Semua Bab Pregnant For My Alpha Lord: Bab 21 - Bab 30

A camera zoomed in on my face.Was I supposed to cry or something?“And where are your parents?”I looked to my feet. “Also gone.”Well, one was gone and one was dead, but my bio-mother might have been dead for all I knew or cared. It was easier to explain it that way instead of saying she ran off, abandoning me when my father couldn’t give her the life she wanted.“You poor thing.” Molly sighed as the cameras rolled backwards. “Alone in this world, coming from a cutthroat pack, and now you’re here for the chance of a lifetime. You must be so excited.”I laughed quietly to myself. While I’d been looking for her trap in the questioning, I completely missed the lead rope and she’d led me straight to where she wanted me to drink.I guess I had to play the part.Raising my face, I gave her my sweetest smile and let a few tears shine in my eyes.“It’s a dream come true, like a fairy tale. I’m praying to the Goddess that I’ll be good enough to pass the Luna Trials and earn my spot here this

“Not yet. Why?” I was glad for the change of subject. If he kept talking about Aspen there was no telling how my wolf would react. In truth, I hadn’t been paying much attention to the Luna Candidates at all. Except her. These weren’t my type of women. I preferred a little more discretion in my pairings. If I was really trying to find a mate, I wouldn’t have gone on television to do so despite it being the norm for males in my position.“I’ll let you figure that out for yourself if you haven’t scented her yet,” Chad kept talking. “But she smells pretty sweet.”I’ll bet Aspen smells sweeter. I glanced over my shoulder, seeing her take the bottle of bourbon I’d snagged from the bar for my sister. Aspen glared at me as if she’d heard Chad talking. For a wolf shifter that wouldn’t have been difficult. Something about the anger in her eyes eased my pounding heart a bit.She was affected too.Despite the cold shoulder she’d given and the denial of that spark between us, she was still paying

Ranger“I need you to meet with the quality inspector at Clinton Processing today at noon.” I fired off an email to Greg letting him know Mattox would be there.“Yep,” Mattox’s irritated tone drifted through the speaker on the phone.“Is there a problem?”“No, boss.” Mattox sighed.I waited.“This was supposed to be Fallon’s job,” he finally said.“And you helped load her suitcases in my Jeep despite knowing I didn’t want her here.” I pulled up the schedule for inspections this week. Government interference was a headache. Things were easier for the packs when we didn’t have to at least pretend we were meeting their safety criteria.“Fair point.” Mattox chuckled. “I had this coming.”“That you did.” I finished looking over the calendar. It seemed like we’d be good until I got back which was one less thing to worry about.“Have you thought about hiring someone for these things?” Mattox asked. “A secretary or liaison to deal with the human sector.”“Why would I pay someone else to do wh

Apparently, Molly wasn’t answering questions. “At the end of each event, we’ll hold an elimination ceremony where the unfortunate losers will be heading home immediately.”I slowly pulled my hand back down to my lap. That didn’t sound very nice. I’m sure there was a better word to use than “loser.” There were a few gasps of outrage around the room.Oh, that’s what you choose to get mad about?Molly gave a sympathetic look to the cameras. “Let’s not worry about that now. The fun is about to begin. The first trial is on Friday so you all have three days to prepare. At the back of the room, the attendants have random assignments. When I say so, form lines to draw your mission from the stack. Tonight in the cafeteria there will be tables set up for you to connect with your teammates for this trial.”Teammates.Okay. I could do this.“Good luck, ladies.” Molly’s smile gave me the creeps as she looked around the room. There was a collective intake of breath and we waited until she said, “Go

I hit send and stared at the phone, wondering if I should…Aspen: Can you do me a favor?I waited a whole three minutes for him to respond after it showed as read. The reply dots kept blinking at me.Aspen: Are you still there?Papa: I was waiting for you to tell me the favor.Laughing, I typed out my request.Papa: If I get rabies from the inmate coyote shifter, I’m blaming you.Aspen: You can’t say things like that! And Clara won’t hurt you.Papa: I didn’t say it. I text it.Goddess help me.I wasn’t cut out for this.17Ranger“Did you have any issues with your credentials?” I looked Ivan over as he stood in my room. The wolf shifter shook his head. The scar running from his cheek to his eyebrow added to his menacing stance. He was a big beast with a gym obsession and never missed leg day, but was also one of the smartest mutts I’d ever met.When I took over the Alpha position of McCaw, one of the first things I did was get him off the xylazine so that brain of his didn’t rot. A fe