Page 58 of Resisting Fate

Three years later…

So much has happened in the last three years.

A lot of pack members have been getting settled and finding their mates. It has made the pack a lot stronger. Especially with all the training Scott has been putting everyone through.

We are escalating in numbers. We had also gotten quite a few feral shifters to come through the barrier, and some of them joined our pack. Helping all the feral shifters we have helped gives me a sense of satisfaction.

There are more feral shifters who wanted to come back to humanity than we had thought. They usually wanted to return for their families or children. Some just simply wanted to try and live a peaceful life without their mates.

We also discovered that there was such a thing as second chance mates when some of the feral had felt the pull to the women we had rescued.

Their journeys weren’t easy, but most of them found their way onto the other side. A lot of them seemed to want to be a part of the Blue Walker pack. We are accepting of all shifters.

The biggest surprise was finding out that a wolf shifter and bear shifter are able to become mates. We discovered this after one of the wolf shifters was fated to one of the bear shifters. There were obviously people who had looked down on different shifter species mating, but Ryker was supportive of whatever his pack members wanted, and he had a lot of reason to trust fate.

Seeing my friend growing and becoming one of the best pack alphas I had ever seen or heard of is also amazing. So many packs came to see Ryker and what he had done to make up for all the shit the other alpha did.

There was always a bit of initial judgement upon meeting Ryker because of his size, but Ryker proved time and time again he had what it took; especially against shifters who thought they could take him. When it came down to a challenge, Ryker beat them every time.

They didn’t fight to the death; Ryker just wanted to teach them a lesson that appearances aren’t always what they seem.

Max was able to make things work with his mate, though their story was a lot harder to push through than most.

I’m lost in thought while I wait at home for Isaac.

Penelope smelled something different with me, and I hadn’t seen my mate in a couple days.

He had to stay up at the feral retreat to help out a bit and make sure everything was still running smoothly.

These days, we do have a few pack members who watch over the retreat that wanted to live there.

It makes things easier but, once a month, he goes up there a few days to see how things are progressing.

I pace the house. Most of the lights are off since it’s nearing dark, but darkness has not quite fallen.

When I see headlights pull up, my heart beats faster in excitement.

I’m running out of the house and into Isaac’s arms before he can even move a couple steps.

“Baby,” he rasps, and he takes a deep breath in before he stills.

When he pulls away, he looks at me with wide eyes.

“Are you?” he asks before moving his face to my neck and taking another breath.

“I had my suspicions, but Penny smelled it this morning,” I say smiling.

“Holy fuck. You’re going to have my pup!” he shouts in excitement.

“We are having a baby,” I say with a chuckle.

He swings me around before kissing me hard on the mouth.

“I can’t believe this. This is amazing,” he says as he puts me down, but then pulls me into him again.

“Does anyone else know?” he asks, grinning down at me.

I shake my head. “Just Penny. Unless Ryker read her mind, but then she could have blocked him; but then he would want to know why she’s blocking him,” I say with a shrug.

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