Page 268 of Allegiance

She snorted.

“I love you.”

He held her hand.

“I love you too, Evie.”

When the door opened, the nurse called her name and got her attention.

“Evelyn Rakin?” she called.

Dakota grinned like an idiot.

He couldn’t help himself.

As they headed toward the nurse, Eve held his hand and was giddy herself. What had seemed so horrible four days ago was now her greatest joy.

She was weighed in, and the nurse took her blood pressure and did the normal stuff. When she was done, she left the room, and they waited for the doctor.

Dakota leaned against the wall, and Eve saw something that made her laugh.

“Are you legit wearing a gun to our OBGYN appointment?” she whispered.

“Uh, yeah. It’s people-y out there. People shoot at us a lot.”

She rolled her eyes.

“I think we’re safe here.”

Yeah, he wasn’t taking any chances.

When the door opened, a man peeked his head in. He was handsome and young.

And Dakota didn’t like him already.

Before Eve, while protective, he wasn’t a caveman. Now that she was carrying his child…

All bets were off.

That territorial protectiveness had risen up, and he was going to do what it took to make sure his child was born.

No.

Matter.

What.

Dakota couldn’t control that feeling, so this was going to be fun in a ‘get dragged behind a car over potholes’ kind of a way.

“Evelyn?” the doctor asked, shaking her hand.

She smiled.

“That’s me, Doctor Murry.”

He took a seat not seeing the man behind the door leaning against the wall.

“You’re in for your first appointment, and an ultrasound, right?”