"OK, now I'm terrified of this new Alejandro. What have you done to my brother Kiara?!" Rafael teased

Darien laughed, even Marcel smiled ever so slightly.

"Seems like he’s totally whipped." Darien added.

Alejandro growled.

"I'm fucking not. I sure as fuck won’t be anything like you fuckers." He said, glaring at them, his Alpha aura rolling off him in waves.

I simply smiled, knowing a simple touch would calm him down… But I’d let him pretend he isn't. I giggled, clamping my hand over my mouth, my eyes widening as Alejandro glared at me. Despite not sensing any anger from him, he was clearly unhappy.

"Just thinking about something." I said innocently.

"I know for a fucking fact you are anything but innocent." He said, smirking sexily at me. He glanced at Marcel. "Darien, escort Marcel back to where his pack are allocated and if he wants to visit the hospital, let him."

"Got it Alpha." Darien said, standing up.

Once they left, Alejandro looked at me. Our eyes met and I knew what he wanted to ask.

If I was ok with telling Rafael about the baby…

My heart warmed at the very thought. It meant, no matter how much he denied it, Rafael meant more to him than he would admit. I have a small nod.

"I honestly can’t believe you two have worked out, I'm so proud of you both." Rafael said, I could feel the genuine happiness from him.

"Yeah, about that." Alejandro said, scooping me up into his lap.

I gasped, but relaxed the moment his lips touched mine, sending a ripple of pleasure through me.

"I'm going to share some shit with you… and I expect it to stay between us." Alejandro said. "With all the shit going on, and what I told you about what the witch we met told us, we need to make sure this news does not get back to Endora in any fucking way…"

"Ok…" Rafael said, sounding a little confused.

"Kiara’s pregnant, with my pup." Alejandro said, now smirking as Rafael gasped, his eyes widening into saucers.

"B-but how? You two just made up-Oh wow, no… you mean you two have already- oh goddess Elijah is going to murder you… Oh, this is really good news! I'm going to be an uncle! Wait, so you don’t need to mark someone to get them pregnant? Have you used protection? I mean, what if there’s other Alejandro’s walking-"

"Shut the fuck up man, I've always been careful." Alejandro growled.

The thought of him with others sent a pang of jealousy through me and I wrapped my arms around him frowning deeply. We hadn't really discussed each other's sex lives, although he knew enough about mine. All I knew was he had a high sex drive, he had said he lived off sex and then there was what Aunty had told Raven and I.

Oh, goddess! I needed to fill Raven in too! I just hope I could persuade Dad to bring her along for the ceremony.

"Ok good! Great! I'm going to be an uncle!" He whispered loudly. "Come on, give your brother a hug!"

"Ok fuck, not this shit man. I wish I never told you." Alejandro growled.

"Give him a hug." I said, getting off his lap, much to his annoyance.

He glared at me and Rafael before he stood up and gave his brother a bone-crushing hug. I swear I heard something crack. Rafael simply chuckled, slapping his back.

"I am so proud of you for doing the right thing. And I don’t mean getting Kiara pregnant… I mean accepting that you deserve every happiness that comes your way." He said softly.

"Yeah whatever, don’t get fucking mushy on me and don’t tell anyone about this pregnancy… Maria included. Not until we have settled stuff with Endora."

"Got it." Rafael said.

I took a deep breath, thinking of the danger that was now on our doorstep. Soon we would have to face her… and when that time comes... I knew it would cost us many lives… I just hope that we will be able to defeat her… I was sure we could. We had to. Failure was not an option.