Justin POVI tapped my fingers on the polished wood of my desk, trying to sort my thoughts. Randy had gone back to his own office on a phone call with one of our new business partners, somebody in a pack halfway across the continent. But thanks to the internet, we would be doing business with them.For the last two months, Randy and I had been trying to piece back together my father’s kingdom. He spent so much time with the infighting that he’d neglected any other duties that a king should do. Then as everything fell apart thanks to him and the Huntsman and everything, what he’d left behind for me to rule was a total disaster.Randy and I had tried to piece back together what we could in the heat of conflict. And while everybody was happy enough to be part of the True Mates pack, it wasn’t running the way that I wanted it to. Our pack wasn’t the sort of legacy that I would want to leave to my future children, children whom Helen and I were still working hard to conceive.I’d had no id
Right in the middle of my shark-infested fantasy, someone tapped on the door.“Justin?” Helen called through the wood.I slapped my laptop shut, trying to hide my research. If I wanted this to be a surprise, then she couldn’t see what I’d been looking at. A twinge of guilt hit me. I was acting suspicious like she almost caught me with porn or something bad like that.Wait. I had no reason to feel guilty. I would surprise her with this vacation. I would book everything, and then when she looked like she was sad that she was having no luck in conceiving a baby, I would spring this on her and cheer her up. The ensuing romance would make conceiving easier because we wouldn’t think about having a baby. We would just think about the romantic times and let nature take its course.Naturally, all of this thinking about sex made my cock swell, filling my pants and pressing against the zipper. Maybe we could try getting pregnant here in the office. I’d never had sex with her in my office. That m
Justin’s POVHelen took one open-mouthed look at my magnificent erection and burst into giggles. “Oh! It’s that kind of game.” Then she blushed. “All right. I guess that will take my mind off of things.”I saw her panties drop to the floor from underneath her skirt. Fluffing the fabric out, she straddled my lap so that my cock sat folded in between the soft lips down below. She kissed me deeply.“I like this game. Now, boss, what should I do for you?”“Well,” I chuckled, nibbling her ear, “there’s nothing a boss like so much as being made to feel that he’s powerful. What can you do to me to make me feel like a man?”“How about this?” she whispered in my ear.With that, she started to rub her hips back and forth across my legs. My member jumped excitedly, ready whenever she was to just slip inside and begin the real thrusting.I lifted Helen’s blouse and pulled the cup of her bra to the side, taking her in my mouth. I suckled at her nipple, running my tongue around and across the firm
Justin’s POVJust because she’d made a valid point didn’t mean I was ready to let other options go. I’m not sure why the idea of watching sharks creeped me out so badly, but it did.In reality, Randy and Russo had both seen Helen and me fully engaged in such activities. And I’d argue that either of them was more dangerous than a shark. But I wasn’t worried that either of them would try to take a bite of my goods. And if they did, I might have to kill them. I couldn’t kill some poor dumb shark for acting on instinct.Helen cocked her head. “Justin? What are you thinking about?”“Oh, um, nothing, really.” I’d spaced out there for a moment.“I looked at places where we could see historical things or metropolitan cities,” I explained. “Don’t you think it would be nice to go someplace like Paris or New York or Singapore? Or we could go to Egypt and see the pyramids and the other artifacts. Or Rome and see the Colosseum. Or we could go somewhere more remote. They have a chalet up in the mo
Justin’s POV“I’ve already talked to Lisa about getting pregnant,” Helen said. “She doesn’t think there should be any adverse effects from the Huntsman. Even after finding the witches and wizards who are more powerful than her, none of them have ever heard of this specific situation, but none of them could think of any reason why the baby wouldn’t be okay. I think we need to trust Lisa’s opinion and the opinions of those that she respects.”“Still, I want this whole pregnancy monitored,” I said, “start to finish. Let’s not take any chances.”I ran my hand across Helen’s cheek, cupping her face lovingly. “I don’t want to take any chances with your health either. Pregnancy can be hard on the mother. I want to make sure that you’re getting what you need so that you stay healthy. I want you to fully enjoy having a child when the time comes. I don’t want you drained and exhausted, or worse.”She put her hand over the top of mine, snuggling her cheek against my palm. “Thank you for worrying
Randy’s POVI continued my pacing, running my hand across the back of my desk chair on the way by. Part of me wanted to shove it into the desk and watch everything fly apart, but I resisted the temptation to lose my temper.My thoughts had come back to the danger they’d put Helen in. What were they thinking? Justin and Helen had a full two months of unchaperoned sex while Justin was in a lethal lycan form. She still had unknown side effects from having absorbed a half-demon’s power.Those two could sugarcoat her sex with the Huntsman any way they wanted, but it didn’t change the fact that we had no idea what the long-range effects were going to be. I just hoped the doctor who was coming this evening was smart enough to double-check everything and put those two in line with reality.As Beta, I could really use to relax about everything with this pregnancy so that I could focus on all of the other work that had piled up.The intercom on my desk crackled. “Beta Randy?” our receptionist s
Randy’s POVAt the idea of her leaving, my wolf started to panic. He leaped around my chest, demanding I take action to try to win her. Good Grief. One whiff of her pheromones and he was bouncing around like a teenage boy with his first hard-on.But maybe he had more control of me than I liked to admit because I blurted out, “Is that at all?”“Was there anything else?” she asked, pausing at the door and looking confused.“Not unless you wanna have dinner with me?” The words popped out of my mouth before I could stop them, and my eyes shot wide open. That had fully been the fault of my wolf.The doctor giggled, putting her hand on the doorknob. “I guess dinner with you might be all right,” she said. “Normally, I don’t mix dating and patients. It’s not good practice. But since you’re technically not my patient . . .”Her smile at me turned my stomach gooey. “I guess I won’t be going back to your practice now that your father’s retired,” I joked.She giggled again. “If you are one of his
Randys POVI set my phone down on my desk and leaned back in my desk chair, making a mental note to fix the squeak. Inside my stomach, butterflies or some sort of squirmy things wriggled all over. I had a date with the good doctor.Friday, after Helen’s appointment, I had a very difficult time making myself wait to call Emily, but I forced myself to. I didn’t want to sound desperate, especially if her wolf hadn’t chosen my wolf for a mate. If this were simply an exploratory date, then calling the same night I got her number would just come off as weird.But despite waiting, I couldn’t help the anticipation that built inside me. In agony, I waited as late into the day on Saturday as I could before finally giving in to the impulse to call. Thankfully, the phone call went smoothly, and she had agreed to meet me for dinner tonight.Because Emily was Helen’s doctor, and I was Justin’s beta, the last thing I wanted to do was have any awkwardness on our first date. So I’d made the reservatio