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.
her,” Darrell
“Everything?”
“Everything.”
say something,” Gordon spoke up. “This baby, whatever it is, is one
of us,” Aurora said.
to be part of this pack. Which means it deserves our protection, which means Mackenzie deserves our
our protection?” A female voice startled them. They all turned to see Aster
Aurora told her. Gordon seriously wished everyone would clam up and stop telling everyone. By this rate, the whole pack would know
Mackenzie and then
told his
“How is this possible?”
“I have no idea.”
“You can’t have another baby at your age. Especially whatever the hell that bastard thing turns out to be. How could you be so
“Aster…”
when you threw Mom because I knew
barked at his
Mom used to beat the hell out of you on a regular basis? Afraid she will think less of you? I said nothing when you showed up at a wedding with a woman my age. I figured you would get it out of your system, but now you have
“Aster!” Gordon growled.
our kind fast enough.
out of line,”
old man who sold out his own kind,” Aster turned and
him. Mackenzie looked at Gordon. “I
can’t believe Aster would say such a thing,”
wrong,” Aurora spoke,
that?” Katelyn asked. “Darrell and I would have a hybrid, too, if
because you can do something doesn’t mean
were friends?” Katelyn
“We are friends.”
“Only if I’m childless?”
you,” Aurora said, “but right is right, and wrong is wrong. That,” she said, pointing at Mackenzie’s bell, “is wrong. I bet you most of the pack would agree
you said that,”
Gordon. “I’m sorry, Gordon, but you know I’m right,” she turned
Gordon knew Aurora was right. There was a high likelihood that the rest of the pack would feel as Aster and Aurora did. They would consider his child a stain on
to open the door. As they went inside, they both
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
“Fuck,” he growled.
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…
My bitch ex-wife and three men I once called friends.
you know that?”
“I can smell them.”
say you can
faint. They were here
this because you can
at her. “I have a highly intuned sense of
“How?”
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