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Raina growled. “I have his number, still.”

“I don’t need him.” I lifted my chin. “I have you all, I have Halos, and apparently Colton and Quinn want to see how we can make this work.”

“You’re absolutely right you have us.” Terran put his hand on my shoulder. As the other beta in the family, he and Sunshine had the power to soothe me more than my other family members. “We’re here for diaper duty and beyond.”

I stayed with them for a few hours, listening to them talk about the future. For once, it didn’t fill me with dread or fear.

I was going to have a baby, and I had people in my life who cared about me. That was what mattered.

When I walked inside my cottage to see everything sparkling, clean and tidy, my chest filled up with light.

Halos was stretched out on the couch watching Garden Hunters reruns. I grinned and jumped on him. If Colton and Quinn were coming tomorrow, I wanted to be sure to get as much quality time with Halos as I could before things got…weird.

Chapter17

Quinn

Ijiggled my foot for the third time. Colton glanced at me but didn’t tell me to stop. It was a two hour drive up from the airport, and the closer we got to Half Moon Bay, and therefore Luna, the more nervous I got.

The last two months had been hell. Even Colton had missed her, and he was firmly against adding an omega to our pack. He had some stupid notion that I would worry he didn’t love me as much.

I could see why. I was a beta, and his parents had been very much against our courtship and bonding. Colton had made a big deal about how he didn’t need an omega to have a pack, and they’d had words.

Ever since then Colton ignored omegas around him. I’d been fine with that, until I met Luna. She was perfectly sweet, beautiful, and smart.

One weekend wasn’t enough for me. For two months I’d tried searching for her, and just as I was considering telling Colton we were going to hire a private investigator to track her down, she’d called me out of the blue.

Like the universe had heard my prayers.

And not only that, she was pregnant, carrying our child. I’d wanted to be a father so badly, and now that it was happening, I couldn’t help but spend hours researching.

It was too bad when research scared me. Getting pregnant out of her heat made her high-risk, but there were a lot of alarming statistics on her being unbonded and pregnant.

I had to get her and Colton bonded, as soon as possible.

I glanced at Colton again and he shook his head. “Quinn, I love you, but you cannot pressure her to bond us.”

“It’s not pressure,” I protested. “I’m just saying. You know you love her, and she obviously cares about you.”

Colton gave me a sharp look at the word ‘love’. But that was the benefit of bonding him. I knew his feelings better than he did most of the time.

I grabbed the little gift bag. I’d made Colton stop at a baby store even though Luna said it was too early.

It had taken her heavens only knew how long to call us and she’d sounded upset on the phone. It was clear that she hadn’t been sure how we would respond, and that broke my heart. She didn’t know we thought about her all the time. That Colton was grumpier than normal. That I couldn’t focus on my classes.

We needed her in our lives. A baby would only make our joy more complete.

But first I had to convince her of that, when I was terrible at showing people how I felt. Thank goodness Colton didn’t require anything from me except to exist for him to be interested, or we would never have gotten together.

Colton growled. “Let her take her time, okay? That’s all I’m saying. She’s upset and overwhelmed.”

“Bonding would make her feel better,” I muttered, but let it drop.

For now.

The last half hour was the killer. I’d texted Luna all morning, sending her links to different medications, treatments, nursery options, and letting her know we were close.

Judging by Colton’s utter lack of regard for the speed limit, he was feeling the same urge to get to her.

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