fall apart Not now Not when she needed hiain

“Breathe, baby Deep breaths That’s it,” Adaed

Adas while Ethan hovered over his shoulder