Page 60 of His Temporary Alpha Mate
“Ah! Well, this is fascinating. I wonder if… no, I will not speculate at this juncture. I need to do more tests on both you andyour mate, however.”
Ívarr’s smile had him looking like a kid in a candy store. It officially freaked me out. Teagan winced in sympathy for whatever she saw on my face.
It had been nearly two weeks since Dalton’s heat ended. Both of us had recovered well. When Alpha Blake and Dakota joked with me about needing a vacation after to recover, I thought they were just being funny and maybe slightly inappropriate. The Alpha Mate, Kade, had agreed with them, though. He had also warned me to take care of Dalton above all else, or I’d pay.
Warning given, I did my best, exhausting myself in the process. Dalton had bounced back from his heat, leaving me at home so he could get back to work. He believed he had figured out a way to resolve our supply problem, at least for a little while. We both knew it wouldn’t stop the aviary for long.
The darker part of me, who wanted revenge for being hurt, wondered why Alpha Blake didn’t just take the fight to them. To end this once and for all. We were a powerful pack. Surely we would win.
Deke had explained it. To his cousin, every shifter’s life was precious. There were too many babies in the pack to risk all out war. Life with the humans was strained at times. War would lead to greater hostility,further putting us at risk.
I had to give Alpha Blake his due. He thought about the consequences in deeper detail than I would have. I might have been the older one, but he was leagues more mature than me.
“If you could come back next week, we can arrange for a more thorough investigation. Dalton needs to have his tests done, too.”
Dalton was avoiding the testing center and the clinic because he was pretty sure his heat was unsuccessful. He didn’t want to confront not being pregnant yet. I understood. We were equally disappointed, though in my secret heart, I was glad I had more time with him. Each time I thought it, I felt terrible. Of course I wanted his dreams to come true, I just wanted more of him.
“Okay, I’ll remind him later. I have to go. We get the keys to our house today.”
A grin settled on my face. The new house had been ready for a couple of days, but I wanted to surprise Dalton with some modifications. There were kitty doors to put in, tunnels and climbing spots for Spice to install. All I had to do was check them over before I presented him with the keys.
Telling Roan I was moving out would come after.
Deke promised me a moving crew, not that we were going far. The enforcers could carry the furniture across the compound to the omega area. Once there,the alphas would have to leave the rest of the work to the mated alphas and any betas willing to help us. Only mated alphas were allowed in there, for the safety of the omegas. Many of them were scared of alphas, having had previous bad experiences.
As an alpha, I felt shame over it. My designation had done so many wrongs. I was just grateful I’d been raised by people who saw value in all designations and had drummed the necessity of consent into me. It was something Deke had seen in me, which was why he’d been happy for me to look after Nova and Sofia. He knew he could trust me with them. They’d never shown me any sort of fear even when they were so vulnerable, so I must have been projecting a good aura or something.
I left the clinic in a hurry, before Ívarr or Teagan could ask me to do another test. Sticking to my promise I made them, I sent Dalton a reminder text and tried to forget about the weird experience.
Chase was waiting for me at the gate to the omega area.
“Hey, so I went and looked at the house and the changes were so awesome. Dalton will cry for sure.” Why was he so gleeful about that?
“What’s he up to? He skippedout on his testing again.”
Though Chase was Second to Alpha Blake, I sometimes got the feeling Dalton did more of the job than he did.
“Oh, he was going over some logistics with Deke. He’s really figured out the supply problem. Got the company to sign an ironclad NDA.” Chase gave a shark’s grin, all teeth and a hint of threat. “Should stump the aviary for a while. Long term, it isn’t the best solution, but for right now, it’s all we’ve got.”
“Cool. If the house is ready, I want to get the big stuff moved today. We can take the rest over the next few days.”
“Not giving him a chance to back out, huh?”
“Something like that.”
The house was perfect for our needs, with two spare bedrooms. I wondered if the extra space would be a constant reminder that we weren’t pregnant, but I wanted to give him a visual clue to my feelings. Whatever happened, I was in this with him.
I took the key and headed to Roan’s house.
First, I had to tell my mate. I called his cell.
“Hey Lark, kinda busy.”
“Too busy to oversee some enforcers moving your furniture to our new house?” I teased.
“New house?” he asked. “You got it?” his voice rose with hope.
“Yeah, Dimples. I got us a house. I thought they could move the couch and your—“
