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but he made
    it to the doctor’s in ten minutes. Using the side driveway
    that led past Dr. Shahi’s house toward her private office, he
    stopped behind a truck he recognized as belonging to
    Israel..
    Gabriela was out of the vehicle before he’d even
    stopped.
    Cursing, Owen slammed the door shut as he hurried after
    her. As he stepped into the simple waiting room, his eyes
    narrowed at the sight of Axel, his shirt covered in a spray of
    blood. It was Daniel’s blood-that much Owen could scent.
    “Where’s my sister?” he growled, barely containing his
    inner wolf.
    To his surprise, Gabriela placed a gentling hand on his
    forearm, but didn’t look at him. Her focus was on Axel, who
    was currently attempting to stare Owen down. “What’s
    going on?” she asked.
    Axel, who looked so much Gabriela with the same honey-
    brown hair and dark eyes, took a defiant step forward,
    growling at Owen.
    Gabriela’s hand tightened on his arm. Before either of
    them could speak, the single white door that led to the
    operating/checkup room opened and Dr. Shahi stepped
    out. Her dark hair was pul ed up into a bun, her equal y dark
    eyes widening as she saw Owen. A thin thread of concern
    spiraled off her.
    “Where. Is. My. Sister.” It wasn’t a question and he barely
    squeezed the words out.
    The doctor swal owed hard but before she could answer,
    Owen moved past her, ignoring her protests. The coppery
    distinctive scent of Skyler’s blood nearly overwhelmed him.
    Prepared to seriously hurt someone, Owen reached the
    doorway and stopped dead in his tracks. Israel and Skyler
    were on the hospital-style bed and the giant male was
    cradling Skyler in his arms in a manner that could never be
    mistaken for anything other than possessive and protective.
    They both looked up at him and he was vaguely aware of
    the others filing into the sterile room behind him. Wearing a
    pale green dressing gown, his sister was turned on her
    side, tucked in Israel’s embrace.
    Owen’s eyes tracked to the metal bin fil ed with
    discarded bloody rags then back to his sister. “Are you
    okay?” he asked softly.
    She nodded and wiped a stray tear off her cheek. “I’m…
    three months pregnant. There were some complications,
    but the baby is fine and so am I.”
    “But she’s going to need more bed rest and a very stable
    environment. It won’t need to be a permanent thing. She
    can stil take short walks and spend a couple hours every
    day away from home, but n o stress.” Dr. Shahi walked
    farther into the room, nearing the bed, her voice very firm.
    Pregnant? Stunned, Owen looked to Gabriela, but she
    looked just as surprised as he felt. Maybe even more so.
    The silence seemed to stretch on forever.
    “Holy crap, I’m going to be an aunt?” Gabriela was the
    first to speak, her question slicing through the tension.
    Skyler nodded, a real smile stealing across her features,
    but Israel was stil watching Owen, his expression guarded.
    “You’re the father.” It wasn’t a question and Owen wasn’t
    sure why he even said it. He felt more than a little
    dumbfounded.
    The jaguar shifter nodded. “Yes. And we’re going to be
    mated soon. I wanted to mate earlier but…” His expression
    softened as he glanced at Skyler, then that mask fel back
    into place as he looked at Owen. “We’l be mated before
    the baby is born.”
    Owen had a hundred questions. He’d known his sister
    had been sneaking off their land the past few months, but
    he’d assumed she was dating a human or fooling around
    with one of their pack mates. She was twenty-two and old
    enough to make her own decisions and he hadn’t wanted to
    smother her. Despite the questions burning inside him, he
    swal owed them back and nodded at Israel.
    The jaguar shifter was an attorney and worked for an
    established law firm in town. From what Owen knew of him,
    he was respected in the community. Stil , he didn’t like the
    thought of anyone touching his sister, no matter