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Harmony.
Her week was more than interesting, within the pack. She’d seen many shifts now, no one had
to refrain from doing so anymore, just because she, a human, was there inside the pack.
Something she’d found out they’d all been asked not to do due to that very thing.
Now it didn’t matter at all, because she knew about them, and everyone around her also seemed to just talk openly about wolfen things as well. It was much more lively here inside the packhouse than it had been the previous few weeks.
She’d learned a lot this week as well, that though they were wolfen, they still had human babies, remained human while pregnant. They didn’t get their wolves until they were 16, or
that was the most common age. She’d heard some could shift earlier or later, but generally 16
was when they got their wolf.
She only worked half days this week, because now that she knew, Deidre had come and
collected her after lunch each day to take her back to the pack, to start her wolfen lessons. She also got to see that Deidre had an office inside the packhouse. It was large and spacious,
all cream and soft blue.
She’d been informed it would be her office once she was officially the Luna, after her Luna
Ceremony. But they’d share it until she was ready to do the Luna’s job on her own. It was
Deidre’s position to teach her all the things she would have to do, once she was the Luna.
A second desk had been brought in, and now they shared the office space, though she’d been
worried about Garrett not having a secretary after lunch, and had been informed by Deidre,
that she’d had a temp from the typing pool brought up. That she would go through the former
applicants and find her replacement, that Harmony would work together with them up until
the
pup was born, and then she’d be on maternity leave, and that person she’d worked with
would take over full–time.
She’d also found out that the world out there would hear that she’d gone into labour
prematurely and she and the baby were staying at the private hospital here inside the gated
community, which stopped prying eyes from seeing that the pup was full term. One of the very
reasons all packs had a hospital of their own.
Garrett also took the time after his working day ended to walk her over to the pack’s hospital and show her around. It was all modern, like a human world hospital. She saw the Luna’s medical suite. It was very large, like a fancy hotel suite, not just a standard hospital bed in a
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room, but it had a full sitting area, and a king single bed with its own ensuite. It had large windows overlooking the pack.
Though she knew no one could see in, those windows had been tinted on the outside. She
supposed designed that way, to help with privacy. There was also an Alpha’s Medical Suite,
much the same as the Luna’s, and a suite for his unit and their mates.
Three surgical bays and an emergency department, and many of the things that all normal
human hospitals used. Their patient rooms were laid out much the same way, with four beds
in each of them. Though it wasn’t as busy as human hospitals. The only beds in use were in
the children’s ward and the maternity ward; that she saw.
Garrett had stated they didn’t really need doctors all that much, they had healing abilities, and
it was mostly children without wolves and pregnant she–wolves that needed medical
attention. Though things like broken bones would be realigned and set in a cast if necessary,
for a day or two, tops before it came off, but if it was just a tiny fracture that could be healed
in just a few hours. That they didn’t suffer from many human world diseases and rarely got
sick.
She’d thought that was nice; asked him about the common cold, and he’d shaken his head,
I’ve never had one.”
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She was learning more about them every day and was learning the terminology that they used as well, like suite instead of apartment, and pup instead of baby. Just little things. She’d
gotten a proper formal introduction to his Alpha Unit, Beta Wyatt, Gamma Ryan and Delta Dallas, and explained the ranking system of wolves to her.
Found out that Ryan, as the pack’s Gamma, could calm and settle the she–wolves of the pack when they were distressed. Something he could do with ease, due to a gift from their Goddess called a Gamma’s Charm.
She’d heard what he could do and didn’t really believe it, had stood and stared at him, and he’d smiled right at her, walked over to her and touched her arm, and that southern drawl had rolled out of him, and she’d felt herself sigh and just start to feel relaxed. Ryan had chuckled softly, and so had all the others in the room.
“I was the one to calm you down on Christmas Eve.” He smiled, “You recall that you were all leaned into me in my office.”
She’d stared up at him, she did recall that happening, and how comfortable she’d been all leaned into him “That’s a neat trick to have.”
“It’s in the bloodline, is my birthright is all. All Gamma’s male and female can do it. I can only
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charm the female of a species. Now my sister, she can charm both male and female. That is
why she works in the hospital. She helps out the injured wolves and pups.”
“But isn’t that your job?” she’d asked right back.
“Yes technically, but Winnie is exceptionally good at using her charm, and wants to use it and be helpful to the pack. She is two years younger than I am and if something was to happen to me, she would take my position, so she trains all the time. She also enjoys being a useful member of the pack, as she puts it, and fills my place when I’m not here, off with Garrett and the boys.”
She spent an hour every afternoon with Melody, Anya and Conny because they were her unit now to help her fill her roll as the Luna and do duties that she couldn’t get to. She could delegate things to them just like Garrett could his unit. Though they all knew that and
understood their rolls, they had been working with Deidre since they’d come here to the pack.
They were also teaching her things about her duties and wolves in general.
Her mind felt a little chaotic, and she did feel overwhelmed at times and needed to raise her
hand and ask them to stop for a moment so she could absorb things. With all she’d learned
and was trying to learn, she felt exhausted some days. Then after dinner there was wedding
talk with Deidre and Garrett.
She was glad to retire to their apartment, or now she knew the Alpha’s Suite, and just have a
long hot shower and climb right into bed and crash out. Garrett would smile at her on those
fully exhausted evenings and pull her into his chest, tell her to sleep, and she would just relax
and be out like a light.
He’d told her, “you’ll get a nice break from it all on our weekend away. No one will bother us at
all. Wyatt and the boys will be in charge here in the pack from Friday to Monday.”
“My brain hurts.” She’d murmured “I think it’s too much to take in.”
“I understand it can be a lot. Just tell mother to slow down. It’s not a race, sweetheart, it will
take as long as it takes. One to two years is normal for a human to fully understand.” He’d
chuckled softly “Even she–wolves get one to two years of training with the former Luna. There
is no rush if you want a day off from it. Just say it, you’ll get it.”
She’d sighed “I don’t think I’ll ever understand it.”
“It’s been all of four days, of course you don’t understand it all yet. Can you learn a uni degree in four days…no. It takes years to learn things. This is no different to that. Try and look at it like proper formal studies that take years.”
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She’d nodded, and he’d told her he’d speak to his mother about reining it in a bit, and only
having lessons every other afternoon, so she had time to absorb things and didn’t feel so exhausted all the time. Remind his mother she was also human and pregnant with an alpha
pup, and so her body was already being taxed enough.
Then he’d just changed the subject. “Now, have you packed for our trip tomorrow?” he’d asked, and she’d groaned, because no she hadn’t.
He’d chuckled softly “You stay in bed, I’ll do it. I’ll keep my hands to myself even.”
She’d smiled at that, he’d been made to do that all week long, she was crashed out most
nights, but he always woke her the nice way, was all growly and needy it seemed when he
came back from the gym.
He kissed her. “I’ll let you have plenty of rest for our weekend.” He’d grinned at her, and gotten
out of their bed. Harmony had lain there and just watched him, as he got the suitcases out
and packed his own and then hers.
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She chuckled when he held up her underwear. “Hmm, you wont need any of that.” He’d smiled
at her and tossed it back in the draw.
“Garrett,” she’d shaken her head.
“What? I’ll just take them off you. Where do you think my face is going to be all weekend?” he
smirked.
“Enough, I’m not going panty–less on the plane.” She shook her head.
“Pity, I could entertain you on that flight.” He winked at her.
“No,” she pointed a warning finger at him, and he chuckled and packed her underwear, was
teasing her, it seemed.
“Now, which swimmers do you want to take?” he asked, “You’ve got three pairs, I see.”
“The light blue ones.” She answered, she liked them. They were a two–piece but covered her up
at the same time. Pretty but modest, she thought.
“Cute.” Garrett smiled as he held them up to look at them.
“I like to be covered up, not on display.” She told him simply.
She watched him look at the red ones. It was a high–wasted bikini with a skirt, and a
wraparound halter–neck style top. Then there were her pink and white ones, a boyleg tankini
which was all soft pink on the top and had white shorts with pink flowers on them.
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“They are all cute.” He smiled at her.
“You wear board shorts, I presume.”
“Yes.” He nodded and then looked right at her, a smile on his handsome face, “I hope, sweetheart, you can handle me walking around shirtless on that beach.”
“I’m sure I will be able to resist.” She chuckled.
“I might get ogled by the other women at the beach.” He teased her as he closed her suitcase.
“They can look all they like, and who knows, maybe their husbands or boyfriends might reap the benefits from it later that night in the bedroom,” she laughed.
“Now that’s pure cheekiness.” He laughed himself.
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