"Fine. I suppose I'll be spending the next week or two helping you tidy up around here. Frideswide is going to have a nice, clean environment to wander about when she's able to walk." Because she would survive. Bella would go to the ends of the Earth to ensure the pup would see her first winter.

"I care about your health, Jamie." Wasn't it obvious? How many time did she have to tell him she'd been a healer? "Besides, something tells me you're not a pleasant person while sick." Men who were so insistent on doing everything themselves were always the most insufferable people do be around while ill. "And since we'll be raising our pups together, I don't want to deal with an even grouchier version of you."

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