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With an exchange of rings, Alpha Blake pronounces us mates, married for eternity. As Reggie kisses me for the first time as his wife, I feel a sad echo of things lost but an overwhelming joy for the love I have found.

The bond embraces us in a bubble as magic works its way through every fiber of our beings. The bond ties Lana and Phantom together in ways I never felt with Jenson and Asher. Again, I experience a flicker of pain at the loss of Asher. A wind whispers through our bubble, and I feel promises ofstrength and hope for the future.

“I love you, Charlie. I promise always to love you.”

“I love you, Reggie. Eternally.” I vow as the bubble pops and the magic dissipates to settle on our bond, steeling it almost solid. I can feel forever in this moment, and it feels freeing.

We turn to face our guests and head outside, where a table has been set up—my one concession to Mom—a wedding cake.

Chapter 33 – New Life & Headquarters Attack

Reggie

“Ooof.” I am caught off guard as I feel a sudden heavy blow to the back of my head. Coming to my senses, I find myself face down with blurry vision.Tensing for battle, I sharply tilt my head and pull up on my elbows as I squint to see my assailant.

Instead of encountering an attacker, my hand glides over the velvety softness of a leg. Looking beneath the smooth whitesheets, I find Charlie tangled up with me, her beautiful legs wrapped around my torso. She rolls onto her back, moaning softly as I caress the sweet bump of her stomach beneath the sheets.

Last night comes back to me in a rush. My little sex kitten of a wife loves to play bed games. After we wore ourselves out last night, we collapsed where we were and fell deep asleep. Thus, Charlie's feet kicking me in the back of my head. I am not sure what Jenson’s problem was and why he cheated on her while they were married, but with a wife like Charlie, I don’t have the time nor the inclination to think about anyone else.

Blissed out, I turn around in the bed and curl up to Charlie’s tummy. Stroking and kissing it, I whisper words to our little pup. “Hey, little guy. This is your Daddy speaking.” As he hears my voice, Charlie’s stomach begins to roll, and she clutches it and groans.

“Ouch! Reggie, could you not let him sleep a few more minutes?” She whines.

I gently soothe Charlie’s tummy with my hands and say with a laugh, “Hey, son! You need to behave and stop kicking and punching your Momma.” Despite my words, the wriggling continues. Charlie begins to rub her stomach vigorously, trying to ease the discomfort. I lean in and kiss her sweet lips. “I’m sorry, baby. But since you kicked me in the head, I thought it was only fair to let the little guy take care of my revenge.”

“Mmmmmm. You are so evil.” She wraps her arms around my neck and gives me a few sweet kisses along the jawline. “I have morning breath.” She warns. “I need to brush my teeth.” She sinks her nose into my neck and kisses my mate mark.

I don’t see how it could be any better than this right here. My mate and my pup are safe in my arms.

If only we didn't have to get up in a few minutes and go to headquarters. Charlie has a presentation to a group of Alphas regarding the new facial recognition program she developed. I am taking point on security at headquarters while Charlie is there today.

We spent the night at the hotel next door that caters to visitors to Stone Mountain, our territory's capital, to make things easier on Charlie as she is only four weeks away from childbirth.

This morning, we are especially alert because of Charlie’s vision. Due to many inconsistencies, we're uncertain about what will happen today. We've noticed that one vision sequence can unfold precisely as expected, while the next may be completely different.

Charlie and I are on our way to the headquarters building. As we sign in at the front desk, Charlie heads up on the elevator while I go into the security conference room located directly behind the front desk. Due to Charlie’s vision, theAlpha Commander put a large security team on duty today.

Our most significant blind spot is that Charlie only saw the attack's results. Her vision never let her see the cause. Since we know that her vision is only symbolic and not prophetic, anything can happen.

I also know that this is probably the day that Charlie has our pup, which scares the hell out of me because Charlie’s not due for another month. The doctors have been giving Charlie injections to help our pup’s lungs develop, just in case, so we have taken every precaution we know to do.

I enter the security room and scan all the screens for anomalies. It’s my job to ensure everyone is safe, but my priority is Charlie and our pup. I concentrate on the screen depictingCharlie walking into the conference room for her meeting and then on the variouscamera feeds until I feel everything is secure.

Except for a few areas, the buildinghas been evacuated to minimize injuries should the attack occur today, so everything is pretty quiet.

Charlie’s vision was vague when it came to where the damage occurred, but it appeared a bomb was detonated. There are so few details to go on. Therefore, I am hypervigilant.

Charlie

I am very nervous about what might or might not transpire today. In my vision, there was an attack on the headquarters, but I got away safely with minimal impact on the pup. However, it brought the onset of my labor, and I gave birth. The problem here is that I am now pregnant with Reggie’s pup, not Jenson’s, so my gestation is not as far along as in my vision.

We have taken precautions as my doctor is on standby, and I’ve been receiving corticosteroids to enhance my pup’s lung development. My doctor says he can delay labor if my water doesn’t break. Fingers crossed.

My background, experience, and abilities have earned me a consulting contract with Sunlight Shimmer Pack's tech and security department. I’ve been working on upgrading the pack's security measures.

Due to increased criminal activity, I’ve built a facial recognition programto vet visitors. Anyone approaching or requesting access to pack properties for any reason is screened through this application. This is vital for Sparksburg since we are a large college town.

Our nightlife activities attract many visitors and tourists from various other packs. A high-resolution camera system is installed at each of our pack entrance gates. Anyone requestingto enter beforehand is checked through the system as well. My short time here has increased pack security a hundredfold.

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