CHAPTER 263

RICK FORSON

RICK WALKED INTO the packhouse and heard some sounds coming from the kitchen. He kicked off his shoes and went to the kitchen, where he saw Reine.

"I told you you don't have to do any of these," He said, coming up to stand beside her. He wanted to wrap his hands around her but he knew she would not stay still. "We have pack members that would be too happy to help out here."

"I can't just stay idle in a place," she said, trying to crouch with some effort but couldn't because of her bulging stomach. Rick immediately bent and opened the oven; he took out the hot tray and placed it on the counter.

"You are a Luna now," he said, watching as she brushed some spiced oil on the baked pastries. "You should not have to do this. Especially in your condition."

"I am sick, not pregnant," Reine said. Rick sighed. He was expecting her to say that. "Besides," she said, "All my life, I have been trained to work and work, I cannot just suddenly turn off that part of my brain. I am used to