Loud and fast, then.
Definitely loud and fast.
“Kotionek!”
Alaric caught me before I could slide off the sofa, one arm around my back, the other braced beneath my belly as if he could physically hold the contraction away from me.
Which would have been sweet.
Insane, but sweet.
Unfortunately, my uterus did not care that my mate was an Alpha with control issues and a murderous relationship with everything out of his control.
The contraction kept going.
Deep.
Brutal.
A wave of pain and pressure that rolled through me so fast I barely had time to breathe before my body decided breathing was no longer available as a service.
“Aria,” he said, and his voice broke.
That scared me more than the pain for half a second.
Then the contraction eased, leaving me shaking, panting, and staring
