LOGIN“Fuck!”I quickly began to dig the den out carefully. I stopped when I felt the still-warm body of an animal. I carefully removed it. Shit. It was Bella. I flipped her over and saw her stomach and chest moving. My gaze traveled lower and I saw the cub that was stuck half in her birth canal. I looked
Minor Trigger WarningGerald“DADDDY! DADDDY! WHERE ARE YOU?” Annie screamed as she ran down the hallway, crying.I jumped to my feet and rushed out of the room. “Annie? What’s wrong?”She waved some papers in the air. “Gerry, look.”She handed me the crumpled papers, and I smoothed them out so I co
ToyaI smiled at Hannah as Mom and Grandma got us ready. Tonight our daddies were going to go with us to the daddy-daughter dance and we were so excited. Elena and Priscilla had already gone to their dance with their daddies. It was our turn now. I twirled in front of the mirror and giggled when my
ElenaI threw the door to Annie and Hannah’s room open. I grinned at them.“I have a cookie for the one that irritates Osprey and Gerald the most.”Annie giggled and shoved Hanna. “That cookie is mine.”Hannah eyed me. “What kind of cookie?”Toya poked her head from around my back before hiding back
“Scarlett?” my brother said as he walked in to sit next to me on the bed. He put his hand on my back. “Do you want to talk about it?”I rolled over to look at him before sitting up and wrapping my arms around my legs. “Why does he have to have a mate? Can’t he just stay my best friend forever?” I wh
Epilogue (One year later)ScarlettI smiled when Osprey flung the door open. I held up the plate of peanut butter cookies I had made with him in mind.“I made cookies for dessert,” I murmured, looking down at the ground.He took the plate from me and his hands slid over mine. My eyes shot up to his
MonaI watched my new cub play with Tara’s slightly older one and I leaned my head against her shoulder. Over the last few months, we had grown closer with our mutual grief of losing Tasha. She had lost her best friend and I had lost family. Sometimes we snuck away to check on her and we almost alwa
I sighed. “That’s not helpful.”She laughed again. “Just give Maddy control. She’s a natural.”I hesitated but Maddy surrounded me with warmth. ‘I got this. Let me bring our cub into the world.’I let her gently push me to the back of our mind. I watched from where she had stuck me in as they gave h
Tasha (2 weeks later)My alarm woke me up and I groaned as I rolled over. I glared at the alarm clock. It couldn’t be 10 AM yet. I looked around the room and sighed when it was empty. I knew the guys all had to work but I had hoped that at least one of them would have stayed home with me today. Our
Timothy (5 months later)I gently took Osprey from Tasha and passed him off to Jamie. He didn’t want anything to ruin today, now that they had all agreed on this matter. They quietly left the room and I sat on the bed next to her and began to run my fingers through her hair.“Tasha, baby, it’s time







