All Chapters of The Sigma's Reluctant Mate: Chapter 151 - Chapter 160
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Chapter 151
“It’s not too late. I can stay home, Pocket. Sam will understand.” I sit on the bed next to her and Dillon. “Go spend time with your friends.” She takes my hand and smiles at me. “Who knows when you’ll have another opportunity? Mom and Dad are here. They set the travel bassinet up. Mom showed me how to make bottles of formula and how to change his diaper. If anything happens, she and Dad will help me. I’m going to leave the bedroom door wide open just in case, but right now, you need to go out. You said the Doc told you to. Don’t go against the doctor’s orders, Keller.”“If you want me to come home, you’ll call me right away, right? Like for any reason. You’ll call me?” I stroke my fingers over Dillon’s soft brown hair. He gives me another scowl and a little grunt. “It doesn’t feel right to leave you two on the first night.”“Don’t make me manipulate you, Keller Joseph.” Zara raises her eyebrows at me. “Tonight, you go out with your friends. Tomorrow, the three of us will spend the d
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Chapter 152
“Whoa, what? No. You two have met Jasper before.” I hold hands up, but Katie and Kara are already past me, giggling and batting their eyes at Jasper, who has an arm around each of their waists. “Keller, I would remember meeting my mate.” Katie slides her hand up Jasper’s shirt and lets it rest on his chest. “Yeah, Kel, I’ve definitely never met your friends here. You’ve been holding out on me.” Jasper brushes a stray hair out of Kara’s eyes and admires her. “That dress goes perfectly with your gorgeous blue eyes, Darlin’.” “Katie, the last time I saw you, you said my friends were there. It would only have been Jasper or Sam. No one else comes home with me like that.” I run my fingers over my forehead out of frustration. “Oh, I didn’t mean your human friends. I was talking about the drugs.” She rolls her eyes at me and turns back to Jasper. “No. Ladies, there must be a mistake. Jasper isn’t… one of… us.” I try to reason with them, but it’s too late. They are in their own little wo
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Chapter 153
After a quick conversation with the manager, I point out my friends at the bar. He says he will take care of them and shows me the door to his office where he is going to bring them. I step outside and try to make my way to the alley as nonchalantly as possible. There isn’t anyone there. I don’t know why the Hell I need to meet Tyree’s friends in the alley, but if Estelle trusts him, I should as well. I pace back and forth in the dark alley that smells like piss and vomit until I sense a change in the air. The scent of ozone fills my nose, making me gag. Rocky, who has been unusually quiet with all the commotion, becomes restless. Out of nowhere, he says the most terrifying thing he’s ever said. “The Reaper is coming.” “What the fuck? Rocky, what are you talking about?” I back up against the side of the building and look around, trying to cover my nose from the potent scents building up around me. A searing heat and bright light forces me to close my eyes and turn my head. My heart
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Chapter 154
Delilah breezes ahead of us, looking around the decor. She comes back to collect James so she can show him an old photograph of someone she knows. “Um, how old is she?” I ask Reggie and Marco. “Good question. No real appropriate answer.” Reggie takes a sip of champagne and pulls up an image on his phone. “We know she’s over a hundred years old, but not older than two hundred. She says Claude Monet was her stepfather. He painted her mother in the mid-eighteen hundreds, but there are no images of Delilah. She seems to be fuzzy on dates until the nineteen hundreds.” “That’s definitely Lady Camille. She got more gray hair now, though.” Marco smiles at the image. “Come on. Let’s help these girls.” Estelle peeks out of the manager’s office and waves to me, making my brain flip into work mode. “That’s our cue. Marco, Estelle, is a veterinarian, but she’s a sigma expert. She knows as much about them as my father or me, maybe even more. She treated and detoxed the twins when I originally p
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Chapter 155
James approaches Kara, holding both hands up so she can see the piece of metal and the box with buttons. “Okay, Kara. I’m going to slide this metal between the collar and your skin. It might be tight, but I’m not trying to choke you. It will just be for a few seconds, okay?” “What is that?” She points to the metal. James looks at Reggie, who shrugs. “No one will ever believe it. Might as well tell them.” “This is a piece of Achilles’ battle armor. Have you ever heard of him?” James turns the metal over in his fingers and gives Kara a gentle smile, as if he is trying to convince a child. “That’s the sound Katie makes when she sneezes.” Kara turns serious, forgetting about the metal piece. “It’s true. It sounds just like me.” Katie echoes her sister’s words with a nod. “What… Achilles?” James tilts his head. I think he’s starting to understand the twin’s intelligence level now. I cross my arms and observe the interaction, amused. “Don’t keep saying it, Mister James.” Kara puts h
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Chapter 156
I walk Delilah, James, and Marco out to the alley so they can get home the same way they arrived. “Marco, you have five minutes!” Delilah opens a portal, creating a cold suction feeling in the alley. “Keller Joseph Marshall, it was a pleasure to meet you. We will meet again soon.” James gives me a brief salute and turns his attention back to Delilah. He gives her a little twirl, making her clothing turn back to the wool coat she was wearing when she originally came through the portal. He kisses her hand before they step through together. “Marco, um, real quick, before you go. Bianca. The Luna Regent mentioned she could be Zara’s sister, but she didn’t say it like, you know, one hundred percent outright.” I choose my words carefully so it doesn’t sound like an accusation. “Everyone from your pack seems to adore her just as much as the next person, which is awesome. I’m glad she has an excellent support system… but, uh, so I was just wondering, who are her parents exactly? Is she Za
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Chapter 157
“What do you mean ‘Jasper has sigmas for mates’?” Mom puts her hands on her hips and gives me a dangerous glare. “And why are you using the plural here, Keller Joseph?”“At the club last night, Jasper and I were at the bar talking and the sigma twins we brokered to Darius Cirillo stopped to say hello… and uh… they met Jasper and… well, you know how that goes… they’re all mates.” I try not to cringe under Dad’s scowl.“Do you understand how dangerous this is, Keller?” Dad snarls on the verge of losing his temper. “For Jasper, for those girls, and even for us.”I hold my hands up in surrender. I thought after a good night’s sleep, the news would go over better in the morning after breakfast, but I was wrong. “Would it make you feel better if I told you the Regents’ pack is helping take care of it?”“THE REGENTS MET YOU IN A BURLESQUE BAR?!!” Mom shrieks and grabs her hair into fists. Dad cringes at her exclamation and holds his finger up to his lips, but it’s too late. Dillon wakes up a
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Chapter 158
Monday morning, I pull up to the science lab building, get out, and open Zara’s door for her. She pauses and looks into the back seat towards Dillon’s car seat. “Maybe I should stay home today.”“Zara, come on, we talked about balance. Going to class is part of that, right?” I pull her light pink beanie over her ears and give her a little kiss. “Dillon and I will be fine for a few hours on our own. Jasper will pick you up from the library at two p.m. That will give you time with Dillon and time to get a nap before dinner. Okay?”She nods with a little pout. “I know you’re right. I just… I’m worried.”“I get it, Pocket. I felt the same way on Saturday when I went out for Sam’s birthday. You’re going to be fine. When you get home, you can spend time with Dillon, take a nap, and work on homework if you have any.” I take her hand and give her a lunch box. “For now, you need to focus on class and getting your extra calories in. I packed you a grilled chicken sandwich. There are also olives
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Chapter 159
Dad arrives five minutes before Estelle and Tyree, giving him just enough time to hang up his coat and give Mom a kiss.When the doorbell rings, Mom takes off her apron and answers it. From the kitchen, I hear a low growl. Lily snarls in her deep, raspy voice. “Who are you?”Oh shit. Estelle must have arrived already in her true form. I thought she would wait and remove her glamor once they sat down to have the conversation. I drop my knife and run to the foyer to help prevent an altercation. “Mom, Lily, it’s Estelle. Smell her scent. Dad, you too!”Tyree is standing in a defensive stance in front of Estelle, who is in her true form. Tyree’s eyes flash from dark brown to black and back to brown, trying to hold back his wolf. Mom and Dad are blocking the entryway, preventing them from coming in. Mom and Dad each take a deep breath. Mom’s black eyes fade back to brown, but Avalanche is still close to the surface. “Estelle? Wh-what’s going on. Why do you look like that?”“You need to ch
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Chapter 160
“Bro! That’s amazing! Come in! I can’t wait to tell Zara and my parents. Estelle and Tyree are already here, too.” I motion for them to come in from the anteroom. Sam steps in first and makes a beeline for the living room. Jasper motions to Katie and Kara, who nod at him and stay in their spots. “Kel, can I talk to you for a second before the girls meet everyone?” He tilts his head and looks a little worried. “Girls, please wait right here. Don’t get on the elevator. Just count to, I don’t know, twenty and I’ll be back by then. Okay?” “Like twenty dollars or like twenty times?” Katie puts her finger to the corner of her lip with a confused look. She is wearing a blue jewel toned dress that makes her eyes appear even more blue. “Uh, I’m not sure what you mean by times, so let’s go with twenty dollars.” Jas sticks his lip out and nods his head confidently, as if he has made a big decision. “Dollars are good.” “Okay.” Katie turns to Kara. “Kara, do you remember how to count dollars?
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