Malcolm didn't answer. Both hands were white-knuckled on the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on something ahead of us through the windshield.I followed his gaze, still struggling to catch my breath. The road stretched out before us, quiet and ordinary, the late afternoon sun slanting gold across the asphalt. For a heartbeat, I didn't see anything. Then the shape moved—something low and dark, darting across the road and vanishing into the brush on the other side.A deer. No, smaller than that. Whatever it was, it had come out of nowhere."Everyone okay?" Malcolm's voice was clipped, his Alpha composure slamming back into place even as I watched his pulse jump in his throat."I'm fine," Lira said shakily, one hand splayed protectively over her belly. Allison had a firm grip on her shoulder, his body angled in front of hers like a shield. "Just startled.""Okay here," I managed, rubbing my chest where the seatbelt had bitten in. I twisted around to look at Allison. "You?"Allison nodded
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