Total pages in book: 154
Estimated words: 148955 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 745(@200wpm)___ 596(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 148955 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 745(@200wpm)___ 596(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Apparently, there are drugs that will do it and they’re not looked upon favorably by alphas, particularly super alphas who have a lot more male hormones than the average male.
She wanted to talk to me about it but got caught up in everything.
And now, she’s gaining information from contacts at the university in Scotland to help ensure there are no surprises with pregnancies for either me or my sister, since we’re not shifters. Apparently there have been no human / council alpha matings for two generations in this pack so she wants to get up to speed on things to avoid unhappy surprises.
I’m anxious to get some alone time with Amelia. Not only to find out what she thinks, but to try to give her reassurance, too. I know this stuff is crazy, that it’s wild and wacky that this stuff exists. And if Mason is anything like Tyson, she’s in for a rude alpha awakening. And my sister is an alpha female, if that’s really such a thing in the non-shifter world, so I’m sure my new potential brother-in-law will have his hands full.
Once the 36-hour mark passed and we knew I was out of the woods, knew that the birth control pill was definitely the culprit, Mason whisked her away back to his lake house. Against her wishes. Literally. She stomped her feet and demanded he fuck off and he carried her out of there over his shoulder.
My mom missed that, thankfully, and when she emerged shortly after that from taking her shower upstairs at Cat’s, Cat simply said, “Mason and Amelia had to go. I’m sure she’ll call you later.”
Mom seemed fine.
Weirdly.
And then she kissed me goodbye, told me she was going home and putting her house up for sale. She was moving to Drowsy Hollow to be closer to us.
“There’s an apartment for rent above the dry cleaners in that town. I passed it on my way here and I’m going to call about seeing it on my way home.”
“What are we going to tell Leo and Dad?”
“We’ll tell your brother you moved. You fell in love. So did Amie. I’m moving to be closer to you girls. He’s busy anyway, at school. When he’s finished, he can either move to Drowsy Hollow with me. Or not. It’s time for me to live my life, too. I’ve spent too many years in your father’s shadow. It’s my time in the sun, I think.” She smiles brightly. “I don’t know what Nelle has in store for me, but she told me in her letter that my happy was coming. I’m feeling like this is all good, all right.”
I hug her tight. “Talk later, then.”
“He’s very handsome. And he is very very smitten with you.”
“I know. It’s wild, isn’t it? Crazy stuff.”
She nods. “Crazy is right. And wonderful. And magical.” She winks.
“Drive safe. Text me when you get home.”
“I will.”
Tyson walks in and she hugs him, startling him.
“Welcome to the family,” she says.
“Welcome to mine, too,” he replies and kisses the top of her head.
Mom looks at me with a big smile and approval on her face and then she waves.
Tyson gets to me and puts his lips to my forehead. “No fever?”
“I feel better,” I tell him. “Let’s go home.”
“I’m going to order us a better bed. And better furniture.”
“The bed seems pretty good at the house in Arcana Falls,” I say.
His eyes flash with surprise.
“Let’s make that our home.”
“Are you sure?” he asks.
I nod. “I think so. It’s what you want, isn’t it?”
He lets out a big breath and then he pulls me to him.
“You being happy is what I want most. But that you’d give that to me, despite everything? I don’t deserve you.”
“And don’t you forget it,” I joke.
He looks into my eyes and the glowing heat, the love there, they knock my socks off.
“I won’t. I swear I won’t.”
I cup his jaw and kiss him.
“Let’s have a wedding,” he says. “You can wear the bride panties I saw at home.”
Is he actually asking me something instead of telling me?
I jerk in surprise. “Are you asking me to marry you?”
“I already married you. I’m asking you to marry me back.”
“Yes,” I say. “I will.”
He smiles big and kisses me.
56
Tyson
Something isn’t right; I feel it in the air. I don’t know what it is, so I’m walking around the house, checking out windows, pacing. I’ve been doing it an hour.
At first I thought it was just that it’s our first night in this house together, but it’s more. I just can’t pinpoint it.
Ivy’s asleep upstairs. We picked up our clothes and our food and moved into the Arcana Falls house this afternoon.
I also fucked her twice. At her request. I wanted to let her rest because of the ordeal she’s just been through, but evidently, she’s either still in heat or can’t resist me. Either way, it was nice. It felt right being in that bedroom with her.