Page 74 of His Impossible Elf Mate
Not only did I have a fated mate, an animal soul, I also had a pack, a larger family than I could have even imagined.
“I think we got off easy, don’t you?”
“Hmm?”
Axel traced my arm as we lay in our bed, relaxed after a warm bath and a couple of orgasms.
“The fallout from you turning into a shifter/elf hybrid. It seems almost too easy.”
“Easy?”
“Do you not think?”
“No, because there were many, many nights when I wondered if you would be taken from me. Where I worried if I would have to break my vow to you about giving you a child. How I ached for it to be me, not some random alpha who would give you a baby. To make you an omega myself. How I hated the idea of having to go back to Abrocaelum and make a child with someone who wasn’t you.”
“So you think we’ll have our own child?”
“I think we can guarantee it. The Luna, my goddess, would not have done all this, to leave us barren. My mother said this was the reason.”
“Are you excited?”
“Yes. Even if it doesn’t happen right away, I’ll still be grateful. All of this. You. I get to keep you, so even if it’s just us for a while, I’ll be happier than I could have imagined.”
“You know all the right things to say.”
“I am just telling the truth.”
Life and Loss
Axel
Almost every day since my heat, I woke up expecting that heart stopping moment when my scent had changed to signify I was pregnant. The closer we got to the two weeks, the most likely time I would detect the change, the more I feared I was going to be disappointed.
Really, I shouldn’t have doubted my goddess. She had made Teárlach an alpha because I had chosen love over my dream just so I could have everything I ever wanted.
So when I woke to the sweetest scent ever imagined, I burst into tears.
My wolf was there to soothe me. They were delighted with the change in our scent and what it meant.Happy, they kept repeating
Happy tears,I told them.
“Dear one, what’s wrong?” T asked, horrified as he pulled me closer to him. Even before he was an alpha, he was a cuddly sleeper.
“Scent… changed…” I barely managed to get the words out around my sobs.
“These tears are because you are happy, correct?” He sounded confused.
I pulled away. “Are you not excited?”
“Axel, I’ve been waiting for you to wake up for hours now. I think my shock and relief have worn off. Sorry if you…”
Laughing, I brushed my tears away. “Hours? Why didn’t you wake me?”
He cupped a hand over my stomach. “You are growing our babe. I wanted you to have all the rest you need.”
I couldn’t resist nuzzling into his neck. “You’re already killing it as a mate. Why are you so sweet?”
T smoothed my hair back and kissed my forehead. “You make it so easy to love you.”
