Dark and Deadly - Lynn Hagen Page 0,15
about not sleeping with him. Once again Warren thought Ash was too gorgeous to want someone like him. Had the sushi put him in a coma and Warren was dreaming all this?
The doctor returned and looked between Ryan and Ash. He had a strange expression in his eyes. Warren wasn’t sure he wanted to know what the doctor had found.
“I need to speak to Warren in private.”
“We’re not going anywhere,” Ryan snapped. “Just tell us what’s wrong with our mate.”
Dr. Bjord’s brows shot up.
“We told him while you were running your tests,” Ash said.
“Binging on UK reality shows?” Warren arched a brow.
The doctor chuckled. “It was a good cover, admit it.”
“Tell us what’s going on.” Ash grabbed Warren’s hand and held it. “We’ll deal with whatever is wrong with him.”
The doctor cleared his throat. “Warren is pregnant.”
Warren passed out again.
* * * *
Ash blinked several times, trying to make sure he’d heard the doctor correctly. He almost slapped his palm against his ear to dislodge whatever was making him misunderstand the news. “Come again?”
Gavril waved a hand at Ryan but was looking at Ash. He enunciated his words slowly as though Ash were fucking daft. “He’s a vampire. I’m assuming he’s from Christian’s lineage since he knocked your mate up.”
The room fell completely silent for just a second before Ryan staggered back, his hand pressed against his gut. He looked just as stunned as Ash felt. “I’m only half vampire.”
Ash looked down at Warren’s hand. All three were mates, yet he couldn’t help but feel jealous. Ryan had had time with Warren, had bonded with him, and Ash felt like a third wheel coming in on the late end of things.
He stood and walked out of the room. Ash needed some fresh air to digest it all. He didn’t know Ryan or Warren, not really. Fate thought they would be perfect together, but what if fate had gotten it wrong? What if his attraction to Warren was simply that? Attraction.
Ash had fed Ryan, and some good head had come out of that, but who was to say they were mates? Again, it could be simple attraction. Powerful attraction, but maybe that was all it was.
Ryan and Warren were about to start a family. Where the fuck did Ash fit into all of that?
He walked outside exhaling while scrubbing a hand over his head. Shit just kept getting complicated. He’d seen the way Warren had instantly curled into Ryan when the vampire had scooped him up and carried him to the SUV.
There was no denying their bond, even if Warren was frightened of it and resisted. But Warren had shut Ash down at every turn. If Warren was feeling the pull with Ash, wouldn’t there be some kind of sign? Wouldn’t there be some kind of attraction?
He wanted to walk away. His legs ached to get moving. What was holding him back? Warren would be fine with Ryan. They needed each other. What they didn’t need was some wolf shifter getting in the way of their budding relationship.
Ash started down the street, heading toward Pump. He’d had the night off, but loud thumping music, slinging drinks, sweaty hot guys, and the scent of sex in the air was exactly the kind of distraction he needed. Maybe he would even fuck a twink or two in the bathroom to get Warren and Ryan out of his system and get his head on straight. Ash wasn’t about to risk his heart. Not today.
He’d already been fucked up every which way in the past, and Ash didn’t want a repeat.
Chapter Five
Ryan wanted to go after Ash. He hadn’t liked the hardened expression in Ash’s eyes when he’d walked out of the room. Ryan had turned leave when Warren stirred and opened his eyes.
“Hey there.” Dr. Bjord smiled at Warren. “Welcome back.”
Ryan felt as though he was being pulled in two different directions. He needed to see what was going through Ash’s mind, but he also needed to be there for Warren.
In another life, Ryan would be celebrating becoming a father. The three of them would have been the perfect triad. Shit just didn’t seem to be working out that way. Warren wanted nothing to do with him, and Ash was on the run.
A perfect home life, any kind of home life, didn’t seem to be in the cards for Ryan. He stood by the door, leaning against the wall and wondered if Warren even wanted to see him after the news the doctor had