Chapter 112
Chapter 112: You Are Family!
Lottie POV
Sliding my fingers through Kane’s while Knox squeezed my other tightly, I smiled as I looked down
at my mate’s hands, entwined with mine, offering me their protection and loyalty. I felt a lump form
in my throat, wondering if, after tomorrow, I would ever feel THIS happy again. To have my mates
by my side and our future growing inside me.
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“I won’t let anything happen to you,” Knox whispered, his lips pressing to my temple as if sensing
the gnawing fear that had taken root within me the fear of the unknown, of the challenges that
awaited us as parents.
“The three of you,” Kane added, squeezing my hand. Nodding, I kept my eyes forward as we made
our way up the stairs to the Alpha wing. I wasn’t ready to voice my thoughts on the revtion that I
was not only pregnant but with twins. And not just because it meant I was going to balloon like a
whale but because this morning, when Knox had teased his mother, saying I could already be
pregnant, I had felt that sheer panic rush through me. I had no idea what it was to be a loving
parent; it wasn’t like I had much experience in that department.
“You need to calm your thoughts if you n to hide how you are feeling from our boys!” Sage
advised as ifing from nowhere.
“Where have you been?” I seethed, wishing she had been there with me
earlier.
“I was with you, but Selene wanted you for herself.” Sage whimpered.
“Do you believe her?” I asked, referring to the pups I supposedly carried because I was doubting
her intentions.
“I do.” Her only reply, but I could hear the conviction in her tone. The weight of uncertainty hung
heavy in the air, casting a shadow over our every step.
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We were on our way to see our Alpha and my mate’s father, a man we had thought lost to us
forever, but the fear lingered–had the moon goddess truly honoured her promise, or had she
rescinded her offer since we had refused to make the sacrifice she desired?
“Can you sense your father?” I asked nervously as we drew closer. Both males paused as we
reached the door, Kane’s hand poised on the heavy wooden door, their blue eyes locked on mine
lovingly. Feeling Knox’s hand slide up my back,
“Can’t you?” He asked with a wide smile, pushing the door open. My eyes fell on the image of Alpha
Leigh sitting on his bed, Laura cuddled up next to him. He looked strong, glowing even as he looked
over at us.
“Ever heard of knocking?” He snapped in his usual moody manner that had me smiling. Tears
spilling over myshes. Knox’s hand slipped into mine, grounding me as we stepped into the room
together.
“Boys!” Laura nodded, motioning for them toe in. “I don’t know what you did!” She gushed,
jumping from the bed and rushing over to Knox and Kane, her hands flung around them, pulling
them to her. “But thank you!” She sobbed happy
tears,
her words a poignant reminder of the sacrifices that we might still have to make. This woman who
hours ago I knew was lost to despair and med her sons for her pain, now freely enveloped those
boys in a tight embrace that spoke
volumes.
“It’s not us you need to thank.” Kane replied, his toneced with pride as he pulled from his mother
to look at me. Her eyes dashed to mine and then back to the boys. The absolute joy written on
Laura’s face as she looked back at Leigh made my heart churn.
“Did she not deserve this happiness? Had she not suffered enough?” I asked Sage, who sighed
heavily.
“Have we all not suffered enough?” Her tone was tight and filled with
heartbreak.
“How?” Laura asked, turning to look at me again. “You know what, it doesn’t matter! You can tell me
tomorrow. Can we just celebrate that he is here with us?”
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She asked sweetly.
Nodding, I swallowed the lump forming in my throat because who knew what tomorrow held? The
moon goddess could still be cruel and take away the gift she had given. If, her terms were not met.
“Whatever you are thinking, you need to stop!” Kane’s words rang through my head like a siren.
Pursing my lips, I nodded, but Alpha Leigh’s eyes had found mine, having picked up on the tension
brewing inside me.
“I am not a fool, Charlotte; I know you paid a heavy price to save me.” Alpha Leigh admitted through
mindlink. And I rolled my lips, unable to speak, my hand. lowering to my stomach instinctively. His
eyes followed.
“I am going to leave you to it; this is a family moment.” I offered to try and be
sensitive.
“You are family!” Knox moaned, turning to face me. Kane followed, and two sets of beautiful eyes
landed on mine, my heart lunging seeing the panic in them.
“More so now than ever!” Kane added his lips in a tight frown. Stepping into them, cing a hand
on each of their cheeks, I leaned up to kiss both of them in turn and nodded, my smile wider than I
felt possible.
“I need to get out of this dress and take a shower. I promise I will be waiting for you both when you
are done here.” I nodded, my eyes falling on Alpha Leigh’s before dropping nervously, his eyes
demanding an answer even if his words were
not.
“You are wee to stay!” Lauras offered as she approached, taking me into her arms for a gentle
hug that said more than her words could. She, too, thought
was family.
“We will be down in five, ok Princess!” Kane nodded, holding the door open for me; slipping from
Laura’s arms, I had just reached it when I felt a hand grip my waist, pulling me back into the room in
a whirlwind as I mmed into Knox’s solid form his handsnding on my chin and tilting it up to
meet his lips in a bruising kiss that had my cheeks flushing knowing his parents were watching.
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“My room, not yours, angel face!” He breathed, letting me go, only to spin me into Kane, who
followed his brother’s lead, his lips crashing down onto mine.
“Good thing it’s too early for morning sickness, eh!” He mindilined as he held the door open again
and let me leave.
“Dicks!” I groaned, thudding down the hallway; I had barely reached Knox’s room when I felt
someone behind me, pivoting quickly. I came face to face with thest person I thought.
“Alpha!” I gasped, my hand on my stomach, hating how my instincts were to protect my stomach
already.
“Knox and Kane exined a little of what happened when their mother mind linked to say I was
ok… somehow.. they told her that a deal with Selene was made; it all sounds insane!”
“It’s fine, Alpha!” I nodded, leaning on my tiptoes to press a kiss to his cheek. Like I always had, he
was the only father figure I had truly ever had. “You are worth it!“I added with a smile, my breath
hitching in my throat, feeling his handnd over mine on my stomach.
“Now don’t you dare lie to me, Charlotte, I know how this works… a life for a life… Promise me, no
life.. big.. or” His eyes lowered to my stomach. “Small has been sacrificed for me!”
Bringing my eyes up from my stomach, I felt the pull of his Alpha bond; even if he wasn’t using it,
my soul was telling me not to lie to him.
“No sacrifice has been made for you,” I admitted, in a technicality, because right now, at this
moment, no one had been sacrificed.
“Ok. You have three minutes till the boys are in here… I suggest you shower quickly!” He winked,
stepping away from me. “You are good for them, you know!” He offered, his words meaning more to
me than he could ever understand. Nodding, finding myself speechless, I smiled and turned to the
door.
“And Char”
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“Yes, Alpha?” I asked, his eyes levelled on mine, knowingly.
“Congrattions.” He winked before disappearing back down the hall.
Author Note: Sorry for the dy tonight, had a slight hick–up at home. tonight! If you follow my
socials you will know why lol!
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