Shade had kept his promise. He'd personally visited the college, talked to professors, and hauled back every resource imaginable. Cy, Deonte, and Dalia had returned to campus, leaving the house strangely hollow with only Shade, me, and a handful of omegas drifting through the halls like quiet shadows.
Three days into confinement, textbooks and papers were scattered across the bed around me. Frustration built steadily with each hour. Pregnancy fogged my mind and churned my stomach, making every assignment feel twice as difficult. I shifted again, attempting to focus, but nausea clawed at me relentlessly.
After he strolled into the room, he stopped short and eyed the textbooks skeptically. I patted the bed beside me.
He hovered. "They'll pass me even if I scribble nonsense."
I narrowed m
