Hayes P.O.V.

I am lying in bed holding my princess in my arms. Finally, she is okay and has been out of the heat for twenty-four hours. I could not imagine going through that as a woman.

I kissed her on the forehead, and I knew she didn't feel it because she was exhausted from the pain and wanted me to stop the heat rising inside her, and it would never stop until I made love to her and kept her appetite under control.

“Oh, pest, you will always be mine, and you will always be mine." So I whispered under my breath, closed my eyes, and got comfortable, pulled...