    Lindy said more but Danica couldn&quot;t make any sense of the words as her hearing suddenly went weird, like she was underwater or something. Seconds later it returned to normal, but then her vision went blurry again.
  &quot;Danica, Danica, you alright?&quot;
  She wasn&quot;t sure who asked and she didn&quot;t care as the sudden urge to vomit had her ready to dash for the nearest bathroom. But she didn&quot;t make it.
  She hadn&quot;t even gotten halfway out of the room when she doubled over with pain and projectile vomited all over the kitchen floor. Then again. And again.
  And again. Then she flopped onto her side, panting, moaning and sweating. Worse, she was way beyond woozy and close to passing out. She felt Gary pick her up.
  &quot;Go get Michey,&quot; he told Lindy. &quot;I&quot;ll take her to lie down in her room.&quot;
  She retched again, but this time nothing came ou

     The grey wolf threw back his head and howled, garnering the attention of every wolf around him. No other male should touch her. No one was allowed to hurt her. She was his. She belonged to him. The life in her womb belonged to him. They were both his to protect, to care for, to shelter. The
  only thing stopping the wolf from acting on his raging anger and going for the uncle&quot;s throat was that his claws were pressed threateningly against her stomach &ndash; the grey wolf understood the threat, understood cause and effect. Although the man&quot;s words made no sense, he also understood what he wanted. He wanted Gio. So the wolf drew back, though he remained closer to the surface than ever before. Gio rose to his feet, panting and raging. The sight of Danica, pale and flaccid, held with her back against Kevin&quot;s chest had his blood boiling and something in his chest tightenin

    Gathered on the fringe of the woods were Mike and a number of males from his pack, including his Beta, Ashley, and bodyguard, Asher &ndash; both of
  whom Gio recognized from their visit to his home. Not far from them was Carrick with several from his pack, including his bodyguard, Hales, and two of his enforcers, Ben and Matt. They all gave him a brief respectful nod before resuming scowling at Kevin and his followers. The wolf shifters &ndash; there were approximately sixty five &ndash; that had come to stand at Gio&quot;s side and serve as back up were all grouped together near the security shack. They didn&quot;t look so eager to be there. Gio guessed it was because they hadn&quot;t expected him to be so outnumbered, placing them in a position where they would in fact have to provide back-up.
  He stalked toward the closed gate with Duda and Chris flanking him, blanking his expre

Lindy said more but Danica couldn&quot;t make any sense of the words as her hearing suddenly went weird, like she was underwater or something. Seconds later it returned to normal, but then her vision went blurry again.
  &quot;Danica, Danica, you alright?&quot;
  She wasn&quot;t sure who asked and she didn&quot;t care as the sudden urge to vomit had her ready to dash for the nearest bathroom. But she didn&quot;t make it.
  She hadn&quot;t even gotten halfway out of the room when she doubled over with pain and projectile vomited all over the kitchen floor. Then again. And again.
  And again. Then she flopped onto her side, panting, moaning and sweating. Worse, she was way beyond woozy and close to passing out. She felt Gary pick her up.
  &quot;Go get Michey,&quot; he told Lindy. &quot;I&quot;ll take her to lie down in her room.&quot;
  She retched again, but this time nothing came out. She doubted there was anything left in her stomach, especially since she&quot;d hardly eaten an

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