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BOOK: Trial by Heart (Trial Series Book 4)

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He finishes the call and tucks the cell into his back pocket.

My eyes lift to his face, and I smile. I can’t look at him without a sense of pure wonder about how, as fucked up as this world is, we ended up together.

“Hey, baby,” he says and wraps his other arm around me. His penetrating look, and the emotion in his silvery eyes, turns me into a breathless, purring, wet mess every time.

I gaze at him for a long moment, always overwhelmed by the warm, giddy emotion I can’t begin to express aloud. I’m not sure how to tell him what he already knows and suspect, if I don’t reveal my secret, he’ll continue to pretend he doesn’t know until the day I give birth to a puppy. Or … infant.

God, I wish Nate and Jason would’ve told me so I don’t have to ask Ben! Ben will answer any question I have, but I’d like for once not to have to ask him something that feels stupid for me not to know.

“Myca,” I say finally.

Ben smiles, the skin around his eyes softening.

“Boy or girl, we’re naming the baby Myca.”

“You’re the boss.” Ben rests his forehead against mine. We breathe in the same air, and I melt further into him.

“So you did know,” I say unhappily.

“Yeah.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

“I wanted you to be ready to tell me.”

To add to his perfect body, sexual prowess, confidence, influence in the Community and brilliance, Ben is also the sweetest person in the world.

“Thank you,” I respond, appeased by his explanation.

We hold one another, the air around us sizzling with sexual tension as we enjoy a private moment of tenderness. I’ve learned a thing or two about reading him since we’ve been together. He’s not the kind to shout with joy or cry when he’s upset, like I am. His expressions of emotion are subtle. Normally, I
feel
them rather than see them and today is no different.

My alpha is really happy. I can sense his wolf, too, and the primal animal side of him is ecstatic with the news of an heir.

“This calls for a vacation to celebrate,” I decide.

“That’s why Tristan asked how long we needed his jet?”

“That damn elf!” I mutter. “I’m gonna have a talk with him when we get back. And yes, we’re borrowing his jet again.”

Ben’s laugh is soft, and he nuzzles my cheek. “You going to tell me where we’re going this time?”

“Nope.” I give him a wicked grin. At first leery of situations he can’t control, he’s slowly begun to warm to the idea of letting me take us away on trips to secret locations and plan the types of activities he’s never really participated in, such as parasailing or hell, even riding rollercoasters. Thrust into responsibility and groomed to lead at a young age, my super serious, super sweet Ben has a lifetime of fun and spontaneity to catch up on, and I’ve made it my mission to break him out of his comfort zone. “Do you want to announce baby Myca to your family?”

His hands travel down my sides, and he begins trailing kisses down my neck. Breathless already from anticipation and the pressure of his hot lips, I lean my head to the side to give him better access and slide my palms up his shirt to the warm skin covering his chiseled torso.

I’ll never get enough of his body.

“After,” he whispers.

“We might not be back downstairs before tomorrow,” I tease.

“Then we’ll email them the news.”

I laugh, as exhilarated by the prospect of a night with him now as I was our first time a year ago.

He lifts his head. The air between us shimmers with emotion neither of us have the ability to express, but we don’t have to, because both of us understand. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I rise up on my tiptoes and plant a light kiss on his lips.

At the beginning of the trials, I never in a million years would’ve guessed we’d end up here, or that a damned Kingmaker would ever have a chance at happiness, acceptance and love.

“So this is how our movie ends,” I murmur. “Happily ever after?”

“Guaranteed,” he responds with the quiet assurance that changed the course of my life.

As always, I believe him. A two thousand year old curse and four weeks of hell brought me to Ben. If we made it through all that, we can survive anything together. I may never feel as though I deserve him, but I’m never letting him go.

Also by Lizzy Ford …

Non-Series – 2014 - 2016

Black Moon Draw (
Amazon
,
Amazon UK
) (about a reader sucked into her book)

Highlander Enchanted (
Amazon
,
Amazon UK
)

The Door (2016)

Water Spell (2016)

Dragon Tear (2016)

Trial Series Novellas

Trial by Moon

Trial by Thrall

Trial by Blood

Trial by Heart