It hadn’t taken Anann long past learning to shift to figure out that a tree was about the only place that it was safe to hide from Rem, or get out of his reach at the very least. Even then she had to be sure to get higher than the stallion could rear up to, for he had proven ambitious enough to pull her down out of a tree before if his teeth could reach her and that had not ended well. However, Rem was not the only one Anann had been tactfully avoiding in her brooding and self-blame.
Anann wondered if he knew, as she watched Anatoliy approach. Neither of them had spoken of her pregnancy, though there was no doubt they had both known. Unspoken, but not unacknowledged as it had certainly sparked something in the Russian. Anann, too, had grown hopeful that perhaps they would indeed have a family. The family that she knew he must want. But what would he think now?
Oh how she hoped that he knew. That her scent had already told him what she already knew. Her stomach tightened with nerves as he pushed through the branches. As umber eyes met gold, she could tell. He didn’t know. Probably because he did not want to believe the truth of it. A pained look crossed over her eyes before she tried to hide it with a weak, forced smile. Oh ,he is just wanting to put knots on my head is all. Well, more like bite welts on her hind-side, but it was all the same really.
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