Forsaken by the Moon Goddess novel Chapter 181

Benedict

Eight Months Later

“There’s my little man!” I say as Sloane brings our son to me in my new office. I take our three-month-old pup who still smells like his mother’s milk, then kiss my mate.

“How are my girls?” I growl softly. It wasn’t intentional, but Sloane and I weren’t exactly careful after she delivered our son and now she’s pregnant again, this time with my daughter. She’s excited about having another pup and even more excited that she and Scarlet are pregnant at the same time again and that they are both having girls.

“We’re doing fine, Daddy. Your son is still a gluttonous Alpha,” she says, smiling at our son.

When we started thinking of names, Sloane assumed that I’d want my son to be another Benedict.

“Absolutely not. I’ve had enough ‘B’ names in my family to last me a lifetime. Plus, I grew up never sure if someone was talking to me or my father. If we have a son with my name, it will be even worse.”

What I’d suggested made my mate tear up. Then she let me know how happy she was with me and believe me, when my mate is happy with me, I feel like I’m the fucking king of the world. 1

So, three months ago, our son, Derrick Waylon Winslow, was born at two-twelve in the afternoon. Sloane had an easy pregnancy and an easy delivery, thankfully. Scarlet’s delivery was a bit more difficult than Sloane’s, but both mother and baby are fine. Daniel said it was because their son is obviously going to have his mother’s fiery, stubborn temperament. jobnib-com Our new packhouse was completed two months ago. It couldn’t have come at a better time. Once Derrick was born, Sloane and I were unwilling to move back and forth between our packs every night, so we started staying a week at a time, splitting the packs with Scarlet and Daniel. That might have worked out except then we weren’t able to spend the time with them that we needed to on a daily basis. With both of our mates delivering within a week of each other, and then nursing newborns, it made it even harder for us.

Thankfully, we only needed to do that for a month and now everyone has moved into the new packhouse. Sloane suggested keeping her grandparents at her previous packhouse and I decided to do the same with my father and Natalie. They come to visit every couple of months and were here for Derrick’s birth as was Alpha Roman, Luna Samara and the rest of their family.

I talked with Slade while he was here, making sure the bullying that went on in school last year has ended. He assured me that it had. Bethany, who lives in the new packhouse with us, agreed that it’s much better now that Sloane has gotten her white wolf. It doesn’t matter that she’s not any stronger than she was before, their perception of her has changed now that Aisling is a white wolf. The packs know what that means and they know that Slade is Sloane’s brother. No one wants to piss off a white wolf, much less two.

“Scarlet and I are going to start working on Bethany’s birthday party and we want to throw a big graduation party for the high schoolers. Did you want us to have a combination party for graduation and Travis’ Gamma ceremony?”

True to his word, Travis has proven himself to be the perfect Gamma. Even though he’s in his senior year of high school and currently on his way to being this year’s Valedictorian, he spends every free minute he has learning the Gamma duties from his father. While Sloane was pregnant, I had him start leading warrior training with me. He did such a good job, that when she got pregnant again, I gave the position to him permanently.

“Let’s do a separate ceremony. I’d like Travis to be able to enjoy his graduation. What do you think, Derrick?” I coo at my sleeping son. I put my head down like he’s whispering to me. “Yep, he agrees,” I say, grinning at my mate when she rolls her eyes at me.

Marrok begins purring at our son. His hair is a darker brown like Sloane’s but his eyes are more green like mine. He’s a perfect combination of the two of us. “I hope Nathaniel and Delia will come,” Sloane says, referencing Natalie’s two children.

“Dad says they’re planning on it, but let’s make sure we send Nathaniel a personal invitation since he’s in this year’s graduating class,” I say.

“That’s a great idea. I’ll send one to the family and one to Nathaniel personally.”

“What else is my beautiful mate doing today?” I ask, pulling her against me, and kissing her neck. She smells so good. I begin nibbling on her neck, never able to get enough of her. Her body shivers and she gasps before responding.

“Inventory,” she murmurs, her hand fisting in the back of my shirt.

“Mmm, do you know what I need to inventory?” I murmur, letting my canines graze against her marking spot. Her body jolts and the scent of her arousal begins to fill the air around me. I swear I could live off her honey scent.

“What’s that?” she breathes.

“This beautiful body of yours. I need to make sure I haven’t missed some spot on your body that will make you hum with pleasure.”

She chuckles. “You’ve been pretty thorough in your previous searches, but who am I to deny my Alpha anything?”

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