Rus
gripping the door frame, t
allic taste of my own anger. When I spoke, the words were raw, li
rade you're putting on," Elena deman
thumb, and a sharp hiss of air escaped her lips. I peeled her fingers off thea softly, helping her
ming for the front passenger seat. My lead Enforcer moved without a command; his hand
to end her pulsing in my knuckles. But Sienna was already in
aling the driver to move. Through the tinted glass, I watched Elena screa
from the curb, leaving t
t smoothly, transporting our one-year-old daughte
a quiet, insulated space, sealed off from
ng the climate control so the col
ports car swerving behind us, a desperate, e
mble meant only for her. "Are you comfortable?" I asked
esting over mine on the f
uarded private maternity ho
hand to Sienna and escorting he
n the polished floor behind us. She must have called ahead, because Julia
was thick with the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic, and
sitting on one of
d, holding a massive bou
ge, Liam," Julian said, a mock
ed forward. He snatched the bouquet from Julian's hands and ground the fl
n laughed, tossing his ha
dly, his eyes scanning Sienna's pregnant belly with open disrespect. "Must have c
, placing a protective hand on Julian's a
nto the waiting room, h
ti?" the nurs
d my hand on the small of he
he preliminary intake forms," the n
a sharp, dis
he's just throwing a tantr
stylus hovering over the tablet
e room, ostensibly for the nurse, but each word was a s
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