HAILEY
The sun at midday came through the high packhouse windows, heating the room, but all that I felt was the thudding hurt in my lower back and the pull of exhaustion that had my arms and legs heavy as lead. I shifted on the couch, lifting my pillow beneath me, but it gave no relief. The pregnancy was relentless, unusual, harder than the first one and I was only four months pregnant.
Amenia, my wolf, was stirring inside of me, her restlessness flaring at the base of my neck."You need to sleep, Hailey," she breathed, her voice laced with concern."I am," I snapped in a pout, one hand resting gently on the curve of my barely perceptible bump.The room was quiet until the soft ring of footsteps broke through. Adrian came in, as calm and elegant as possible. The Vampire King was always a bi
