“Put me down,” Ada tries to get away from Duke.
“You two have clothes and things here?” Duke asks Emma.“Yeah, in the King’s room,” Emma answers.“The rooms can be switched easily. Emma, I will help you move Bär’s things out and Duke’s things in,” Lewis offers. “Duke, take that half of your mate to your office.”“Right, I have an office,” Duke smiles and drags Ada kicking and screaming into his office. He locks the door, removes the key and puts it in his pocket before releasing Ada.“I’m not going to accept you,” Ada crosses her arms and turns her back to Duke.“Why? Because I’m not the King?” Duke huffs. “You think you are the first she-wolf to try and make me feel inferior to Bär? You are at least the 200th. New flash, I don’t feel inferior to anyone. We have different callings. I am his support, I’m his comic relief and I take care of things he can’t,” Duke sees her turn a little. “I have the job of hatchet man. And I need a good woman to help.“You have to come to lunch,” Bär tells Ingrid.“I plan to, but I’m not ready to announce this,” Ingrid rings her hands.Bär stands in front of her. His muscular build towers over her shorter, smaller frame.“I discover my mate, and she expects me to hide her away?” Bär asks her. He runs his hand through her hair, making her lean into his hands and expose her neck. Bär smiles as he leans in and kisses her marking spot.Ingrid moans as his lips touch her skin.“I want the girls to have their moment,” Ingrid tells him. “Can we give them today? Give me a chance to be okay with all this?”Bär looks up at her. “My first act of fatherhood is to sacrifice my happiness?”Ingrid laughs. “Welcome to parenthood. This what being mated to me means. My girls and their happiness will always come before what makes me happy.”“I hope that doesn’t include rejecting me,” Bär holds her by her hips. “I wouldn't accept you hurting yourself or me that much.”In
Chapter 9Duke leads his mates into the dining hall, leaving Bär and Ingrid alone.“Can't he keep his hands off of her?” Ada shakes her head.“Duke can’t keep his hands off of us,” Emma smiles, snuggling into Dukes right side.“We are not a gross age,” Ada response.Duke leans to Ada’s ear.“You will be glad to have me when you realize what an old soul my brother is. Your mother is perfect for him,” Duke kisses under her ear.Ada can’t help that her body responds to his touch the way it does. She hates it, but Duke’s touch sets all of her on fire.“Royal Pack, the Crown Prince will join us in a moment, but our Next Grand Duke, Duke Conrad has found his mates,” Caleb announces. The Pack begins to cheer.Duke brings his mate front and center sharing a loving kiss with both of them.He makes eye contact with his brother after breaking the kiss with Ada. Bär is clapping with the rest of pack.“Thank you all,” Duke calls out. “I am most bl
“Excuse me, Baby,” Bär gets up from his seat and heads straight for Caleb’s office.“I’m not going to do anything,” Ada cries as Bär storms into the office.“Uncle,” Bär warns Caleb. “Stepfather or not, Ada is also my sister-in-law. You just threatened her.”“I see in her what we ignored in Alicia for too long. I want to shut down any plans she is making in her head,” Caleb defends his words.“I won’t hurt my Mother,” Ada cries and Bär comforts her with a hug.“I’m sure you won’t,” Bär tells her. “And our Uncle is going to apologize.”Bär gives Caleb a stern look.“You are not King yet. I will not apologize for giving her a warning she needs. You may be fooled by these sudden tears and fake whines, I am not. I am still King and as long as I am, I want to be clear, if she interferes with the mate bond, be it yours, hers, Emma’s, mine, she will be tried and convicted of treason. Treason has one punishment, only one, Bär. As King you need to be prepared to carry out that punishm
“We can do dinner with the pack, or we can have dinner on the floor,” Bär tells Ingrid after an afternoon of meeting new warriors and making plans for his hand over.“You look exhausted,” Ingrid says, putting away Lewis’s daily diary.“I am actually, I spent the afternoon with the new warriors. I spared a little,” he says, sitting in front of her desk and closing his eyes. “You need to find a replacement. You can’t keep working once you are introduced as the Crowned Princess.”Ingrid looks at his perfect face and can’t resist kissing him. She stands and kicks off her heels. Ingrid slips onto Bär’s lap, surprising him but he wraps her in his arms and holds her. “You win?” Ingrid asks.“I’m the Crown Prince, of course I won,” Bär smiles.“Every time?” Ingrid plays in his hair. “No one beat you even a little.”“One dude is going to be on your team,” Bär rubs her thigh. “He got the closest to beating me.”“So, he has to babysit me?”“He gets to protect the person I hold the most d
“Hey, Baby,” Bär feathers kisses on Ingrid’s cheeks.“Ten more minutes,” Ingrid groans as she snuggles into his chest.“Baby, I think we missed dinner,” Bär smiles as he watches her sleep peacefully on his chest.“Emma saved us plates. They are on my desk,” Ingrid says, keeping her eyes closed. “Then let’s eat,” Bär continues to kiss her face.“I’ll have sex tonight if you let me sleep,” Ingrid whines.Bär lets out a loud belly shaking laugh. “As tempting as that sounds how about this. I will carry you to the other side of the desk, I will feed you, then I will eat. After the hunger rumbling in our tummies has been quieted, I will carry you up to our room, make us a bath. We will then undress and get into the bath. I will discover every inch of your body by washing you gently. I will massage shampoo into your scalp, rinse and repeat, before doing a deep conditioner. I’ll even clip your hair up as the treatment works. I’ll wash me with my 5 in one soap,” Ingrid laughs loudly
The alarm in Duke, Emma, and Ada’s room wakes all three up with a jolt!“Holy shit, that is loud,” Ada whines as Emma turns it off.“Why was that so loud?” Duke asks, grabbing Ada to lay back down.“Sorry,” Emma says sweetly. “I need to get up.”“Why?” Duke grabs her wrist and pulls her to his other side. “We are off work today, the three of us. Bär wants to spend the day with Ingrid.”“Our mom,” Ada corrects him.“I want to spend the day with you,” Duke kisses both their temples.“I like that idea,” Ada says, snuggling close.Duke smiles at her change in attitude.“I need to help the kitchen get lunch ready,” Emma tells them. “As Duchess, I need to help them prepare for announcing Mom as Queen. Ada, you should help too.”“You want me to help prepare a special thing to announce Mom as the next Queen?” Ada asks looking at Emma while they are both laying on Duke’s chest.“Yes,” Emma tells her.“Little Duchess,” Duke says in a deep groggy voice. “My Duchess is still getting used to
Ingrid enters her office to find the Kings locked in a passionate kiss.“Excuse me,” Ingrid giggles, backing out.“No, we are sorry,” Lewis tells her, motioning her to come in.“Why are we sorry?” Caleb asks his mate.“Because until she says otherwise, this is her office,” Lewis reminds Caleb. Caleb smirks and winks at his mate. “I just need one or two more days,” Ingrid tells them.“You and Bär getting along okay?” Caleb asks, seeing her unmarked.“I just need time,” Ingrid nods. “I get that,” Lewis nods. Ingrid gets to work as the Kings do the same.Upstairs, the Brothers Conrad meet each other in the hallway. “Where are your mates?” Bär asks.“Fixing a special lunch for yours,” Duke jokes.“Uncle Caleb starts my King training tomorrow, I wanted to spend the day with my mate, but she is a responsible she-wolf. Want to go workout?” Bär asks.“My mates are responsible too, must be a family trait they have,” Duke jokes.“They might actually pass it along to our kids,” Bär continu
“You don’t have to say it back,” Bär tells her before kissing her cheek. “I am going to get ready for lunch and will pick you up in 45 minutes.”Ingrid nods.Liesel- Why did you not want to say it back?Ingrid- I’m not there.Liesel- I am.Ingrid- Good for you. I’m not you. I am me.Liesel- We are one being.Ingrid- We are two beings in one body.Liesel- Whatever you say.Ingrid gets back to work setting up interviews for a new secretary.Liesel- Hey, Buck.Buck- Hey, Hottie.Liesel- My human is scared.Buck- My human being too pushy?Liesel- I think not pushy enough. He needs to walk in pick her up, pen her to a wall, put her thighs on his shoulders, bury her face between her legs and eat it like it’s his last meal.Buck- She is going to allow this?Liesel- Only one way to find out.Buck relays the message to Bär who stops on the stairs.Bär- You sure?Buck- I am repeating her wolf’s request. I say we do it.Bär- Okay, here goes nothing.“Your Highness,” Ada calls him before he
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.