Zoe's Blockade (Destiny's Trinities Book 5) by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Author:Tracy Cooper-Posey [Cooper-Posey, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Vampire Menage Urban Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Published: 2016-07-27T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Alex had always had trouble looking away from Mia, even though when he had first met her, looking at her too closely was a dangerous thing. Even now, when he could look freely, he still found it hard to drag his attention away from her curves and would follow her around the room with his gaze, watching her body bend and flex, the natural grace of her movements and the overwhelmingly feminine shape of her.

He had seen hundreds of pregnant women in his time and they had never provoked any response in him except for polite acknowledgement. Now, however, he understood everything the poets and the baby-mad had been blathering about. For the first time, the baby was starting to show. It was barely even a bump, yet it was undeniably there.

His child.

Their child, for Wyatt was as fiercely happy about the baby as he was…and where was he, anyway?

Alex stirred and forced himself to look away from Mia as she moved around the kitchen area, pouring hot water, bending and stretching as she went about making herbal tea for herself. “Where is Wyatt?” he asked her. “He should have been home two hours ago.”

Mia shook her head. “Beth sent a call out for any help. A vampeen breakout in Illinois. Her new trinity.”

Alex got to his feet. “You let him go? He was out until three last night.”

Mia halted, her lips pursed, thinning out the natural fullness. Her eyes were troubled. “I’m not the one to talk to him about it.”

“Why not?”

“I’m the one who is pregnant,” she said softly.

Dismay touched him. Of course, of course, why hadn’t he realized that for himself? He had been busy—they all were these days, so that was no excuse.

The sound of a key pushing into the lock alerted them both. Mia picked up the tea cup. “I’m going to drink this in the bedroom,” she said and gave him a small smile. “Be gentle.”

Alex nodded.

Wyatt shut the door and bolted it, shifting the heavy duffle back over to his other hand. There was snow in his dark hair and over the shoulders of his heavy winter coat. He had been walking.

Alex waited until Wyatt turned around and saw him.

Wyatt’s appearance was almost a shock. There were dark marks under his eyes and his eyes were bloodshot. Even his face had grown thinner later. Why hadn’t Alex noticed before now?

Wyatt smiled at him. “You’re home. Good.”

“We should talk,” Alex said stiffly. The shock was making it hard to speak naturally.

Wyatt’s smile faded. He put the bag down and tossed his keys into the bowl on the table next to the front door. “About?”

“You.”

Wyatt looked around the room. “Where’s Mia?”

“Sleeping,” Alex lied. “Besides, you won’t hear this if she says it.”

Wyatt came up to him, tilted his head and studied him. “You’re doing that clipped speech thing again, Alex. What’s wrong?”

“You’re working too hard.”

Wyatt blinked. “Isn’t everyone? There are incursions all over North America these days…it’s hard to keep up.”

“Everyone else manages to have a life.

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