Looking at the house though, it was different. There was a real front door and the porch railing had been fixed. The grass covered the entirety of it just like I wanted. Solar panels had been attached to the roof. Smiling, I shook my head.
'Desmond, what did you do to my house?'
'Olivia?!'
I laughed. 'Nope. Just a random person wondering why solar panels are on the top of my roof. '
'Are you here?'
'Yeah. I just stepped in.'
'I’m driving to you now.'
Smiling, I walked up to the house and used my key to open the door. First thing I noticed was that the doors and frames were taller. Desmond wouldn’t have to duck anymore. There was now furniture inside as well. A couch, coffee table, a bean bag and a table with four chairs. The one thi
Desmond walked with me in the morning, holding my hand, all the way to town. I talked about the village and he talked about the changes to the pack. Catching up more than just the twenty questions we passed out in the middle of last night. As we walked into town, I tried to drop my hand but instead he pulled me close, looping my arm in his. “Where do you think you’re going?” “I just thought…appearances?” He shook his head. “To hell with appearances. Everyone already knows. I’ll be damned if I finally get a divorce and can’t even hold you in my own pack territory.” Desmond growled the last bit. Smiling, I placed my hand on his arm, leaning into it. “Fine then. Fuck them.” “Come on, we are gonna be late at this pace.” I rolled my eyes. “Fine fine.” I was glad it wasn’t the hospital but an office down the way. The nurse was sweet as s
I wish I had woken up with the sun, birds chirping, ready to start the day. Instead, I was leaned over the toilet at five in the morning throwing up dinner from the night before. My hands shook and I grimaced. Going through two previous pregnancie, it had never been this bad. A hand rubbed my back and some water dropped into view. I took it and first swished it around in my mouth, spitting it out. The second sip I gulped down.“Thank you.” I smiled up at Ricky.“It’s still pretty bad?”I nodded. “Doctor basically said I could symptom control. I’ll do a ginger root tea. See if that helps. If not, I’ll try a nausea potion. But if that doesn’t work then I’m totally fucked.”“Damn you guys. Quit being so hard on your mom. Uncle forbids it.” Ricky poked my stomach and I laughed.
***Desmond’s POV***I was nervous. I had never been this nervous to speak to my parents before. They were always there for me and I had no doubt that they were going to be ecstatic. However, just knowing that they were my pups this time, I felt a fierce sense of protection and fear welled up inside me. Olivia squeezed my hand and I looked down at her.“Relax honey. It will be okay.”I took a deep breath. She was right. We would be fine. Ricky was smiling at me and I debated punching off the smirk on his face again. I didn’t want to risk the punishment though Olivia would give me.“I swear, I’ll never get used to the Alpha being so emotional.”“Ricky, you’re cruising for a bruising right now.”Olivia snickered. “Come on boys. We literally have to walk a block. I expect no fights.”I huffed and glared at him. Ricky put up his hands and smiled again. He took up Olivi
Olivia and Nasir were walking ahead of me. Her hand was on his head and they walked completely in sync with each other. Aamon was irritated at their interaction but I was still reeling from her earlier assessment of herself. It had shut up both my mother and I. My father and Olivia still happily carried on a conversation but the two of us couldn’t move past it.My mother had pulled me aside before we left and I could see the worried mother look in her eyes. I told her I understood but I honestly didn’t know how to even start the conversation. I loved this fiery woman with all my soul. Every part of her was perfect for me but if I tried to make her see, she would brush me off as just being her mate.'Earth to Desmond. Earth to Desmond. Have you landed on the outer rim yet?'My eyes snapped ahead of me and I realized I had stopped walking in front of the gazebo in the town center. Olivia was sitting on one of the benches and Nasir was laying u
“I’m sorry, what?” Scott had recovered from his coughing first.Olivia was still giggling.“You heard me, Beta.” I took another sip from my glass.“No no, you say that but I could have swore I heard you say that there were new alpha pups. That would be ridiculous. Absolutely absurd. Right?” Scott looked from me to Olivia. “Right Vi?”She placed her hand on top of mine, which was holding onto her stomach. “I don’t think it’s that absurd.”I cleared my throat, trying not to laugh. Derek put his glass down and looked at us, seriously.“Are you joking Desmond?”“I’m not. Olivia is carrying my two boys.”Iggy stood up and slammed his hands on the kitchen counter. “Well for fucks sake! Congratulations you two! Holy shit! I knew that fucking dream dimension wasn’t just a dream. I mean we confirmed i
I walked out and looked around. Olivia had been working on a magic circle in the middle of the clearing just above the ley line for days. She would go over it again and again trying to make it perfect. Painting it by hand in a mixture of herbs, white chalk and magic. At one point I had tried to help but she kicked me out of the clearing and said I couldn’t do anything.“Where do you want us?” I stood behind her, kissing her head.She was tense though and even the kiss didn’t remove the tension in her shoulders. Olivia was looking over the clearing. Taking a deep breath, she looked up at me and smiled.“Alright! I need Ricky right here.” She pointed to the tip of the circle.He skipped over and stood just outside the circle.“Janet, I need you on the opposite end of Ricky. Imogen, I need you to the right of her.”“Her right or yours?”Olivia chuckled. “Hers. Thank you fo
“Honestly, those old farts are just looking for a reason to fling their power around.” Tatiana was sitting on our couch. Nat was sitting at her feet as Olivia’s mother, the Fey Queen, braided her hair. The two of them had gotten along surprisingly well. Liam was wary of her since Olivia had talked more about her with him but his curiosity won over. He was sitting next to her, the two of them chatting about the fey council.She had show up a day ago. Alpha Bucho and Luna Stacy were staying in a tent that they set up a mile or so into the forest. I excused Nat from school for a few days while Olivia was gone. It had been three days. Three days since she was taken by Ricky to the goddesses. If I wasn’t pacing in the house, I was kneeling in the middle of the clearing.While I knew she was still alive through our bond, it didn’t help me not to worry. Every time I tried to reach out, it was just
“Are you sure that’s how small you want the kitchen to be?”I rubbed my eyes. “It’s already double the size of the one at the pack house. I’m not feeding the entire pack here.”“I mean, you pretty much do now.”Glaring at Iggy, I shook my head. “You only say that because you don’t have to clean it.”“I think the kitchen is fine. We need to nail down the amount of bedrooms though.” Nat yelled from the opposite end of the clearing.“You, Liam, the boys, Ricky, Olivia and I, plus however many guest rooms you think we need.”“Eight?”I coughed. “Nat, we don’t need eight guest rooms.”“Look at how many people we are housing!”My fingers pinches the bridge of my nose. “Four. Four guest and one of them will double as an office for me.”“We are getting a theater room r