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Dacian gave a hand salute as Calvert winked at him, then they were gone.

He looked down at the two girls, smiling as their eyes had drifted closed. They’d had a big day.

“They have, and so have you. Do you want me to put them in their cribs so you can get some rest?”

Snuggling back against Thorn at the reluctance coming from him to let go of them all, Ledger murmured quietly, so as not todisturb the girls, “I’m sure I can rest like this.” Twisting slightly to glance at Thorn, he asked, “If that works for you?”

Thorn’s adoration was there in those captivating eyes. He brushed his lips over Ledger’s. “Perfectly.”

Love made everything brighter, made the burdens of life lighter. That was Thorn’s love for Ledger.

Ledger felt it down to the marrow of his bones. “Right answer.”

“It’s the only answer, Sweetling.” Thorn deepened the kiss, creating a loving embrace for Ledger’s soul. The past had chased him from the life he’d loved, but led him here, to his destiny. Wasn’t life just glorious?

The End… ish.

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Liam is pregnant and starting a new life in Oakland. Upon meeting his fated mate, he's faced with a new problem. How is he supposed to tell his mate that he's pregnant with another alpha's baby?

LIAM

Liam

Idon’t care if it’s mine. Don’t text me again.

I should have deleted the stupid text. All it did was sit there on my phone, mocking me and pissing me off. That simple text, those ten words, felt heavy in my pocket, and yet I hadn’t bothered to delete it. They were a reminder of the biggest mistake of my life, which led to something wonderful.

I stared out the window overlooking the cracked sidewalk in front of my new store with a heavy sigh. A few cars were parked on the side of the street. They belonged primarily to store owners who lived upstairs or to employees completing their shifts for the night. Oakland was a small town, like smaller than small, though it appeared to be growing in size since the last time I’d visited. I’d been a pup at that time, though. The town center was lined with small shops. A little less than half sat empty, looking for new owners. Like the building I was in, which had been vacant until a week ago.

It was a one-time thing.

Yeah, it had been a one-time thing with an alpha who I didn’t even consider a friend. He’d been a friend of a friend, or something stupid like that. We’d met a few times at a party. Sure, he’d been hot, but he was also a huge asshole. So really, this shouldn’t have been a surprise at all. I’d been desperate, and he had made the offer. I felt stupid the moment my heat was over and I’d turned to find he was already gone. Not that I’d wanted him to be there when I woke up. It had been a stupid, one-time thing with someone I had no attachment to.

But fuck me, I guess, for assuming he might want to know he knocked me up. I was wrong to assume that he might want to be involved in the child he helped to create. I didn’t want him to be in our lives anyway. I knew I could go after him for child support or something like that. I didn’t need it. Hell, I didn’twantit. Before those two blue lines appeared on the tests I took in the bathroom of my lonely apartment, I’d planned on ghosting him anyway. It felt like the right thing to do, though, to tell him about the baby, in case he’d want to be around. I should've known better.

I wasn’t mourning the loss of Jacob. Only for the fact that my pup wouldn’t know their father.

I placed a hand on my lower stomach, where I couldn’t yet feel the bump that would form as my pup grew inside me. My feelings about the pregnancy had been all over the place when I first found out. I’d broken down crying in the waiting room at the clinic I’d gone to, needing to confirm what four store-bought tests had already told me. The tired nurse patted my shoulder and said, “There, there.” Then she sent me on my way, as if my life hadn’t changed forever.

The nurse who had cared for me had given me pamphlets, letting me know what my options were. Adoption, termination, keeping the baby… It was so much to take in. I still hadthe pamphlets shoved in a box somewhere upstairs. At least I thought I did.

If I hadn’t felt so hungry and tired a few weeks after my heat, I might not have gone to the corner store for a test.

When I returned home from the clinic, I had spent two days in bed sobbing on and off. I remembered driving through Oakland as a kid during one of my 'off' moments. So, I grabbed my sticker-covered laptop and started browsing ads for commercial buildings. It had been my dream since I was a child to open a floral shop. I loved flowers and had taken as many classes in floral arrangements as I could. I had even worked at a flower shop until the moment I moved to Oakland. With my entire life changing, I decided that nothing was going to stop me. I did not have the support I knew I needed out there, but I had the money and the ability to make the change, so why not? Besides, it wasn't like I had the support at home either.

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