LOGINChapter 30Renee’s POVI’m feeding a now three-month-old Amon and crying because we have been summoned to the palace to formally present our daughter Lauryn alongside her cousin Stephanie. “Baby?” Dexter comes in and kneels in front of me. “I can feel it. I’m sorry.”“Can’t we say its too close to your birthday and we want to be here with the pack to celebrate?” I choke out between sobs.“I will make that call right now if it will unbreak your heart,” He promises me and I nod frantically not wanting to leave my son. Without another word he smiles. “Good thing I made that call 10 minutes ago. Your Dad actually laughed. He completely understood and agreed to celebrate Stephanie and we will do a celebration for Lauryn via satellite. Keith has it all set up.”I sob in happiness and pull him into a kiss.“Thank you! Thank you, so much!”“I didn’t want to leave him either,” Dexter whispers to me and holds his forehead to mine as we both look down at our now milk drunk son. “He looks
Chapter 29Dexter’s POV“I need a baby girl,” I tell Keith. Keith laughs. “I know.”I look at him confused. I see him mindlink with a smile. Maya walks in with a pink blanket and a baby girl who looks crazy like she could be mine and Renee’s.“Explain,” I say pointing at the baby.“Your cousin Luke and his mate Jessica who looks a little like Renee had a baby last week. Luna sent them a gift basket. For the purposes of the kingdom she is Princess Lauryn. Here on pack she is the future Alpha’s cousin,” Keith responds. “He is excited for you.”I pick up my phone and call Luke. “Hey Alpha Cousin,” He answers as I walks into my office. “I was just outside. That is my newborn there.”“You are okay with this?” I ask looking at him.“I know with your Dad’s genes having a girl is impossible. Jessica and Renee have talked a lot. We know why you want to hide Amon. The whole pack is with you two. Until he is 18 and ready to be Alpha you and Renee can depend on us and Lauryn.”“I cou
Chapter 28Renee’s POV“My best wingman!” Dexter yells as I kick him at 3am.“Not the joke I want right now!” I growl.Ro-Seriously, he is just excited. Let him be. Dexter throws on the sweats he has on the side of the bed before scooping me up.“I think you forgot shoes,” I tease between contractions.“She’s in Labor?” Maya squeals as we run passed her and Keith. “Dude, shoes,” Keith yells running after us. “Later, I’m about to become a DAD!” Dexter is running full force toward the hospital.I want to tell him to calm down, but another contraction hits.Ro-Okay, little Alpha wants out, like right now. I can’t hold him back.“Dex, I need to push,” I tell him.“Whoa, hold on Mama. Just a few more minutes. We are almost there!” Dexter starts running faster mindlinking as he runs. When he runs through the doors a stretcher is waiting.Ro-You have to push! He is going to burst out of you like the thing in Alien. Traumatic birth loading.“I have to push,” I screaming and everyone
Chapter 27Rachel’s POV“Hi,” Tristian is standing in the door of my hospital room looking horrible. “Have you been crying?” I ask confused. “I called Dexter and Renee to tell them about Stephanie. Renee chewed me out,” He confesses. “She threatened a lot of things, said a lot of things, and demanded I make things right with you.”“We should have never told you about the last life. We should have kept it from you. You didn’t need to carry the burden of what 43 year old you did,” I say what I have been thinking for the past 2 months, but could never get him to hear.“I think walking around knowing that 43 year old me left his mate, the supposed to be love of his live, to burn alive is my punishment for the act.”“How many times did you fuck Jewel?” I ask surprising myself.Tristian shakes his head. “We never got that far. Kissing, some petting but our clothes stayed on. Every time we got close to crossing the line completely something stopped us.”I shake my head. “Fate?”Tristi
Chapter 26Renee POV“Keith,” Maya squeals as he chases her through the packhouse.Dexter looks up at me as we work in his office. “We were never that bad.”I laugh. “Let’s wait until you are 21 and the full mate bond hits.”Dexter chuckles. “That will be about the time our son turns 2 months old.”“If I go full term. The way the doctors are talking he could come anytime now.”“Amon come as soon as you can so I get laid on my birthday,” Dexter informs my stomach. “Really?” I ask making him laugh. “Hey my son will either be my best wingman or my biggest cock block. I would very much like him to be my wingman. And so you know, I came two months early,” he waves his hands over his body. “Clearly, my family can handle it. My dad was also early by 6 weeks.”I rub my belly, I’m four months into a normally 6 month pregnancy. The spring is about to come again, having a spring baby would be lovely. Having a late winter baby might be okay. The phone on Dexter’s desk rings and we both j
Chapter 25Rachel’s POV“Tristian, Rachel, let’s talk before you leave,” Daddy says motioning us to follow him. Tristian looks at me with questioning eyes. I look back with the same questioning eyes. We settle in my father’s office. He has not redecorated.Clara-He likes what he likes. I love that we can count on that.I shake her off because the look on Dad’s face is anything but normal.“Tristian, Renee and I had a discussion about your behavior. So I have her side of the story. What is your reason for defending her faster than her fated mate?”I take sharp intake of breath and wait. Dad just asked that using his Royal Authority. Tristian can’t lie.“Before coming here for the mating ball I had occasion to meet Princess Renee. She is captivating, kind, and I developed a crush. I had hoped to be the one to catch her eye at the ball, but instead I met Rachel. I’m thankful I met Rachel. She has become my entire world. The reason I exist. I’m not flirting with Renee. I







