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Wyatt squirmed away with a scowl, muttering about his fluff being messed up, and I bit my lips to stop from giggling.

I watched as the three musketeers carefully painted the pups' toe nails, holding their small feet as if they were delicate flowers, and tears stung my eyes.

Guess my hormones aren't something Lark can fix as fast as she can my body, I thought wryly as the boys finished up and set the nail polish aside.

"Are the fumes too much, honey?" Cole asked. "Itisa strong smell."

He brushed his fingertips along my jawline, his face lined with concern as my tears spilled over. Since my hands were full of babies, I tried to wipe my cheeks on my shoulder, and he grabbed a tissue from the table beside the bed to do it for me.

"I'm so happy, Cole." I gave him a sunshine smile, complete with dimples, as more tears slid down my cheeks. "I'm so, so happy!"

"So am I, honey." Now tears sparkled in his pretty green eyes, too.

"So am I, cutie."

"Me, too, sweetness."

"Me, too, princess!"

"And me, little flower." Mason squeezed my knee gently. "You have brought so much happiness and light and love to our lives. Thank you, baby. Thank you for being the perfect mate for us."

"And thank you for beingmyperfect mates." I smiled through my tears.

Luna? I have the results,Dr. Myers linked me.Are you ready for them?

Yes, please.

You were right.He grinned and showed me an image of a graph on a computer screen.The alphas' DNA is present in each of the pups.

Equally?I asked.

Almost exactly. Alpha Ash matches them at 99.9% while the other alphas match at 99.8%. Forgive me if this is an indelicate question, but was Alpha Ash the first one to mate you during your last heat?

Yes.I blushed, my embarrassment off the chart.

Sorry, luna. Curiosity is my besetting sin. For now, rest assured that all of your mates are the pups' biological fathers.

But you think they are more Ash's pups than the others?

I think that one-tenth of a point is a very small percentage. Maybe it means they'll resemble him more than the other alphas, but who can say? We can see how these results compare to those of any subsequent pups; that will tell us more.

Let's keep the one-tenth thing between us for now,I said.As far as science is concerned, all five alphas are their fathers, correct?

Yes, luna, that is correct. I'll save the results in my files for the pack records, but I won't divulge them without your permission.

"Posy? You've been lost in thought for a while. Is everything okay?" Wyatt stroked a finger down my cheek.

"I was linking Dr. Myers about that test I asked him to do," I explained. "What does subsequent mean?"

"Following, coming after," Jayden murmured. "Why? Does there need to be a subsequent test?"

"No. What about divulge?"

"Tell or share. Doyouhave something to divulge, sweetness?"

"Whatwasthat test for?" Cole demanded.

"Issomething wrong with the pups?" Wyatt asked.

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