Chapter 22
I walked into my kitchen, today was the day the other pack was going to join us here, and I felt happy, but wanted everything to look good and presentable. I felt someone walk behind me and put their arms around my waist.
"Babe, stop worrying." Chris said. "Everything is going to be fine." He said with a smile. The pack coming to us was a friend of theirs. It was going to be nice to see new faces.
"I donât want to go school." Eliza was pouting, making me laugh. She could get anything from Jake with that, but with Cole and Chris, I donât think it would be that easy.
"I will drop you, I will even be your guard if you want." Jake said, but she kept pouting.
"You will just distract me though. I want to stay home." She said blushing.
"You have to go⦠for me?" he said to her with a charming smile. He drew her into his arms and she nodded in his chest. I smiled at the exchange.
It has been about a week since the incident with Sarah and Heather. I have been happy for that, nothing drastic has happened. I had not been back to school, though I loved the thought of going to New York, but it does not matter anymore. I have a tutor coming in to teach me, and if I work harder than I do in school, I would be able to finish school really soon. After Christmas I hope. My tutor was not coming today, which I was happy for. I wanted to prepare for my guests, help the maids out a bit.
"Babe, why donât you just rest? You have been tired the whole week. You look stressed." Chris said, kissing my temple.
"But I need to help. The maids like it when I help." I said to him.
"They also like to serve you." Cole said coming out of nowhere and kissed my pouty lips.
"Fine." I went to my private room, and pulled out one of the books from the library. It was my favourite thing to do. Many people would watch TV, or play games, but I found reading fun. I was trying to keep my eyes open, but then figured if I was reading and fighting sleep, I would never remember half of what I read. I closed the book, and closed my tired eyes. I felt someone come into the room and throw the blanket over me. Had to me by Cole or Chris, no one else came in here.
I woke up a few hours later; someone was knocking on the door.
"Nica, you need to get ready. The pack is nearly here." Eliza shouted through the door. I moaned and turned. Soon after I figured I would never get back to sleep. I threw the covers of me and stood stretching; I could not help the big yawn that escaped my lips.
Damn I over slept and my mates did not want to wake me. Typical.
I walked to my room, and opened the wardrobe. The Lock Hart pack, was going to meet the Weston pack, there was going to be a BBQ thrown in the gardens. Lock Hark is a sunny place, and I loved not freezing in the winter. The seasons did need a bit getting use to.
I was looking at my dresses in the wardrobe, stuck between the two. Cole came and placed a kiss on my temple, hands on my waist.
"That one." He said pointing at the one at a simple floral cocktail dress.
I smiled, and raised up to kiss him on his lips.
"You didnât wake me up." I told him with a straight look on my face. I could not get angry with any of them.
"Sorry, you looked so cute." He said giving me a guilty smile. My heart flipped and I let my smile out. I walked into the dress, and moved my hair aside.
"Zip me up please." I said. He took a deep breath, shocked, but still zipped me up.
"What is it? You said it was urgent." Chris said, coming to the room breathing heavy. I had a confused look on my face. I looked at Cole, but he was frozen.
"What's wrong?" I asked frightened. Cole still frozen, I looked between him and Chris.
Chris came across the room shook his brother.
"Dude, you said it was urgent. Is it Nica? Dude you are killing me." Chris rambled on. Cole shook himself. I could breathe again.
"What is wrong ?" I asked again holding onto Cole's hand wanting him to look at me. He only gave Chris a look, and Chris came behind me and rubbed his nose against my skin, making me aroused.
"Not the time Chris." I said breathy, but he froze. "Would someone tell me what is going on!" I shouted.
"Your sent has changed." Cole said.
"Yeah I know, it changed when I mated with you guys." I said in a 'duh' voice. They should have know, it would have changed when I mated with them. This was months ago. Of course it would have changed.
"Nica, sit down." He held my hand and led me onto the bed. Chris shook himself like his brother did. A smile broke out on their faces. Damn they confuse me.
"Nica, darlingâ¦" Cole started, dragging it off.
"You're pregnant." Chris said. Cutting it short and simple.
"Well wasnât that easy." I said. "WAIT, WHAT?" I exclaimed. Was I ready, I knew I would be soon, but was I going to be a good mother?
"Babe, this is a good thing. Great thing. You are going to be the best mother." Chris said. He kissed my lips. Cole took me by the waist, carried me bridal style, my face in his chest.
"Really? I am?" I said. Self doubt in every one of my words. Cole tighten his grip on my.
"You really are. You will be the best mother to out child." He said. We need to hurry up.
"Okay, If you think so. We should get going." Cole let me out of his arms, I felt colder. I put my shoes on. I looked at them; they were wearing dark jeans and dress shirts.
"Damn you guys look good." I said lightening the mood.
"And you beautiful." The said in sync, making me blush. I went natural out tonight. I could not be bothered to put anything on my face.
"Come one." I said with a smile. Cole took a jacket and handed it to me.
"Just in case." He said. They were still smiling like idiots, making me do the same. I donât know why I had self doubt. I'm happy now; I have little Chris and Cole inside of me. I could not be any happier.
They took my hand which fit perfectly in mine, as always. I gave them both a kiss on their cheeks. We walked around the castle; it was not time for the BBQ just yet. Everyone had to get settled in and shown into their rooms. Then the BBQ will start. The pack will show up a bit later.
The Weston pack was waiting for us in the foyer, there was quite a bit on them here. Some already had houses around the city, but others were going to move in here for a while. Cole and Chris set everything up.
"Welcome to Lock Hart, and the Lock Hart Palace." Cole said in a strong voice, I found quite sexy. My wolf purred. He looked at me and sent me a wink. "I am King Cole," he carried on.
"Welcome. I am King Chris, and this is our mate and your Queen, Nica." Chris said, in his alpha voice.
"Welcome, I hope you had a comfortable journey. You will be shown to your rooms freshen up, and we will start the BBQ when the Whole pack comes." I said confidently with a smile. They all bowed and followed the maids into their rooms. The alpha came to us.
"Welcome john. It's good to see you again."Cole said giving him a man hug. He was a young man, about 23-25 a bit older than my mates.
"Thank you. The rest of the pack will be here tonight." He said, giving Chris a man hug.
"This is my mate, Coral." He said, pointing at a beautiful woman.
"Nice to meet you, my Queen and King." She said bowing her head. She looked tired.
"Welcome. You look tired. I will show you to your room." I told her. Chris rubbed the small of my back, his hand leaving a trail of heat. She smiled at me.
"I would like that." She said. I held my arm out for her and she looped hers in mine. we walked away, casting a glance behind I smiled at my mates, and john who looked grateful.
"That is all I need you for guys." I said to the maids. "You can go home, or come for the BBQ you are all welcome. Tell the others the same. Thank you for your hard work." I said with a smile. They bowed their heads and smiled.
"No problem Nica." They all said. I walked Coral up stairs. They had a nice room.
"Thank you. You do not know how hard it is to move. It has been a long day." She said with a shy smile.
"I came from England remember. Donât worry, everything will be okay." I told her with a smile. "The other pack should be here soon. See you soon."I walked out of the room seeing john on the way out. He sent me a smile.
"Thank you Luna." I smiled and nodded as if to say its fine.
I went back down and the Weston pack was ready, I saw Cole and went to him. My pack was turning up. I did not know all their names, but I knew some nice ones who came over on Sundays and some days in the week to be together. Cole smiled and hugged me in his arms.
"This is not going to be too bad is it?" I asked.
"It will be fine. They are not staying here permanently. They will have to go back to their territory soon; they just needed to get stronger to go back. Plus this is an amazing opportunity for some to meet their mates." He said. I could feel he was smiling. My head buried in his chest. "Let's go out. There should be some of the pack here already." He said.
The night was good. I had fun meeting people my age and some of Cole's and Chris' friends. Some of my pack did meet their mates. It was nice to see and be around. Everyone was smiling. My mates parents were here and I was happy.
Chris held my hands gently in his. We had already eaten the food. The BBQ was done by the men, and other foods like salads were already prepared by the women.
"Hello, Chris and Nica. Itâs a beautiful evening isnât it." I looked up, moving my head from Chris shoulder. I suppressed a groan.
"Indeed it is. How are you? Found your mate?" I asked her. Heather.
"Yes, I did." She said. I smiled once again. "he is everything I thought he would be." She said.
"Thatâs good to hear." I went back to rest my head on my mates shoulder.
"Yeah, I just wanted to apologise. You know, about Sarah. She came to me again, but I told her to leave me alone. I understand why you had to come here and steal my first mates though. That woman is something else. It's really hard to get rid of her. All she wanted to do is talk about how you messed up her life. Donât worry, she I think she got the message and would leave me alone now. Well she did want something first before she did. I gave it to her, and she kept to her word. Anyway, watch your back. She may have given up on me, but she wants something from you." She finished rambling.
Cole and Chris stood up. I was still frozen. She has put me in danger once again. And called Chris and come her mates. Damn I want to slap this girl. But I had self control. She was obviously drunk. Someone took her away, I was still frozen.
I am not scared of her.
Cole and Chris excused themselves and me. They walked me inside and went we were out of view, they hugged me.
"When will she leave me alone? I am tired of living in fear. She is not going to hurt my baby. I won't let her. "
"someone is talking to heather to see what she said to Sarah. We will find her. Go to your private room and we will finish everything here. "Chris said. I felt tired and I walked to the room I was in earlier.
I sat on the couch, tired. I heard laughing behind me. A came from her hiding place. She had blonde hair which was obviously dye.
"Are you lost. I thought your pack told you the ground rules. You are not supposed to be in here." I said with a strong voice. She came to face me.
"Oh sorry, I did not realise." She said. I realised the voice. She saw recognition on my face and she threw her head back laughing. "Had sweet dreams?" she asked. She knew I saw her and the man.
He came out of the room. He looked scary. I kept my face strong though my body was shaking In fear.
"Hello, Nica." He said. His voice made me shiver.
I reached out for my mate's link, sending them my fear and fright. They sent me comfort and strength.
"Why won't you just let me be? You followed me here to my home, what do you want?" I asked stalling them.
"Well, youâve done nothing but cause me trouble. I kept you and you turned on me. I hate you. I thought your father loved me, but he had your mother. I wanted to give you love. And I did. But you reminded me of the love I would never had. My mate is gone, and I always though Alec would come back to me. He never, I ran away with you. Donât worry. I forgive you. But you still need to die." She said.
The big man with a scar on his face came behind me and held me down. I began thrashing. My baby! He held me down, strong and firm. I was on my back. Sarah bend town to my level. I did not scream, but I could not stop thrashing. I donât know if my eyes betrayed my fear. She brushed my hair out of my eyes. I saw the woman she was when she took care of me. She pulled out a needle and gave me a sadistic smile. She injected some of the contents, I stopped thrashing. I heard shouting and two gunshots.
The injection wiped me out. I was being pulled into my mate's chest.
"Stay awake." He commanded me. I could not. Whatever Sara gave me, it was going into my bloodstream, fast.
"My babies." Was the last thing I said.
It was not the first time that darkness swallowed me.