Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
Wait, why was I still smelling that maple scent? Shouldn’t it have gone away with the dream? What was with this lingering smell?
Only it wasn’t just lingering, it was there and it was becoming overwhelming. My eyes popped open then and I stared at Rawlynne. She was still asleep in my arms but I needed to check something.
I hovered over her and pressed my nose to her stomach, inhaling deeply. That smell was there again and way stronger now.
“Uh oh.” I was worried that Rawlynne would be upset with this development.
“Mmm, David? What are you doing?” She stretched and turned to look at me with surprise. “There is no time to do anything right now, we need to get to work.”
“Rawlynne, I’m so sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry, just keep it in your pants for next time.” She giggled.
“No, it’s not that. It’s….It’s that…. Oh Goddess I’m so sorry Rawlynne, I ruined your plans.” I felt so irresponsible and I just knew she was going to be angry.
“What’s wrong? What is it you think you ruined?” She was sitting up now and pulling away from me, the t-shirt she had borrowed from me all disheveled and sexy first thing in the morning.
“You said you weren’t ready yet, but I didn’t listen. I shouldn’t have taken you so many times on our birthdays, I should have worn something to prevent this.”
“Prevent what? What are you talking about? David, you’re starting to make me worry here.”
“I’m sorry, sweetheart, I’m so sorry that I got you pregnant too soon.”
“What?” Her face dropped and she looked like I had just smacked her on the back of the head. “What did you just say?”
“You’re pregnant. I am so sorry, I didn’t mean to do this to you. And this is the first time we’ve been alone and settled down since you left the other night so I wasn’t able to tell sooner. I am so sorry honey. Please don’t hate me.”
“Why would I hate you?” She looked at me with laughter in her eyes. “It’s not like you did anything wrong, now did you?”
“But, you said you weren’t ready for kids yet. Your career, you said that-.”
“And all those plans were before I met you. I have new plans now, and even more new ones I guess. I’m not mad David, actually I’m quite happy, or I will be once I can process this without you trying to make it sound so bad.”
“You’re happy?” I asked her with disbelief in my voice. “You’re not mad? You want the baby?”
“It’s our baby, of course I want it. I love kids anyway, I just wasn’t ready for one until I found the right person.”
“I love you.” I wrapped my arms around her waist and buried my nose in her belly.
“What are you doing?” She laughed at me again.
“Smelling you and the baby. They smell like maple syrup and it’s bringing out the fruity parts of your scent. It’s actually making me want to have pancakes for breakfast. Well, pancakes or you.”
“Slow down there tiger, we still have work to do. Pancakes we can do, dessert will have to wait.”
“Dammit, I knew you’d say that.” I laughed now too. “Hey, I got a perfect name we can use.”
“Already thinking of names, are we?” She rolled her eyes as I looked at her.
“But it’s perfect, it means maple tree, since the baby smells like maple syrup it’s perfect.”
“What is it?” She actually looked like she wanted to know.
“Kaede, it’s Japanese.”
“I like it, but we will see. Is it for a boy or a girl?”
“Either, which makes it perfect for either one.”
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Rawlynne
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I had been engaged for six days by the time that I found out I was pregnant. That was short lived. And I refused to have the baby without being married first so we planned our wedding really fast. It was the beginning of July already and I didn’t want to be showing too much. Plus we didn’t have too many people to invite. It was just the rest of the guards at the estate and their mates, plus Jackson, Riviana and Joaquin.
Jackson was happy when I had told him I was getting married. But when I told him I was pregnant he was not so happy.
“It’s too fucking soon!” He yelled when I went home from work the day after the party for Joaquin.
“It is what it is, Jackson, you just need to accept it.”
“But you haven’t known him that long. You’re not even married yet.”
