Page 133 of Game of Destiny
‘You are wrong, my love. One. You will need to move out of that office and from now on we need to share an office in the pack house. Two. Those rooms are for our pups, I can’t let you use them as an office,’ I corrected her and kissed her on the nose.
‘Pups?’ she asked.
‘You don’t want pups?’ I knew I wanted pups with her. I had always fantasised about having a house filled with a family. When I built the house, the face of my mate and our pups had been blurry, but after meeting Amie it was always her I saw sitting at the kitchen table having dinner with, watching our pups play in the garden and just coming home to her. I also knew if she didn’t want pups, I could give up on that dream. I would do anything to make her happy. I could find an heir another way.
‘Of course I do. At least two, maybe three,’ she told me. I smiled and kissed her.
‘There you go,’ I told her. ‘We need the rooms we have.’ She smiled and shook her head.
‘You are so sweet,’ she told me and let her fingertips move across my face. ‘Wait! Why do I have to give up my office in the pack house?’ she asked.
‘I think that is pretty obvious,’ I said and looked at her. She looked back at me and for a long while, we just looked at each other. ‘For a brilliant woman, you can be surprisingly slow,’ I told her.
‘Hey!’
‘The reason you have to give up the Beta office is because you aren’t my Beta any longer. You are my Luna. Which nicely brings me to the second topic we need to discuss. Who will be our new Beta?’ I asked. Her eyes grew bigger.
‘Fuck. I’m the Luna,’ she told me.
‘You are. Are you freaking out?’
‘No. Maybe. Just a little bit.’
‘Don’t. You were born to be a Luna. You have practically been my Luna since you joined the pack. You are a natural. Let me take away any doubts,’ I said to calm her down and kissed her.
‘Almost gone,’ she said as we drew apart and kissed me. ‘All gone. I think I can do this.’
‘You can. So who will replace you?’ I had an idea, it was a little untraditional, but that had worked well for our pack in the past.
‘I have a suggestion, but I don’t know if you will think I’m crazy for suggesting him,’ she told me.
‘I already know that you are a little crazy, Red.’
‘I was thinking, Jake. He’s not the typical top tier, but he is smart, practical, mostly level headed and he has improved his physical capabilities,’ she said. I chuckled.
‘I was thinking the same. I like him. He really impressed me with how he protected both you and Ramses in the hide and seek game. I think he will be a perfect addition to our group. Shelly and Medow have done an amazing job keeping the pack together while we have been away. She will also be a good addition.” Amie was smiling at me.
‘I love how willing you are to think outside the box for the best of the pack, honey,’ she told me. ‘We will have a full table for the first time.’ Her comment made my mood shift slightly.
‘We have to do something about that,’ I told her.
‘About us being a full table? I don’t see why, it’s a good thing.’
‘It’s not fair that the Beta and Gamma couples get to sit next to each other and I have to look at you from all the way across the table,’ I pointed out to her. She shook her head as if in disappointment, but I could see her smile.
‘It’s not like it’s a huge table.’
‘Doesn't matter, we will have to get a new one.’
‘A new table would still have the same issue.’
‘Not if we get a round one. Then everyone gets to sit next to their mate, there would be no head of the table,’ I told her. I felt kind of smart for thinking of it.
‘I like that idea. It’s genius,’ she said. ‘Was that all the things you needed to talk about?’ she asked.
‘No, one more,’ I told her and I turned serious. She felt it and propped herself up on her elbow.
‘Tell me.’
