Total pages in book: 94
Estimated words: 88235 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 441(@200wpm)___ 353(@250wpm)___ 294(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 88235 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 441(@200wpm)___ 353(@250wpm)___ 294(@300wpm)
I’ve never had anyone look at me like that, she thought wistfully as she watched them. Kevin certainly hadn’t. Though to be fair, she didn’t think her ex had it in him to be as loving and devoted as these Kindred males obviously were with their wives.
After admiring the babies a little more, she and Kat left the happy couple, promising to visit again later.
Kat closed the door softly behind them and turned to Vicky.
“Well, I think you can see why you and Chainor kind of flew out of my head. I’m so glad everything worked out even though I forgot, though.”
“It certainly did.” Vicky smiled. “Those babies are perfect. But Lizabeth doesn’t seem nearly as wrung out as I remember feeling after having my kids.”
“Oh, the Kindred medical tech here is really wonderful,” Kat said. “They have a nearly zero infant and mother mortality rate. Labor is still rough but they have ways to speed it up and move it along and get the baby out without anybody being hurt. It’s really impressive.”
“It sounds amazing,” Vicky said, impressed. “I just wonder—”
“Ah, beautiful Victoria—there you are.”
The voice behind her sent butterflies through her stomach and Vicky turned to see Chain striding towards her, a familiar crooked smile twitching one corner of his mouth.
“I got your message,” he said to Kat, before she could ask him. “I wasn’t sure what it meant at first, but now I think I have an idea.”
“Chain…” Vicky began but then he took her hand and looked into her eyes and she found that she didn’t know what to say next.
“Can we talk now?” he murmured, looking at her intently. “I believe your daughters are taken care of and Liosh and Vorn have promised me they will stay and keep watch over Melli and Jodi until they are well.”
“Well, sure—okay.” Vicky felt her stomach fluttering again. “Where…where do you want to talk?”
“If you’d like to come with me, I have a guest suite not far from the Med Center,” Chain told her. “We can talk there.” He frowned. “And I can tend to your wounds.”
“Oh…” Vicky put a hand to her cheek and winced again. “Liv cleaned them out for me—they’re not deep enough for stitches so they just have to heal on their own now.” She made a face. “Hopefully they won’t leave a scar.”
“They most certainly will not scar your beautiful face,” Chain said firmly. “I’ll see to that myself. But it’s better to have privacy for that.”
Vicky thought the wounds could probably heal on their own but she definitely wanted to talk to the big Kindred.
But only talk, she reminded herself. I’m going to do the right, responsible thing and not rush headlong into any lifetime commitments. Right?
Of course, right. But just as she thought it, she saw Kat smiling at her and Chain.
“Well, it’s been a long day and I need to get back to my two hubbies and three sons,” she said to Vicky. “Luckily Lock is an excellent cook so at least they shouldn’t have starved even though I was gone all day.”
“Oh, I’ll see you later then,” Vicky said. “Maybe we can meet for breakfast or something?”
Kat laughed. “I doubt it, doll,” she said and winked at Vicky. “You and Chainor probably won’t be finished ‘talking’ yet, I wouldn’t think. But maybe we can do breakfast in a couple of days.”
“What? What does that mean?” Vicky asked, bewildered.
But Kat only laughed again.
“See you later—much later,” she told Vicky and then turned to go down the corridor, still laughing.
Chapter Forty-five
Chain led her to his guest suite and made certain she was comfortable in front of the fireplace. He liked the way the warm, flickering light looked on her lovely face, though the deep scratches that bastard of a Varian had made on her skin would have to go. Luckily, he’d taken the serum which allowed all Kindred to heal their mates in the same way Blood Kindred did. So he would be able to heal Victoria—if she would let him—just as he had down on Earth when they had first met.
“Wow, this is really nice.” Victoria looked around with an awed expression. “And you said this is just a guest suite? I mean, there’s a fireplace and everything.”
“I think most of the living suites in the Mother Ship have them,” Chain told her. “The Kindred modified it with their Earth brides in mind. From what I’ve heard, Earth females find the flickering glow of a fire to be very romantic.”
Victoria’s cheeks got rosy in the firelight.
“Well, yes,” she said, smiling a little. “It is very romantic. And it’s a nice touch.” She looked longingly at the plush leather couch in front of the small fireplace. “I’d love to sit down and soak it in but I’m afraid if I do, I won’t ever get up again and I really want a shower.” She looked at Chain. “Would that be all right?”