***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
“Desmond.” Olivia cried into my chest. Her arms were wrapped around my neck and my arms were wrapped around her lower back, holding her close to me. One of the goddesses was rubbing my back, another was rubbing hers. I didn’t care about saving face. I cried into Olivia’s arm, finally holding her again. The sparks were there but her scent was dulled by the water. We both were soaking wet. “I told you he could do it.” “Yes yes. You told me so. I get it.” Olivia was shaking and I held her as tight as I thought she could bare. The bump of her stomach pressed against me and I stared to cry in relief all over again. “Never again, my love. Stop trying to leave me.” She nodded, not saying a word. “It’s been chaos without you. Your whole family has been absolute chaos. Your older brother and mother especially. But then add in my parents, my friends, plus our kids. Olivia, you aren’t leaving me alone with those crazy people again.”
Olivia was sitting one of the dining chairs and I leaned against the back of it. Across from me, Alpha Bucho was doing the same with his Luna. We had to pull up more chairs to the table. Janet, Imogen, Tatiana, Scott, Eli, Derek, Iggy, Liam, my father and mother, Alpha Claude and his mate Chloe, with his new Beta, Victor, Zeus and another witch by the name of Agatha were all now around the our table. Agatha was also a head which of a couple of the covens that had sought sanctuary when Tatiana was on her rampage. Now her and a few other covens decided to stay on my lands.Papers and maps were strewn out on the table that we had collected over the past few days. Most were from the Alpha King’s domain. Letters from werewolves and fey who were dealing with the massive influx of soldiers. Not to mention the persecution if anyone decided to speak out. We had maps of their camps, locations of their outposts. The fey were a little more quiet and we only had some notes jotted do
My eyes watched Olivia’s face. Her eyes were focused and she was biting her lip. It took a lot of effort not to smile. We were in a familiar position. She was sitting at the top of the porch, while I was a few steps below her, my head resting in her lap. Slowly and carefully, she was shaving the beard that had overgrown in the past few months. Her hands softly turned my head to the side and I closed my eyes, feeling the scrape of the blade against my skin.It was so quiet. For the first time in weeks, the house was just her, I and Nasir who was laying down at the far end of the porch. I hadn’t seen Ricky since the outburst at the dinner table. Olivia and Nasir also seemed more distant than usual. I was worried but every time I brought it up, she would ignore me or brush off the question. Now it was so bad, they were barely in the same room together.“Almost done. Just some final touch-ups.”I made a noise, acknowledging her but not moving