Chapter 34: Stuck with U

My heat struck me with all its might.

I was supposed to be saying goodbye to my mate after I decided to leave Regency Falls because of the attempted kidnapping of my son yesterday.

I had everything packed up in the trunk of my car, I had already quit my job and given notice of my departure to the pack secretary - she is the one who manages the tenants administratively.

I thanked the Alpha couple for their heartwarming welcome of Charlie and me in this pack. I was ready to go with my son, though he was terribly distraught at our departure.

I mean, he did not react well when I told him we were leaving. The last time I checked, he was inside his bedroom wailing and shouting, throwing a temper tantrum. He even refused to have lunch today, our final meal here at the pack house.

But I was ready to go despite my son's behavior. All that was left for me was to say goodbye to my mate, which I did.

But when we were sharing a final kiss in the privacy of my room for the last time, my heat struck and all hell broke loose.

The next hours were spent with Stephano and me completing the bond over and over again. Emboldened by my heat, my mate was invigorated to take possession of my body in such a way that left us both utterly exhausted.

I mean, after two hours of love making, eventually, even our werewolf bodies give out at one point. We were exhausted by then, completely drained of energy.

We managed to drink some water to replenish ourselves then we slept in each other's arms without a care in the world, completely enraptured by my unforgiving heat.

While all this was happening, around four p.m. on Saturday, November 23rd, my son was all cried out and starving.

At this point, he made his peace with our upcoming departure as he could not make his case to me, and my mind was set on leaving here.

However, considering we should have left by now and he was very hungry, he washed his face in the bathroom and walked downstairs to find some food.

He encountered my bedroom door closed on his way out, but at that point, he was not particularly inclined to find me or even talk to me. Instead, he walked to the kitchen and asked the cooks for some food.

They don't serve boarders outside of the meal schedule here, but who would deny an eleven year old a plate?

Exactly. Charlie stuffed himself with leftover food from lunch all the while his father was nowhere to be found.

After he ate, my son went to the playroom for the last time to play his favorite video game. By five o'clock, Luna Linda found him when she was on her way to another room of the manor.

"Charlie, where is your father? I thought the two of you were supposed to be gone by now..." She asked him with a raised eyebrow, intrigued by this.

"I don't know, Luna. He said he was going to say goodbye to Stephano and then we were going to leave, but that was hours ago!" He replied, politely. He wasn't that bummed they haven't left yet, but his tone wouldn't indicate that.

Linda gasped in shock at hearing his words. It's been at least two hours since Carlisle said goodbye to Phillip and her. She hadn't seen him since he was leaving promptly. 'That's not normal...' She thought to herself.

"Okay, thank you. Keep playing for now." She told him, trying to disguise her worry for me. Charlie resumed playing while Linda sought out her mate, who was in their room at this hour.

"Something's wrong, Phil. Carlisle was supposed to leave a while ago, but he seems to be locked with Stephano in his (old) room for hours!" She told her mate in a worried tone, entering their bedroom to find the Alpha stepping out of the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist.

Phillip looked at her concerned face and resisted making a joke about goodbye sex. Especially because sex between mated people means completing the bond and he highly doubted that Carlisle decided to do it right before he went away.

A thought just popped up in the Alpha's head though...

"Carlisle is an Omega, right? What if he's in heat? What if his heat struck him when they were saying goodbye?" He wondered, pensive. He started getting dressed after he finished drying himself.

"Oh, my Goddess! You're right! That's the only explanation!" She gasped in shock at the realization staring them in the face.

"That means he needs heat medicine!" She exclaimed, realizing the obvious.

"Actually, he doesn't. Once they complete the bond, heat will cease in a matter of hours, at the latest." Phillip countered like only the son of an Omega could.

"Oh. I suppose you're right. Once you complete the bond, heat ceases. At least, this one. The heat to induce bond completion." She spoke, taking a seat on their bed perplexed by this unusual situation.

"I guess there is no other explanation. They probably have already completed the bond by now." She declared, thinking about this.

Phillip smiled naughtily at her.

"Honey, by now they are on their third or fourth round of bond completion. Mate heat is impossible to resist." He said with a mischievous grin.

Linda blushed as she heard her mate's words. She understands what he means clearly. Though neither of them are Omegas, we are taught about it at school or by our parents, in my case.

Meanwhile, a rather distressed looking tween entered the pack house accompanied by her diligent mother.

Iris questioned the warriors on duty - the pack house is protected by a team of warriors 24/7 - about Stephano and me. Her daughter insisted on coming here today to see her friend and pretend mate.

Of course, neither of them knew about our departure until now. While Iris got the 411 on the situation, Clarissa found her classmate easily in the playroom.

"Iris, what a pleasant surprise! Have you come here to see Stephano?" Linda caught up with her as she and Phillip walked to the living room together. The Delta bowed her head to the Alpha as soon as she saw him.

"Actually, I came to bring my daughter to see Charles. I wasn't aware that Carlisle and him were leaving Regency Falls until now. I can't imagine how Stephano must be feeling right now. Where is he, by the way?" She replied with a concerned expression on her face and an inquisitive tone.

"About that..." Phillip breathed out a sigh and explained to her the situation as they had assumed so far.

At the same time, the two tweens were playing together happily as they were reunited and it felt so good. Charlie told her about his father's decision to leave Regency Falls, which caused her to be absolutely devastated about it.

All this was happening on the first floor of the pack house all the while my mate and I were resting after our intense afternoon of passion.

Around 5:45 p.m. our hunger woke us up from our slumber. Lazily, we rolled on the bed to take some space from each other and assess the situation now that my heat was gone.

This is the only time in an Omega's life that our heat is cut short because it fulfilled its purpose. I have completed the bond with my mate, not that I am particularly happy with this decision right now.

Stephano took one good sniff at me and couldn't hide his smile as he took in my scent. My fresh mate mark scent. Both of us were still naked as we slept right after our third round of lovemaking.

"I am sorry that it happened this way. I know this was not what you had in mind for today, but I can not apologize for how I feel right now." Stephano spoke first, seeing me conflicted about what just happened between us.

I do feel very at odds with this. Especially because I wasn't planning on getting pregnant any time soon, for one. Also, I had my life packed and ready to leave this town today.

"I cannot believe my heat picked the worst time ever to strike me!" I whined, stressed about it.

"At least we were together when it did. Better here than on the road, away from me." He commented, pleased about this fact.

"That's debatable, mate. But I guess there is no use crying over spilled milk." I mumbled in discontentment.

Stephano giggled like an idiot at my choice of words.

"What are you, ten? You have no idea how much this stunt is costing you! You do realize that I am 100% pregnant now, right?" I snarled at him, irritated at his childish reaction to this.

"The man I love is pregnant with my pup, yeah. Is that supposed to make me sad?" He smirked with an impossibly charming grin.

He's so goddamn irresistible, this fucker!

"I am not going back to work now. I am going to live off of you like a housewife and use my days to spend your money." I told him in a snarky tone.

Stephano got up from the bed stark naked, grabbed his pants that were tossed on the floor, picked up his wallet from the back pocket, and took out his black credit card. Then he gave it to me while I was mostly concentrating on his junk that was filling up my eyesight at the moment. *blush*

After he gave me his credit card, he plopped down on the bed again, leaving his pants on the floor as they were before.

"I am going to move in with you and redecorate your entire house, spending thousands of dollars in the process." I declared, trying to get him to be mad at me.

Instead, he opened the biggest smile I have ever seen from him so far. It was infectious and so freaking gorgeous to look at.

"I want you to feel at home, whatever you need, mate." He said, grinning widely at me.

"I am going to max out this credit card with impossible expenses!" I threatened him, pissed off.

"It's limitless." He smirked, irresistibly charming.

I already assumed it was. I walked right into that one... *grunts in annoyance*

"Oh, you still owe me the sex I wanted us to have. I am going to fuck you senseless!" I growled at him.

"I would be ready for you now if I wasn't so hungry." He shot back in a snarky tone.

"I am not getting you mad at me, am I? Not today at least!" I gave up, seeing that each time I spoke his smile grew wider and I could literally feel his happiness through our mate bond.

"Not ever, mate. This isn't a fight you can win. Even if you spend a million dollars of my money, unless you plan to run off with your boy toy on my dime, I am not complaining." He snickered.

I am not going to lie, I laughed at that silly joke heartily. It wasn't that funny, but I snorted like I just heard the funniest thing in the world. I am lost, done for.

I am mated to a wonderful man. There's nothing more I can say about that. And I can't piss him off with money threats.

"You are right about something... I am fucking starving!" I agreed with him, getting up from the bed.

"Shower?" I proposed to him with my hand out, inviting him to join me. I put his credit card on the nightstand and we walked together to the bathroom.

Goddess, I love my mate so much!

Around 6:30 p.m. it was close to dinner time here at the pack house, but I no longer should be entitled to eat after terminating my housing contract. Be that as it may, I still need to broach the subject of my decision with my son. Though there was never much chance of me deciding anything once my heat struck... it's just the way the cards were dealt to me.

Stephano and I were surprised to see Clarissa and Iris here at the pack house. The little girl was inside the playroom with my son while Iris was keeping herself company in the living room.

We greeted her as we walked by and immediately she sensed our fresh mate marks as every werewolf here will.

She told us her daughter wanted to stop by and keep Charlie company cause she had been worried about him since yesterday with the kidnapping attempt.

Iris was worried as well, naturally. We talked for a moment and she was polite enough to not bring up our recent bond completion. She just seemed happy for my mate's sake.

Iris then picked up her daughter to take home for dinner but promised to schedule a playdate during the Thanksgiving break. Starting today, my son has a week off school because of the national holiday.

But before she went home, Clarissa hugged me and said:

"Please, Mr. Aragon. Don't take Charlie away. If he's gone then I will never find my mate when I am older." She had the most heartbreaking expression on her face that instantly melted my heart as she looked up at me with her arms wrapped around (just above) my waist.

"You are a wonderful girl, did you know that?" I told her, feeling her legitimate affection for my son. I kissed her forehead before her mother took her by the hand and walked away.

Fortunately, my son was still inside the playroom as I expected him to be. I was worried he would run away or pull off some unpredictable stunt while I was sequestered with my mate in my now former bedroom.

I breathe out a sigh of relief at seeing him sitting on the couch playing a video game. Stephano and I sat down with him and explained what happened - in broad terms, naturally - since he was also scenting our fresh mate mark as a fully realized werewolf.

But when I got to the part where I told him we weren't going to leave Regency Falls anymore he wept in sheer joy at the news.

"However, we are leaving the pack house. We are moving in with Stephano now that I have already packed our stuff." I informed him, who felt conflicted about it.

"Can I still come here to play?" He asked my mate, expectantly.

"Why would you need to come to the pack house to play when I have already bought a brand new PlayStation just for you? Did you forget about it? It's still there waiting for you in your new room." He replied and Charlie gasped in shock at the information. He had completely forgotten about that. So did I, to be honest.

"Now, daddy is starving. We are going to take our stuff to Stephano's place and order some pizza tonight. How about that?" I proposed to my son, who was happy to hear this.

Charlie hugged Stephano enthusiastically and thanked him for getting his father to change his mind about leaving here. My mate pledged himself to always love and protect him, no matter what.

"We are going to have so much fun together, Charlie! I promise to let you change your room and redecorate it however you like it." He told my son, who was thrilled to hear this.

"Oh mate, you have no idea the storm you're bringing into your house. You are stuck with us now..." I told him as we started walking to the pack house indoor garage.

"I wouldn't have it any other way, mate. I belong by your side. And I want your son to have everything that he has ever wanted." He said with hearts in his eyes.

I am swooning so hard right now. I feel like I am going to live to regret this decision, but I have no other choice to make at this moment. I can't leave my bonded mate. I am stuck with him forever.

A|N: BOOM!

Wouldn't it be nice to have a Stephano in your life?

Be honest. Sometimes all we want is someone to come up to us and say:

'Here is my limitless credit card. Have at it.' LOL

Everything has changed forever.

Did I mention that war is coming?

Oh, my dear readers, you are not going to believe the twister coming this way... #BeAfraid

Next is "Try Again | A Whole New World".

Love,

Léo.