“Hey, baby sis.” Drake said as he stood up and hugged Daisy. “How’s my little guy doing?”
I watched as he smiled and r*bbed her belly.
Daisy answered, but I didn’t hear her.
I looked at my mate, and my heart sped up.
He reached out for me, and I walked into his arms. I sat down on his lap, and he wr*pped his arms around me. He inhaled my scent and k**sed my temple.
I looked at Anna and took a deep breath.
“Hi, Emma.” she said softly. “How are you?”
“Nervous.” I said.
Anna nodded and leaned forward.
“I want to talk to you about your heat.” she said, making me furrow my eyebrows. “Should we talk in private or is it okay to talk about it in front of your brother and Alpha Drake?”
“My heat?” I asked, ignoring the second part of her question. “I’m marked. I never went into heat. Logan marked me before it happened.”
“You never went into heat because you haven’t met your second true mate.” Anna said, making me freeze. “Even if Logan didn’t mark you, you wouldn’t go into heat until you met your second true mate.”
I gulped down the lump in my throat.
“But Logan did mark me, so I won’t go into heat when I meet Alpha Nathan?” I asked, trying to stop my voice from trembling.
“You will.” Anna said, and my stomach turned.
I will want to mate with both Logan and Alpha Nathan?
I will want to mate with Alpha Nathan?
My heartbeat picked up. My palms started sweating. I was going to pass out.
No. I wouldn’t want that. I wouldn’t want him. I would only need Logan. It wasn’t a problem. It wasn’t an issue.
Logan was so tense. I could feel the anger radiating off of him.
“She will have Logan.” Daisy said, her voice laced with worry. “That will be enough.”
“It will.” Drake said, making me look at him. “But keeping Alpha Nathan away from her while she is in heat will be an issue.”
Andrew and Logan growled loudly.
Logan tightened his arms around me. I could feel him shaking.
I couldn’t even speak. I just wanted to scream. I wanted to run away and hide. I didn’t want Alpha Nathan to find me.
But what kind of Luna would I be if I ran and hid?
“Is there anything else that I need to know?” I asked, my voice raspy.
“Yes.” Anna nodded.
Of course there was.
“What?” I asked, trying to force myself to focus.
I was getting angry. I wanted to break something.
“It’s about your children, Emma.” Anna said, and my heart stopped beating.
I knew what she was going to say even before she continued.
“You can only have them with your Goddess-given mate.” Anna said, and my heart broke into a million tiny pieces. “You can only have children when you get your second mark.”
My body and my mind shut down.
I couldn’t even take my next breath.
Logan POV
I could feel my heartbeat in my eyes. I could hear my blood pumping through my veins. My ears were ringing.
So if I wasn’t her Goddess-given mate…
“What the f**k did you just say?” Andrew growled, narrowing his eyes at Anna.
Anna looked at him and sighed.
“Only her Goddess-given mate will be able to get Emma pregnant.” Anna repeated.
So I did hear her right. I did f**king hear her right.
Anna turned back to look at Emma and me.
“Were you trying to get pregnant at any point in these four years?” she asked.
I looked at my mate and my heart broke. She was pale, and she looked like she was going to be sick. I wasn’t sure if she was even listening to Anna.
I pulled her to my ch*st and k**sed the top of her head.
“No.” I said. “Emma isn’t ready. She is taking contraceptive pills our pack doctor made.”
Human contraception wouldn’t work on a she-wolf, so Wren and some of his other colleagues made a contraceptive for she-wolves. It was similar to human contraception, but a bit stronger.
“She can stop taking it.” Anna said. “She doesn’t need them. She can’t get pregnant until she is marked for the second time.”
My heart clenched painfully. I p**ssed her closer to me. She was so tense. I felt like I was holding a rock.
“What would happen to Logan’s mark if Alpha Nathan gave her the other?” Drake asked, making me growl loudly.
It was an instinct. I couldn’t control it.
“It will disappear.” Anna said. “If Logan will be the one who will mark her again, his first mark will also disappear. She will have only one mark on the other side of her neck.”
I buried my nose in her hair and took a deep breath of her scent. It calmed me down a little.
She was here. She was in my arms. She was mine.
“The witches who worked for Samuel got that wrong too.” Anna continued. “The mark can’t be removed by a spell. Her mark will be removed when her Goddess-given mate marks her.”
“Did they get anything right?” Andrew growled.
“Not really.” Anna sighed.
I k**sed the top of Emma’s head.
Emma, baby, talk to me. I mind-linked her.
She didn’t respond.
I lifted her head and looked at her face.
She was in shock. I wasn’t sure if she was still here. She looked completely lost in her thoughts, and based on what I could feel, her thoughts weren’t good.
I needed to get her out of her head.
I tightened my jaw and gulped down the lump in my throat.
“Anna is that all?” I asked, keeping my eyes on my mate.
I will get her out, my love. I mind-linked Emma. Breathe, baby.
“Yes.” Anna said.
“Give us some privacy, please.” I said.
I wondered if I should tell Andrew, Daisy, and Drake to leave as well. But maybe having them here would help her. Having her brother here could help her.
“Of course.” Anna said as she stood up.
I heard her walking away. I heard the door open and close.
“Emma?” Andrew called her as he approached us.
She didn’t respond.
“Emma, love?” Andrew called her again as he kneeled in front of us and cupped her cheeks. “Talk to us, come on.”
Tears fell on Emma’s cheeks, and she took a deep breath.
Come on, baby. I mind-linked her. Breathe.
Emma closed her eyes, took another deep breath, and released it slowly.
“I am sorry.” she mumbled. “I just need a second.”
“It’s okay.” I told her as I k**sed her temple. “Take as much time as you need.”
I needed to know what she was thinking. I needed her to talk to me, but I knew that I shouldn’t rush her.
Andrew pulled up a chair, sat next to us, and took her hand in his. She looked at him and gave him a small smile. It was a sad one. It didn’t reach her eyes.
I ran my fi**gers through her hair and breathed in her scent again.
“I told you that I don’t care about powers or the second mark.” Emma finally spoke.
She looked up at me and I gave her a little nod.
“I could go on with my life with your mark on my neck.” she continued. “I don’t even need to know who my Goddess-given mate is.”
“I know, baby.” I told her as I placed a small k**s on her l*ps.
She took a deep breath, and her eyes filled with tears.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.