Whispers in the Blood

"Do you think I'd push you away because of that?" She cut him off, eyes bright and unflinching. "My grandmother lost her grasp on reality after my mother disappeared—should I fear you'll despise me for that, too?"

"Never. I have never cared about that," Killian said, earnest and quick.

"Then what reason would I have to care?" She smiled. "We'll have a perfectly healthy baby."

Sloane pulled her pho