Page 107 of Power Shift

My butt aches from sitting on it all day in an office chair and now here in the car. Paperwork days are my least favourite, but they have to be done. We haven’t had a patient give birth in a week now, and I’m starting to get antsy.

Sadie, while stressed and anxious to the max, was still not anywhere close to ready to pop the other night. She begged Clover to check her cervix, but she didn’t show any signs of her labour coming soon despite her due date being only three days away. All I could do to help was send all of my suggested ways to naturally induce labour and hope for the best.

At least Thorne and Sebastian haven’t attempted to pound their way into her place again.

I turn off my car and pop open the door before stepping out into the warm evening.

“Okay, first of all, tell me their names,” Mom begs.

“Ronan, Jasper, Dash, and Landon. They’re all the same age.”

“And that is? Don’t tell me they’re much older than you. Your dads will have a total fit if you’re mated with men more than ten years older than you.”

“They’re only two years older than me.”

“Twenty-seven isn’t bad. Do they have money?”

Shoving my door shut with my hip, I let out a loud, snorted laugh. “Mom!”

“What? I just mean it would be nice if they were well enough off to be able to take care of you.”

“I don’t need anyone to take care of me.”

Mom clucks her tongue. “Briar. Work with me here.”

“Alright. Yes, Mom. I think they’re well off.”

“Thank you. That wasn’t so hard, was it?”

“I’m walking up to my building right now. Keep teasing me and I’ll hang up on you before I get there,” I warn, locking the car doors.

“Since you brought it up—you need to move out of that place.”

“How many times are you going to tell me that?”

“As many as it takes! That place is very unsafe.”

“You haven’t been here in months. Maybe it’s better now.”

“Well, is it?” she counters.

I pause, opening up the heavy front door. “No.”

“Exactly. Do me and your fathers a favour and move in with your pack instead. Surely, they have somewhere better for you to live.Safer.”

“You’ll be pleased to know that it’s very safe.”

My keys jingle as I pull them out of my purse and use my fob to open the inside door. The lock clicks before I shove it forward and then pull it shut behind me. The hallways are empty, and the de-scenter burns my nose after my first inhale.

There’s a tingle in the back of my mind as I head toward my apartment, but I ignore it, chalking it up to exhaustion after a long day.

“That’s a relief, at least. Will you be doing as I want and moving in with them, then?”

“You make it sound so easy. Did you forget what it was like when you first started dating the dads?”

“Now that you mention it, I remember a bucketload of courting gifts. Tell me that your scent matches have been spoiling you. That’s the best part of all this. Alphas are stubborn, arrogant creatures, and the courting phase makes it worth all the hassle they bring.”

The three steps down to my apartment appear in front of me as I swap my phone to my other hand and get ready to unlock the door.

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