Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella – Chapter 74
“You have to catch my bouquet.”
“Raf, I’m already married.”
“It doesn’t matter! It’s the principle of the thing. I caught yours, now you have to catch mine!”
“No buts!”
w. Raf was about to explode ten minutes before her wedding rehearsal started, and she was channeling all her frantic energy into arguments that made no sense.
me. This is ju
t the strain. “This is going to be a disaster! Why is there only one rehearsal! What if something goes wrong now or we have to change something! Then the actual wedding will be a gamble and something could go wrong. There should be a rehearsal for the rehearsal! I want to die.”
ce that as many times as we need to.”
ancy while we scrambled to make final arrangements for her wedding had been chaotic, but we were closer than ever. If she truly wanted me to, I would pick her up and take her away from this place, and she only had to ask.
’t, and I knew it.
?”
eep breath and straightened her dr
w hitches with the rehearsal, but nothing we couldn’t fix on the spot. By the end, everyone went home
r the real wedding!” she announced. “I’m going to be a sup
he parking lot. “You already are, Raf.”
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ntinent first. When they were satisfied with their childless couple phase, or so they said, they would have a baby or two.
that she was pregnant.
control! And Leon’s been so careful to use condoms! This has got to be a mistak
han once–“
I tested m
“And?”
arently!”
though they were fine. “Evan, I’ll be right back. It’s Raf.”
I can hear her.
eck on the boys again while I’m on the phone. They’re probabl
I’ll come wit
a compromise. Instead of lying on his back, he rolled onto his side and propped himself up on one elbow, hand cradling his face.
oon. Raf just needs someone to talk to.
until morning
egnant. That’s a big deal.
ildren.
ate or did something wrong and hurt the little budding life inside me without even knowing? What if I was doing something wrong that very second and the baby couldn’t even tell me?
I go out and do crazy things! Oh, Moon Goddess, last night I even had drinks! Claudia, what am I going to do!”
e drinks.” I hummed a comforting sound when she let out a burs
n’t done those in ages. I’m twenty in two months, I’m too old to party it up like crazy anymore. My youth is behind me now.”
en now, the city was still recovering from the war.
they get older… I’m so glad they could be born into peace, and not war, and I’m so glad I can be here for you the way you were there for me. Thanks for calling and telling me, Raf. I’m really happy.”
… I was just panicking…”
ctually really excited, ar
arpenter friends and make a custom crib and stuff…”
Dark Moon pack house, I’d never gotten the chance to see anyone grow except a few human slave children. I had no experience. I was brand-new to mothering.
d by friends and a fated mate I loved…
“Raf?”
“Huh?”