Moon Shifter 02 - Primal Possession

you’ll just wait here—”
    “I don’t think so.” She stomped farther inside and headed for the living room, to where she heard voices. Liam sat around a coffee table with five other people. Three males and Erin and the blond woman from the other night.
    When he saw her, he immediately stood. Concern was etched in every line of his handsome face. “Is everything all right?”
    She didn’t give a damn that they had an audience for this. Still holding the positive pregnancy test, she looked at it, then threw it at him. “You tell me!”
    He caught it midair. When he looked at it, his eyes widened. He met her angry stare with confusion. “We used condoms. Lots of them. Maybe this is a mistake.”
    At the word “mistake” her heart cracked. She wasn’t exactly sure what she was feeling right now, but the word “mistake” had never entered her mind. Gritting her teeth, she pulled out a handful of the other tests and threw those at him. They clattered to the floor at his feet. “Are these mistakes too? Your super sperm apparently has no problem battling mere condoms!”
    At the word “sperm,” the others in the room quickly scurried out. As she stared at him, she’d never felt morelost in her life. Her throat was thick and she couldn’t help the small tremor that raced through her. “Aren’t you going to say something?”
    He swallowed hard but still didn’t say anything. Instead of anger at his silence, a terrible hollowness filled her chest. Even when he hadn’t returned her calls, she’d figured they still had a chance. He’d freaked out and emotions had been high, but this…nonresponsiveness was too much.
    Fighting back the tears burning her eyes, she turned and ran out the door.
    Liam stared at the plus sign on the white stick in his hand and tried to catch his breath. December had asked him something. She was looking at him expectantly, but he couldn’t think straight. He was going to be a father. He didn’t know how that was possible, but holy shit, it was true.
    When December turned away from him, his entire body jerked to life. He couldn’t let her go. Not again.
    The past few days he hadn’t been able to sleep. Had barely been able to eat. The whole pack had been following up on leads and checking into local APL members, but he’d been functioning on autopilot. Without December he was absolutely lost.
    He still didn’t understand how his brother had walked away from Ana all those years ago. The pain inside him right now was like tiny razors shredding away at his soul. If that’s what his brother had gone through for all those years, then he was a better man than he. Liam was too selfish to walk away from December, no matter what he’d said to her days ago.
    “December!” He caught up to her halfway across the yard. Damn, the woman was fast. Grabbing her arm, he pulled her to a stop.
    When she turned to face him, her blue eyes were bright with unshed tears. The sight was like a punch to his gut. She looked down at where his hand still held her upper arm and jerked away from him.
    He hated the pain he saw in her eyes and knew he had to make it right. “I’m sorry. You just took me by surprise.”
    “Whatever.” She started to turn away from him, but he gently held her arm again.
    “I don’t know how this happened, but are you…okay?” God, the question sounded lame to his own ears, but he didn’t know what to say. Or even if there was a right thing to say in this situation.
    “I don’t know what I am. I cut myself last night and healed instantly. What’s going on with me?”
    Oh, shit.
He’d heard of what happened when shifters got humans pregnant, but it had been centuries ago. If a woman was in heat, shifters stayed away. Or used protection. Which was exactly why he’d used condoms. It wasn’t as if he could get any STDs or give them for that matter, so he hadn’t even bothered to explain to her about all that. He’d used condoms because she’d been ovulating. He thought she’d been perfectly safe from pregnancy. He snorted at the word “safe.” Lot of good that had done them.
    “Is this funny to you?” she practically shrieked.
    Shit. She was going to hate him even more when he told her the truth. “No! I don’t know how you got pregnant…. Well, I know
how
, but I didn’t think it was possible since we used protection. I never meant to do this to you, I swear. I’d heard about this happening, but it’s been so long and—”
    “Spit it out,