Page 64 of His Temporary Alpha Mate
Almost as soon as my heat ended, I knew I wasn’t pregnant. I should have felt crushing disappointment, and while it hurt to fail, I’d already accepted it just wasn’t our time. It gave me a couple of weeks to become accustomed to the idea before it was confirmed with tests.
I finally went to the clinic the day after I officially moved in with Larken. No more hiding from the truth. I wasn’t pregnant, but eventually I would be. All I had to do was stay on the path I’d forged. Mixed metaphor or not, it felt right.
Gerry made that difficult. He was persistent in his attempts to get me to work with him. Nothing he tried worked, though. None of the gifts, the expensive toys he gave to the pack, or the mild threats.
Once I’d had enough and knew he just wouldn’t leave me be, I went to the one person he would listen to: Alpha Blake. To my Alpha, I poured out all my secrets,my past, and my temptations. Blake, proving he was the right person to lead the pack, spoke to Gerry, and in one phone call, ended the harassment for good. It was rather anticlimactic, really.
I just hoped it hadn’t ruined my standing in the pack, or my reputation with Alpha Blake.
“Dalton,” Alpha Blake said as he put down the phone.
“Yes?”
“Thank you for coming to me with this. It shows a fair amount of trust. I won’t repay that with doubt. You’ve treated me and my family like we are your own since you joined us. We wouldn’t have been able to get through all this without you.”
“I—“ Being lost for words was new to me. I didn’t get to dwell on the thing with Gerry because Blake dismissed it like it hadn’t happened.
“I best let you get back to work. Deke really appreciates the alternative routes. Chase too.”
Done and minor panic over, I thought it best to do what he suggested, and get something done with my day.
When I returned to the office, Chase was waiting for me. “Ívarr wanted to go over your results in more detail. He has a theory.”
“Alright.” I took it as the excuse it was. Axel was creeping all his things out of the space. Though he shared the Second job with Chase, we all knew hecouldn’t do it for much longer. The alphas, even some betas, were pushing back too hard against him.
If he wanted me out of the way while he took the last of his stuff, he was in for a surprise. Sure, I’d go see Ívarr, but I’d make it back in time to see Axel and clear the air between us.
As I’d intended, Ívarr was not expecting me. Fine, it gave me the opportunity to ask him about some of the red flags when he went over my first batch of results. He had ordered more tests, which I’d grudgingly taken.
“Give me your theories, and quickly please, I have a friend to corner.”
Ívarr frowned. “I do not pretend to understand.” He sighed. “This is pure conjecture, however, you, and a portion of the other betas who have transitioned to omegas…”
I tuned him out briefly, thinking how unfair it was. The bite was the only way to change a beta and only worked on those who were omegas. Alphas did not want to bite alphas, especially after Asher’s aggression. We had no clue if that was a one-time thing.
“Sorry? Did you say I have an ability?”
“Yes. I am not at liberty to discuss names, yet I have one who is showing signs of being able toscent intentions. It’s fascinating.” Ívarr looked like the proverbial kid in a candy store.
“And mine?” If I didn’t keep him on track, I feared he’d talk for hours and I’d miss Axel. I was curious what ability I got, though.
“We believe you are invulnerable, or rather, you have such accelerated healing, you appear to be.”
“Excuse me?”
“There also seems to be some transference.”
“What?”
“I believe there is some quality in your um… bodily fluids, that allows your ability to heal others.”
“Huh?”
None of this made any damn sense.
“Larken has no trace of his fractures, in less than a month since his injury. No scar tissue, the bones show no signs of extra density around the breaks. To anyone else, the bones would appear to have never been broken in the first place.”
Okay, that was kind of freaky and cool at the same time. I’d done that to Larken?
