Tessa lay stretched out on the bed, lazily flipping through a romance novel right at the sweetest part. Smokey was curled up on her stomach, asleep like a tiny guardian over the little life growing inside her. Somehow, that furball had instincts sharper than most humans. Once her baby arrived, he would protect it with everything he had, just like he had defended her from Caroline this morning.

"So I am going to ask one more time. Why did you let that furball climb on the bed?" A deep ...