Gifted in a Mother’s will. “I mean you could have booked dinner.” I whisper to Blake and Colette as they watch me open my presents. “Aida even before being pregnant you couldn’t stay awake past 9pm. What makes you think, being pregnant, you’d last to 8pm in a restaurant. Lunch was by far the better option.” Blake replies, defending her reservation times. “Lorrel come join us, Aida is opening gifts.” Colette says making room for the Lycan Queen and placing Rayna in her arms for cuddles. “This one is from me.” Blake squeals in excitement. I didn’t expect gifts and I felt uncomfortable opening them with an audience. I start to open Blake’s gift which is a letter sized box. “Ah you’re too slow…” She squeals as she whips the box from out of my hands and hands me a leaflet. “It’s a mummy to be spa day.” “Oh Blake that sounds amazing, you shouldn’t have.” “Well we thought that we could have a girl spa day and shopping trip together, hence the vouchers.” Colette winks at me. Axel, M

Blue prints. The meal was amazing. I ate so much that I joked they would have to carry me to the cake shop. It looked like they had hired out the entire restaurant which at first felt a bit silly as we were the only table there. But in time our laughter was so loud, I’m glad we weren’t disturbing other diners. We also had security on us which put Lance’s mind at ease whilst he also enjoyed the occasion. “Which cake?” Brennan asks me as I stand with him at the counter. “I don’t know, I want them all…” “Then she’ll take all of them!” Brennan orders every piece of cake with Dillon. “Happy Birthday Aida.” “Thank you Leanne.” I blush from the attention I was now getting from the pack members. My mark was quite obvious. “So when do you get to mind-link everyone?” Rafe asks me as I sit down at the table he was sharing with Hong, Blake and Tate. “I don’t know…”“You need to become a pack member Aida!” Blake shares, stuffing her face with a red velvet cake. “Okay, so like with Rory I

Belonging to the Royal Santos Pack. Something had changed in Lance. He wasn’t sleeping well and I had a suspicion that he was tapping into my dreams. Like I could his when I first marked him. But I soon realised it wasn’t healthy and stopped.He asked me not to leave his sight, and I hadn’t. I had been respectful to my mate and the father of my children growing inside of me, but I couldn’t maintain this for a lifetime. I was independent and didn’t like to be a burden onto others. We had arrived at the Mulder pack for a visit and we were settling into our guest room, the same room as per my previous visits. I think this was now classed as my room because I noticed in one of the dresser drawers there was a picture of me as a baby being held by my Mum. I think Luna Rennie wanted to leave it here for me, to make it feel homely. Jade and Florence were kindly helping me with some unpacking while Lance checked the parameter with the males for security. “Anything else we can help with Yo

Meeting more family. It had been a month since I was officially made a member of the Santos pack and for the most part, life seemed to be flowing nicely. Lance was happy with security in the pack and we welcomed back the trainee recruits one week ago. He hid it well, but every now and again I would feel doubt through the bond from Lance. He doubted whether he was a good King, whether he was making his father and brother proud. He wasn’t raised to be King, he was raised to support the King and be his advisor. He was pushing himself, working long hours trying to train himself quickly on areas Ricardo previously handled and had spent his life-time learning.The twins had grown and my belly was getting bigger by the day. I was eating every two hours now, if I skipped a snack the boy would let me know. He was starting to resort to kicking me. I had mentioned my exams to Lorrel and she was helping me revise. She had managed to gain special permission for me to sit each test paper here o

Stepping up. “I love you…”“I love you too!” Lance’s voice enters my mind. “Good…because I want you to remember that when I am arrested for killing your uncle.” I laugh through the mind-link. This was Lance’s third day away and I was keeping my head down revising, but that was hard to do. By day two Lorrel had picked up on my frustration and was keeping her in-laws busy, and away from me. I may not have the pack link but I had full mind access to Lance. It would seem for us that our distance has no limits. “What are you doing?” “Revising maths at the moment. Honestly, do you even use algebra out of school?”“No.” He chuckles adoringly at me. “What time will you be back tonight, I can cook us a special dinner?”“It won’t be until late angel so eat without me but I’ll….” He cuts off as adrenaline washes over me. “Lance…what’s wrong?”“Someone’s here…we found them…” He abruptly cuts the mind-link as pain hits me through our bond. Panic takes over me as I try to find him through o