Ada smiles to herself after she was kicked out of the bed she shares with Duke and Emma. This is exactly what she wanted. Her sister was her best accomplice without even knowing it.
Ada tried to reach Vixen, but she ignored Ada again.Ada hits the buzzer on her mother’s door. A topless Bär answers after a few moments.“Ada?” He asks sleepily, adjusting to the light of the hallway.“Sorry, is my Mom awake?” Ada asks.“No, but come in,” Bär opens the door and lets her in. Ada smiles to herself as she follows him. She was surprised by how tenderly Bär kissed her mother to wake her.“Baby,” Bär whispers to his mate. “Ada needs you.”Ingrid’s eyes shoot open.“What is it?” Ingrid scrambles out of bed. “Are you hurt?”Ada frowns at her.“I was asked to leave my room,” Ada pouts.Ingrid studies her and decides she not lying. Only then did Ingrid hug Ada.“I’ll take the couch,Bär- You are a real Asshole!Duke- For what? Marking and mating with the mate who wants me?Bär- You are never going to win Ada by kicking her out and into MY bed.Duke- Say what now?Bär- See you at breakfast. Bär closes the link as he exits the bathroom.“Thank you for giving up your bed for me,” Ada tells him with a smile. “I will use the guest room from now on. It was better to have my mom with me.”“I get it,” Bär nods to her and steps aside so he can get his hands on his mate. Ingrid giggles as he wraps her up in a tight hug. “I missed you.”“I was in the room,” Ingrid rolls her eyes.“But not in my arms. I missed you,” Bär pouts as he kisses her neck. “I love you.”“I can see that,” Ingrid whispers as she wraps her arms around him.Ada watches them and slips out. She heads down to the kitchen to help with breakfast.“I want to make sure no more pineapple
While Caleb and Bär continued to inform Duke of their expectations.Ada held her mother in a hug. “Bär is taking the stepdad thing seriously,” Ada comments.“He loves me, so he loves you and Emma by extension,” Ingrid smiles.“He really does love you, Mom,” Ada tells her. “It’s okay for you to love him too.”Lewis and Ingrid both look at Ada searching for her lie. “You are serious,” Lewis whispers.“I think,” Ada sighs. “I think I’m falling in love with Duke. I have never been so hurt as I was last night. If I didn’t love him, I wouldn’t have felt hurt.”Ingrid starts to tear up and hugs Ada tighter. Ada snuggles into her mother and smiles sweetly. Hook, line, and sinker!Bär leads them back in. “My Duchess,” Duke says, taking Ada’s hand. Everyone else goes into the dining room. “Yes,” Ada keeps her eyes low.“What happened to you?” Duke asks. “You were the one I was worried about walking all over Emma, never letting he
“My Duchess,” Duke stands and waits for Ada’s hand.“My Duke,” Emma whines.“EMMA!” Ingrid growls at her. “You are embarrassing yourself. Come on, we have things to do.”“I love you,” Bär tells Ingrid, pulling her into a kiss.“I can see that,” Ingrid tells him before leading Emma away.“I should help Mom and Emma,” Ada tells Duke.“No,” Bär tells her. “Go spend time with your mate.”Stag- Be nice, gentlemanly, and affectionate.Duke- Right. Show her I want her.Stag- Helps if you actually want her. By the way, her wolf, Vixen, is not responding to me. Maybe the wolf knows why our mate is so off.Duke- She is not responding to you at all?Stag- Not since the haze. Duke and Ada walk out to the garden, near the greenhouse.“Stag is having issues contacting Vixen, everything okay?” Duke asks.“She is sad like me. We both are hurt by what you did last night,” Ada lies and tries to contact Vixen, who is stubbornly not responding.“I wasn’t thinking clearly, Ada. I’m sorry. I see
“Stop,” Ada stands near Bär. “He didn’t reject me fully. He was just angry.”Ingrid moves from her desk to Bär.“Look at me,” Ingrid directs him to her, so they are staring into each other's eyes. “Focus on me.”Bär softens and pulls Ingrid close in for soft kiss.“I love you,” he tells her.“I can see that,” she whispers back.“He needs to be set straight,” Bär tells Ada and Emma, while he holds Ingrid.“He will be,” Ada tells him. “I will refuse his mark until he makes up for what he said.”“What did he say?” Emma asks.“That no one wants me,” Ada tells her. “That he puts up with me to have you.”“Serves you right,” Emma says. “You plotted and threatened. Now you want him to love you, but you haven’t done anything to show him you love him.”Ada lets the tears fall.“I told him several times I am falling for him,” Ada tells them. “I even told Mom it was okay to love the Prince. I gave up on him.”Bär squeezes his mate from behind.“You love me?” Bär asks her.“Not the time,”
Ada sits beside Duke and holds his hand. She has the pineapple juice in her pocket. She can either throw it away or dose him again while here. She looks like she is in intense thought as Lewis comes out. “He is awake,” Lewis announces. “Thank you, goddess,” Bär hugs Lewis. “Yes, we can all be grateful. They still don’t know why he collapsed, but boys, you may need to take over sooner than expected. I want to keep him stress free and I can’t do that as long as he is King.” “We will take care of whatever we need to,” Duke assures Lewis. “Good, you all can come see him,” Lewis lets them in. “I should call the Princess,” Ingrid tells Lewis. “She is on Facetime with him right now. After mine, hers was the next face he wanted to see,” Lewis chuckles.Buck- Can we talk about how hot our mate is?Bär- We can, but we are going to be showing our daughters what their mother enjoys. Don’t even get me talking about my uncles.Buck- I know. I am personally at full attention.B
“Mom is getting it on in the hallway,” Emma jokes, sitting on the edge of Ada’s bed. “Your color is starting to come back.”Ada leans back against the pillows and tries to calm her mind. If Princess Ariella commands her, will she be able to withstand it? As future Queen maybe but as a Duchess.Vixen- Part of me is happy.Ada- So you do still exist.Vixen- Stag reminded me of something.Ada- What?Vixen- That even if you die, I get to live again. So, betraying you and telling him the truth means freedom from you.Ada- Fine, go ahead. My life is worthless anyway without Bär.………..Vixen- I can’t do it, and you know it.Ada- How about helping me?Vixen- Fine. I will help you withstand the Princess if you are questioned.Ada- Thank you.Vixen- I don’t know why I am agreeing to this.Ada- Because deep down you know we are meant to be Queen. “My Duchess,” Duke rubs her face and makes her look at him. “Feeling better?”“A little,” Ada nods. “Emma, you were saying about Mom.”“Oh,”
After a few hours of going back and forth between Caleb and Ada, Ada is ready to be discharged.“Thank you,” Ada tells the Doctor.“Mom is landing and will be at the Palace in about 30 minutes. Do you want to freshen up before you meet her?” Duke asks as he pushes Ada in a wheelchair.“No time,” Ari interrupts. “Your text messages must be delayed. We landed over 45 minutes ago.”“Mom, you remember Ada,” Duke motions toward Ada.“Hello, my dear. I’m so sorry that you too were attacked. I agree with Ingrid, the girls were targets. I assume had Ingrid eaten the jam it would have done it to her too. I have spoken to the staff already, they all state they didn’t do it. I believe all of them. A few admitted they would have poisoned Emma, but not you. Not after what my son has done to you.”Duke pales as his mother looks up at him.“Mom,” Duke holds up his hands.“He has apologized,” Ada interrupts. “He is trying to make amends.”“He had better,” Ari sounds deadly as she stares at
“Oh, I’ve seen this movie before. Only Ari was defending her ‘sons’,” Caleb uses finger quotes on sons. “Shut up,” Ari tells her brother. “Nah, picking on you is my right as your brother,” Caleb tells her. “But really, Ari, he is correct. You have to let them succeed or fail on their own. They are adults.” “I’m glad to see you claim your mate’s children as you own,” Anderson smiles with pride at Bär. “Learned from the best,” Bär tells his dad with a smile. “Bear and I are both proud,” Anderson nods. Ari rolls her eyes. “Looks like you,” Ari says of her blonde son. “Acts like me.” “He got the best of both of us,” Anderson kisses her head. “So, Duke got the worst of us?” Ari starts a fight with her mate. “Juliet,” Anderson says, looking her in the eye. “That is not what I said, and you know it. Stop picking a fight with me because you can’t fight the person who poisoned your brother and daughter-in-law. Fix your face.” One thing Anderson has learned over th
15 years later“Oliva,” Alexander calls after his daughter.“No Daddy,” Oliva yell back. “You will not take me to New York. I am staying here. You want to go back and be Mr. CEO, Mr. BigShot, Mr. Boss, GO! I’m staying with my family!”“I am your family too. I’m your father,” Alexander yells as she runs to Bär’s office.“Poppa,” Oliva yells not caring that Marya and Julia are there. “Don’t make me go.”Bär stands up and hugs Oliva. “What is going on?”“I want her to go with me back to New York,” Alexander tells them.“This is her home,” Marya says running to her Niece and hugging her.“You suck,” Julia says to Alexander.“Julia,” Bär calls her down. “Show a little respect.”“Sorry Uncle Alexander,” Julia says before sitting down.“I want to finish high school here with my friends,” Oliva tells him.“I know that,” Alexander rolls his eyes. “I mean for college.”“She is going to Conrad with us,” Marya says. “We are going to rule that school, with a Dear Friends and fellow Supernatur
“Duke?” Emma walks into the office an hour before the Royal Pack will honor Ariella. “My Duke, are you in here?”The lights are off and curtain is drawn. Duke is sitting behind his desk and holding a picture of his family. “I’m here,” Duke crocks out. “I just needed a minute before going in there and everyone talking about Mom.”“I remember Dad’s Funeral. All these people talked about what a loving gentle man he was. I was too young then to understand it was a bunch of bitches rubbing in my Mom’s face that they had slept with Dad. At least you won’t have any of that,” Emma sides into his lap.“That will be good,” Duke holds her. “But my concern is all the housekeepers and warriors who knew she was being abused and did nothing. What are they going to say to defend themselves. The ones who went to school with her and saw everyday what was happening but didn’t stand up. I don’t know how to face them. Luanne was one of them. So was the head chef, the several who work here. What
2 Years and 6 Months Later“Baby!” Bär screams as he runs toward Ingrid’s office after training. The new Omegas still giggle at him. The ones who have been there since the beginning smile at him with pride. Seeing the example the King sets for mates, makes all the kingdom happy.“Daddy,” Marya runs full force toward him.Bär smiles and kneels to hug her. She smiles as she throws her tiny arms around his neck. “Are you being helpful to Mommy?” Bär asks his daughter.“No,” Marya answers honestly. “Poppa!” Oliva runs to join them and Bär scoops her up as well.“Are you being helpful to Oma?” Bär asks Oliva.“No,” Oliva is also honest. “Poppa!” Julia runs to him too.“Hey,” Duke calls her attention making Julia change directions.“Daddy!” Julia hugs her father. “I help Mommy!”Bär looks at both Marya and Oliva. “So one of the girls is helping and the other two are doing what?”“Playing,” the girls say in unison. “Terrorizing everyone,” Luanne, the head housekeeper, tells him. “
Duke is standing next to Emma as she lays on the table.“You look funny with that mask,” Emma tells him making him laugh.“You feel better with the drugs?” Duke asks.“Better? I’m not feeling anything,” Emma smiles. “We will have our pup soon. If it’s a boy I want to name him something that has nothing to do with either family. Like Brian or Julian. Hell, Felix or Claus are fine too. ““I like it. Julian Felix Conrad,” Duke smiles.“For a girl Amalia or Hannah,” Emma tells him.“Or Jane, Alice, Julia,” Duke offers.“Julia Amalia Conrad,” Emma says with a smile. “I love it,” Duke kisses her head as a baby’s cries fill the silence. Duke looks at Emma who is smiling. “You okay?”“I really don’t feel anything,” Emma tells him. “If we do this everytime you can keep me pupped.”“Let’s see how you feel about this after the drugs wear off,” Duke kiss her again.“Lady Julia,” A nurse presents a baby girl to Duke.Emma starts laughing. “Bet you are regretting your playboy ways now.”“Not
“Your Grace if you don’t let her go, we can’t hook up the monitors,” The nurse tries to explain to Duke. “Please we will let you back in the bed with her once we have the monitors on. She can move around and do whatever, but she needs the monitor so we can make sure the new pup is safe.”“I’m okay My Duke,” Emma touches his pale face. “I promise I’m okay. You have to let them prep me. The contractions just started we are going to be here a while. We need to know our pup is okay. Just breathe.”Duke finally lets the nurse start their work. He is breathing heavily and looks ill to the nurses. He hears them but it sounds like they are in a tunnel. He stumbles a little. The head nurse calls for another team to come in to look after Duke.“Your Grace please sit down,” a nurse tells him. She takes his blood pressure and other vitals. “Your Grace you are having a panic attack. You need to take deep breathes.”Another nurse turns to Emma. “Do you know is he allergic to anything?”“
Ingrid spends her day in her room with the babies. Bär tries to keep his head above water in the office. Emma is running, eating and begging Duke to have sex again and again.Alexander tries to work from the suite but finds he needs an office to keep himself for turning on the TV or crawling into bed. He heads down to the offices to see Bär and runs into Emma in the hallway.“Every time I see you, I see her,” Alexander says. He looks at Emma’s round belly. “Did her belly get like this with Oliva?”Emma gives him a tight smile. “Yeah, it did. I never saw her eat as much as she did when she was pregnant. She wanted Oliva to be as healthy as possible. She loved you and Oliva very much.”Alexander scoffs. “I know that is not completely true. You and Ada have the same tell when you lie. The tips of your ears turn pink. The bigger the lie the deeper the color.”“Really?” Duke asks coming into the hallway from the stairs. “I never knew that.”“I never lie to you,” Emma tells him.“
After a long night of tears, Emma has one goal. Get this baby out. She wakes up Duke to fuck her hard, then she runs on the treadmill for three miles, after which she drinks a bottle of hot sauce. “Emma calm down,” Ingrid tells her. “Mom, I need this baby out. I need to replace Duke’s memories,” Emma sighs. Ingrid looks at her daughter with sympathy. “I didn’t know you were feeling that way,” Ingrid tells her. “I don’t want to feel this way,” Emma sits at the breakfast table waiting on Duke and Bär. “I don’t want to resent Bär, but I do,” Ingrid admits sitting across from her. “He could have left Ada and Alexander alone and just let them be happy. But he and his mother couldn’t leave her alone.” Emma looks at her mother in shock. “Mom, Ada murdered a King and brought about the deaths of two others. You can’t be serious about expecting anyone to overlook that.” Ingrid sighs but stands when Bär enters the dining hall. Emma also stands, waiting for Bär and Marya. When they arriv
Ingrid stands at her window looking out over the back garden. The moon is high now and the beams of moonlight hit her face. She looks back into the room with a heavy sigh. Her daughter is sleeping in a basket next to the bed. Her granddaughter is squirming in the basket next to Marya. Bär is asleep with one arm over his head and the other hand is resting on his dick. That makes her laugh.When she turns back to the moon, she believes she sees a face in the moon and her breath hitches.“Selene, if you have mercy in your heart, find a way to accept my daughter. I know she did horrible things to those I love most. She even treated the man who loved her like garbage. But Selene she is my child. You have blessed me so richly so completely. How can I be so blessed and my daughter so cursed? I don’t understand and my heart is both full and broken. Selene, help me understand why. I can’t stop the burn of my heart for my child. She was troubled so young. Was that my fault? Did I mak
“Do we give her a funeral?” Ingrid asks as she melts into Bär. “I feel like the answer is no. I feel like we need to let this all go and try raising her daughter to the best of our abilities.”“My daughter,” Alexander reminds them. “As her husband I get a say in the next steps. I get to decide what happens with my daughter. I know you think you can bully me because technically you are monsters. But I am a father now and nothing will come between me and her.”Bär holds Ingrid close to him as he answers Alexander.“Alexander, you know the agreement. Our granddaughter stays with us. You can visit anytime you want. She stays here with her wolf family. She will need a support system without her mother. You can’t provide that for her, but we can. I know she is your daughter. And 16 days ago, I would have told you, you are nuts. But today I can understand what you are saying. If anyone said to me what I am saying to you about Marya, I would tear them apart,” Bär rubs Ingrid’s back.