Chapter 16 - Princess to Gamma

Teresa’s POV

My body is tingling all over after our shower, we walk down to the kitchen, I was raised around Gabe so I feel at home with him already, he knows my moods, my humor and my smart mouth, so it’s just the sex that is new and my wolf’s power.

We walk into the kitchen Gabe walks over to the pantry and begins taking out stuff to cook.  I look at him, “are you cooking?”

He chuckles, “if we want to eat, yea, unless your offering sweet cheeks,” he arches his brow, and I slam my thighs together.

He shakes his head as he opens the fridge and pulls out meat and a couple of bottles of water, he turns tossing me a bottle and places the items on the counter as he opens his and takes a sip.

“I can cook you know, so I don’t mind helping,” I say teasingly as I look him up and down.

He shrugs, “that’s up to you, but we all have nights to cook in the pack house,” he laughs, “we don’t have a Nonna living here, she’s still raising her own kids.”   

I giggle, “So we can cook together on my and your nights if you want,” I rub his arm as I walk around him and start cutting the carrots he’s taken out.

He smiles, “I’d like that, you think of what we can cook in 2 days, Okay.” 

“Is Dimitri a good cook?” I ask because I’m curious.

He laughs, “just tell him what kind of pizza you like, and he’ll make sure you have one when it is his night.”

I nod, “what about Alpha Christov?  What kind of food does he cook?”

He looks at me, “Sandwiches, so he only does one night a week,” he shrugs, “being Alpha does come with perks.”

I shake my head, “so Abigail only cooks 1 night too?”

He nods, “yup,” he pops the p really loud, “perk of being the Alpha.”

I laugh, so now that I am here, they don’t even have to cook on there one night a week.”

He nods, “I guess they don’t, we’ll have 4 nights and Dimitri 2.”

I shake my head, “Oh hell no is this happening, Abigail doesn’t get to get out of cooking just because I’m here, she needs to cook, especially since there are 3 of them.”

Gabe stops what he’s doing and takes my hands and turns me to look at him, “Teresa you are the Gamma Female of this pack, you are not allowed to talk that way, I know she’s your sister but don’t forget she’s the Alpha of our pack and you need to respect that.”

I can’t help but feel as though he is putting Abigail above me, deep down I know he’s right but he’s my mate and should make me feel like I’m worth more to him than she is, “so you think it’s right that she doesn’t pull her wait in this house, her house and she shouldn’t have to share in the burden of cooking?”  I pull my hands from him, “my Daddy was the Alpha, and he cooked all the time, he and Momma, until Nonna came to live with us.”

He smiles, “Teresa I lived there too, I know what Braddock and Charlie did and still do, I was one of the pups they fed, but this isn’t their pack house, this is Alpha Abigail’s and Alpha Christov’s pack house.”

Her voice entered the kitchen before she did, “yes, it is and who is it that needs to know this?” 

I turn and Abigail walks into the kitchen with Alexander on her hip and she chuckles, “I should have known, starting trouble already princess,” she puts Alexander into his high chair, kisses his forehead and walks past us to the fridge.  She opens it and gets out a juice box and then grabs a cookie out of the cookie jar and heads back to Alexander.

“No, I’m not, we were just discussing the schedule for cooking and with me here you and Christov don’t have to cook anymore,” I pout.

She crosses her arms over her chest and smiles, “I guess we don’t,” she hums, “hmm, yea I think we will keep it the way it is though, I like to cook and I’ll miss my sandwich night, no one makes sandwiches as good as my mate.” 

I blink at her and then look at Gabe, he smiles at me and then chuckles, “see you got all up in yourself for no reason.” 

Abi looks at him shakes her head and then looks at me, “your wolf, Momma says your white like her, she must be beautiful if she looks like Rayne.”

I blink at her and nod, “her name is Cloud and Gabe said it was hard to see me in the woods last night, you think maybe I can be invisible if I practice?”

Her eyes go wide, “maybe, that’s so cool Teresa, did you tell Momma today when she was here helping you move your stuff?”

I was going to, but I wasn’t able to walk her out,” I look at Gabe blushing and he chuckles. 

Abi smiles, “I see, well I hope your using protection or we will be opening a day care inside the pack house soon,” she grabs a wet paper towel and wipes off Alexander’s hands and face and places a few blocks on his tray for him to play with.

She looks at me and laughs, “oh you didn’t think about that,” she points to Alexander, “this is what happens when you don’t,” she smiles lovingly at him.

I giggle, “well, I’m glad you didn’t because I love this little munchkin,” I jump up and remove him from his highchair and snuggle him to me. 

“Me too,” she pats her little baby bump, “and this one.”  She looks at my stomach, “and if there is one already in there, I will love it too, but if there isn’t, let’s make sure that you two are going to make it before you bring a pup into it, okay.”

I stare at her, and so does Gabe and we both speak at the same time, “what do you mean by that Abigail.”

She chuckles and raises her hands in surrender, “look, the way the two of you knock heads, this might not be the best pairing that’s all, unless you both work at it.”  She looks at Gabe, “Teresa is a handful, and you already knew that, she also is expecting all the affection, admiration and love that you are supposed to be feeling for her, as our fathers so well displayed in front of us our entire lives.”  She turns and looks at me, “you should be enamored by him.”  She pauses, “Teresa I love you, your my sister, but you also have been spoiled and raised to be a princess, not a Gamma, there are big differences, like huge ones, you’re the Gamma Female and will need much training to get up to that position.”

I kiss Alexander’s cheek and hand him to her, “yes, Alpha Abigail, thank you for informing me of my position in this pack,” I roll my eyes at her.