<b>Chapter </b><b>741 </b><fn212a> This update is avable on find·novel</fn212a>


    Judy’s POV


    “I got here as soon as I could,” Gavin said, rushing through the doors of the clinic. “Where is she?”


    I could see the pure panic on his face and the sweat that beaded on his forehead from his run. I doubted he even had his car on him; he was most likely still on post when Irene mindlinked him. He had to have been in his wolf form; he only wore a pair of shorts that rested at his knees.


    His full muscr torso was on full disy, and my Goddess, he was a gorgeous man.


    “Babe, I’m right here,” I tell him, trying to ease some of the tension in the room.


    Once his eyesnded on me, he rushed towards me, his arms wrapping gently around my body and pulling me into him.


    “What happened?” He asked, murmuring against my hair. “Is it the baby?”


    “No, I’m okay,” I whispered. “I don’t really know what it was. But both me and our baby boy are okay.”


    The tension in his body didn’t lessen at all.


    “I was so worried…” he whispered, peppering kisses along my hairline.


    “It had to have been dehydration,” Eliza said, looking over the charts for the hundredth time. “<b>I </b>can’t think of another reason as to why she would pass out like that.”


    “All her test results came back normal?” Gavin asked, not releasing his hold on me.


    “As far as I could see, yes,” Eliza replied, though I could see the uncertainty in her eyes.


    Being dehydrated was an assumption I didn’t believe. I drank plenty of water throughout the day<b>. </b><b>No</b>, this felt like something else entirely, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. My heart raced at the thought that something could be seriously wrong with me or my baby. I instinctively put my hand on my belly, which Gavin noticed and ced his own hand over mine.


    His eyes were warm and his expression gentle.


    “It’ll be okay,” he assured me softly. “We are going to be okay.


    I nodded, nibbling on my lower lip for a moment before I released it and looked up at Eliza.


    “Am I okay to go home?” I asked her.


    “Yes, of course,” she answered with a small smile. “<b>I’ll </b>schedule a follow–up appointment for a couple of days from now.”


    “Thank you,” I said softly.


    Gavin helped me out of bed, his arms still wrapped around me like he was afraid I’d fall over at any


    moment.


    “Are <b>you </b>okay?” He asked once we were out of the clinic and into Beta Taylor’s waiting car.


    <b>“</b><b>I </b>will be once I’m home,” I told him. “Just a little shaken.”


    “Irene was worried about you,” he murmured, pressing his lips to the side of my face. “Why didn’t she stay with you?”


    “Matt had just gotten home from school, so she went there to wait for him,” I exined. “I didn’t want him to know that I passed out because it would only worry him.”


    Gavin hummed.


    “He thinks of you as his mother,” he said softly.


    I couldn’t help the smile on my face.


    “I know,” I replied. “And I love that he does.”


    “It doesn’t scare you?”


    “Not anymore. Not while I’m carrying my own little pup inside of me. I’m already feeling like a protective mother. I love Matt and have since the moment I started as his tutor. I would want nothing more than to


    be his mother.”


    Gavin tightened his hold on me.


    “I want that too,” he whispered. “And when we get married, we’ll talk about adoption.”


    My eyes lit up and my heart swelled as I stared at him.


    <b>“</b><b>You </b>think Matt would want that?” I asked. “Having me adopt him?”


    <b>“</b><b>I </b>think he would be thrilled by it,” he admitted. “I think it’s something he’s been wanting for a while. You know, he told me before I even realized how I felt about you that he wanted you as his mother. That he


    trusted you the most. He loves you.”


    “I guess I have a way with the Landry boys,” I teased.


    Gavinughed, and it was a hearty sound that went straight to my core. My wolf purred in satisfaction, loving how our mate sounded when he was happy.


    By the time we got home, I was beyond exhausted. All I wanted to do was take a nice hot bath and then get into bed and sleep for the rest of the night. Much to my appreciation, Gavin carried me inside, where a worried Irene greeted us.


    “How are you feeling?” She asked, her eyes scanning me for any signs of injury.


    “I’m fine,” I assured her. <b>“</b>Just a little dehydrated.”


    I didn’t actually believe that I was dehydrated, but it was the best way to exin for right now.


    “Are you sure that’s all it was? I never saw anyone have trouble breathing due to theirck of water,”


    Irene said, her brows pinching together.