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sighed loudly. “Interesting names. I know Lash was our great-grandfather, what about the other two?”
    “Seren for Serenity. I have always loved the name of your spa. Serenity is peaceful and strong. That’s what my firstborn son needs to be. Errant is a state of traveling. It’s also going outside the norm, they were birthed of an errant mishap of nature and now they must travel to be kept alive.”
    “It is also an unruly child.”
    “Aren’t all were children unruly?”
    “I suppose. Avia’s pretty. Isn’t it a shoe line?”
    Kris chuckled. “Yeah, but that’s not where he got the name. When he was in France, the elderly woman that he took the picture of. Her name was Avia. I know he was in awe of the woman’s inner strength.”
    “Wow. That’s a sweet sentiment. Don’t you want to see them before they leave?”
    Kris looked down at Ever. Her face was ghostly pale, her breathing shallow. He slowly shook his head, tears welling into his eyes. “No.”
    “But they are your children, Kris.”
    “I know that. You don’t need to tell me. They were our children and Ever was supposed to be alive to raise them. Their birth may have taken her away from me. I would give it all up, you know. I didn’t want to be alpha, but it was the best life for Ever and our children. What will it be with her gone?”
    He knew it was wrong to resent them. It certainly wasn’t their fault. He had wanted children so badly and now that they existed, everything was so wrong. How was he supposed to raise children or head the clan when all he wanted to do was to lie in bed with her? “I’m tired. If you don’t mind, I’m going to get some sleep.”
    Mick nodded and reached over, flicking off the bedside light. Kris lay down beside Ever, pulling the blankets over himself and sliding her closer to his chest. Her stomach had already gone down and was almost as flat as it had been before. The stitches would heal in a matter of days, if she didn’t die from the lack of blood. “Mick? Do you think that Renta was right about biting her?”
    “I don’t know. I have never heard of it being done. Rumor says that it will kill a normal human, but Ever is not normal. I would rather wait and see what happens. She’s in bad shape, but not at death’s door yet. Her pulse has improved slightly and I think her body is working hard to rebuild the blood she has lost.”
    “Okay.”
    “Good night, Kris.”
    “Night.”
     
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    Mick lay in the darkness, listening to Ever’s breathing. It wasn’t as labored as it had been earlier, and he took her pulse again, finding that it had improved slightly. At the moment, he was more worried about Kris.
    It was strange, but his brother had everything that Mick wanted. He had three beautiful sons, and he was alpha. Kris had proved their father wrong and had won the position without having to fight for it. How was it possible that Mick had grown up believing that he was the alpha child? Kris had all the notable traits, from his personality to his fur color. Somehow, Mick had never really seen it before. Now the true alpha lay beside a half-human woman and had turned away from his children because she might die. Mick loved her also, but not to the extent that Kris obviously did. Maybe not even to the extent that Liam did. He had no doubt that Liam would keep his word. If Ever died, he would never find another mate. Liam would remain alone until his final days. Did his brother honestly believe that he was cursed? It was possible. Liam had very bad luck with women.
    Mick wondered if he loved Ever enough to throw away the rest of his life because of her. He wasn’t really sure. He knew that he would mourn her passing if it came to that. It would tear him apart inside, and he was very worried about her chances. It had really bothered him that he’d had to cut into her conscious body, but if he hadn’t, she would already be dead. She was lucky that he had taken courses on standard medicine