I rushed to undo her restraints and took her in my lap feeling her body getting limp, yet she wasnt breathing. I was starting to think that she just h...d a heart attack… Cmon little girl, dont die, I whispered in her ear. Her pulse was getting slower, weaker. That was it, I had achieved what I needed at the beginning of this all, I had succumbed to my darkest side, ignored all the signs her body was giving and I had killed her. Idiot. Maybe it wasnt too late for CPR. When I laid her on the. That is my shame, ma’am, and that of my other lieutenants. Thankfully, we were able to ultimately capture both ships ourselves, but at considerable price. Your husband, Mrs. Stanhope, lay mortally wounded on the frigate’s deck.’ ‘It sounds a — a brave death,’ Caroline said, her voice faltering only slightly. ‘Indeed, madam,’ the captain said fervently. ‘I have never seen one braver. He was under our surgeon’s care for the following two weeks, and in the hospital in Hamilton, but in the end, the. "I laughed. "You know what?" What?" I love you," I said."I love you, too." You know what else?" What?" You did something your brother or your sisters will never do," I gave her a big hug."What's that?" You made me a daddy," I said. "With everyone else, I was already a daddy, but you made me a daddy for the first time."Everyone else was in the big house. All of our parents had come in—except Katie's mother, of course—and it was a zoo. A part of it was that it was Christmas time. Another part was. A real bear, right, or at least an otter, or something like that. Probably a Top rather than a bottom, too. I doubt that he’s even versatile. He doesn’t strike me as that sort. No, he’s gotta be the one spunking up the bum, I imagine,” Lola snickered, “if he’s anything like his son, those guys, the bottoms, are real lucky bastards.”“Yeah, well, how did he get it on with Mom long and often enough to make Trish and me? I can’t wrap my mind around that mystery, but it must have happened, right?.