Page 19 of His Impossible Elf Mate
Yes! Do that,Chase urged.We’ll be there soon. Do you need anything?
There. That was the Chase I knew and loved.
Just you both and maybe some more blankets for the nest. Kade isn’t happy.
The link closed off as Blake made the call to Kade’s parents.
I quickly got dressed and searched my rooms for suitable blankets to place in the nest. Kade would want our scents on them, as they would soothe his wolf with the smell of family and pack.
Teárlach finally roused as I approached the bed. “Where are you going? Get back in bed.” His pout was so cute! His turquoise eyes were dark as he scanned me head to toe. If I got back in there, I wouldn’t be leaving any time soon.
“Can’t.” The Luna help me, I really, really wanted to. “Kade’s nesting. Can’t shift back.” If it had been for any other reason, I would be under T again right then.
He moved to sit up. “No, you stay in bed. Blake has asked for me and Chase…”
Thankfully, T seemed to get my meaning. “This is for family. And we are not.” Sadness tinged the words.
The yet hung in the air between us as ludicrous as it was to even think of us two together forever. It was what my heart wanted, what I was sure Teárlach wanted too.
Instead of saying anything else and risking hurting him more, I leaned down to kiss him. He cupped my neck and kissed me back hungrily.
“Would you send me one of those messages on your phone?”
T was trying to kill me with cuteness. “Yes, I’ll text you,” I said in a patient tone. He was always losing the damn phone. “Keep your phone close, okay? I’ll keep you as updated as I can, though if you are close to any shifters, the pack link will have news too,” I said as I stroked his hair.
“I will.”
Leaving him looking so gorgeous in my bed was hard, but necessary. If my niblings were coming, I wanted to see them be born!
Chase caught up to me in the hallway just outside of the Alpha Pair’s suite. As I was Second and sharedthe job with Chase, who had his extra ability to detect lies, we were important to the pack, so we also had suites in the house, or rather, mansion. Really, as Second, I should be pushing for the Alpha Pair to move out of this house. It was too crowded with many of the single alphas living here, too.
All of us living in the main house was a security nightmare. I’d learn how true that thought was later.
That was another day’s problem. First, I had niblings to meet.
“Can you believe we are going to be uncles?” Chase chattered excitedly. “I can’t wait to meet the pups.”
“Be nice to have someone on your wavelength, huh?”
Chase shoved me into the wall. “Dick.”
“Uh-huh, less of the language! There’s gonna be impressionable pups soon. You gotta put a lid on the cursing,” I chided mockingly.
All I earned was another shoulder check into the wall as Chase entered into the suite, without knocking, of course.
Blake met us outside of their bedroom in their sitting room. “I’m so glad you’re here,” he said, pulling us both into tight hugs. “I hate seeing him in pain.”
“So it’s really happening today?” I asked.
“Aldrin seems to think so.” Blake ushered us into the bedroom where the alpha doctor was setting up. He and his mate, James, were Dakota’s parents and now ran the medical facilities for the pack. Aldrin had struck up a firm friendshipwith the elf, Ívarr, which I found surprising. He was the only elf I just couldn’t get a handle on. I was pretty sure he hated me for some reason.
Kade was pacing the length of his nest. My heart went out to him, as he seemed uncomfortable. Blake was reacting to each circuit he made with clear agitation. He kept flinching and wincing low, as if trying to hide it from us.
I handed over my blankets, which Kade took in his mouth gratefully.Thank you,he muttered before adding them to his nest. It appeared to be exactly what he needed as he settled briefly before another contraction hit.
It was a relief when Dakota and Jasper appeared. Jasper went straight to his omega son and spoke in low tones for only Kade to hear as he stroked Kade’s snout.
I couldn’t help but voice my fear for the babies. It felt too soon for them to be here. We’d been told that multiple births were usually early, but what if they were too small? I wasn’t sure we were equipped to handle three premature babies.
