Page 85 of As The Shifter World Turns

“No more odd than talking to a vampire with fangs.”

“I gotta love you and leave you. Hot date is waiting for me,” Daire announced.

“Can someone talk sense into him?” Neil asked.

“What’s this about?” Ryder added.

“Neil thinks the alpha Daire’s dating is stealing from him,” Ivor informed us.

“That’s bullshit,” Daire huffed and his screen went blank.

“I gotta run too,” Ryder added.

“To Kellan?” Ivor snarled.

Time to end this conversation. ”Okay guys. I’ll fill you in on more details as we have them.”

“Bye. Love you and congratulations,” Neil shouted.

“Guess what?” I said as I pulled Micah into bed with me and Patch. “I’m starving. Wanna order take out, mate?” My mate—I’d never get tired of saying that.

“I’m so glad your appetite’s returned.” He pulled the covers back and stared at my flat belly. “May I?”

“Of course.” He placed a hand on me and I put mine on top of his.

His eyes swam with tears. “I never thought I’d get to be a dad. To meet a fellow unicorn is so rare and to find one who was my one true mate was almost impossible.” He lay his head in my lap. “The day you moved into Sunshine Manor the universe gifted me with two things.”

“Two?”

“You first of all. My life long mate who’ll walk beside me, sometimes in front and occasionally behind, but always with my hand in yours, as we navigate what life throws at us.”

My lower lip trembled and I blubbered, “That was so beautiful. I love you.” Patch poked his head out. “And you little boy.”

Micah crawled under the covers and I lay my head on his shoulder. I had a mate I never thought I’d be able to call mine. And we'd made a baby. “Can you do something for me?”

“Anything.” He kissed the top of my head.

“Please order Thai food, pizza, fries, enchiladas, and ice cream. Oh, and brownies.”

“You sure you can…?” He took one look at my face and saluted. ”Yes, sir.”

I fed Patch snacks while Micah’s voice murmured in the background. I was so hungry, the doggie snacks looked pretty good and based on how long my mate was taking to order, I might eat a handful. I needed them more than Patch.

When Micah eventually returned to the bedroom, I told him, “I know you were ordering a lot of food, but that was a long conversation.”

He sat on the bed and took my hand. “I was talking to my former professor.”

“But you ordered the food, right?”

He laughed. It was such a genuine sound, from deep in his belly. It was so rare to hear that from him, I grabbed his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss.

“Can I have more of that, please?” he whispered.

“After I get my food.”

As my omega Dad always said, my eyes were bigger than my belly, though I made huge inroads into the food. A slice of pizza in one hand, fries in the other while Micah fed me ice cream was almost better than an orgasm. Almost.

When I was finally full and my mate put the leftovers in the fridge, I remembered his phone call. “Did the professor give you any hint as to how we mated? Were the planets aligned or something?”

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