Not just the Beta (Oriana and Slade) novel Chapter 48

Ana

Ana and Maddie had decided to go on a trip together before her daughter was born. She’d let Maddie talk her into a three-day weekend getaway, down to the beach. A place that Maddie herself knew, and had been to for day trips or weekends herself.

A place called Sand Beach in the Acadia National Park, which was still in Maine and only a three-hour drive away, so not too far, yet right on the ocean for a full change of scenery. They were going to leave at dawn on Friday morning, and spend the entire weekend down there and come back Sunday night. Just eat out at the local restaurants, and walk the beach, have a swim in the ocean too, if the weather was nice. Though it was just at the end of summer and the days were still warm, neither of them thought there would be an issue. They, as wolves, didn’t feel the cold like everyone else did either.

It was a nice scenic drive down through Maine to the coast and though she’d gotten a bit restless and uncomfortable in the truck at times, she was happy to be getting away before her daughter was born. Though her baby still did not have a name, she didn’t even know what she wanted.

Nothing seemed to feel right with her. She was hoping that on this trip they might find something that would feel right. It was a nice feeling to be going on a trip without so much as a care in the world, not having to worry about other wolves scenting them out as rogues. If one pure-blooded Alpha couldn’t do it, then none could. She was completely at ease with her new life now.

It was very freeing to be able to just move about inside the human world and not have to concern oneself with anything other than human troubles. She had really relaxed into life after coming across Alpha Austin and seeing for herself that the scent masking oil did work. Although she’d believed Maddie, because he’d not scented her as anything other than human. Deep down she’d had fears of Alphas being able to tell what they were. She no longer had those at all.

They were traveling as sisters on a vacation together, human sisters, something she’d never done before, even when traveling with the pack, you always knew when other packs could scent you. If you could smell them, they could smell you, and therefore, one ran the risk of aggression coming from unknown packs.

Right now, she no longer had to worry about that, there was no fear or stress of being hunted by other rogues, nor fear of even being recognised by a family of wolves out here on holiday if they came across them. Maddie’s oil with human pheromones was magic to her. It worked a treat on all other worldly creatures.

They did come across a family of wolves at that beach just hanging out. They had three small children all under six and were warrior ranked she’d smelled. They did not even bat an eyelid at her and Maddie, just presumed that they were human.

It was truly a nice feeling, she was truly free of the wolfen world and could understand why Maddie was so happy with her life, there was nothing out here to fear from their own Kind.

They strolled along the beach barefooted, carrying their shoes in hand, couldn’t check into their hotel until after 2pm, and it was only just after 10. There had been some stops on the way for food and bathroom breaks for Ana, whose bladder now felt like it was the size of a pea.

They spent the next day at the beach, had a picnic lunch, waded in the water and just talked and laughed. It was good to be doing something different. She smiled as Maddie took pictures of her and then of the two of them. Selfies and then they just sat and watched the sunset that night as the gentle waves of the ocean rolled ashore.

This was she found out Maddie’s favourite place to come and get away from things. It was the first beach she’d ever seen. Where she had stayed herself, hidden in wolf form during the nights out in the forests, and then sat for the most part in human form during the days, while waiting for her plan’s timeline to fall into place.

She still came down here every six months, and she was excited to bring Ana here, talked about the first time that she would bring her niece here too, in a few months’ time. Ana smiled at her. Maddie was or had been an only child and loved having a sister; was looking forward to having a niece.

Ana loved having Maddie as her sister as well. She was kind and considerate all the time. Genuinely liked her for who she was, and there were no expectations of her. Not once had Ana heard the word ‘irresponsible’ come out of the woman. That in itself was also nice.

They had been sitting there on the beach discussing where to have dinner that night, and found a nice restaurant and were getting up to go back to their hotel to change for dinner when Ana found herself kind of just stuck and unable to get up.

Maddie chuckled as she had to help pull Ana up from the sand. They were both laughing about it, found it funny that she was so heavily pregnant that getting up was a bit of an issue, as did a few others around them. Maddie managed to get her up on the third try, and they stumbled about a bit, and she clung onto Maddie herself.

Several people here at the beach were now really chuckling, and one woman called out “I remember those days.” With full amusement in her voice, which only made her and Maddie laugh again.

They waded out into knee-deep water one last time before heading back to their hotel. The water was lovely and cool, and Ana though happy and amused, having a good time, suddenly gasped in pain, and clutched at not only her stomach but Maddie’s arm as well. “Ana?” Maddie grabbed onto her as Ana stumbled about and fell down on to her knees as real pain rolled through her body.

“I think she’s coming.” Ana managed to get out, the pain was intense, and she struggled with it.

“Back to the car the minute it passes.” Maddie stated, kneeling there in the water herself now, un-caring about their clothes getting wet.

Ana could only nod, and the minute that contraction was over, she sagged with relief, Maddie was hauling her up onto her feet, used Tawny’s strength to do so and Ana knew it. One clean pull, and she was up and standing, unlike back on the shore, where it had taken several because she’d not used her wolfen strength.

Before they were even out of the water she was gasping again and clutching at her stomach, barely a minute had passed. “Shit.” Maddie muttered aloud, but then, down the mind-link, stated ‘Alpha pups can come hard and fast, I think that’s what you’re going to get.’

She was in that hospital only long enough for her and her daughter to be given a clean bill of health. A few hours was all. Maddie had sighed at the math Ana had done, and she’d yet to put a name to her daughter, but with the paperwork in front of her she’d smiled at Maddie.” How about Ocean, seeing as she liked it so much she just had to see it the day she was born.

Maddie had chuckled herself and nodded “I like it.”

Ocean Forester it was.

She’d taken Maddie’s last name, and was known to all in Green Ville as Ana Forester. They’d left the hospital that very night, just three hours after her daughter was born, and headed home.

Her little girl had platinum blonde hair like her father, but Ana’s eyes, she’d looked at Maddie and asked her after getting home, “Do you think her hair will change and become darker like mine?”

“Unlikely, most wolves are born with the hair colour they’ll have when grown up. Why?…is her father blonde.” She’d asked.

“Yes, platinum blonde.” Ana had nodded.

“Don’t worry too much about it, she’ll be all you, and with us raising her, she’ll be strong and capable, like you and I. Nothing like him.”

“I hope so.” Ana had nodded “I can’t believe she’s here and only three months too.”

“She’s an Alpha pup, and with your pure-blooded Beta line, she’s not really that much different from a pure-blooded Alpha, and will be good and strong. Bloodline wise, only one stronger than her, that being a pure-blooded Alpha.” Maddie smiled at her “We’ll teach her how to fight.

“Yes, we will,” Ana nodded, her little girl would be able to fight like a demon, and likely before she even had her wolf too. She would start her training early, at just five, to make sure she could take care of herself.