Page 131 of Twinning and Sinning

The pack house was very rustic, with few places for a woman’s touch. Melody spent little time decorating the house because she had other priorities. She was so excited that she wasn’t in charge of the pack any longer. It just wasn’t in her blood to rule a pack. Marcus and Melody went on an additional honeymoon to the eastern side of Bergarian. I’m pretty sure she wanted to go study some Fairies, but Marcus lets her do what she wants.

I stepped out of our bedroom. My boys had split duties. Dax worked more with the training while Dimitri did the clerical work. Dimitri still trained, but he knew that nothing would get done if Dax did any office work. Dimitri spent most of his days scheduling border patrols, training schedules, omega feeding schedules. It was insane. I would hope they would pick a beta soon, but they were both so picky in finding a Beta that could handle two Alphas. Reminding myself every day that even though my mates were identical twins, sharing the same emotions and goals, they do have a difference of opinion.

Knocking on the outside of Dimitri’s door, he yelled for me to come in. Dimitri was buried nose deep in papers scattered across his desk. His computer held many open windows while gripping his hair. “Babe.” his smile lit up the room as I entered. I skipped over for him to pull me to his lap. His nose grazed my neck.

“Busy?” I asked, humming.

Dimitri pushed the papers away. “Not when you are here,” his hand grazed my stomach and his movement stopped. His nose flared, and his hears moved back. “Lay on the table.” I laughed.

“Right here? On the table? I guess we haven’t christened this room yet.”

“No, shh,” Dimitri ordered.

“What?” I continued to laugh, but the seriousness on his face stopped my playful banter. His ear lay on my stomach. “What’s wrong?” I panicked.

Without a word, Dimitri’s brows furrowed, his arms looped around my legs and down my back. Carrying me out of this office, he sprinted down the stairs. My arms wrapped around his neck. “What are you doing?” I squeezed him tighter as he rounded the corner. Dax, sweating from warrior training, joined Dimitri at the base of the stairs.

“Do you think?” Dax spoke excitedly. “Think what!?” I yelled. Wiggling, trying to get free, Dimitri’s grip became tighter.

“Stop moving,” he growled. A nearby branch, sensing my distress, pulled on Dimitri’s shirt collar, causing him to stop. The limb gripped my arm, helping me down.

“You tell me what’s going on,” I hissed. “I’m not to be carried around like that unless I want it!” I crossed my arms, pushing up my low-cut top. Dax stared at my chest, not paying attention.

Of course, he would.

“Babe, I’m sorry,” Dimitri was still being held back by the branch. “I just want to check something, and I don’t want to get your hopes up.” Dimitri’s eyes softened, and his struggles against the branch loosened.

“Hopes up for what?” Dimitri and Dax looked at each other, then at me.

“You smell different, and I think I can hear another heartbeat.”

“Another?” I questioned, holding my stomach like carrying the most precious cargo. “You can sense that?” Both nodded. Tears of joy stung my eyes. “Do you think…?”

Dimitri and Dax grabbed my hand, heading straight to the clinic.

My nervousness had me bouncing my leg. Both my mates gripped each one to calm me. The plants in the room leaned towards me, their floral smell reeking into the room.

“I’m never going to get used to that,” Dax spoke. “It’s like you are their sun.” I shook my head, smiling shyly until the doctor came in. He closed the door, pulling his mask down.

“Alphas, Luna, I have great news.” I gasped before he even spoke. I felt his excitement through the pack bond.

“A baby, you are three weeks along. Congratulations!” I burst into tears, both Dax and Dimitri high-fiving each other before engulfing me in an enormous hug.

“A baby!” I cried. Deep inside me, I knew I would have one. Eva even told me so, but now it was real. So real that I would hold a tiny child in my arms, one to call my own. “Just one, right?” I giggled. The doctor smiled back, pulling out a document.

“According to your blood tests, it says to be a singleton, but we won’t know for sure until an ultrasound that we can do next week. Now Luna, I know you grew up in the human world where human babies have a gestation of 9 months, with Wolves it is 6 months and Elves have been known to give birth at four or five. We will have to closely monitor you and see which form your baby will take.”

“Which form?” I questioned.

“Yes, a baby will not be born a hybrid. It is very, very rare. I’ve known only two since I started practicing. We can get an ultrasound. If the ears are pointed, we will know it is an Elf. If not, then it will be a Wolf and we can prepare a better idea of which month you will give birth.”

“Wow, that’s so unbelievable.” Dimitri and Dax both kissed my cheeks as I cried again.

“I knew it was nothing to worry about,” Dimitri cooed in my ear. “I’m so happy, but we can still adopt if you want.”

“Anything you want, we can’t say no.” Dax rubbed my leg, his head on my shoulder.

We reveled in our gift, a gift from the gods that I could conceive. As we held each other in the tiny medical office, my mother and father knocked on the door.

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