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Two Weeks LaterI took a deep breath as I looked around the large room I was in. Jill, Charlene, Storm, and Alex were all dressed in their dresses, watching as ChyAnn put the finishing touches on my makeup. Landon, as per Preston’s instructions, was getting ready with the other men. The last two weeks had been one hell of a time. During Jill’s fitting, Preston had stood guard outside the boutique doors, while Charlene and I had accompanied her to the alteration department. Not that he had any reason to be worried. Landon hadn’t even asked to attend. Nor had he left the casino. With all things considered, I was actually really proud of Landon and how he was handling things.He didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that his mate was just out of reach. Preston, on the other hand, was taking his fatherly duties very seriously. Anytime he saw Landon, he bared his teeth and threatened to eat him. Landon just smiled, shrugged, and wandered off to do whatever it was that I had asked him to d

I swallowed hard as the emotions that were already coursing through my body doubled in intensity, threatening to choke me. I gave Alek a soft, watery smile as I tried to push my emotions down enough to be able to speak well enough that he would be able to understand me.“Before I met you, I hated myself. I thought that I didn’t deserve love.” I paused before shaking my head. “I didn’t think that I would ever find love. And then you came into my life, not caring about that at all.” My lips curled up as I thought about the morning after our first night. “Men didn’t survive being involved with me. I didn’t let them. I had just given Storm the orders to hunt you down when you walked into the room with your eyes promising me all sorts of things. At first, I just wanted to be physical. And for a while, the first few hours, actually, all of my thoughts became focused on you. All I wanted to do was be around you, even when I wanted to kill you, but I didn’t even want to admit that to myself.”

At 6 AM the next morning, Alek lifted me out of the bed, cradling me against his chest as he walked out of the room, while I grumbled under my breath as I snuggled into his neck.“Why did we have to fly out so early?” I whined. “We could have taken my private plane and left whenever we wanted to.”“You’ll see why in a little bit. Now, go back to sleep. I’ll wake you when we get there.”“Okay.”I closed my eyes to sleep, but it never came. Instead, I spent the ride to the airport on his lap with his arms around me, breathing in his scent. I knew he knew I was awake based on the way his hand massaged my thigh. Not that I was going to complain. After only making love to him once when we got home, I was starving for his touch. When the car was put into park, Landon sighed heavily.“Boss, I know you’re awake,” he said.I groaned as I lifted my head to narrow my eyes at him. “You couldn’t just let me enjoy being with my mate?”“I just wanted to apologize to you for mine and Preston’s behavi

AlekI grunted in agony when sharp pain shot through me, making me snap awake. I pushed myself up and looked down at Tawnie, who, surprisingly, was still fast asleep through the pain. What in the hell was going on? All the pain was coming from our link, so I knew she was feeling it, but she was completely out of it, as if she truly wasn’t feeling it. I had always heard the rumors of her not feeling pain, and now I was wondering just how true those rumors were.I lifted the blanket and wasn’t surprised to see her stomach visibly moving. She was in labor. I groaned as I gently pushed her leg forward so I could check to see if she was dilated. When I couldn’t tell any difference, I pulled my fingers out of her and rolled over to grab my phone and the card of the doctor that Ingrid gave us. Before I could even press the first number to call her, my beautiful mate moaned softly. Okay, maybe she did feel some pain.“Shhh, baby,” I whispered as I sank her deeper into sleep. “I’m right here.

Two days later, I grunted when something landed on me, and I immediately reached up to grab whoever it was, rolling smoothly so that I was on top as I opened my eyes. When I saw my hand around Tawnie’s throat and that I was lying on top of her, I cursed under my breath as I carefully climbed off her, trying not to put too much pressure on her stomach. I let out a shaky breath as I sat on the edge of the bed, running my fingers agitatedly through my hair.“Did I hurt you?” I asked her worriedly.“Pfft. As if you could!” she laughed brightly, and as happy as I was to see that she was feeling more energetic today than the last two days combined, I was still anxious about possibly having hurt her. “Trust me, Alek, I’ve already healed a lot. We’ll be able to have sex tomorrow or the day after.” She paused as she sat up behind me, wrapping her legs around my waist. “But I was thinking that we could go out today. I already had Ingrid bring me a sling for Terrence in case you wanted to take h