Do you know how hard it is to leave not only the child that you raised, but the two pups that you considered surrogate children, and a newly minted grandpup? No? Cause I do. Dr. Hazel insisted that we come down when I started to have Braxton Hicks contractions about two days after little Lily came into our world. She says that there is absolutely no way that I’ll be able to carry all three pups to term. I’m not quite as uncomfortable as Charlie was when she was carrying Chris and Jared, but I’m still ready for them to come out. Charlie was a lot shorter than me, so the large pups that Brandon and Zak tend to produce were harder for her to manage. I’m nearly as tall as my mates are, so I have more room, but I also have another pup. And they are all measuring pretty big. Lily, Chris and Esteban’s pup, is absolutely perfect. Barely cries and is perfectly content to be held or set down, doesn’t matter to her. Eats well, sleeps even better. “Takes after her PopPop,” Bran
The Goddess has smiled down on Zak and me in our old age and has given us pups that actually sleep. I mean, the triplets all only wake up once a night for feedings. Once! And then they go back right to sleep. Sometimes they sleep and feed at the same time! We keep bugging Dev and Arya to make sure that they are ok, because we’re not used to pups that sleep this much. But they keep telling us that everything is fine and that the triplets are doing what babies are supposed to do. “Are you sure that they’re ok?” Zak asks Bhakti, seeming to not take the demigods’ words for it. Hey, I’m not judging. I get it. I’m not sure what’s going on either. “Zak, for the 50th and final time, they are perfectly fine. You just had a really shit go of it with Chris and Jared,” Bhatki says, and it’s easy to see how annoyed she is by our constant questioning. “Hey!” Chris says from the couch on the other side of the room where she’s nursing Lily. “I heard that!” Jared says from the kitchen.
4 days later… I can’t believe how big the Artemis packhouse is. I mean, I’ve seen the Diana packhouse a few times, which is beautiful, but its nowhere near as old or as huge as the Artemis one is. According to Zak, the Artemis Pack was founded long before this country was formally a country, even prior to the Native Americans living here. They had been placed here by the Moon Goddess long ago and had lived here for centuries. By the looks of some fo the rooms, there was a history of trios here even then. I’m excited for tonight, though I’m a bit nervous, too. Chris senses it through the matebond, a link that we always keep open between each other. We were separated long enough. We don’t need that separation ever again. Chris comes over to help me tie my tie after the third sigh and failed attempt. “Let me help you out, love,” she says, her touch soothing, even through the dress shirt that I’m wearing. Devin and Arya had agreed to take Lily and get her ready while Chris
It’s the night before Alexander and my birthday. He will become the alpha of our portion of the pack and I will be the beta. Well, depending on who my mates are. Because if Summer and Jared are my mates, I don’t know that I’ll be staying here. I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting my hopes up. I don’t know what the Goddess has up her sleeve. I can’t pretend to know what she has destined for us. But I legitimately can’t imagine myself with anyone else. So, if we find out that Jared isn’t my mate tomorrow, then the trio that we have created for ourselves won’t happen. Which just makes my stomach hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt before in my life. I feel like I’m panicking and I don’t know how to make it stop. Everything that I want, every damn thing that I have ever wanted in my life, hinges on who I scent out tomorrow when I wake. Alexander is feeling the exact same thing I am. Though, I’m pretty sure we know who his mates are and he’s begging the Goddess that he
I had a feeling that I would be seeing my boys tonight. The night before they were born. Their 21st birthday. It’s so hard to believe that the babes that I held in my arms when they were born, the pups that I have watched grow, both with me and on Earth, are going to be fully fledged wolves. I’m so proud of the males that they have turned out to be. They are strong, brave, kind, loving, and, above all, happy. I love them so much and I am the proudest papa wolf in the entire would because of them. Right now, Alexander has been dealt a shit hand. A really shit hand. I feel awful for him. Jacob really screwed the pooch on that one. I legitimately don’t get it. I mean, I wanted to have my mates more than anything in this world. The only thing that made me even think about rejecting Arya was to help save her pain. But I always, always, always wanted them. I mean, I know who all of our pups are mated to. Jacob, Rowen, and Alexander. I also know who all six, well seven
We stayed with Dad throughout the night, laughing about old times, talking about the responsibilities that will come with our new positions, and talking about the matebond. I can’t wait until I get back to wake up and find my mates. The fact that I know exactly who my mates are, that they are the ones that I’ve wanted my entire life, takes away all of the anxious energy that I’ve been feeling leading up until my birthday. Now, I’m just filled with excitement and impatience. “Am I allowed to tell Summer?” I ask Dad as we’re getting ready to leave. “Yes,” he smiles wide. “You can even mark her if you want. She’ll feel the sparks.” Dad’s face suddenly takes on a worried expression. “Selene was supposed to be here to tell you that. She swore me to secrecy a long time ago. Hell, before Jared’s birthday. She said that she made it work out like this because of the fact that the three of you are Elite warriors and will be needed in the war to come. She wants you at your stronge
Rowen has to carry me to the bedroom. I’m not kidding you when I say that the orgasm I just had was the most intense in my entire life. It was like pleasure not only took over my pussy, but infused through every fiber, every neuron, every cell of my body. I’m pretty sure that I blacked out. My wolf was so satisfied, I think she actually purred like a goddess-damned cat! But the satisfaction didn’t last long. I have two mates to mark. Jared has a bottle of lube in his hand, crawling towards us on his knees across the bed. Rowen sets me down and I immediately start crawling over to Jared. “Lay down,” I tell both of them. They are both going to be getting fucked tonight. Might as well make sure they are both loosened, lubed, and ready. Because the way that my arousal is still flowing down my thighs, I’m not going to need it. When they are in position, I pour lube on both of their holes. “Closer together,” I tell them. “I want to suck on both of your cocks while I fing
All of us fall forward, bodies in tangles in the sheets. But the rest doesn’t last long. Because Rowen’s wolf is the one that is always closest to the surface, he tends to incite Summer and my wolves into even more of a frenzy, especially when we are in bed. And now? When we still have one more mate to mark? They are rubbing themselves around in our minds, urging us to complete the bond. They want their final mate marked and mated. And I, for one, am very happy to oblige. I manuver in the bed so that I’m behind Rowen. I pull on his hips until he’s on his knees. “Mmmm, what are you doing back there, Jare?” he asks, his voice full of desire. “Fucking my mate,” I growl out, slamming into his hole, bottoming out in one thrust. “Holy shit!” he nearly screams, pain and pleasure mixed. I know that his wolf loves the savageness with which I’m taking him. And I know that Rowen himself loves it when we dominate him. It doesn’t happen often, because he’s just so damn good at it.