Page 30 of My Knotty Mountain Men

Thankfully, it’s not something I’m going to have to deal with. Not now, and hopefully not ever.

“So... we’re going to be aunties?” Rylee asks, lips spreading into a big grin.

“Yeah. I guess you are.” I smile back, doing my best to try and be excited.

Her face falls. “You're still in shock, huh?”

“Yup.” I nod, burying my face back into Jenny’s neck.

Having the comfort of an Alpha is helping me a lot right now. But she’s not my Alpha. My heart and soul ache for them, for all three of them, right now.

“I’m going to have to tell them,” I state, sighing heavily as I wiggle out of Jenny’s hold. Jenna stands, grabs my hand, and pulls me to my feet. “As much as I hate the idea of adding more stress and drama to their lives, the fact of the matter is that this is their baby, too. They helped make it; they knew what they were doing when we slept together. Sex, even with protection, is always risking pregnancy. It’s why I’m not putting the blame on them. I’m half at fault.”

“Are you going to call them?” Jenna asks.

“No.” I shake my head. “Something like this can’t be done over the phone. I’ve had my head in the sand for too long now. As much as I hate the idea of going back to Snow Valley and facing them—and their girlfriend—it’s what needs to be done. Because we don’t only have being scent matches to talk about, we now have a baby too.”

My eyes lower to my belly as my hand covers my abdomen. There’s a life growing inside me. I’m going to be a mom.

This is really happening.

I should have suspected sooner. Some of the signs were there.

I’ve been a lot more tired than I used to be. Sure, it could have been from the stress of everything that's been going on, but it doesn’t explain the fact that my tits were getting bigger and more tender. And the fact that I had to piss far more than I should.

“If they don’t want this baby, fuck them,” Rylee declares. “You have us. We will form our own pack.”

Jenny chuckles. “Huh. A pack of all women. That would be something.”

Rylee looks over at her, cheeks turning red, but she doesn’t say anything else.

“She’s right,” Jenna chimes in. “No matter what happens, you have us. We’re going to love this baby so damn hard. He or she will never want or need anything.”

My eyes tear up, and my lower lip quivers.Damn hormones.“Guys,” my voice cracks.

“Come on, bring it in,” Jenny laughs.

We do a group hug, just standing there, holding one another.

These girls are my family, my people. I can’t imagine my life without them. Because of them, I know that no matter what happens with me and the guys, I’ll be okay. Maybe not right away, but with time, I will be.

One day at a time. That's all I’m able to do right now.

It’s a week later, and I’m back at the airport, bags in hand. I packed enough for a few weeks, just to be sure. I don’t know what to expect, and I’m terrified.

The last thing I want to do is ruin someone’s family, but I’m not the only one to blame. Sylvia can be mad at me all she wants,but the fact is, I didn’t know about her. I didn’t even know these guys.

This was something none of us could control. Not even the sex part... well, kind of.

Alphas are primal beings. They have the urge to protect and provide. Not all, but most.

That includes the need to please their Omega. Relationship dynamic aside, I technically am their Omega. Fate has made it that way. None of us had a choice in this.

Okay, maybe Nolan did. He wasn’t driven by the bond or crazy uncontrollable Alpha instincts.

Does it make me a bad person if part of me liked it? That Nolan didn’t have anything driving his need and want for me. It was all natural.

Something I can’t ever say with a hundred percent certainty with the other two.

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