Callan POVStephanie spent four hours in surgery before they were able to stop the bleeding and make her stable. By the time she was out of the OR, I could have sworn that the soles of my shoes had dented the floor boards that I had been pacing on. She was currently still in stable condition and doctor desmond was optimistic that she would pull through. After being at the hospital for seventeen hours and being up for almost 40 hours, Seraphina pretty much begged me to go home. The entire time we were at the hospital, Sera’s words echoed in my mind. “I’m pregnant,” and ”I need to know what happened to my mother.” I knew the latter statement was coming. As her words kept replaying in my mind, I knew that with knowing the truth there would be more questions. Questions that I couldn’t answer. But I knew that my mate deserved to know what I did know. It was the least I could do. I hadn’t had a chance for the information of my mate’s pregancy to sink in until now as we arrived at the p
Seraphina POV A wave of relief washed over me now knowing that Callan with absolute certainty did not murder my mother. Part of me wondered what my life would have been like if I had found out this information when it was necessary. It would have saved me from the hurt and betrayal I experienced with Allister. Guilt reared its ugly head as I remembered asking my father to arrange the union between Allister and I. I now had to accept that I couldn’t change the past and needed try my best to move forward and finally allow myself to admit how I truly felt about Callan. I was madly in love with him. In love with his strength, his mind, his passion, and so much more. And now that I knew I was pregnant, it meant I could be rest assured that this baby was coming into a relationship of love. No longer frenemies that we were when I first arrived. Today we would be going through the list of pack members from both sides to create one giant roster. We also needed to document the new recruits
I heard footsteps behind me. I knew they belonged to my son and his beautiful mate. I couldn’t face Seraphina. Not when so much of her looked like my dear friend, her mother. Why I made it when she didn’t was beyond me. Although more than once I had thought that she had gotten the better end of the stick. “Mother?” Callan said soothingly as they walked into the hospital room. I looked down at my lap. Unable to make myself turn around and meet their eyes. I knew they had questions. Questions that I didn’t have the ability to answer I knew they wouldn’t understand why I couldn’t speak. I heard one of the nurses telling my son that they couldn’t understand why I was mute. But no one had gone through the hell that I had been through. It had been so long that I didn’t know if I could use the mindlink anymore. Kevin or as he liked to be called, “the Reaper,” had kept my abilities stunted by the use of wolfsbane. Boy did he love his wolfsbane. I tried to open my mouth but the words just
Seraphina POVNow that Callan knew his mother and sister were home safe and under high security, I had convinced him that we needed to celebrate our honeymoon, even more so now that there was a baby on the way. We hadn’t told his mom yet of the good news. We knew she needed some time to get acclimated back into pack society. It had been five days since she was found at the border and already looked like she was putting on some much needed weight. Stephanie had also vastly improved in the past few days. Making me wonder if part of the reason for her improvement was because she could sense that she was with her family again. “Babe, come onnnnnn,” I whined at the bottom of the main staircase with three bags on the floor around me. Callan came down the stairs in black slacks and a black button down dress shirt that was rolled up on his forearms. As he balanced his phone on his shoulder he put one finger up asking for a minute as he continued to talk on the phone while carrying his sma
Seraphina POV A scream left my lips as I made contact with the gray wolf. Its blood red eyes pierced me like a knife. Immediately Callan stopped touching me and looked out the window. But he was too late. The wolf was gone. I felt my body tremble in fear as I kept replaying what had just happened in my mind. Callan grabbed a blanket off of the couch and wrapped it around me. He cupped my face. “Baby, what’s wrong? What did you see?” I tried to calm my breathing but I couldn’t get a grasp on myself. A memory in the depths of my mind surfaced. Flashback: I held onto the rock for protection for dear life as I made my way to the bushes that would shield me from whatever was lurking on the other side. A yelp and then a thud echoed in the night. I looked through the small space in the bushes to see a gray wolf with blood red eyes transition into his burley human form. I couldn’t see his face as he moved out of sigh into the dark. Then I noticed Callan standing over my mother with his
Seraphina POVAs soon as Callan’s hands left my ass cheeks, I felt cold and wanting. It reminded myself of when I went into heat, where only his touch to bring me what I needed. What I craved. He was the answer to all of my fantasies and more. I heard the sound of a drawer opening behind me before it closed. A sharp sting from a slap on one of my ass cheeks stung before Callan soothed it with rubbing his hand over the slap mark. Slowly and methodically Callan brought his other hand in between my legs and began rubbing my clit. I moaned at the contact. Loving the mix of tingles and general pleasure of him touching me. I felt myself clench when Callan put a finger tip at my puckered hole. “Relax, baby. I promise you will enjoy it.” I took a breath and felt myself relax allowing him to press his finger in. “That’s it, baby, let me play with that sweet ass of yours.” It felt strange. Tight and a sting of pain first before it began to feel good. I found myself moving my hips, loving t
Callan POVI felt like the drive to the hospital took forever when in reality it didn’t. Anticipation of healing my sister’s voice for the first time in so long with all the motivation I needed to drive like a mad man. Sera placed a hand on my thigh and gave it a squeeze, reminding she was there with me. I cursed. I shouldn’t be driving this way with my pregnant mate in the car. It was too reckless. I gave her an apologetic look. By the time we made it to my sister’s room, my mom was already in the room listening to whatever Doctor Desmond was saying. “So, I would say you were very lucky, Stephanie,” Doctor Desmond concluded as we walked up to them. “Ah, Alpha!” The doctor looked at us and then to Stephanie. “I’ll leave you guys to have the much deserved family reunion. When my eyes met Stephanie’s familiar green eyes, I immediately felt a sense of nostalgia. “Hey slugger,” I greeted before wrapping my arms around her shoulders. “Ugh, not that nickname,” Stephanie groaned. I co
Mia POV I looked down at the new cell phone that my son had bought for me. Technology sure had come far since I had last seen a cellphone. It didn’t really make much sense to have a cell phone when I could mindlink anyone prior to being kidnapped. Perks of being the Luna of the pack. It had been almost two weeks since I had made it out of the Hell Hole. I gulped just thinking of how I found a way out. But I knew it was a matter of time before he came for me. He always would. If the big bad wolf was alive, he would always track me down. No where was safe when you were trying go up against Kevin King. My mind went back to when I was a teenaged girl, before I found out Levi was my mate. Before my thoughts traveled down that path, Seraphina and my son walked through the door. I could tell by the look on Callan’s face that he was in Alpha mode, not son mode. “Mom, I need to know why the Reaper took you?” He wasted no time asking. I patted the seat of the chair next to me, signaling