Moonlight (Moonkind Series Book 2) by Ines Johnson

Author:Ines Johnson [Johnson, Ines]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heartspell Media, LLC
Published: 2017-01-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

A second ago, Viviane’s lips had pulled back from her teeth as she’d growled at the big oaf. Now her lips trembled and slid down to hide her exposed canines. All eyes shifted from the men to Viviane at Jesus’ accusation.

Jesus could never keep a secret. As cubs, he’d always been the one to break when they got caught doing something they shouldn’t have been. Everyone knew not to tell him anything private because secrets stuck to him like rain on glass. And now he’d revealed Viviane’s most intimate truth.

She knew she’d have to tell her family about her condition soon enough. She just hadn’t planned on doing it today. Or tomorrow. Maybe in a month when it was no longer possible to hide her pregnancy. But today? No.

She needed time. She needed to re-acclimatize herself back into this way of life. She needed to find where she now fit in her homestead. Things had changed so much in the time she’d been away, and not one change had been brought by her. Once everyone found out about the baby things would definitely never be the same again.

“Don’t be ridiculous.” Gloria stormed up to them, shoving Jesus aside. “She wouldn’t dare.”

Gloria stared her down. Viviane felt like she was five-years-old and had been caught playing in her mother’s closet without permission.

“You’re not with cub.” Her mother glanced down at Viviane’s torso. “Are you?”

Viviane had never shied away from a question she knew the answer to. But her jaw locked. Of their own accord, her hands went to her belly. She felt the slightest tremor just behind her belly button. Then she felt Pierce’s large paw at the small of her back.

She leaned into him. It was becoming an easy, familiar thing to do. She jerked away from him and steeled her spine. His support was only temporary. She’d have to do this on her own.

“Yes, I am. I’m pregnant.”

A growl tore through her mother. Gloria planted her legs wide and bared her teeth. She took a deep inhale into her flaring nostrils and held it.

A chill ran through Viviane. She angled her belly into Pierce’s side. Her mother had a temper, but Viviane didn’t think she’d hurt her. Her breath caught in her chest as she waited for her mother to release that breath, some words, a fist?

“How could you do this to me?” Gloria wailed, ringing her hands between herself and her daughter.

Viviane stared at her mother’s hands. She was utterly perplexed. She left the sphere of Pierce’s strength and rounded on her mother. “Do this to you? What have I done to you? I’m the one who’s pregnant.”

“Exactly.” Gloria pointed a steady finger at Viviane’s belly. “And once that cub is out of your belly,” her mother pointed a claw in Viviane’s face, “I’ll be a grandmother.”

Viviane rolled her eyes into the back of her head to be sure she was awake and in the face of reality. “Really, mama?”

“Do I look old enough to be a grandmother to you?” Gloria tugged at the loose waistband of her fitted jeans.

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