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“I’m trying!” I sobbed. The floodgates had opened, and now I was a weepy, blubbering omega.

Several of the people at nearby tables turned to look at us with concerned expressions on their faces.

One woman, who was having ice cream with her two young children, looked like she was about to say something, so before she could, I blurted out, “Pregnancy hormones!”

She closed her mouth with a nod, as if to say she completely understood.

I turned back to Seb. “I’m sorry.”

“Don’t you apologize! I should have worded that better. You need to get one thing through your skull, Hazelnut. I am not going anywhere. I would never, in a million years, leave you or our child.”

I sniffled. “So, you’re thinking of transferring to Avalon? What about hockey?”

“Roman talked to his coach. He knows I’m a good player and will make a special request to the university to help me get transferred mid semester.. I still have to get accepted to the university itself, but if I could get into Hawking, I can definitely get into Avalon. If I switch, then I won’t be playing against my pack mates.”

My tears dried up as I thought about what that would mean. These alphas had been enemies on the ice for years, and now they would be playing together.

Because they loved me.

And because we were a family and a pack.

It was a strange revelation.

“I like it... Should I transfer too? I don’t really want to be all alone at Hawking. If I was at Avalon, we would all be together!” My face scrunched up as I considered. “My parents have too much sway at Hawking, anyway, so I’d rather be somewhere else. Though I want to take time off after the baby and planned to sit out for a semester. What do you think I should do?”

His face broke out into a grin. “You know what, Hazelnut? I think that you transferring just might be doable!”

“When do you transfer?”

“In a week or so. I’ll be home for the guys’ away game in a few days, then I’ll start practicing with them.”

With a squeak of joy, I jumped out of my seat, hugging Seb as hard as I could, Peanut doing somersaults in my stomach as I did so.

His grip was strong and reassuring. I would have stayed in his arms longer if my back wasn’t already throbbing.

“Do you want to grab some extra ice cream to go?” Seb asked as I returned to my seat. “I bet we can get a few tubs into the freezer.”

“I swear, you say the sexiest things, Sebastian Coombs.”

Chapter 36

Cormac

“Why do we have to play this stupid game?” I grumbled, throwing my duffel bag onto the bed.

Roman sighed. “Because it’s part of being on the team.”

“I know that, and I used to never mind it, but now I want to be home,” I whined. Hotel rooms had never bored me in this way before. I wasn’t a complicated guy. As long as I had my pack with me, I was happy.

Only, we were six hours away from home, and I didn’t have my whole pack with me.

It didn’t matter if it was official or not, Hazel was a member of my pack.

And I despised that we’d left her.

Eventually, after the little nugget came along, we would bite and bond and make everything official.

“Sebastian is keeping a close eye on her,” Phillip said as he turned around the corner, placing his own bag on one of the beds. The team was very understanding about letting pack mates room together, so we were in a large suite with just the three of us. It had been that way ever since freshman year.

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