When We Were Mates (Demetra and Emris) novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210

Bone I pick Demetra up by her waist and cafey her in bridal style so that her legs are dangling and her laugh is ringing in

he me up so of course I was late

Tentes into the sitting area that’s not bombarded by Deltas, Zetas, fucking staff, and elders of the whole pack house. I lay her down before laying right next to her on the lounge couch. It’s the room the kids and the whole family use for movie nights… one of the seventeen sitting areas we have, I think. Back when I was married to Elena, we weren’t even using this area until Demetra and Amira came along.

I pull her top up above her belly and blow a raspberry against her skin. She laughs wildly, hands flying to push me off

“Stop-

“The least I get as Alpha after those meetings is one minute with my Luna.” I kiss her belly button and Demetra puts her fingers in my hair. I kiss it with my eyes shut and sink my nose in her neck. I know I’m a fucking heavy bastard, but I just want to find comfort in her right now.

“The pack is literally falling, and you were-” Demetra laughs, “-kissing me like that. Baby, no. Even baby is not a priority right now. I’m so stressed I don’t think a pup is gonna bloom.”

“Good thing we have the rest of our lives for it to bloom whenever it wants.” I kiss her fingers and we shift until we’re facing each other on the pillows, foreheads close. That’s the amazing thing about this living room… the enormous couches.

“What are we gonna do, Emris?” Demetra raises herself with one elbow.

“We go to the Lion Pride to discuss that properly-”

“Oh.” She cuts me off. “Also, hust earlier, your mom kind of told Laura that she can stay in the guest room in the pack house

“What?” I say, confused.

“Apparently the plumbing and heating has issues in the Wing. Your mom is in the thrill that Laura helped and Teddy, so she was extending that kindness back. When she asked me if it was okay, I couldn’t say no in that moment. And now we can’t even send Laura back if we fix it ’cause it would look… sus.”

She puts my hand on her chest and pouts.

“I’m sorry. Um, if we’re gonna have meetings, we can do them in my office or yours office. The walls are soundproof.”

“Okay, but…” Demetra is worried. “Emris, about Radius…obviously a disgusting person. Silver mentioned that Reagan is the

one who’s best at-

“Don’t even!” I growl, getting up from Demetra before she even finishes the sentence.

“I knew you were gonna be like this-”

“Be like this? What? Not wanting to hear the name of the bastard who watched me raise his son for years! Who watched me name Milo. Who watched me learn to burp him, teach him to ride his first bike. Regan watched Mio call me father and did

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mining Suid org”” I point at my own chear: A woll who fix that happen

-Demetra. Then Milo becomes Alpha, and as the biological father he contr445 12

brother was waiting for me to diel

I throw my hand back. “Do you understand. Demetral My own brothe

I’m sorry. I should have never brought it up.”

There is a frown of silence between us. Me, because I’m angry and I’ve not dealt death the emotion. Her ne deep extent of how deep it cut.

I feel Demetra’s hand on my chest from the back when I’m not looking. She hugs me

I’m sorry, Emris.“

“No.” I hold her hand there and throw my head back up for a moment to cool off before facing her. I’m sorry I de

have

“Scratch Reagan out then. My dad has really good Gammas that can pick up tracks and traces. So we instead.”

I kiss her while she’s still talking and hold her head to angle my mouth closer. Demetra opens her eyes and engages the When wipes the lipstick on my lips slowly, I suck her thumb so that her face is flamery red.

“Be normal for once. Can you?”

I laugh. “We should have breakfast so we can get busy.”

“Let’s eat here.” She pouts and comes closer to kiss me again. “It’s noisy out there.

“Whatever the queen says.”

I tell her and leave the sitting area to see what’s up for breakfast

Even the chefs in the pack house have been up and busy. Because if the gammas are going to be here as early as they need to be, then the food needs to be prepped for every single person running helter-skelter in the pack house.

“Sum.”

“Yes, Alpha.” Summer runs in front of me and stands rigidly like she’s a Gamma at attention.

“What’s the menu looking like?”

“Um, salad-”

“I’m an Alpha. I need meat.”

“There’s steak.”

r

“Plate for Demetra and I.” I hold up two fingers. “We’re gonna be leaving the pack house in about two hours. Keep it running

like we’re still in.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

“To where?” I hear a voice behind me and it’s Laura.

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“Moming to you, professor

g” She smiles and

back. I are why you’re half mad all the time. Your pack house is in an uproar

Laura glances toward the kitchen. I’ll have steak too, thank you”

“Tell me about it.” I start walking toward the dining area to pour myself a glass of water. I see Mom yelling at someone in the other area. something about Deltas who can’t read gap. It’s always the damn Deltas.

“Everyone is working hands on deck to find out what my uncle wants” Laura follows me. ‘t really wish I could help you, Emris. It’s not a good thing to be enemies with the Barbarian Pack. Or rather, to be enemies with Radius”

“What do you know about him?”

“That he killed his parents so he could be Alpha quicker.”

I look up at Laura. She pushes the leg back with her foot so she can sit.

“And the Barbaric pack accepted him?” I say that intentionally with sarcasm.

“What can I say? They run on violent juice.”

“So your birth mom, huh?”

“Yep.” Laura sets her hands on the table. “She had me with the Crestville Alpha before he became Alpha. He was her mate, cheated, they weren’t bonded but she was already pregnant with me. She took me back to my grand parents at the Barbarian Pack. Years ago, she escaped from there because she was done with how they operated. Then realized why she left in the first place and took me back to Crestville when I was ten.”

I nod at the story.

“And your mom? Is she still in the Barbarian Pack?”

“No. She died in an accident.”

“I’m sorry to hear.”

With a moment of silence, she stares at me in my eyes with her hair ruffled a bit. There’s a moment of stillness after that but Summer makes her voice known as she repeats something about the steak.

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