Page 60 of Mating at Midnight: Book 1

Ramona jumps a little from Braxton’s tone which I’m sure she’s never received before.

Ramona quickly changes her demeanor to one that some would resemble that of a Queen.

“Megan is here because I want her to be here. She is my assistant, and your father sent her away before we could work things out.”

Bryant makes his presence known, declaring, “I did send her away, but I’m trying to understand how you would think overriding my decision would be conducive to the both of you. I gave an order, and you’ve blatantly ignored it.”

Ramona shakes off her embarrassment, saying, “Bryant, I didn’t ignore your decision, I just thought the punishment was too severe for the action. Megan now sees the errors of her ways and is here to try and rectify them. Seriously, you can’t let one indiscretion turn her into a bad person. Plus, after she called me in hysterics, I had to fly her back out.”

Not falling for his mother’s bullshit, Braxton interjects, “And why was she in hysterics, mother? If it were something serious, you could have gone back to Texas, not brought her here to my mate’s home! You’re lucky Nyah didn’t attack her ass for showing up here. If she would have killed Megan, her death would have been on your hands.”

Ramona smirks, shifting her eyes to me then back to Braxton. “I don’t think she would have done that.”

“And why not, she had every right to,” Braxton throws back.

Instead of Ramona answering, Megan does it for her. “Because I’m pregnant with your child.”

What the fuck?I know this bitch has got to be lying. I close my eyes, inhaling deeply before asking, “What did you say?”

Now it’s Megan’s turn to put on a shit-eating grin. “You heard me. I’m pregnant with Braxton’s child. My coming back was to inform him before the two of you got officially mated, but I guess you must have put some backwoods voodoo on him to make him mate with you before time. No worries though, since I will be the mother of his first offspring, it looks like I will have a permanent part in his life.” She narrows her eyes at me, then winks. “Looks like we’re going to be sister wives.”

The howl that resonates from me is so strong, the ground trembles under our feet. Ramona and Megan’s victorious expressions fall as they wonder what the Hell is going on.

My wolf is just below the surface of my skin, ready to break free. Braxton grabs my wrist, then lets it go when I snap my jaws at him.

“Nyah,” he calmly says. “If Megan is pregnant, it’s not by me. I haven’t slept with her in months and when I did, I always protected myself.”

“Condoms aren’t one hundred percent effective, Braxton,” Megan chimes in. “Also, you were the only person I was sleepingwith. This child,” she places her palm against her stomach, “is yours.”

Seething, I regard Braxton. The shit has caught me so off guard, I don’t know who to believe. My heart and my wolf are telling me to stand with my mate, but what if Megan is pregnant with Braxton’s first child? I will never be asister wifeto her ass or any other woman. Braxton knows I’m not sharing him with anyone else. And knowing Megan, after being around Ramona for so long, I wouldn’t put it past her to something to my future children just to have hers be the only heir.

Tears of frustration and anger I hold inside as my body begins to tremble. This was not the life I saw for Braxton and I.

“Nyah, baby, please don’t believe the shit she is saying,” Braxton whispers as I finally let him pull me into his arms.

“Why are you comforting her?” Ramona questions. “Megan is pregnant with your baby. You should be making sure she’s okay.”

She’s lucky Braxton has his arms around me as I try to launch out his arms to get at her.

“Shut the fuck up,” I yell, unsuccessfully trying to get out of Braxton’s grip.

Ramona points at me, screeching, “You see that? How can you be okay with being mated with someone who would try to attack your mother? Megan would never do anything like that which is why I’m contesting your mating. You need to be with the mother of your child,” she turns her nose up at me, “not this wildling who was raised without a mother and whose family is below ours.”

Braxton might have had me secured, but no one was holding Kenia back. Before we knew it, the loud smack of Kenia’s palm connecting with Ramona’s face echoed around us.

Chapter 31

Nyah

“Oh, shit,” Levi utters, snatching his mate up so she doesn’t do more bodily harm to Ramona.

“Kenia, calm down,” he growls, holding her in a reverse bear hug.

“No, fuck that!” Kenia shouts, making me fight harder to break free from Braxton. As she struggles, Kenia adds, “My sister warned her before not to speak on our mother. I don’t give a damn who she is. I’m sorry my mate, but if she says something else about our mother, I’ll have to apologize to you all later for clawing the life out of her.””

“Mate?” Ramona gasps with her eyes darting from Kenia and Levi, disregarding the threat Kenia declared.

“That’s right, bitch,” Kenia shouts. “Not only is my sister a part of the family, but so am I! No need to ask” guess who’s coming to dinner’ because we already have a seat at the damn table!”

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