Scarred Alphas

Chapter 78

“Will this work?” Miles asks.

“I have no idea. I hope so.

I look into Bryn’s eyes and

she looks into mine with

hope and expectation.

I focus, trying to reach the power inside of me. “Bryn,

you may speak again.” I

recite.

She takes in a deep breath and opens her mouth. “I…hate you.”

“You did it!” Dash cheers.

“Ah!” Bryn screams as she jumps with excitement.

That was a lot easier to do.

I look back at Honora with a

smile. “It worked!”

She smiles back and nods.

“As it should.”

I am so happy that this is not something I have to worry about anymore.

“Now let’s take care of that

baby. Here, drink this tea.”

She says handing me a tea

cup.

“Tea? What is it for?” I ask as I

take it.

I never really liked tea even though I have had it with Lotus and Poppy but just out of courtesy.

“It is Rooibos tea. It’s full of

antioxidants and naturally

free of caffeine. It’s good for the baby.”

Kanda nods. “Yes, Rooibas tea is very good for

pregnancies.”

Yuck…

I sigh and start slowly sipping the tea.

When Honora walks out of

the parlor, Lotus takes the

teacup from my hand and

smells it. She then takes a

sip.

“What is it?”

“Nothing. Tastes like normal

Rooibos tea.‘

“Why would you think

differently?”

“She is good at making potions so just making sure she didn’t put something extra that might be bad for werewolves and she might

not know about it.” She looks

towards the door Honora left

and mutters. “I should

probably go tell her about some of the plants that could harm our kind just in case.”

I narrow my eyes at her. “Are you all going to be fussing like this the whole time?”

She laughs and walks away. “Maybe.”

“Hey, you!” I hear Bryn

behind me.

“I can’t believe that you did

that to me! You are horrible!”

She continues talking and I am already sick of it.

“Bryn…quiet.”

She stops her yapping

unable to talk again.

Her eyes widen and they

water.

“I am not asking you to bend over backward, just, leave me alone. Live your life and don’t bother me or I promise you, you will never talk again. You can speak again.”

“I…fine…” She says and

sprints out of the room.

“Mhm. You are way scarier

now.” Dash says.

“I am?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t worry. I am not going to abuse this power.”

“Good. Then you’ll be a good

one.”

I smile and nod.

My eyes fall to Colt who quietly sits on the sofa watching me. He doesn’t speak to me unless there is something to be said. Has been like this all day.

I feel frustrated but I don’t

say anything. I leave him

alone like he wanted.

He follows me to the war

room for our meeting.

“It is confirmed that they have not had their meeting with these other packs just yet. But something is up. My

contacts tell me that Oliver

has been having secret meetings with Ezra. So they have not been able to get any

more information on their

plan.”

“I see. Have we contacted

these other packs?” I ask.

“Of course. We’ve contacted

the major packs that

surround all of us. Most of

them are very weary. They

don’t know who to believe

and many of them don’t

want to deal with us.”

“Thaks to our reputation…” I

mutter.

“Maybe we could host our own meeting?” Colt speaks.

“If we did this, we’d have to

be careful. Many of these packs are already on Ezra’s side just because they don’t like us.” Garret says.

“Then we should. Let’s at

least try.”

“Alright. It will take me a day

or two to make a plan.”

Victor says.

I look at Archie now.

“Anything new about the murders?”

“I have narrowed my suspicions to a few suspects. I need you to use your power on them now that you have

it.”

“Alright. Let’s do it.”

“Let’s start with someone

who is right here, right this

moment.”

“Someone here?” I am

surprised and so is everyone

else.

He nods and looks at Kanda.

“You.”

“Me?!” Kanda is surprised

and so am I.

“Why her?” I ask.

“Murders started after you all came back. It’s not personal,

but because of this, I can’t

just rule her out. I have to look at every angle.”

“Well…you are right.” Kanda

says, surprising us again. She looks at me. “Do it.”

Without hesitating, I nod

and stare into her eyes.

“Alright. Kanda, did you

murder those men?”

“No.” She quickly says.

“Did you have anything to

do with it?”

“No.” She says again.

“There. She is innocent.‘”

Archie nods. “Very well. I’ll

bring you the others.”

Kanda gives me a big smile lifting her two thumbs up.

Archie eventually brings all his suspects but they all

come out clean.

“Back to square one.” Archie says disappointed. “In the meantime, no one should

walk alone. Always have

someone with you.”

We all agree and end the meeting. I head up to see Warrick and update him on everything but he won’t even listen to anything that does not concern the pregnancy.

He seems much more

excited than anyone else,

even me.

“You old dump truck ass is going to be a grandpa.” I

playfully tell him.

He laughs. “Call me whatever the hell you want, it won’t

diminish my spirit! I had lost hope with Victor and Garret.

Those two have not found their mates yet.”

“I never knew how much you wanted to be a grandpa.”

“Of course I did! To see my line continue…it’s all I always wanted, power or not.”

I smile. “Well, you need to get better if you want to see

this little one grow. So hurry

up!”

“I’ll be doing somersaults by

the time this one is born.”

“Can’t wait to see that then.” I

kiss his head and leave him

to rest.

The doctor told me that he is

getting better. It will still be

slow but there is

improvement.

Colt and I have dinner in our

room. He is quiet most of the time but I find myself

wanting him close. I want his

touch, his warmth. As we

watch TV, I steal glances in his direction. I also look at my clock. There is

somewhere I need to be soon

and I don’t want to miss it.

Suddenly, Colt wraps his

arms around me.

It surprises me. “Are you-”

“No.” He quickly says.

“…okay.”

He sighs. “I am not trying to

give you the silent treatment. I am just not ready yet but I

can feel you want a hug.”

“You do?”

וו

“Yeah. You are my mate.”

“Yes, I am. Now come with

me.” I take his hand and lead

him out.

“Where are we going?”

Quitely I lead him to the

Doctor’s office.

“Why are we here?” Colt asks.

“I made an appointment. We are going to see our bean.”

“We…are?”

“Right this way Alpha. Our nurse sonographer is ready

for you.” The doctor says.

Within a few minutes, we are

staring at the black screen

with a tiny thing in the

middle.

“I guess it is much bigger

than a bean now.” I mutter.

Colt is silent but does not

unglue his eyes from the

monitor.

“There. You can see the heart

beating.” The doctor points to an area that thumps up

and down.

“It’s…kicking…” Colt says as we watch a little leg go up

and down.

It is strange to see that. I

don’t feel anything.

“A little dancer.” I mutter.

“Does…does anything look

strange to you?” I ask the doctor.

I am thinking back to when I

was born.

“No. Everything looks

excellent.”

I feel relieved.

I feel Colt hold my hand as

he continues to stare at the

screen in awe.

“And we can’t check the s*x

yet?”

“Right now this is all we can

see, it is hard to see when it’s

this early.” The nurse says.

“Okay.”

I walk out of the office

feeling elated. I turn to Colt who–with no surprise to me–has been quiet.

He walks next to me looking

into the distance.

“C–Colt?”

Finally, he looks at me and

to my surprise, smiles.

“It was kicking.” He says.

My mouth also curves in a

smile. “Yes. It was.”

“I… can’t believe we are going to be parents.”

“I know. It seems surreal.”

He nods, agreeing.

After walking in silence, he speaks again. “We need to

end this.”

“End what?”

“This mess with Ezra. I want

to just focus on you…us.” He

moves close. “I don’t want to

have to worry about Ezra

anymore.”

“That would be great. I am

tired of it too.”

“Mh…” He nods. “Come, let

me pamper you.”

“Pamper me?”

“Yeah. I am doing this every night before bed. You are

carrying our child and

deserve it.”

He takes me to the bathroom

and runs me a warm bath. I

take my clothes off and get

1. in. He does the same and sits

behind me where he

massages my shoulders and

back. It feels so good and

didn’t know how much I

needed it.

After the warm relaxing

bath, we lie in bed.

“So…are you…not angry at me anymore?”

“No. But don’t do something like that again. I am your mate and you know you can

trust me with anything. I am

here for you no matter

what.”

“Okay, and you are right. You are my mate, I know I can trust you with anything.”

We finally both are able to get a peaceful sleep until we

are woken up by a knock on

the door.

“Yeah?!” Colt asks.

“Alpha, Victor, and Garret wish to speak. They say it is urgent.” It is Serge speaking.

“Very well.” I say but can’t ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

seem to get up. I am so

comfortable.

I close my eyes taking Colt’s scent in when he suddenly

asks a weird unrelated

question.

“Uhm…we can still have s*x,

right?” He suddenly asks.

My eyes pop open. “What do

you mean?”

“I mean…even if you are

pregnant.”

“Oh. Yeah. We can.‘

“That’s a relief.” He says and

we both laugh.

“Can’t live without it, huh?”

“I’m sure I could but I choose

not to. I mean, I have two

hands but you feel so much better.” He growls in my ear.

“Then maybe later we can take a little break and you

can tell me how much better

I feel while you are inside

me.”

He closes his eyes and

moans. “Mh.”

Laughing, I get up and get ready. We both do. We walk downstairs ready to see

Victor and Garret. I am

surprised to see people

rushing about and looking a

bit lost.

“What is happening?”

“That’s a good question.” Colt

mutters.

As we walk downstairs,

Victor rushes to us.

“Cass!”

“What is it? What is all this

commotion about?”

“You are not going to believe

it!”

“Tell me!”

“Alphas of neighboring packs are lining up outside. They have arrived for a meeting.”

“What?! Why didn’t You tell

me they were coming already?!”

“Because I didn’t know!”

“What do you mean? Didn’t

you say you were going to

prepare a plan for a

meeting?”

“Yes, but I have not even

finished it!”

“Then…why?”

He shakes his head. “I don’t

know.”