Alpha’s Regret-My Luna Has A Son

It was strange having Valen under my roof, awkward. Everything I usually did for Valarian, he suddenly asked his dad to do. Like cut up his food, I was suddenly no longer needed; he asked for his father when it was his bath time. Most of my afternoon was spent twiddling my thumbs since I only had to heat dinner up. Yet Valen never once complained and seemed to enjoy his son’s constant attention.

Even as I went to put Valarian to bed, he asked if his father could tuck him in, I know it was childish, but nights were the only time I got to spend with him, really, so it bothered me more than it should. I was so used to juggling things between Zoe and me that it felt unnatural having someone willingly helping us, ruining our usual routine, I suddenly had time on my hands, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.

Once Valarian was tucked in bed, Valen returned to the living room. He scratched the back of his neck before looking at the empty spot beside me on the couch.

I rolled my eyes before moving over, and he smiled before coming to sit next to me and draping his arm across the back of it.

“Finally, Casey is down for the night,” Zoe says, coming out in her pajamas while braiding her hair. I had always been envious of how she could do that, I had tried and ended up only making a knotted mess, yet she did it so effortlessly.

Zoe comes over and sits down on one of the kids’

bean bags, the bag almost swallowing her petite frame as she sinks in it.

“I’m so damn tired, ” she yawns, covering her mouth with her hand.

“Ah, and tomorrow will be worse. We are down three staff in the kitchens, one in the creche playgroup. Two waitresses and have a full house,” Zoe sighs.

“Emily must also have the bug. She never showed up for work tonight, ” I tell her, getting up off the couch and walking over to the bookcase for my folder.

“I already checked the rosters for tomorrow,” Zoe tells me. I sat back down with the folder going to the events diary.

“I know, we will have to manage. I can work the lunch and night rush if you can handle the kids in the morning, “

” Sounds like a plan. I will wake you at eleven. If we are still down the next day, we can swap. Macey already pulled doubles two days in a row, ” she says, and I nod.

Zoe glances at the diary, “What are you looking for?”

“We need to find a date to move the Alpha meeting forward, ” I tell her, but the earliest date I could make work would be one week head, so instead of three weeks, it would be two.

“The lzth?” I ask him, and he looks over my shoulder, flicking through the pages before scrubbing his hand down his face.

“What’s wrong with this coming Friday? ” he asks while looking at the empty slot.

“That’s six days away, it wouldn’t be enough notice, and I am not sure I can get supplies in early enough, ” I tell him.

“Get what you can in. The rest I will organize from one of my Hotels and have it sent over. You still want to announce it, right?” I nod best to get it over and done with.

“Then it has to be the sixth, I can go unseen for a few days, but two weeks, two weeks, the media will come looking for me, ” He tells me, and I sighed but nodded.

“Though I am a little shocked it has stayed under wraps already, I am surprised one of your staff haven’t sold the story yet,” He says, and Zoe glares at him.

“They aren’t staff; they are family, we are all family, we stick together, ” She says, and Valen sticks his hands up in the air in surrender.

“Settle down; you and Macey are the most aggressive rogues I have ever met, geez, ” he says.

her eyes before reaching over and grabbing Casey’s school jumper off the ground. I also yawned, my eyes feeling like sandpaper, and I regretted taking my pills earlier

forgot to

of Valarian’s out for tomorrow,” I tell her, and she nods before sniffing it. Her brows pinch together before she suddenly buries her face

Gosh, it smells good. I want

says to no one in particular. Valen raises an eyebrow at her and twirls his finger beside

it then,” she

to offend you by sniffing your daughter’s jumper,” he mocks, and she rolls her

it before pulling a face. “Ah, yuck. I can’t smell anything but Marcus; thanks for making me get a whiff

can’t smell it,”

of him, ” Valen says, rubbing his nose. I take it from him and

your Beta, ” I tell him. Zoe rubs a hand

I thought. I thought I

want vanilla bean and fudge, ” she

are you sure you are not pregnant?” Valen laughs. Zoe looks at

unless I am giving birth to baby batteries or a baby bunny vibrator, ” She spits at him. I chuckled at her while Valen just

order forms, ” I tell her while laughing. She nods, yawning as she gets

finding some vanilla

off

definitely my

Valen states.

“What’s wrong with Macey?”

that one. Who says that,

and grabbing a pen from the drawer. I sit back,

borrow your

can use it,” I tell him. I peeked up at him,

in

earlier,” He says and walks off down the hall while I turn

Valen POV

the shower caddy or smashing my elbows on the walls. Getting in, I nearly knocked

shampoo, pink soap, pink shower curtain, and floor mats; it was like a pink explosion in here. I

to the task at hand, I grab the pink loofa and sniff it. It smelt

was bending down under the showerhead trying to wash the shampoo out when I heard the door open and thought at first it was Everly until I listened to the mention of fudge mumbled, and I froze.

Emily tomorrow to check on her, ” she sings out. I froze, wondering what she was doing before I heard that she was peeing. Were they that comfortable peeing in front of each other? Then

She asked. I said nothing before suddenly the shower curtain was ripped

goes to my shocked one, and her eyes widen when she screams, scaring the crap out of me, and I grasp the shower curtain, trying to shut it while she tries to

shower curtain was flimsy as I yanked it closed only for it to rip off, and the motion caught me off guard. I lost my footing on the slippery surface. I somehow ended up sprawled out on the floor, my legs spread

and balls I can see it all, I want to unsee it,” Zoe

” She calls

I choke out, trying to un-wedge myself. Bloody, how embarrassing and awkward. We made eye contact, eye contact, while

Everly,” She gushes, about to run