MITCH CHESTERMITCH SPENT THE rest of the day sour and angry as he sulked while waiting for Lorna and Enrique to come back from their travels with more information. He paced the whole palace multiple times to ease his anxiety, even Draco knew better than to disturb or try to interact with him. He stood at the window on the highest tower and watched the sunset, going lower than the mountain peak and drowning the kingdom in darkness and there was still no word or information from Lorna or his brutish uncle. “Mitch?” Anna pushed the door tentatively and walked in. “Mitch… what are you doing up here?” she asked, coming closer to stand behind him. His mind was so far away that he did not hear her come in, or even know that she was with him until she hugged his waist from behind. He was startled and turned, “Anna… What are you doing up here?” He inadvertently asked the same question she had asked him. “I asked you the same thing,” she said. “What are you doing here? You didn’t even joi
MITCH CHESTER HE HAD A small smile on his face as he went down the stairs and headed for his office where Draco was with Lorna and Enrique. Finally, he was going to get some – “Mitch Chester, you slimy - you left me with the children at a very critical time!” Anna’s voice boomed into his head.“duty called, darling,” Mitch answered sweetly’“duty called!” she scoffed. He could only just imagine her face getting red with anger. “you, sir, will be sleeping in the guest room until further notice!”“oh, baby…”“do not ‘baby’ me, Mitchell!” she snarled. “I hope your duty keeps you warm at night!” she said before breaking off the mind link.“Anna… Anna…” Mitch tried to contact her back, but it didn’t go through. “nice job,” his beast muttered. “she blocked us.” Mitch mentally rubbed his temples as he pushed open the door and entered his office.Lorna was seated on a couch, legs crossed and her arms resting on her knees elegantly. His uncle, Enrique – her ever-alert bodyguard stood behind t
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI STARED AT the children. All their wide eyes were focused on me now that my all-so-loving mate had left at such a critical time. "Is it true, mum?" Aiden asked again. His eyes flickered suspiciously to my stomach. "Paige told us her mum told her."I sighed and looked at the frail girl. She bowed her here fearfully, awaiting reprimanding. I sat down on the floor, managing to cross my legs with some difficulty. My bones were getting stiff. "We are not as young as we thought," My wolf whispered into my head.I grunted as I made myself slightly comfortable. Addison folded herself down very easily by my side. "Would you want a younger brother - or sister?" I asked Aiden.He looked away and shrugged. "I don't know what it will feel like. I dunno.""I want one," Addison chirped, leaning into my leg and stretching my inner thighs. "I want a sister." She said.I sighed and rubbed her hair. "I don't know yet," I told them. "I did not want to mention it until I was very sure
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I WAS SHOCKED but not entirely surprised that Lorna immediately knew of my pregnancy. After all, she had told me of Aiden when nobody else knew 7 Years ago.But I still had to ask, "How.... did you know?"She chuckled and waved it aside. "Please," She said. "Any witch would. The baby has a very strong spirit. It is barely even developed, and yet, I can feel its aura coming off you in waves."A baby with a strong spirit. Was that a good thing for me? I wondered, remembering my last pregnancy. Giving birth to Aiden and Addison had almost cost me my life because they were too strong.Lorna must have sensed my trepidation because she said, "7 years ago when you came here, pregnant, you were a lone wolf, cut from every tie to your pack, carrying two pups of alpha blood. Of course, it would be hard." Her thumbs rubbed the back of my palms comfortingly. "But now, you are a Luna. A strong one... and even though this baby is... " she paused for a second. "... unusual. It is
MITCH CHESTERMITCH AND DRACO were bent over, each looking at their respective screens intently. Dracoe yawned and leaned back, rubbing his eyes. “We have been searching for hours. No, scratch that. We have been searching for two days now... What if the vampire doesn’t want to be found?”“A little more optimism would be welcome here, Draco,” Mitch muttered.Draco sighed and stood up. He went to the minibar to retrieve a drink, but cursed under his breath when he opened the door. “We are out of drinks.” He called, turning around and seeing the piles of empty alcohol bottles at Mitch's feet. “You are going to destroy your liver.”Mitch chuckled.Draco went back to his seat and resumed his work. They had been trying to find Vorenus for two days since Lorna arrived. Draco was looking through all the street cameras and trying to match them with a picture of Vorenus if any result would come back; so far, there was no luck. Mitch was looking through police reports of missing persons, trying
HE GLANCED BACK once to make sure that Aiden was secure as he reached the borders. He looked around carefully, but there was no one there. No Vorenus, not even a sign that the vampire had been there. His mind, waking him up must have just been a result of paranoia. He suddenly caught a whiff of a strange scent in the air. He froze and started to investigate it when Draco's urgent voice blasted in his head, “Come to your office as soon as possible!”Mitch frowned and walked away from the scene. He masked the disappointment at not seeing Vorenus from his face as he retrieved Aiden from his hiding spot.“What was it, Dad?” Aiden asked.Without stopping, Mitch turned and looked at the far distance. “It's nothing, son.”“come on, hurry up. You are going to be late for school,” Mitch urged.“I can't be late for school,” Aiden gloated. “I am going to be the alpha.”“it doesn’t work that way,” Mitch chuckled.“When I am alpha, there will be nothing like lateness for school anymore.” Aiden gri
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER I WOKE UP a few hours after Mitch left. His scent still hung in the air of the room and I could still feel the shape of his lips on my forehead. I got out of bed with some difficulty. My joints ached and my head pounded. Were all these because of the pregnancy? I wondered as I made my way to the bathroom, praying to the moon goddess that Mitch had not used up all the hot water.I turned on the shower and checked the temperature with the back of my palm even though I didn't have to. Steam billowed to the ceiling as soon as the water seeped through. As I made my bath, my mind drifted away again. I was going to do more detailed research on Lycan pregnancy. I needed to know how long I was going to be pregnant and how early the signs were going to start to show.I sank into the bathtub, sighing in relief as the sleep and tiredness were burnt out of my bones and aches.Mitch said something had come up, and he was going to be very busy today. What could that be? Had the
MITCH CHESTERMITCH SWERVED INTO the parking lot and looked at the dilapidated building. It was a low, long old bar. Drumming his fingers on the steering wheel, he thought of how dangerous this was. And he had left without telling anyone anything. He reached for his phone, wanting to call Draco, but he shook his head.Draco would put on a lot of fuss and spoil everything if he showed up here.Besides, this shouldn't take long, Mitch thought to himself. He would be back before anyone knew he was gone. He got out of the car and headed to the door with purposeful strides. He pushed it and went in, looking around and taking in the sorry state of the bar. The bar was almost empty, except for some leftover drunks from the previous night slumped over their stools and the floor. There was a fat squat man behind the bar, looking bored. Mitch made his way to the counter and sat down carefully on a stool. It was wobbly under his weight."How m' I help you?" The man slurred. He sounded almost