Filed To Story: Secret with Betas Daughter: Skylar Story Series
I bury my face in my hands feeling bad about feeling so selfish. I want kids, but not yet. I feel like we haven’t stopped to breathe since we have been here. There is so much more we still need to do to put the pack back together.
“What about you is normal?” Jena asks as her and Lil walk up and hug us both. “Cause from where I’m standing ‘normal’ isn’t even in your vocabulary.”
“I told her her mates look like they want nothing more than to knock her up, but she doesn’t want to hear that yet.”
“Yeah, you have three of them. That’s three times the chances. I’m surprised you aren’t pregnant now.”
Lil bumps my shoulder with a big sh*t eating grin. “Everything else happened early, why not your heat? And aren’t you like part witch? They don’t need to go into heat, remember?” Jena shrugs.
I grimace. “So not helping.”
Oliver comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my shoulders. “Why are you giving Bitty a panic attack? What are you four up to?” Just his smell has me relaxing.
Jena waves her hand in front of my flat stomach. “We’re taking bets on when the future alpha will be conceived. It’s making her squirm.”
They all giggle. So much for girls sticking together.
At a choking sound behind me, I look up. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Oliver’s face go slack. As the realization dawns on him. I couldn’t help but laugh. He’s not ready for any of this either, good. “Come on big guy, let’s go get everyone settled.”
Then I need a shower and a nap, I think.
The rest of the day was a blur of moving people into the homes that were still standing. We did our best to cluster everyone for now. I’m just so glad that we didn’t have pups and our older members to deal with. They were all still safe in the Alpha King’s care, but that was going to be my next project. We need to bring our pack members home. This war zone needs to be turned back into a home…
“We will do all of those things Tiny. But first you said you wanted a bath and a nap.”
I slapped my hand over my mouth. “Did I say that out loud? We need to do one more check, to make sure everyone is covered…”
Dakota pinches my lips with his fingers. “Enough, you have done enough. We are not under any imminent threat. All your warriors are fed and happy. All of your friends have left to go take a well earned break. You have been switched to ‘fight mode’ for too long, don’t think you even know where the ‘off’ switch is. Let’s go.”
He tries to turn me around. “But…”
Cam throws me over his shoulder. “No ‘buts’ Skylar. You are ours for the rest of the night. And let’s be honest all day tomorrow.”
“But…”
I try again, propping my hands on Cam’s butt to push myself up.
CRACK!
“OWW..What the hell.”
I squeal. I can’t see who smacked my ass but all three of them are laughing. “That might actually leave a mark.”
“For about five minutes, you’re an Alpha.”
“It’s still my favorite sight.”
Oliver groans and I roll my eyes, just before I am thrown back in the truck.
“Wait, where are we going? All the houses are within walking distance.”
“Not ours. We told you, boundaries are really important. This is one we are making and you are not getting a choice in.”
Why is Cam’s assertiveness giving me goosebumps down my arms? “Okay. So where exactly is our place?” I am ignored.
We are driving through the
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wilderness. I love our pack lands. We have so much area that is protected and won’t ever be built on, it just lives in its natural state. Not manicured and trimmed up to fit the public demands. I lean on Oliver’s shoulder and let myself drift off. It’s finally over.
It’s been twenty minutes and no one will answer my question. We have talked about all kinds of things, just not our destination. We have talked about finding a time to see Mina, Xander and Oscar and their new pup. Because in all reality we can’t leave until our pack is put back together. We talked about improvements that we want to make since we are building so many things from the ground up. They did finally let me in on their plan for the packhouse.
When they were younger they used to joke with Ava and Lucas about making one giant house for all of them to live in together since they were together all the time anyway. They would spend at least four nights a week at the pack house. They want to do just that, turn our street into one massive packhouse with all of the ranked families getting an area to themselves and also having a place for visiting guests. They were more excited about the idea of lots of pups running around together than I ever would have thought boys could be. It just made me smile. I’m still not interested in being a mom at seventeen, but it doesn’t scare me with the three of them.
I really need to talk to Alpha Reggie about that whole thing too. I’m hoping that Elena will be a big part of helping me through having pups. It’s so weird to think that I will have a mother figure now. I wonder if she wants kids of her own. I wonder if dad will be around more now that he has a mate again. I don’t know if that makes me happy or sad.
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