Chapter 11 Katie Waking up, wrapped in the heat of my mate, was a dream come true. No, it was even better. I’d never even dared to dream that a moment like this could exist outside of the underground. I took my time, absorbing the moment. Heat rushed to my eyes, and for once, I did not fight the emotion. Only a few days ago I’d been lying on a bed in my own filth, strapped to a machine that literally drained the blood from my body. They left me with only just enough to survive. The pain had gone a long time ago. But the weakness, the depression, had never left me. I’d wanted to die. Prayed for it. Now here I was, my lover’s hand pressed against my growing belly. A man who claimed I was his fate. His soul mate! A man who was doing everything in his power to protect us. He was mine. T

