Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“At least you have some sisters in there too then.” Falena came to hug me next. “If you have to have my numb-skulled husband for a brother, then you need all the sisters you can get.”
“Baby!?” Shane laughed at her as he pushed her aside for a hug next. “I am not a numb-skull.”
“I don’t mind being Riviana’s sister. My kids have thought of her as their aunt for years.” Heather hugged me next.
“I am good with more family.” Rawlynne came up next. “And who better than the queen herself.”
“Let’s not forget about my wife, Lana. She is a sister to Riviana as well.” Griffin walked up onto the stage with his wife then.
“Can I be your sister too?” Ella ran up onto the stage with Devon. “I want to be sisters with my best friend too.”
“Don’t forget about her actual sister in laws.”
“Yeah, we’re her sisters first.” Emmalee and Nikki ran up beside me then.
“Uh uh, she is my sister first. I am her best friend. I am her truest of all sisters.” Juniper’s voice was filled with laughter, but I knew she was being serious.
“Me too!” Acacia was running toward us all.
“Hey, I count as a brother too.” Landon was running onto the stage with his mate Ava. “And that means she is your sister.” He was always happy when I saw him now. He and his wife had been together since the battle with the Fae and they had two children now, Logan and Amelia.
“She has a big family. Lots of aunts and uncles for those kids of hers.” Trevor was laughing as he came up with Aunt Glory. She looked like she was about to pop, but Trevor was carrying her like a baby in his arms. “Though some of the family dynamics get a little muddled at times.” He winked at me knowing that he was like a brother to me but also like my great great great great uncle because he was married to my great great great great aunt. It was not easy to figure out.
I loved having all of these people around me, but I didn’t know why they had all come up here.
“What is going on? Why did you all run up here?” I was laughing at them and their excited behavior.
“We all just love you and really missed you, Riviana. This is the first time that you have left the royal tower in months, and we wanted to mark this occasion.” Mom was smiling as she came up next. Dad was with her along with Lila, Grandfather, Noah, Carter, Athair m貌r and Daciana.
“We wanted to get everyone who counted themselves as your family together and take one large picture before the babies got here. And we will do it again after they come.” Dad was explaining things to me that I didn’t know they had planned. “They all want to be in this with you, and I don’t blame them.”
“You guys?” I was on the verge of tears. “OK, then I want to have a really big portrait made so that I can hang it up. I want to be able to show off my family, all of them.”
“I think that a lot of us would be wanting a copy of this picture.” Riley said, the last one to make it on the stage with his wife Katie.
After that, all of us gathered around, with me in the middle. The picture was a big one and the photographer, who happened to be a pack member, took it in many different ways at first. There was a panoramic photo, a photo from a high vantage point, a super wide angle lens photo, and a couple of more. I couldn’t wait to see how they turned out so that I could pick one to be made into a portrait for my wall.
Finally, now that everyone was done with their little excitement, it was time for us to start enjoying the baby shower. And the first thing that I wanted was the same thing that I wanted at my first ever baby shower. I wanted to get some food. I was starving and it all smelled so delicious. I needed to get some of that into my system as soon as I could.
The boys wanted some food too. They were kicking and moving around so much that I thought they were going to burst out of me and gobble the food down themselves. The hungry little devils.
Calling them that made me laugh because of what I used to call them before I knew who and what they were. I used to think that they were imps. Little devils that were there to trick me and hurt me. And obviously, they still had some very devilish qualities to them.
“Calm down, Mommy will get something to eat.” I said as I rubbed my belly.
“You too?” Daciana laughed. “I swear this one is hungry all the time.”
“Mine too. I never knew how much I was going to have to eat when I was pregnant with twins. Now I know, though. And they’re just as hungry right now.” Aunt Glory laughed and then grabbed her belly. “Uhhnn. They’re so active when they’re hungry.” She laughed it off so we all just went to get something to eat.
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Riviana
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Joaquin, Trevor and Athair m貌r went to collect food for me, Aunt Glory and Daciana. We three pregnant ladies were too hungry to do anything until we got some food into us. Thankfully, our men understood that and knew just how to appease us and the beasts within.
Joaquin came back with a heaping plate of food that had a little bit of everything that Abigail and the rest of the kitchen staff had prepared for us.
“Oh Joaquin, this looks amazing. Thank you!” I think my eyes got as big as that dinner plate that he was carrying. And when Trevor and Athair m貌r came back as well, they were holding similar plates for their wives.
“Trevvy! This is so good!” Aunt Glory sighed in relief as she put the first bite into her mouth. “Oh yes, this hits the spot. I needed this so much.”
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“Me too!” Daciana said as she too took the first bite. “Delicious food in my belly so the baby stops pounding my belly with his feet.”
“I know what you mean, my little devils have been threatening to tear their way out just so that they could eat something.” I laughed and took my first bite.
“Ever wonder how they talk about our babies?” Joaquin asked Trevor and Athair m貌r. “They’re calling them devils and acting like they are annoying and all that. Are we going to let them do that?” I could hear the laughter in his voice. He wasn’t really upset or anything like that.
“Yup!” Athair m貌r nodded at him.
“You betcha.” Trevor followed suit.
