Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
For the birthday cake I ordered a massive cake with many different flavors. The design that I picked out for it was an image with a lone wolf standing on a mountain staring out at a bunch of fireworks. The wolf was also wearing a crown, crookedly, on top of his head. The lone wolf was because he was stubborn and independent, basically, he was Mr. Independence Day.
I will admit, I also ordered a small personal cake that I was going to give him that night, when we were all alone. He was going to love it, I’m sure. I know I was going to.
After all the planning was done, and they were about to head home, I called Juniper over to me.
“Juniper, can I talk to you about something?” She looked perplexed for a minute but didn’t say anything, she just walked back to me as the others left the room. I watched as Shane, Shawn, David, Vincent, Paul, and Cedar all left.
“I’ll see you at home later.” Paul called over his shoulder as he left the room.
“Love you.” Juniper smiled at him.
“Love you more.” He smiled back.
Now that we were alone and seated near the fireplace, Juniper turned to me and leveled me a knowing look.
“Alright, spill it.”
“What?” I asked her, surprised.
“Girl, you think I don’t know that you’ve been hiding something from me. Now, it’s time to stop with all the secrets and tell me. I’ve been dying here, you know that.” I just laughed, Juniper knew me so well, she could always read me like a book.
“Yes, I have been hiding something. Something that you need to swear to secrecy for. You can’t tell anyone about it yet.”
“Oh my Goddess, you’re pregnant again.” Juniper whisper screamed. She was legit bouncing up and down on her seat and screaming in a whisper so that no one could hear her.
“How the hell did you figure that out?”
“What else could it be? Oh my goddess, I am so happy for you Riviana. This is so amazing. I am going to be the best aunty ever. I am so, so, so excited.”
“You’re going to be amazing, Jun.” I smiled at her. We ended the night with her hugging me to death and smiling happily.
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Riviana
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When the day of the party rolled around it was to the best weather we could have hoped for. It was a beautiful cloudless blue sky shining down on the forest and clearing. There were several massive tents placed around the yard. There was a tent for delicious BBQ favorites, a tent for the variety of desserts, one for drinks, and of course one for gifts. You can’t have a birthday party without gifts and the pack was not skimping. The table for the gifts was so full that it was overflowing onto the tarped ground. I had a special gift for Joaquin too, but I was going to give it to him tonight, when we were alone.
When everyone was arriving they stopped by Joaquin and I to say hello and wish the main guest a happy birthday. Joaquin was acting all embarrassed by the attention but I could tell he loved it all.
Riley came up to us then, a big grin on his face, his youngest fast asleep in his arms. At least I knew there would be no shoulder punches while they spoke this time.
“Hey there Fang, happy birthday.”
“Fuck you, Fifi.” Joaquin responded with a grumpy look, Katie and I just looked at each other and smiled. Boys will always be boys, no matter that mine was twenty-six now, he was still just a big toddler.
“Were you really hurting for new things that badly that you had to have a party to replenish, or was it that you like the attention that much.”
“Bite me, Benji.” That was Joaquin’s only retort.
“I see you’re branching out, that’s good.” Riley was laughing as he came closer to us. He was moving in to give Joaquin a quick one armed hug.
After Joaquin, Riley leaned toward me for a hug as well.
“Thank you for putting up with this fool for me.” Riley joked.
“I’ve got no choice, I love the fool.” I joked back. Riley was laughing at my weak joke and backing away when all of a sudden he stopped and stared at me, a knowing look in his eyes. He looked between Joaquin and I a few times with a raised eyebrow.
“Hmm.” He hummed curiously for a moment. “Hey, Riviana, are you-?”
“Shh.” I cut his question off mid way through it. “How did you know?” I whispered to him.
“I’ve got a way more sensitive nose than most wolves, like four times stronger. It’s a curse really.” He smirked at me. “But you are?” I nodded to answer him.
“But don’t say anything, we’re going to make an announcement, don’t ruin it.”
“Mums the words.” He grinned.
“What are you two whispering about?” Joaquin stepped closer and put his hand around my waist. “What’s going on?” He added.
“No worries Joaquin, everything’s fine.” I assured him.
“Yeah, I was just offering to sell her some really embarrassing photos of you from your awkward phase.”
