“I’m glad everything is running smoothly.” I say with a smile to Crystal as we watched a nurse burping a newborn. “I hope that doesn’t mean you won’t come around anymore. If I need to lie and tell you things are awful I will.” She says, looking up at me with a worried expression. I laugh a little. “I’ll come back-”“Right this way Alpha. It's an honor to have you visit us today.” I stiffen and let out a deep sigh when I hear a nurse calling someone Alpha, and footsteps coming towards us. “We keep the newborns here for monitoring, and to let the mothers get a little rest after giving birth. Would you like to meet a few of them?” I hear the nurse telling who I assume to be Sebastain and most likely Camilla as she leads them closer and closer to where we still stand watching the babies. Why the hell did he have to bring her here? I bet he knew the first thing I’d want to do was check on my projects. He probably brought her here on purpose, to rub it in my face. I can feel Crystal look
I grab a glass out of the cabinet in Sebastain’s kitchen and set it on the counter. I move to the fridge where I know I'd seen a chilled bottle of vodka. It was already ten pm, and Sebastain wasn’t back from his time with Camilla yet. God, why the hell did that irritate me so much? I shake my head at myself as I fill the cup halfway with cranberry juice before topping it off with vodka. I scoff and drink the whole thing in one go, wincing a little at the burn of vodka in the back of my throat. Seems like you definitely care a little. “Shut up.” I mutter at my wolf as I pour myself another drink. My entire body tenses up when I hear the front door opening. I listened, my hand clenched tightly around the glass. I hear Camilla telling Sebastain something quietly, too quiet for me to hear. Sebastian says something back, and then I hear heels clicking up the stairs to the bedrooms. My eyes dart up to glare at Sebastian as he comes into the kitchen, stopping his tracks when he sees
“I don’t know why the hell you’re crying.” I run my hand through my hair, frustrated as ever but trying to keep my tone in check. Eli and Ella were both standing up in their cribs, big alligator tears leaking from their eyes and they screamed for something. They did okay during the day when they were playing and interacting with people, but at night they had been whiney every night since we’d gotten home. “Mama!” Eli demands, his tiny face angry and sad looking. I sigh, and shake my head. I had said I didn’t know why they were crying, but it seemed tonight was no different than every other night. They wanted their mother. “She’s not here.” I say, stepping forward to pick him up and hold him against me. He calms down a little, but Ella gets jealous and starts screaming louder. I picked her up too, holding one against each shoulder as they sniffed and slowly started calming down a little. I hold them tightly against me, my hand supporting each one under the butt as they lay their head
Lucas and I end up talking for a few hours, and decide on a few things. We’re selling the remainder of the packs businesses, and we’ll compile all the money and reinvest in something low risk and hopefully profitable. We’ll lay low on that front for a while, shift to hunting for as much of our food as we can to cut costs, while we stack some money again. After a while we’ll go back to reinvesting in other businesses for even more cash flow. We’re going to go and personally talk to the pack members that left under May’s supervision, and see what I can do to try and convince them to come back. I know it’s probably going to take more than an apology, but I was willing to put in the work if they would let me. The rogue problem had settled down a little, killing them on site seemed to have the desired effect. But there were still a few encounters here and there, including one this morning with some young wolves playing too close to the border. The kids were fine, because Lucas had been
I sit at the kitchen island, eating a bowl of cereal a little nervously. Three days ago, Sebastian and I hooked up. Thankfully, Sebstain had gotten called away to another pack that was having a conflict the morning after we did the deed, so I hadn’t actually had to face the consequences of my actions yet. But I’d certainly had time to think about what we’d done. I don’t think I’d ever lost control like that. I had completely given into my desires, and given myself over to Sebastain in a very no return sort of way. I sigh and set my spoon in my bowl when I hear voices outside. I hear the front door opening, and Sebastain saying goodbye to a few men I’m assuming he’d been traveling with. “I’ll see you guys later.” I hear him telling them as he shuts the door. I hear him groaning, and I think he stops to stretch in the entryway. I let out a sigh of relief when I heard him going up the stairs instead of turning into the kitchen. Maybe I wouldn’t have to face him just yet. I hear
To say Sebastian and I’s flirty actions had spurred his mother on was an understatement. We had successfully spent the morning together, checking out a house that needed repairs. I wouldn’t exactly call it a romantic outing, but we were still together at least. We had gotten a little caught up with the mother living there, listening to her tell us how her house had gotten ransacked and her living room wall had gotten almost entirely destroyed. Apparently a pair of rouges had somehow gotten through the border and all the way to where the pack houses were. That had pissed Sebastain off; he’d actually excused himself to go yell at some guards. He came back though, looking like he felt slightly better. We had personally made sure plans were put into motion to fix her house, since she had two young children who were depending on her to provide for them, and I sympathized with that.When we were leaving her house, however, walking back to Sebastain’s to get lunch, we were ambushed by Se
…Luna?” I shake my head a little as I realize I’m being spoken to. Which makes sense, because I was the one zoning out in the middle of my conversation with one of the pack guards. I had kind of maybe escaped a little this morning. Sebastian and I went to our own rooms last night, and I don’t know about him, but I slept like shit. I couldn’t stop thinking about what we’d done, again. Flip flopping between how good it had felt, and how much I wanted to do it again, to feeling guilt for having fun while I was forcibly separated from my kids. I had finally given up around five am, heading downstairs dressed. I might as well get going on my day if my mind isn’t going to let me sleep. I’d glanced the back of Sebastian in the kitchen when I’d gone down, and panicked. I’d run out the front door and sneaked away before I could even think about how childish I was acting.I mean, come on, I am a grown woman with two kids already, and all I had done is slept with my mate. My manipulative, c
I returned back to Sebastain’s house after a couple hours of letting my wolf run around and hunt a little. I was mostly thinking of what I was supposed to do now while I let her stretch her legs. It made me feel... something that it seemed like my mate might be changing a little. After all, he was talking to May about wanting to cease his attacks on Killian. I didn’t figure everything out, but I came to the conclusion that I do in fact have feelings for Sebastain. I could keep denying it all I wanted, but every time I was around him it was like I went into a weird frenzy. I wanted his eyes on me and me alone, I wanted to talk to him, and touch him. When he spoke I listened, and when he moved I watched. There may still be feelings of hate in there for the way he ripped my kids away from me, but the passion I felt for him was starting to overshadow that. I also know I’m not quite over Killian yet. We went through a lot together, and literally have two children. I can’t let go of the