*Abi POV*Omario storms out, leaving me fuming. He does not get to be angry when he sent his stupid friend and ex to terrorise my friends and had her scent all over him. “I will lead by myself, I don’t need him!”“You do. You would literally die if he were to walk out for good,” my stupid wolf responds. “Shut up, Nina!”“You are jealous and it makes you nasty.”I ignore Nina and open the documents he give me. My whole ‘I don’t need him’ attitude completely shutters. He spent the whole day calculating just how much is needed to compensate my friends. Each one has the number of years, approximated hours of work they put in and the amount they are owed. It’s a thick document with over ten thousand names. I choke when I see the last pages. He made adjustments to the castle’s expenditures, cut down officials salaries and has already paid everyone without collapsing bankrupting the kingdom. My heart sinks at the reception I gave him. There is just no way he would have send Floyd and Oli

*Omario POV*My mate is completely drained by all the rumours about her. I can’t help but feel guilty that no one is questioning my fertility but hers is the talk of the kingdom. The crazy part is that we have not even been mated for four months. They don’t even know if we want pups or not. I have, in very colourful words, told the elders to leave us the hell alone, but that has not stopped everyone from talking. Terrence tells me that there are women who are already preparing and fighting to be our surrogate. Then, there’s Olivia who is taking advantage of the whole situation. I now have old friends from school asking me how certain I am that Olivia is not my rightful mate. Abi keeps a lot to herself but I can sense her unhappiness. It was worse when she had her periods. She spends a lot of time with Titan lately and I’m sort of relieved because nothing I say makes her feel better. When Titan suggests that a time away from the kingdom would be good, I jumped at the opportunity and

*Omario POV*I quietly drive to the city and completely shut out the woman who is forever complaining next to me. We get to the city and I intentionally choose a fully furnished two bedroom apartments in a low economic area. The idea is to keep a low profile but the other is to prove my suspicions. There is a lot going on here but the top on the list is the pup Olivia is carrying. Titan stopped liking her years back, but he would be pulled to our pup and that’s not the case here. It’s the wolfs nature to protect their offsprings regardless of circumstances. In this case he even threatened to kill the pup if I rejected Abi. “Eew! You must be joking! I can’t stay here!” Olivia cries. “Why couldn’t we move into a hotel?” she adds. I ignore her and head to our apartment and open it. The place is decent but full of dust, but little madam is completely appalled. She is qualified but thinks it’s beneath her to find a job and work. Now that her aunt is no more, she is too broke to maintai

*Abi POV*An hour after everyone has left, Omario is still hoovering over my tummy, whispering sweet nothings to his foetus. I still can’t get myself to maintain eye contact with him when he lifts up his head. I don’t even see him shift into Titan until I feel the soft fur against my skin. My heart suddenly dances and my soul is at peace when my big fluffy smile-keeper jumps to my arms and licks my face. I can’t stop giggling as I run my hands through his soft fur. I don’t think I have been this happy since he and Omario left. He slightly backs away and looks at me as if trying to recall something. His eyes are suddenly filled with sadness. “T?” his sudden change terrifies me. Nothing and no one else gets to him, except me. He only looks like this when I did something hurtful. “You tried to reject us,” he reminds me. I close my eyes, wishing I could take back that day. “I was angry and stupid. I’m so sorry.” I don’t even know how to explain myself. I have to learn to deal with

*Omario POV*It’s been just over eight months since Terrence and Mom left. They do call from time to time, they even send photos of them all over the world, but it’s not the same. We really miss them. Teresa and her mate Duncan, have really proved themselves as worthy Betas. Besides the elders who don’t seem to agree with any of our decisions, our people are happy and our kingdom is really thriving. “Good morning, Omar,” my puffy, almost hundred kilograms mate says with a yawn the moment she opens her eyes. She stretches her arms and tries to get off the bed. I catch her just on time, bringing her back to the bed. I really believed that pregnant women got tired a lot, until I met her. She is heavily pregnant with swollen feet but I swear she has more energy than most people. “Morning Beautiful. Where do you think you are going?”She looks at me with the same cute disapproving expression. “For the hundredth time, Omar, I am pregnant, not sick. The doctors told you that.”I can’t h