Page 48 of Rome's Mate: Hunted Omegas

Rome and Pierre were standing close to the door talking. She’d been turning over the news of her pup and hadn’t noticed.

“Thank you, when should we come back?” Rome asked.

“Make an appointment tomorrow with Grace to come back in a month. If something happens, call me, and I’ll make a house call.”

“If we need you sooner?” Amelia asked.

“I’ll be there. I’m not going anywhere until the pup is born. I’d schedule your appointment, but Grace threatened me with unspeakable things if I ever touch the schedule again.”

Amelia laughed hard as Rome led her out of the doctor’s office.

“According to the doctor, the baby could come anytime between now and the next few months. He couldn’t get a line on when she might be born,” Amelia told the surrounding crowd. All of Rome’s brothers were there as well as Malcolm, Sheela andTodd. Each of them looked on with worry. Her child would be the first child to bridge the gap between the old world and the new.

“How can he not know? Even when I had Todd,” she flung her hand in his direction, “the doctor was able to give me an estimate of when he would be coming.”

“I believe Luna had a hand in this. If she wants this child to be a secret until she is born, I won’t argue with her. We have too many things to deal with, like a possible hunter on the loose.”

“The alpha-mate is right. We will all keep an eye on her, but things like the hunter must be dealt with,” Saul said. The need to protect not just the alpha, but his mate and the cub they carried were buried deep within him. It felt like a prime directive. One they must have received when they were transformed from males into shifters.

Rome squeezed Saul’s shoulder in brotherhood. Knowing his brothers were willing to look after his mate was a blessing.

“What do we do next?” Theron asked.

“Tomorrow, I want a pack meeting. Inform the enforcers to tell the pack. I will also be promoting a new head enforcer.”

Chapter Twenty-five

Amelia broke away fromher watch and went to the forest. She loved this place better than the one she grew up in. She shifted. What once was hard was now as easy as a thought. She went from woman to wolf with a swiftness that still took her breath away.

How many times had she dreamed of such a victory when faced with the hatred of her pack? If only her father and Nicole were there to see it. She could imagine the smiles and the silent tears as they congratulated her. Nicole may be slightly envious because it was the human blood in her that stopped her from shifting, but she’d still be happy for her.

The human blood… what was wrong with that thought? A flash in the corner of her one eye made her stop thinking about her cousin. That antsy feeling she got, the one that made her want to run, was crawling up her back. She let out a howl and started a chase. Whatever it was would be her mid-morning snack. She was imagining a nice plump rabbit.

Her legs stretched as her paws landed silently on the ground, not making enough noise to give her away. The rabbit seemed to gain speed, always staying one step ahead of her as they ran through the trees, making hard stops and swivels to keep from crashing. She ended up at the bench where the chase started. Instead of a fluffy rabbit, there sat something that looked like it crawled out of hell. It was the size of a rabbit, black with sharp teeth and red eyes.

It had to be the calling card from Black Night. She was the only one Amelia knew with a bad sense of humor. Maybe she should say the goddess was morbid.

“Where…” Amelia stopped as Dark Night walked through the trees. The illuminated darkness surrounding her made her look like a queen, with a dark crown and cloak.

“The goddess Black Night.” Amelia gave a bow, feeling the need to acknowledge who the female was.

Dark Night smiled and moved closer until she was standing in Amelia’s space.

“Turn around.” Black Night’s voice was harsh and commanding. A shiver of fear ran down Amelia’s back as she stayed rooted in one spot.

“No.” The minute she did what the goddess commanded her to do, the closer she came to falling under the goddess’s whims.

“What?” One beautiful black brow climbed. Dark Night wasn’t used to being denied. The sky crackled with thunder.

“I will not turn around for you like a porcelain doll on display.”

“Luna has taught you well.” Dark Night lifted a finger, and Amelia was turned against her will. “Be careful, Luna won’t always have the power she has today. The moon won’t last forever.”

Amelia turned her head to look at Black Night, but she was gone. She shifted into her wolf and ran home.

Rome was waiting for her at the edge of the forest, where they first caught sight of his small town.

“You slipped the guards who are there to protect you.” She thought about playing dumb in her wolf form, but she knew better than that. She shifted to face him.

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