Emma’s POV It’s still really early. My limbs are heavy. My eyelashes are heavy on my cheeks. Morrigan is way too active for it being this early. “Mor, settle down, what are you doing?” I scold her. “It’s not me Em”. What is she on about? The babies are way too young to be moving in my tummy that much and why am I… wet? My skin is wet? I bat my eyelashes open to a very concerned Liam with obsidian eyes. I don’t dare move. “Mor, what the hell is he doing?”. She huffs, “Kalen has been licking you for an hour Em. I’ve been trying to wake you up but you’re like waking the dead”. I keep watching him. He’s literally licking my stomach. Why? And rubbing his scent on me. There’s literally no question whose mate we are… what is he doing? Oh… he’s going south. “Oh, Mor… did he do anything while we were… asleep?”. She blushes, “no Em, they wouldn’t do that”. Oh… my… goddess. I draw the line. “Kalen… are you smelling my um… ?”. He looks up at me. “You smell so divine mat
Emma’s POV Liam finally let me leave our suite this morning. I’m not complaining. I loved every minute of it. I loved getting to spend intimate time with both of my mates, especially before this belly gets any bigger. Bumping into Michelle on the way down the stairs, I’m pulled out of my blushing thoughts. “Girl, you’re tiny but we need to go maternity shopping. Twins grow fast”. I nod, “you’re telling me. I have like four outfits I can wear”. Dana jogs up behind us. “Hey, sorry I’m late”. She looks flush. I look at Michelle and bite my tongue. Dana blushes, “shut up”. I giggle. “I mean, shut up… Luna, please”. “Okay, we have like 30 minutes before Grace and Ruth come in. Grace still doesn’t know about Ruth’s burrito in the oven so we gotta get this banner up”. Leo pops out of the kitchen carrying a tray of mimosas. “Someone say ‘muscle’?”. He winks at Michelle. “Okay girls with babies in the bellies, the pink ones are ‘virgin’... which none of you are any
Liam’s POV Mid baby shower, Ian informed me his team had found the “items” on his family’s property and were bringing them to our compound. He assured me this team could be trusted and he sent a few of my trusted men with them too, which definitely made me feel better. I receive a message saying the King’s envoy has arrived. Me and the “boys” as we’ve started calling ourselves, now that there were too many of us to name individually, head to the front of the packhouse to personally welcome his ‘majesty’. I roll my eyes at the ridiculousness of it all. Lee also insisted on being present which provided some extra comfort. The lavish SUVs, all 15 of them roll to a stop in succession. Zak leans in, “Jesus, how many people did he bring? We have enough space for all of them?”. A security agent steps out, opening the back door and out steps a young man, no older than myself, wearing a hand tailored Armoni suit with leather crafted Gucci shoes. He’s tanned, with c
Emma’s POV I was able to distract Cody and the girls throughout brunch. My concern was when the women started trickling out of the pack house. One, Cody had his eye on a few of our women a little too closely which creeped me out and two, what about these girls? Think Emma… think. I link Liam, “baby… we have an issue…”. Within two seconds he links back, “baby, where are you? Twins okay?”. I try to look inconspicuous, “meet me in the kitchen”. Letting grace know that I’ll be right back, she keeps a close eye on the remaining guests and these three. Sneaking off to the kitchen, Liam comes bounding in through the back door. He hugs me like he hasn’t seen me in weeks, making me purr. “Oh that feels amazing baby but as much as I love that, we’ve got a problem”. I explain to him what happened, what Lee found and he hesitates… “baby, please, please don’t be mad but Ian sort of told us yesterday that the king has in the past trafficked and we’re gathering evidence as we s
Regan’s POV “What do you mean they got sick? Where the fuck are they Cody?”. Cody is kneeling in front of me, explaining how they got enticed into some baby shower bullshit which is why they were late getting up here and now this? “And did you see the rash or their illness?” He pulls open his phone, showing me pictures of vomit and rashes. “Ok, fucking gross. I don’t need to see that shit. Fine, whatever”. I kick the throw pillow off the couch in frustration, “real fucking convenient. I was looking forward to an afternoon fuck”. Suddenly, it dawns on me. Cody and I have messed around before. “You two, out. I need to talk to Cody alone”. Cody is about to stand when I push him back down, “you are right where I want you for the moment”. He smiles up at me, unbuckling my pants. This is exactly why I keep this man around. He does a lot to keep me happy. After our ‘exclusive’ conversation, I invited some of my security back in to sweep the room. Probably shoul
Emma’s POV Liam and I walk out of the closet/niche area hand in hand, bumping into the rest of our group who are just now coming down for dinner. We receive quite a few odd and goofy looks. “It’s not what any of you think alright… Kalen was scenting me”. That made it much worse I think. Liam chuckles, “not sure that cleared anything up baby”. Liam pulls me to a stop quickly, I see his eyes glaze over and the other guys’ arms wrap tightly around their mates’ waists. Leo steps forward, “are you fucking serious right now Liam?”. He looks at me, “now your scenting comment actually makes sense”, making me giggle. Dana looks at me, “can someone fill us in on what the hell is happening?”. I pull her, Michelle, Ruth and surprisingly Savannah is here tonight too which makes me happy, into a small huddle. “The king is a total pig apparently and was being very inappropriate towards me with Liam. Like staring and commenting. Just be cautious around him, stick to talking to
Liam’s POV It’s well after midnight now and we’re finally done sorting through the first grouping. “Dude, I’m dying. Let’s work on this later today”. Ian eyes me, also exhausted. “Don’t have to ask me twice”. We stack everything neatly in a pile. “Ian?”. He nods in my direction, “Hmm?”. “Thank you. For everything you’ve done for me and my family. You’re a good man. You’re going to be an excellent father. And I’m impressed you can put up with Ruth so well”. We both chuckle. “Well, it’s different when she’s your fated mate, but thank you for trusting me Liam. It means the world to me after everything my family has done”. We lock up the room extra tight and head home. “Ruth said Emma’s sleeping on our couch”. Walking quietly into their dark apartment, “night Ian”. He disappears. I see my tiny mate curled into a small ball, wrapped around our babies in their middle. The sight makes Kalen and I swoon. I very gently scoop her up but luckily she does sleep like t
Zak’s POV I wake up earlier than I want to. What the hell is going on? My eyes feel heavy from lack of sleep. I feel my mate, I smell her scent. There are no threats I can sense. “Beteo, what the fuck man?”. He grunts at me, “don’t worry about it, go back to sleep Zak”. Why the hell is he moving my body, in my skin? Forcing my eyes open, I realize he’s scenting Dana. “You fucking creep, what are you doing? She’s going to wake up and scream at you”. He chuckles at me, “she actually rather likes it. She’s been moaning in her sleep for the last half hour”. I nearly choke on his admission, “excuse me what? How long have you been hovering over her like a serial killer Beteo?”. He grunts again, “not creepy asswipe, mate is with pup. She needs rest and to smell like us. You have done your part. Go away”. “Well now I’m awake fuckwad so what exactly is it that you are doing?”. He stops for a second, “I won’t block you out Zak if you promise not to interfere and keep aski