Chapter 349 – Aftermath

Cora

It’s hours, hours later when I finally have a moment to step back and breathe. And when I do, I feel my head spin and stumble back a step or two. Roger is there, instantly, his hand on my back.

“Cora,” he says, pulling me closer to him, tilting up my face so that he can study me. “Are you all right? You’re – ”

“I’m fine,” I mutter, frustrated, trying to push away and get back to work. I have a moment to breathe, but honestly there’s so much more that – needs to be done for these men –

“No,” Roger says, stubborn. “You’re pushing yourself too far – you’re pregnant, Cora -”

“Roger,” I sigh, turning to glare at him in earnest now and putting a hand on his chest. “This cannot be the refrain that I hear for the next nine – or six or however many months, all right? I am not going to stop doing my job-stop healing people – just because I’m pregnant.”

I hear Roger begin to growl in protest but I lock my teeth together, staring up at him, hard. And, slowly, I see him start to relent, to remember the person who he chose as his mate.

“This is my life, Roger,” I whisper, ” my identity. I’m a doctor – I made an oath! I’m going to help them.”

replies, taking a step

to look around the room. “I’ll be careful – I’ll stop before I’m totally exhausted. I won’t put myself or the baby at

me

not far off – but there’s still so much that these men need. Honestly the extent of the burns that they came in with some of them down to the bone

ask, and then when I look up at him again

eyes and concentrates and I’m a little sorry as

him. I want him to have the full fatherhood experience, with all of its blessings. And it breaks my heart that my body

Roger murmurs, opening his eyes and leaning forward to press

peering at some of the red skin on his face. “How

voice not much more than a growl. “Much slower than usual. Like whatever that priest did to hurt us like this had

the pain of it. I get a brief glimpse of the skin below before

think being brave for me. As Roger puts a sweet, concerned hand on the

room where her mate naps lightly, Rafe secure in his arms even

“More his pride hurt than anything, and he’s frustrated,” she says, giving a chagrined little smile

his way out, along with us, so we don’t have much information from the misadventure either.” He

where Henry is rolling between the beds, speaking kindly to any of the

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