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Garrett
It was done, not only had he told her the truth of what he was, he’d shown her at her own request, and although she had freaked out and completely passed out, and he’d thought for a minute, he was going to have to show her again, but thankfully not. He’d even been able to pull
her back into his arms and have her kiss him back.
Their bond was good and strong; fully intact, she’d let him make love to her and more than
once, even knowing what he was. Everything was going to be alright. Though Huntley had shocked them both, by dragging Harmony half off the bed by her ankle. He’d shocked Garrett
completely by his wanton need to have his mate, but he’d also restrained himself and stopped after devouring her. He knew she was pregnant, but if she’d not been, Garrett got the
impression that Huntley would have just mated the hell out of her.
It would, he knew, be fine. Just more on the aggressive side, that was a wolf’s nature, and she, being granted to them as their human mate, she would have been able to handle it, probably really enjoy it, just wouldn’t have expected it.
Garrett took Harmony downstairs to get something to eat. The packhouse was mostly in darkness, being it was nearly midnight. She’d stated as they’d gotten out of the elevator. “We should just eat upstairs.”
“You’re too tired to cook anything.” He’d smiled at her “and there is always food down here,” he
told her, and then walked her into the dining hall.
She was surprised to see two dozen men sitting around eating there. He smiled at them all
and greeted them. Most of them were shirt–less, getting ready for their shift out on boarder
patrol. They would all be in wolfen form, it was too cold to be out in the snow for six hours
straight in human form.
They all greeted him back, with a smile and a nod or a hello. He walked Harmony over to the
row of bain–maries. There was a bit of a mixture of food at this hour of the night, several
pizzas were laid out, and there were three different kinds of roasted meat and plenty of baked
vegetables.
Four different kinds of pasta and two chicken dishes, along with all the pre–made but not
cooked toasted sandwiches, and three different kinds of cakes still on display.
“Why so much food at this hour and still hot?” Harmony asked, indicating the food.
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“Shift change–over at midnight.” he answered her “So there is a variety of hot foods for the
patrolling guards about to go on shift and coming off shift at midnight. They don’t often want
to go home and cook, waking their families at this hour, so they all generally eat here.” he
explained.
“You have patrolling guards round the clock?” she asked.
“Yes,” he nodded “All packs do, a gate guard and the pack’s borders are monitored 24/7.”
“Packs?” she questioned him as she plated up a sweet–chilli chicken dish and some pasta as
well.” she was hungry it seemed.
He also heard the instant silence in the room from his boarder patrollers and glanced at them,
smiled “It’s alright men, she is now aware.” He told them, and they all smiled, nodded, and
went back to their meals.
“Are they like you?” she half whispered as they sat down.
“Yes.” He chuckled “There is no need to whisper, they’ll hear that as well. Wolves had very
good senses, all five of them are heightened. You muttering under your breath, I’ll catch that
too.” he smiled at her.
She was just staring at him, and he smiled and nodded, knew she was going to try it even, at
some point, all the humans did, because they didn’t believe it, not until they saw it. He leaned
over and murmured softly “Sit at your desk and murmur you want to have s*x with me as
softly as you can, and see what happens.”
He heard his boarder patrol all snort fully amused, one of them had a human mate, and she’d
tested it out just like he was certain Harmony would. She looked at all of them and then
turned away and blushed beet red, when she realised they’d all heard him tell her that. “So
very adorable, 29 and can still blush for me.” He started to eat the meal he’d plated up for himself. He saw her look at the men over there several times. Again, something natural, looking at those around them with a new curiosity.
Those men left the dining hall, stepped outside and just pulled their pants off, shifting into
their wolves, seeing as she was in the know they didn’t have to hide it, and she was a little
wide–eyed, and he chuckled softly “You’ll see a lot of that, in 15 minutes the ones coming off
shift will stroll in, but they’ll all shift in the big mud room down the other end of the
packhouse.”
“Packhouse?”
“Yes, not an apartment building but a packhouse, also why it has all the things in it like the
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café, library, gaming rooms etcetera, they are standard packhouse things to keep the wolves that live here entertained. We try to keep it to human terms when a human is brought into the
pack.”
“Oh,”
“Now that you know, and are okay with it, mother is going to push ahead with a few things.
Especially now that we know the growth rate of our pup, we should set a date for our human
wedding.”
“Just like that?”
“Mm, in our world, you scent a mate on the full moon, you claim, mark and mate right then
and there, so married on the day so to speak, we don’t have weddings normally, just accept
each other on the full moon when scenting each other out.”
“Oh, so you’re like what…suffering because I’m human?” she frowned at him.
“Not at all, I enjoy dating you, and having you all to myself, waiting is normal with a human mate.” He smiled at her “We are all good, but by my calculations and your belly already two
inches, you’ve probably only got three weeks. Maybe four, before you’ll need a maternity wedding dress to wear. Being that your build is so slight, it can’t be helped.”
“I don’t want that.” She sighed. “And I’m only six…”
“Nine.” He corrected her. “You’ll have to remember to think of it in wolfen terms here inside the
pack. To any humans you know, yes please state six weeks. I’ll have Kristen give you the chart
to keep track of it, it will show human and wolfen growth, to help you out. Keeping to human
terms in the human world is for the best. This will also keep the Blackwells away. I don’t want
them anywhere near you or our pup. Things will get very messy very quickly.”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“Hmm, don’t freak out but… wolves, Huntley himself, will be very ticked off and likely rip out of
me to hunt them if they try to harm you.”
She was staring at him now, “Hunt them as in…” she trailed off and turned her eyes back to
her meal.
“Yes, you have to remember there is a wolf living inside me, and not just any wolf, but an
Alpha Wolf, and how do wolves protect their pack?” he asked her.
“Um, well, here our wolves would fight to protect…” she murmured and turned her eyes right on him.
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“Correct, we are no different in that regard. I, as the Alpha, am responsible for the safety of my
pack, which is everyone inside this community. When I get up and go down to the gym, I’m
training my warrior wolves to fight. We do fight with other packs at times.”
Her eyes were wide now. “Don’t concern yourself Harm.” He stated gently, “It’s a large pack and I get along with near on everyone, kind of pride myself on that, so it reduces the risk and I
have six other packs that will come and do battle with us if need be can be here within the
hour. You and the women and children will all be here in the packhouse, safe.
“It has what’s called a full lockdown mode. All the windows and doors are sealed with thick
metal shutters and the walls are reinforced; nothing will get through.”
He understood it was a lot for her to take in but now, while she was curious, was the best time
to start giving her the details.
“Also, the term Luna, you’ll start hearing that as of tomorrow, you’re now my Luna, as the Mate to the Alpha Wolf of a pack, that is your rank within the pack.”
“Your mother holds that rank?”
“Yes, Mated to my father. He was the Alpha Wolf before me. I inherited the pack from him, just like our pup will from me. That’s the next generation Alpha you’re growing inside you.”
“Oh.” She looked down at her belly. “That Luna Ceremony your mother talked about?” she
asked him a moment later.
“Yes, you will get one. It’s for me to thank Selena the Moon Goddess for gifting you to me. Now, let me check when that will be. It won’t happen until after our pup is born,” he pulled his
phone out and accessed the Wolfen Luna Phases app as he spoke.
“I’ll mark you after the pup is born, on the day after the full moon that comes after his or her
birth. Then, two full moons after that, you will have your Luna Ceremony.”
“Why two full moons after?” she questioned.
“Because that first one after I mark you will see you get your wolf, if you’re going to get one. So the one after that, when you can be presented properly without interruptions, is why.” He smiled at her. “Oh, that could be interesting,” he stated, looking at the app and the full moon
for June, when their pup was due.
“How so?” she asked.
“Well, if our little one comes in the first week, I can mark you on the 12th of June. You’ll shift in July and have your Luna Ceremony in August, on.” He scrolled through the app “the 9th of
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August. But if you have our pup comes after the 12th, say on the 13th, I’ll have to wait to Mark
you until July’s full moon, and you’ll shift in August and then have your ceremony in
September and that full moon is an eclipse.” He stated and leaned back in his chair.
“Does that mean anything?” she was frowning at him.
“We’ll have to ask mother. I don’t think so though. Just wait until the eclipse is over to present
you is all.” He shook his head, it’s just interesting is all, but it will all depend on when the pup
actually comes before or after the full moon in June.” He smiled at her.
He liked that she was so open to listening to him, learning about his Kind, didn’t seem afraid
of the thought of shifting either. That was a good sign, though it could change as the day got
closer.
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