Semua Bab The Beta's Scarred Mate: A Loner to Luna Prequel: Bab 91 - Bab 100

We spent three more days in that cabin and, reluctantly, went back to reality. The next morning, I went to my office and sat in my chair. I sighed thinking about how much I missed this room. I walked to my coffee maker and made a cup of hot tea for myself. I sat back at my desk and started on all of the budgets for the pack departments. I had been at it for a while until I caught movement in front of me. I lifted my gaze and found my sister-in-law sitting in one of the chairs across my desk from me, a silly grin on her face, “So, when do you want to go baby shopping?” I chuckled, “You would think my boss would want me to work a full week before I took another day off.” She laughed, “Nah, we need a girls’ day out.” I smiled, “I would like to invite my uncle and aunt up for the weekend and I would like you, Matt and Honi to meet them. I want my Aunt Piper to come with us to shop for baby stuff and the décor for the boys’ room.” She nodded in agreement, “I think that’s a really good idea.

When we reached Bath and Body Works, I went straight for the citrus hand soaps, “I love these scents for the kitchen sink. I love the vanilla scents for the bathroom, because that’s the scent of my body wash that I like.” Honi asked, “What does Joshua think about the different scents?” I laughed, “He says the vanilla smells like birthday cake.” The ladies laughed at the naughty thoughts that I know went through their heads. I tsked, “You were having the same thoughts that he said out loud.” We all laughed as I filled my basket with all of my soaps and body washes that I wanted and I got my body spray too. Jessie raised an eyebrow at the amount of soaps and washes I was getting and I defended, “What? I know I won’t be able to get up here for a while, after the twins are born.” She nodded in understanding then went to grab more of the things she liked, “You’re a bad influence. Matthew is going to look at this receipt and ask why I needed that much soap.” I responded, “Just tell him ther

All the way home, Aunt Piper told us stories of when she and my mother were kids and Honi told us stories of Joshua’s and Matt’s antics when they were little. Jessie and I were enthralled with all of the stories and I was so happy to be learning things about my mother. I did find out that my dad was friends with Uncle Ace while he was growing up. They were from neighboring packs and went to the same school. Aunt Piper suggested that I talk to him to find stories about my dad. She smiled, “I know he has some really funny stories of the things they got into.” I smiled, “I can’t wait.” When we got home, Joshua, Matthew, and Uncle Ace stepped outside to greet us. All of their jaws dropped as they watched the omegas file in and out of the pack house making repeat trips with armloads of bags. Joshua smiled, “Please tell me a large portion of this is yours.” I smiled, “I spent a lot of money today.” He laughed, “That’s good.” I threw my arms around him, “We had so much fun and we heard all k

It had been two months since Jessie gave birth to the twins and I was absolutely in love with those little boys. Every time one or both of them were cranky or whiney, Jessie would bring them to me and I would rock them to sleep while roughing them up and singing a lullaby. I didn’t know why they loved it, and it only seemed to work when I did it. I had tried to show them how I did it, but they just didn’t get rough enough with them, I guess. I was also starting to get really frustrated with my belly. It was in the way of everything and making me crazy. The only thing it was really good for was holding stuff like stitch markers while I crocheted. I spent a week with Aunt Piper showing me how to crochet and I fell in love with it. I got really good at it too. I had made each of our boys a blanket and some slippers with teddy bears on them, a Native pattern throw for Honi which she fell in love with (even though it was a Navajo pattern instead of Arapaho), I made a blanket with a silhoue

After dinner, Joshua and I walked back up to our room and changed clothes for the memorial service. I was not looking forward to it, but I felt like I needed it just as much as the pack did. I was missing Douglas just as much as they were. Even though I wasn’t in the same pack as he was during the last few months, I missed being able to mind link him any time I wanted to. I had been mind linking with him at least once a week since he took the gamma position. He was my protector since I was a small child. Just thinking about all this nearly had me in tears. This memorial service was going to be heartbreaking. We walked down to the event hall and there were flowers and pictures of all four of our fallen warriors, enlarged to poster size, at the front of the hall. Joshua and I walked to the front and looked at each of the photos. I noticed the picture of Douglas was a recent one that someone must have taken without him noticing, because he was laughing and he had his arm over my shoulder