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12: winning her over
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Healing a rogue princess 13: Acting almost like an Alpha
4 days later *Cynamon* “What are you doing outside Young lady ... and playing around with Blue ? Are you not supposed to stay in bed ?” Zac’s voice does not sound happy as he stands on the back porch with his arms crossed. ‘Breathe Cy’. Zyka quickly says. ‘Do not bite off his head … Imagine how much worse an Alpha would have reacted’. “No sweetheart ... The doctor told me to relax and not do strenuous things, he never said anything about staying in bed”. I throw the toy to Blue. “Also ... I am not bleeding anymore”. He jumps down from the porch and almost swipes me into his arm. “For real ? Not even a little bit ? And you think that our jelly bean is ... still holding on ?” “I don’t really have any way of knowing Zac ... but I hope”. I let my arms slip around his neck. “Oh wow, you are really sweaty today”. Zyka lets out a low appreciative growl. ‘I think he smells yummy’. “Cardio ... I am in such bad shape”. He grins. “I thought you liked my sweat”. I run a hand into his da
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*Cynamon* “Are you okay Zac ?” I ask him as we walk into the doctor's office. I have noticed him tensing up more and more on the way here and growing unusually quiet. He squeezes my hand softly. “It’s just ... what if … what if there is no more jelly bean ? I mean I know the doctor said it mostly works out fine ... but ...”. ‘Aww’. Zyka purrs. ‘He is as precious as a pup … must protect him at all cost’. “Then ... we talk about it, work through it and ... try again”. I say softly. I mean I know it wasn’t planned, but I have gotten so used to the idea of us having a baby, that we are going to be a real family, that I kinda want it to happen no matter what. “For real ?” He looks at me, smiling brightly. “You would do that for me ... get pregnant again now ?” ‘Oh I so would’. My wolf sighs. I can’t help but giggle softly. “Well honestly Zac, it would not be for you but for us. I am not ready to let this go either ... you kinda have me hooked on the ‘being a family’ idea”. He grab
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10 weeks later *Cynamon* “Aww look at her ... jelly bean is getting so big”. Zac is looking at the screen and it is clear to see the excitement on his face. I have had no complications the last ten weeks and the nuchal scan went perfectly, so we are now having a private 3D scan to see if they can see the sex of the baby. Zyka is almost as excited as Zac about it. “Yeah, the baby is about the size of an apple now and growing fast”. The doctor says with a friendly smile. “An apple”. Zac looks like he is imagining an apple. “We could name her Apple ... that is kind of cute”. ‘He is not naming our pup after a fruit’. Zyka huffs. ‘Stop him Cy, the jelly bean thing is bad enough’. I shake my head. “No, we are not calling our baby Apple ... I mean Apple Peters ... nope not gonna happen”. “You might be right, it has a ... not lucky ring to it”. He bites his lip. “So doctor, will you please tell Cynamon here that it is a girl ?” I roll my eyes. “I didn’t say it isn’t a girl Zac ... j
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*Cynamon* I can’t help watching the excitement on Zac’s face as we walk into the store, his eyes light up and his attention is everywhere, trying to take it all in at once. And it is of course there are a lot of things to see. Zyka is of course purring about how cute he is. “Hello ... Can I help you ?” A woman hurries over with a friendly smile. She looks nice, but I do not want her questions or risk that she recognise Zac, so I give her a smile. “Hi ... No thanks, we are just browsing a bit”. “No problem, if you need me or have questions just call and I’ll be there”. She is still smiling widely, her focus luckily on me. “We will ... Thank you”. I give her a small nod before pulling Zac with me down an aisle. Zac looks at me. “Maybe some help could have been good. I mean I don’t know much about this”. “She would have asked questions Zac ... when I am due ... the sex ... yada yada and then, she might recognise you and ... can you see the tabloid tomorrow ?” “Oh ... yeah of cou
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10 weeks later *Zac* “Baby where are you ? I want to show you something”. I call softly walking into the living room. Marshall is helping me with the nursery ... or well Marshall is building the nursery while I pick up stuff for him, point where I want things and paint a bit. I find her rolled up on the couch with Blue, sleeping soundly. The last couple of weeks she has been a bit tired, but the doctor told us there is no need to worry, apparently the little jelly bean is growing a lot right now and it kinda drains her off energy. “Hi boy ... are you watching our girls huh ?” I sit down on the floor beside the couch, scratching Blue behind the ear when he opens one eye to look at me. His head is snuggled up against her growing stomach. It seems like he knows something is going on. I notice how one of her hands is resting on the bump ... the other one is resting on Blue’s back. And it makes my heart swell. I still can’t believe how much my life has changed these last 6 months. I
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*Cynamon* “Lets go inside ... you wanted to show me something, right ?” I start to get up and of course Zac is instantly on his feet, wrapping me up in the blanket. Zyka purrs. ‘He is such a gentleman’. “Yeah come on darling. I wanted to show you how far we’ve come with the nursery”. He puts his arm around my shoulder. I can’t help smiling. “I seriously can’t believe you went ahead and actually built a whole new room for her ... you are spoiling her rotten before she is even born”. ‘He can spoil me as much as he wants … any time he wants’. Zyka sounds like a loved up teenager. “I want her close to us, but with the possibility to close the door … just once in a while”. He chuckles softly. He went with his crazy idea, building a small annex next to the bedroom, it can be opened as kind of an extension to our room or if needed closed ... turning it into 2 separate rooms. “Oh so you are expecting you will still be getting ... special alone time after she is born”. I have my arm
Last Updated : 2022-05-12Healing a rogue princess 19: Baking for her
1 week later *Zac* “Nick ! Nick ! I need you”. I call through the house ... where the hell did he go ? I told him that I need him for this. The door open and LZ comes in, he takes one look at me and grab his phone, snapping some pictures. “This ... you in an apron, that is just too good not to eternalise”. “Have you seen Nick ... the bastard deserted me”. I make a face. “I have no idea how long to bake this”. He sends me a cheeky grin. “Why are you baking ? Is there someone you want to kill ? Because I am sure there are easier ways then”. “Well actually right now I do have this urge to kill someone ...”. I huff just as the door opens and Nick walks in. “Nick ... help ... how long should I bake it ?” He looks into the oven and then he starts to laugh rather uncontrollably. “God Zac, that recipe was for 12 small or 6 normal cupcakes ... it said so on the top of the paper, you need to read it all”. “Ohh ... I thought it looked a bit big, but I can just bake it longer right ?” O
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*Cynamon* Right now I am regretting telling Zac I can do this alone, because being 25 weeks pregnant and carrying five boxes of miniature cupcakes are ... let's say it as it is ... not easy, and being me of course I wanted to carry them all at the same time, because ... Well I am lazy. And Zyka is going. ‘Watch out, curb ahead … don't tip them’. Doesn’t help. I am in Austin, at a kinda cake, candy and chocolate trade show, convention thing. It’s a great place for getting you things noticed and tomorrow there is a competition I am entering. Zac had wanted to come to support me, but I told him no, too big of a chance of getting noticed. “Oh wow ... let me give you a hand there doll”. I hear a friendly and melodic voice. “That’s a lot you are carrying, especially in your condition ... oh I really hope you are pregnant or I just like totally fucked up ... here let me take some”. The three top boxes are lifted away and a beautiful young blonde woman is smiling at me. “Thanks, and I a
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