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squeezing my hand.”
    Ever loosened her grip. Mick was right, she had tightened her fingers on his. It was the damn cramp. Hopefully it would ease up when she sat down. “I gotta pee.”
    Mick released her and Kris steered her off the path. Once they were far enough from the trail, he stopped. “How do you want to do this?”
    Ever had no idea. It wasn’t like she could squat down. “I don’t know. Any suggestions?”
    Kris glanced around. “Not really, you can stand up, but you will get your new boots wet. How about you just lift your robe and pull your shorts to your knees? I will help you squat.”
    It seemed like the only viable way. Ever hiked up the robe and Kris helped by tugging down her shorts. He grabbed her under the arms, lowering her into a sitting position and holding her there. Ever felt completely ridiculous, but she supposed it was a necessary evil.
    When she was finished, Kris chuckled. “Wow. I guess you weren’t kidding.”
    “Yeah.” If it wasn’t for the recurring cramp, she might even feel better.
    Draping her wrists over his shoulders, she smiled. “You are so sweet and I have been positively rotten to you and Liam. I’m so sorry. I love you so much, and I appreciate all that you have done for me. The house is beautiful.” It really was, but it wasn’t where she wanted to live.
    Kris stroked her cheek. “Thank you. We want the best of everything for you, Ever. We want you to be safe and happy. We understand that things are hard for you right now. We barely got to know each other and then…” He grimaced and rolled his eyes innocently. “And then I knocked you up.”
    Ever smiled. He could be such a scooch when he felt like it. “Knocked up, huh? That’s a new one.”
    “I figured that would make you smile. Your moods will return to normal once the babies are born. You are not normally a bitch.”
    He was in a very good mood, and she couldn’t help but laugh. Kris always accompanied such rogue comments with an adorable wiggle of his brow that told her that he was kidding. “Thank you. I love you.”
    “I know you do. I love you back, very much. We need to go.”
    She was reluctant to release him. “Can’t we just go home?”
    “No. This is my night to claim my birthright. If I don’t show up, it will suggest that I’m afraid. This place, our house here, my people, it will all be gone. I was never big on the idea of running a clan, but now that I have established myself, I have no choice but to take the position.”
    “Why? Who was running it before?”
    “There was a sub alpha here, but any serious problems were relayed to our father. He is getting too old and he lost face by marrying a human and moving out to Texas. He deserted his own, and now it is my time.”
    She wanted an answer to her previous question and suddenly felt the need to push the subject. “What if he challenges you?”
    “I will fight him.”
    She already knew that. “Not that I’m thinking you will, but anything can happen. What if you lose?”
    Kris stroked her cheek lovingly. “I know that you need an answer. You know the answer. I die.”
    Just hearing the words made her heart sink in fear. “Then what happens to me and our children?”
    “You stay with Mick and Liam. Eventually Mick will take the place of alpha when our father resigns. The clan would never hurt you out of respect for my family.”
    Ever wished she could believe that. They had wiped out Carmen’s line and that already put her at a disadvantage. “What if your father wants me gone?”
    “Liam will know and he will get you the hell out of here.”
    “What about Mick?”
    “If I die and our father goes against you, I don’t trust Mick not to take his side. I know he loves you dearly, but it might be too much to believe him capable of to give up a chance to be alpha. He always wanted the position. You can always trust Liam.”
    Ever had a feeling that he was right about Mick. He might not be willing to go against his father