Beautiful Creatures Series

Chapter 51: 9

Gordon and Mackenzie stopped at the grocery store in Feral on their way to his place. He had been spending most of his time at her place in Aspen, so his fridge and pantry were likely empty. With the constant hanger, she would soon be in. They had to stock up. They walked up and down the aisles filling their cart. Mackenzie knew that the place was run by Aurora. And while she didn’t spend much time talking to the members of the pack, she knew the stories Gordon told her.

As they walked through the produce section, they ran into Katelyn and Darrell, who were also shopping. “Well, I was starting to think we would never see you again,” Darrell teased. “You been in Aspen a lot.”

“We will be spending more time in Feral from now on.”

“Oh,” Darrell said.

“Yes. Gordon thinks it’s a good idea,” Mackenzie said. “At least until we know what to expect with the pregnancy.”

“Who’s pregnancy?” Katelyn asked. Mackenzie placed her hand over her belly. “Are you pregnant?”

“A few weeks,” Mackenzie confessed.

Katelyn looked at Darrell. “You said we couldn’t have children.”

“Katelyn,” Darrell snapped. “Not now.”

“It’s ok. She knows,” Gordon told his young friend.

“You told her?” Darrell repeated.

“Well, since she is pregnant with my child, it seemed like she needed to know.”

“Sorry, I don’t mean to be an ass, but are you sure it’s yours?”

“Pretty damn sure,” Gordon said, nodding his head.

Darrell looked at Mackenzie, surprised. “How is this…? How…?” He looked at Gordon. “How?” Gordon shrugged. “I thought it was physically impossible.”

“So did I,” Gordon said. “Apparently not.”

Katelyn’s face lit up. “Do you know what this means?” She said, grabbing her husband’s arm. “We could have a family.”

“Let’s not go rushing into this. We have no idea what she is having. It could be some mutated freak of nature,” Mackenzie looked nervous. “Sorry, I don’t mean to freak you out,” he apologized to Mackenzie, then looked back at Katelyn. “There has never been a hybrid before. There is no telling what she is carrying. I think we should wait and see what Mackenzie has before we go jumping into starting a family.”

“I want to be pregnant too,” Katelyn snapped.

“Who’s pregnant?” Aurora asked, coming around the corner to restock.

“Mackenzie,” Katelyn told her.

Aurora looked confused. “You’re pregnant?” Mackenzie nodded, and Aurora looked at Gordon. “Is it yours?”

“Yes,” Darrell answered for him.

Aurora was stunned. “How is that possible?”

“That’s what I asked,” Darrell said.

“Does she know?” Aurora asked, eyeing Mackenzie.

told her,”

“Everything?”

“Everything.”

I could get a moment to say something,” Gordon spoke up. “This baby, whatever it is, is one of

said. “We don’t know

is going to be part of this pack. Which means it deserves our protection, which means Mackenzie

does Mackenzie deserve our protection?” A female voice startled them. They all turned to

told her. Gordon seriously wished everyone would clam up and stop

then at

Gordon told his

“How is this possible?”

“I have no idea.”

father. “You can’t have another baby at your age. Especially whatever the

“Aster…”

him. “I looked the other way when you

barked at his

up at a wedding with a woman my age. I figured you would get it out of your system, but now you have some ungodly thing with this woman. I don’t know what she is carrying, but whatever is in her belly is

“Aster!” Gordon growled.

humans weren’t killing our kind fast enough. You thought you would help them

of line,” Gordon

out his own kind,” Aster turned

wounded him. Mackenzie looked at Gordon.

believe Aster would say such

not wrong,” Aurora spoke,

“Darrell and I would have a hybrid, too, if we have a

do something

were

“We are friends.”

“Only if I’m childless?”

right, and wrong is wrong. That,” she said, pointing at Mackenzie’s bell, “is wrong. I bet you most

said that,” Katelyn snapped and

Gordon, but you know I’m right,” she turned and walked away while

would feel as Aster and Aurora did. They would consider his child a stain on the pack. A few weeks ago, he would have been among them. Still, this child was his, and as a father,

the door. As they went inside, they both stopped short, and Mackenzie gasped, looking around at the living room and dining room, which were both empty. All

his house. The kitchen was empty. He ran up the stairs and checked the bedroom. The furniture was missing. All that was left was a blow-up air mattress, one pillow, and a throw blanket. The dresser was gone, and his clothes were left in a heap on the floor. All that was left in the entire house

“Fuck,” he growled.

my God!” Gordon turned to see Mackenzie come into the room behind him. She looked as shocked as he was that his house was empty. “You’ve been robbed,” Gordon walked around the room, sniffing the air. He was picking up a few scents. One was definitely Melissa… Conrad… and two more… Hoss and Fred if he was correct. “What are you doing?”

and three

know

“I can smell them.”

just say you can

were here a day or

this because you can

her. “I have a

“How?”

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