spot.
“Vicki, don’t—”
“Don’t tell me not to cry.” She glared at him, and he felt a surge of energy immobilize his legs. By the Void, her power made her so incredibly sexy. “I can do all sorts of things now. Fuck!” Then she said a few other things, stunning him.
He’d never heard her swear so much in such a short span of time. And then he realized she’d been rubbing her belly while standing in front of the roses. He felt the blood rush from his head.
“Vicki?” he said hoarsely. “Is there anything you want to tell me?” Dom’s blond head appeared behind Vicki at the mouth of the trail, followed closely by Malcolm. A subtle wave kept them both back.
“Yeah, I have something to tell you, you big jerk. I’m pregnant with puppies,” she snarled. “You kidnapped me, you bullied me, and somehow—because God knows I have no clue how it happened—you made me fall in love with you and the other two idiots pretending to be invisible behind me.”
The enormous grin splitting Dom’s face thrilled him.
Vicki was carrying his babe—babes. Eric wanted to howl with joy.
But Vicki wouldn’t let anyone move. Her anger was a thing of beauty as she took it out on the three of them. “I have a life, you know. And now I’m stuck with three Ravagers who know shit about romance, shit about how to treat an independent woman, and shit about love.”
“What do you mean stuck? You should be honored to be chosen to serve as queen,” he said to stir her wrath. He needed a moment to gather his emotions. To his shock, he felt his heart shatter and fall at her feet and had to blink back tears of pride and happiness.
And horror.
This grand affection, this love, he felt for the woman would be his undoing. Like the other females in his clan, she’d soon learn she ruled the pack. Talk about a nightmare.
Dom and Malcolm shared a wide-assed grin before Dom said, “Eric, I told you. Humans are different.”
Malcolm smirked at Eric before blinking his big brown eyes at their mate. “Vicki, I love you.”
She opened her mouth then snapped it closed. “What?”
“Since you first knocked me out. You’re stubborn, beautiful, and your guer is the most powerful force of feminine energy I’ve ever experienced. Remember, I felt you in the forest, when you helped me defeat that Lawless pack. I believe what I feel for you is the equivalent of human love.” He looked too nervous to be a six and a half foot tall predator. Mangy bastard. Malcolm was trying to win Vicki over with a false show of vulnerability.
For fuck’s sake. It was working!
Vicki smiled through tears and let him gather her up in his arms.
“We can’t know what love is,” Dom added in a quiet voice. “But we feel it all the same. Why do you think I told our prime to mark you? Because I felt it even then.” He whispered something to her Eric couldn’t hear.
The blasted woman pulled Dom to her and hugged him tight.
Then the three of them turned to him.
“What?”
“Out with it,” Vicki demanded. Hell, she even growled like a proper mate. His queen.
His gaze centered on her belly, and he licked his lips. “Puppies, eh?”
She narrowed her eyes. “Eric Savage. I want to hear it.”
“Actually, they’re Ravagers.” He focused and smiled with satisfaction. “Two of them.” My sons. He studied his pack and amended, our sons.
“Eric?” Her yellow eyes blazed with anger, with love, and with an uncertainty that made his teasing no longer amusing.
“Hell, Vicki. You’re the only female I’ve ever marked. The only one who can tie my balls in a knot with one look.”
“That’s what you have to say to me?” her voice was almost shrill.
Damned if she wouldn’t pull it from him, word by word. “You scare the hell out of me. The thought of you in danger stirs my guer to a frenzy. When you’re mad, you set me on fire. I can’t think of anything but fucking you senseless, and then you have me fucking them senseless.” He nodded to Dom and Malcolm, who stared at him in fascination.
“Vicki, I’m yours,” he admitted through gritted teeth, trying not to wince at the large grin of triumph on her face. “Our guers are tied. There’s no going back. You’re mine,” he roared to the heavens. “You, Dom, and Malcolm belong to me. I claimed you, damn it. You’re not going anywhere, and I’ll never give