Page 133 of Allegiance

“Well, my sexy little killer, want to help me contain the enemy so we can wait for Jagger to show up with Maura and interrogate the rapist kidnappers?”

She grinned.

“Can I keep the dress?” she asked. “I think it makes me look very ‘lady of the manor’.”

He didn’t miss a beat.

“Can I have sex with you later and take it off of you, Lady of the Manor?” he asked. “You know…when we repeatedly try to have another baby?”

She grinned.

“Deal.”

Yeah, his life…

It was damn good.

* * * H U N T E R S * * *

Chartres Street

Yes.

That Chartres Street

Dakota didn’t go right back to work.

He simply couldn’t.

There was too much to think about. So, he walked around for a while, trying to come to grips with the fact that he’d really fucked it up.

This was about as bad as he could possibly jack with it. In his stubbornness, and his stupidity, he lost something good, and now, he’d be forced to watch his child’s life from the outside looking in.

God.

The universe really hated him.

It was crystal clear that Eve was over him, and because of his shit attitude, and pity party, he wasn’t only going to be alone, but he was likely not having a relationship with his child.

Holy shit.

He’d given life to a little person, and now, he was scared shitless.

One of his biggest fears was that bringing a child into the world would mean it being harmed.

He saw how Jagger, Rogue, Boone, and Zayn all struggled with protecting their families, and he never wanted to be in that situation.

Only, he was.

And there was no way out.

Finally, he got it.

The stress of the situation was astronomical. The only thing he had at the moment was that he was grateful Eve was retired, and there was no chance his child would be hurt.

At least there was that.

After the anger he saw from her, it appeared that all of the advice from his friends was for naught.