Beverly Hills Dragons- The Complete Collection by Meg Ripley

Author:Meg Ripley [Ripley, Meg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-30T05:00:00+00:00

Blane,

Her name is Amanda. She’s your daughter, and she’s a shifter, just like you. I can’t take care of her any longer, but I know you will. Please know that I would never do this if I had a choice.

He flipped the paper over, looking for some indication as to who had written it. There’s no way this could be right. I never had a… He couldn’t wrap his mind around it.

“Blane! Let’s go!”

With a jolt, Blane remembered he wasn’t the only one there. Fortunately, Courtney was the kind of person who could handle anything. He stepped aside, opening the door wider so she could see.

Courtney’s eyes roved down to the threshold. Blane expected her to demand an explanation or maybe even yell at him, but instead, she swooped down and lifted the baby out of the basket.

Uncovered from her wrappings, Blane had to admit she was beautiful. With a fringe of jet black hair matching his own, and big blue eyes that watched Courtney with confusion, he had never seen such a captivating child.

Courtney seemed to think so, too. “Oh, sweetheart,” she cooed. “What on Earth are you doing here?” She looked to Blane for an answer.

He handed her the note. Courtney held the baby with one hand while she read it, her eyes darting as she absorbed the words. “I don’t understand. Who’s the mother?”

Blane opened his mouth, but he had no words; he only shrugged.

Overcoming her initial surprise, Courtney stepped forward, swept the basket into the house with her foot, and shut the front door. “Please tell me that’s not true,” she begged. “Please tell me you have at least some idea.”

But he didn’t. Blane wasn’t sure how to process this, or even if he could. It was like he had woken up in a different dimension. “I don’t know what to say.”

Courtney turned her face down to look at the child. She stroked a tentative finger down the little girl’s cheek, clearly just as stunned as Blane was. Her face and her eyes softened with concern, but when she looked back up at him, she was back to her business-like self. “Well, it’s not as though we can change it now. We’ll contact the police and child services so they can start an investigation.”

“Yeah. Okay.” Blane nodded his consent, but it wasn’t as though he knew what else to do. Could he really be a father?

A car honked outside. Blane glanced out the window to see that the limo had pulled up. Less than half an hour ago, he had been desperate to stay in bed. Now, he wanted nothing more than to get to work and forget about reality for a while. “Looks like my ride’s here. You’ve got this, right?” He reached for the door handle.

“What?” Courtney curled her free hand at her side. “You’re kidding me, right?”

He gestured helplessly toward the door. “You said yourself that I’m already late. I’ve gotta go.”

As many times as he had seen Courtney angry with him, this took the cake.

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