Claimed by Caden

Author:Serena Akeroyd [Akeroyd, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Suspense
Goodreads: 24429662
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Published: 2015-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Watching the wind play catch with Lia’s hair, Caden sat back on the hood of the car and watched as his mate stalked from one end of the truck stop to the other. She was mumbling to herself, and obviously getting mad if the constant side-to-side motion of her head was any indication.

He wanted to go over there and comfort her, but there was nothing he could do. She had to come to terms with this herself. And Christ, he had plenty more to tell her. An overload of information that she had to absorb. Very quickly.

As if all this wasn’t complicated enough, there was her lineage to take into consideration. Lia wasn’t just an average half-breed. Her grandmother was the most powerful Lioness in the goddamn nation. Going to live with his mother had ceased to be an option the moment it had occurred to him just who his grandmother-in-law actually was.

Without him even realizing it, his whole life had just turned on its head.

The town of Anchor would be getting their wish. He’d have to cease practicing law. But he wouldn’t be returning to his hometown, he’d be heading over to Oregon. The state that held the National Pride’s headquarters.

He’d have to live in the public eye. They both would. Their entire world was shifting, tilting on its axis, and all because Lia’s father had been a McKinnon.

The Mater Leona would expect nothing less than Lia’s return to the fold. Especially as her son had been one of her favorites from her brood of six.

Boy children were rarely celebrated, but the Mater’s love of her son had been well documented in all Pride gossip rags. When he’d gone missing, it had nearly driven the Mater to her knees. It was reported she still wore black to this day, mourning the loss of her son. And if that was true, there was no way she wouldn’t want to be close to his offspring.

If Lia was as fertile as her antecedents then, God help them, they’d have to take on roles in the National Pride.

It was enough to make him feel dizzy. Dizzy enough that he had to lower his head between his knees—not the easiest thing to do on the hood of the goddamn car. The instant he did, however, Lia was at his side. She must have been watching him, because she knelt in front of him, ignoring the gravel floor to peer up at him. “Caden? Baby, what’s wrong?”

He didn’t want to burden her, couldn’t, but Christ, that glimpse of the future had terrified him. His mouth worked, but no words came out.

“This is overwhelming, isn’t it?” she murmured, sounding sympathetic.

Christ, she shouldn’t be consoling him. It should be the other way round, but that didn’t stop the dizziness from hitting him square between the eyes.

He was used to high-pressure situations, but nothing in his life, no singular moment, had prepared him for what his future would likely be.

The instant Lia’s DNA tests had been undertaken and the result had highlighted just who her father was, fate had made the decision for them both.

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