Chapter 78
“Will this work?” Miles asks.
“I have no idea. I hope so.
I look into Bryn’s eyes and
she looks into mine with
hope and expectation.
I focus, trying to reach the power inside of me. “Bryn,
you may speak again.” I
recite.
She takes in a deep breath and opens her mouth. “I…hate you.”
“You did it!” Dash cheers.
“Ah!” Bryn screams as she jumps with excitement.
That was a lot easier to do.
I look back at Honora with a
smile. “It worked!”
She smiles back and nods.
“As it should.”
I am so happy that this is not something I have to worry about anymore.
“Now let’s take care of that
baby. Here, drink this tea.”
She says handing me a tea
cup.
“Tea? What is it for?” I ask as I
take it.
I never really liked tea even though I have had it with Lotus and Poppy but just out of courtesy.
“It is Rooibos tea. It’s full of
antioxidants and naturally
free of caffeine. It’s good for the baby.”
Kanda nods. “Yes, Rooibas tea is very good for
pregnancies.”
Yuck…
I sigh and start slowly sipping the tea.
When Honora walks out of
the parlor, Lotus takes the
teacup from my hand and
smells it. She then takes a
sip.
“What is it?”
“Nothing. Tastes like normal
Rooibos tea.‘
“Why would you think
differently?”
“She is good at making potions so just making sure she didn’t put something extra that might be bad for werewolves and she might
not know about it.” She looks
towards the door Honora left
and mutters. “I should
probably go tell her about some of the plants that could harm our kind just in case.”
I narrow my eyes at her. “Are you all going to be fussing like this the whole time?”
She laughs and walks away. “Maybe.”
“Hey, you!” I hear Bryn
behind me.
“I can’t believe that you did
that to me! You are horrible!”
She continues talking and I am already sick of it.
“Bryn…quiet.”
She stops her yapping
unable to talk again.
Her eyes widen and they
water.
“I am not asking you to bend over backward, just, leave me alone. Live your life and don’t bother me or I promise you, you will never talk again. You can speak again.”
“I…fine…” She says and
sprints out of the room.
“Mhm. You are way scarier
now.” Dash says.
“I am?”
“Yes.”
“Don’t worry. I am not going to abuse this power.”
“Good. Then you’ll be a good
one.”
I smile and nod.
My eyes fall to Colt who quietly sits on the sofa watching me. He doesn’t speak to me unless there is something to be said. Has been like this all day.
I feel frustrated but I don’t
say anything. I leave him
alone like he wanted.
He follows me to the war
room for our meeting.
“It is confirmed that they have not had their meeting with these other packs just yet. But something is up. My
contacts tell me that Oliver
has been having secret meetings with Ezra. So they have not been able to get any
more information on their
plan.”
“I see. Have we contacted
these other packs?” I ask.
“Of course. We’ve contacted
the major packs that
surround all of us. Most of
them are very weary. They
don’t know who to believe
and many of them don’t
want to deal with us.”
“Thaks to our reputation…” I
mutter.
“Maybe we could host our own meeting?” Colt speaks.
“If we did this, we’d have to
be careful. Many of these packs are already on Ezra’s side just because they don’t like us.” Garret says.
“Then we should. Let’s at
least try.”
“Alright. It will take me a day
or two to make a plan.”
Victor says.
I look at Archie now.
“Anything new about the murders?”
“I have narrowed my suspicions to a few suspects. I need you to use your power on them now that you have
it.”
“Alright. Let’s do it.”
“Let’s start with someone
who is right here, right this
moment.”
“Someone here?” I am
surprised and so is everyone
else.
He nods and looks at Kanda.
“You.”
“Me?!” Kanda is surprised
and so am I.
“Why her?” I ask.
“Murders started after you all came back. It’s not personal,
but because of this, I can’t
just rule her out. I have to look at every angle.”
“Well…you are right.” Kanda
says, surprising us again. She looks at me. “Do it.”
Without hesitating, I nod
and stare into her eyes.
“Alright. Kanda, did you
murder those men?”
“No.” She quickly says.
“Did you have anything to
do with it?”
“No.” She says again.
“There. She is innocent.‘”
Archie nods. “Very well. I’ll
bring you the others.”
Kanda gives me a big smile lifting her two thumbs up.
Archie eventually brings all his suspects but they all
come out clean.
“Back to square one.” Archie says disappointed. “In the meantime, no one should
walk alone. Always have
someone with you.”
We all agree and end the meeting. I head up to see Warrick and update him on everything but he won’t even listen to anything that does not concern the pregnancy.
He seems much more
excited than anyone else,
even me.
“You old dump truck ass is going to be a grandpa.” I
playfully tell him.
He laughs. “Call me whatever the hell you want, it won’t
diminish my spirit! I had lost hope with Victor and Garret.
Those two have not found their mates yet.”
“I never knew how much you wanted to be a grandpa.”
“Of course I did! To see my line continue…it’s all I always wanted, power or not.”
I smile. “Well, you need to get better if you want to see
this little one grow. So hurry
up!”
“I’ll be doing somersaults by
the time this one is born.”
“Can’t wait to see that then.” I
kiss his head and leave him
to rest.
The doctor told me that he is
getting better. It will still be
slow but there is
improvement.
Colt and I have dinner in our
room. He is quiet most of the time but I find myself
wanting him close. I want his
touch, his warmth. As we
watch TV, I steal glances in his direction. I also look at my clock. There is
somewhere I need to be soon
and I don’t want to miss it.
Suddenly, Colt wraps his
arms around me.
It surprises me. “Are you-”
“No.” He quickly says.
“…okay.”
He sighs. “I am not trying to
give you the silent treatment. I am just not ready yet but I
can feel you want a hug.”
“You do?”
וו
“Yeah. You are my mate.”
“Yes, I am. Now come with
me.” I take his hand and lead
him out.
“Where are we going?”
Quitely I lead him to the
Doctor’s office.
“Why are we here?” Colt asks.
“I made an appointment. We are going to see our bean.”
“We…are?”
“Right this way Alpha. Our nurse sonographer is ready
for you.” The doctor says.
Within a few minutes, we are
staring at the black screen
with a tiny thing in the
middle.
“I guess it is much bigger
than a bean now.” I mutter.
Colt is silent but does not
unglue his eyes from the
monitor.
“There. You can see the heart
beating.” The doctor points to an area that thumps up
and down.
“It’s…kicking…” Colt says as we watch a little leg go up
and down.
It is strange to see that. I
don’t feel anything.
“A little dancer.” I mutter.
“Does…does anything look
strange to you?” I ask the doctor.
I am thinking back to when I
was born.
“No. Everything looks
excellent.”
I feel relieved.
I feel Colt hold my hand as
he continues to stare at the
screen in awe.
“And we can’t check the s*x
yet?”
“Right now this is all we can
see, it is hard to see when it’s
this early.” The nurse says.
“Okay.”
I walk out of the office
feeling elated. I turn to Colt who–with no surprise to me–has been quiet.
He walks next to me looking
into the distance.
“C–Colt?”
Finally, he looks at me and
to my surprise, smiles.
“It was kicking.” He says.
My mouth also curves in a
smile. “Yes. It was.”
“I… can’t believe we are going to be parents.”
“I know. It seems surreal.”
He nods, agreeing.
After walking in silence, he speaks again. “We need to
end this.”
“End what?”
“This mess with Ezra. I want
to just focus on you…us.” He
moves close. “I don’t want to
have to worry about Ezra
anymore.”
“That would be great. I am
tired of it too.”
“Mh…” He nods. “Come, let
me pamper you.”
“Pamper me?”
“Yeah. I am doing this every night before bed. You are
carrying our child and
deserve it.”
He takes me to the bathroom
and runs me a warm bath. I
take my clothes off and get
- in. He does the same and sits
behind me where he
massages my shoulders and
back. It feels so good and
didn’t know how much I
needed it.
After the warm relaxing
bath, we lie in bed.
“So…are you…not angry at me anymore?”
“No. But don’t do something like that again. I am your mate and you know you can
trust me with anything. I am
here for you no matter
what.”
“Okay, and you are right. You are my mate, I know I can trust you with anything.”
We finally both are able to get a peaceful sleep until we
are woken up by a knock on
the door.
“Yeah?!” Colt asks.
“Alpha, Victor, and Garret wish to speak. They say it is urgent.” It is Serge speaking.
“Very well.” I say but can’t
seem to get up. I am so
comfortable.
I close my eyes taking Colt’s scent in when he suddenly
asks a weird unrelated
question.
“Uhm…we can still have s*x,
right?” He suddenly asks.
My eyes pop open. “What do
you mean?”
“I mean…even if you are
pregnant.”
“Oh. Yeah. We can.‘
“That’s a relief.” He says and
we both laugh.
“Can’t live without it, huh?”
“I’m sure I could but I choose
not to. I mean, I have two
hands but you feel so much better.” He growls in my ear.
“Then maybe later we can take a little break and you
can tell me how much better
I feel while you are inside
me.”
He closes his eyes and
moans. “Mh.”
Laughing, I get up and get ready. We both do. We walk downstairs ready to see
Victor and Garret. I am
surprised to see people
rushing about and looking a
bit lost.
“What is happening?”
“That’s a good question.” Colt
mutters.
As we walk downstairs,
Victor rushes to us.
“Cass!”
“What is it? What is all this
commotion about?”
“You are not going to believe
it!”
“Tell me!”
“Alphas of neighboring packs are lining up outside. They have arrived for a meeting.”
“What?! Why didn’t You tell
me they were coming already?!”
“Because I didn’t know!”
“What do you mean? Didn’t
you say you were going to
prepare a plan for a
meeting?”
“Yes, but I have not even
finished it!”
“Then…why?”
He shakes his head. “I don’t
know.”