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“I came from a big family.” At least, she considered all those kids her father helped to be a part of her extended family.
She was an only child but home life like this comforted her. Especially when she was feeling like shit, like today.
Her gaze fell to Lauren’s belly as the woman rubbed it and she smiled again.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Lauren groaned. “It’s not as great as it looks. This child is growing faster than my body can keep up and I swear he thinks my bladder is a punching bag.”
Nia’s smile increased, she couldn’t help it, and Lauren huffed out a breath before smiling herself.
“Watch, you’ll see.”
Nia set down the bucket and shovel just as Morpheus dipped his head to chew on her hair.
“Morph—” The tilgran stopped and she focused back on Lauren. “What do you mean, I’ll see.”
Lauren shrugged. “When it’s your turn, you’ll see.”
Nia shook her head. “I’m pretty sure that’s not going to happen.”
“What makes you so sure?”
Well, maybe because the only man she could think of having a relationship with had forgotten about her?
She didn’t say that though.
She only shook her head. “Would take a miracle.”
Lauren grinned and waggled her eyebrows. “Miracles do happen.”
Nia nodded and acquiesced.
Yes, they did.
But if every human had been given a certain number of miracles. She was sure she’d already used up all of hers.
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Ka’Cit’s fingers brushed over the braids in his hair.
Well, the remnants of them.
It had been weeks now since her fingers had crafted them into his locks and he’d tried his best to preserve them.
But every day that passed, they unwound more and more. A bit like everything within him.
He was hardly keeping it together.
A glance at the reflective control panel of his hover car and he let out a breath.
His green eyes met him and so did the rest of his face.
He wasn’t wearing his mask today…neither was he wearing his standard dark clothing.
Today he wasn’t the bounty hunter who did jobs for free.
Today he wasn’t the Bone Crusher.
Today he was himself.