by Susi Hawke
“What is it, Kai? You forgot to tell me.” Jake asked softly. “And please, don't yell at me for calling our baby an it.”
I giggled, too high on happiness to care about it. “That, Alpha of mine, is your son. You get to name him, because I've already named this one.”
“That's easy,” Jake said, “I'd like to name him Jules, as an homage to my Uncle Julio. Do you like it? And do you think that my aunt will like it? I don't want to upset her.”
“It's perfect,” I said, “I love it, and so will Auntie Cat. I think it's sweet that you want to remember him, and so will she. And now, I want you to meet your daughter here. I've decided to name her Jenna. It's kind of like Jenny, I thought, but different enough that it still gives her a name of her own.”
“I love it,” Jake said, as a tear ran down his cheek. “And I love you. Thank you for that, Kai. It means a lot to me.”
“I know,” I said, all choked up. “Remember, Jenny meant a lot to me too. I don't know if I would have made it through those weeks at Fremont's cabin without her encouragement and friendship. She'd be so happy that her niece is named after her. Remember how happy she was to hear about the twins?”
Jake nodded silently, with a soft smile. We traded babies, each of us taking the time to get to know the scents of our pups, and cherishing this private moment of being a family for the first time. Jake tucked Jules into the crook of his arm, and put his other arm around my shoulders, tucking me and Jenna up firmly against his side.
I looked up into his gorgeous green eyes and said: “I love you, Alpha. Thank you for stealing me away from that cabin by the lake, and for making me your mate.”
Jake leaned down and kissed me softly. Then, he pressed his forehead against mine and said: “I had to steal you, because you had already stolen my heart, and I needed it back. And for the record? I didn't make you my mate, fate did that. All I did was have the brains to claim what I knew was mine.”
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Omega Remembered
Prologue
Micah
Smiling down at the precious little girl in the filthy travel crib, I knew that I had finally found her. I remembered my cousin Daniel's friends, Jenny and Jake, and this baby smelled like a mixture of Jenny and our former Alpha that had disappeared a few months ago.
It's been rumored that he and Helga took off with all the money in our pack treasury, fleeing for parts unknown, but I know the truth. My cousin had told me about the events of the day that Alpha Fremont had shown up and tried to take Jake down in a challenge on his own land. Of course, Jake had taken him out. It was his right as an alpha, to take down a challenger.
Our pack here is in shambles now, and people have been taking off right and left. The ones who have stayed, are the ones that are too lazy to get involved with helping to maintain our pack-lands, so the place is going downhill fast. I finally found this beta, Stanley, holed up at this crappy little cabin by the lake. He had been babysitting this child, for some reason known only to the old Alpha. I would never have entrusted a baby to this man's care, but that's a moot point now.
Stanley is dead, because I snapped his neck when he admitted to me that he hadn't fed the pup since yesterday. He claimed that he couldn't afford any more formula, and that Fremont should have been back long ago. He said that he hadn't signed on to watch a baby for this long. And yet, when I looked in the fridge, it was full of beer.
Basically, the rat bastard could afford to buy beer, but not feed a baby? Yeah, he had to die, so I snapped his neck and now I need to get this child home to her uncle's lodge up north.
I looked around for diapers, but there were none to be found. The poor girl was so covered with filth, that her little legs and privates were bright red and covered with a painful looking rash. No wonder the tiny thing screamed so much. I picked her up and took her into the bathroom.
I cuddled her against me while I ran the water, testing it with the skin of my inner wrist to make sure it wasn't too hot or cold. I carefully set her down, and she started screaming as soon as her butt hit the water.
“Oh, baby girl. I'm sorry it stings,” I cooed at her, releasing a relaxing wave of alpha hormones to soothe her. “Let's get you cleaned up, I promise it will feel better when we do.”
I made faces at her, and got her giggling as I finished up and lifted her back out of the water. Pulling the plug, I let the sink drain while I took her to the kitchen. I found a few paper towels left on an old roll there, which I used to pat her dry as gently as I could.
After she was dry, I rummaged through the cupboards until I found an old box of cornstarch. Perfect! Turning her over my arm, with her little butt up in the air, I sprinkled some of the fine powder over her butt and legs. It was a little more awkward to get her front powdered, since I wasn't about to lay her down on any of the filthy surfaces in this hellhole, but I managed to get it done.
In lieu of a diaper, I carefully shrugged out of my shirt while juggling the baby too. Once I had it off, I carefully wrapped the make-shift diaper around her.
“Alright, girlfriend! You ready to get out of here? Are you? Do you want to leave this dump?” I cooed at her as we walked back through the main room. I didn't see any of her stuff that was still clean enough to have near her, so I just took the car-seat that I found by the front door and got out of there.
I laid the baby on the front seat, and went around to the back to install the car-seat. I called my cousin, Daniel, while I fastened the seat into the car. By the time he answered, I was already reaching over the seat to grab the baby, and fastening her into the seat, after I snapped a quick photo.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Danny-boy. It's me.”
“Micah! Where are you? I thought you were joining us up here!”
“I am, I'm leaving now actually. I just wanted to give you some good news for the Alpha. Also, I need a favor from you.”
“What's going on?”
“Check your messages, I'm sending a text right now of a little princess that I just found being, and I use the word loosely, babysat by some beta prick named Stanley. But I had to kill him when I saw how he had treated her.”
At Daniel's intake of breath and choked sob, I knew that I had done the right thing in sticking around until I found the baby. I only wish that I had found her sooner.
“What do you need, Micah. Name it. Just bring Erin home.”
“Erin? That's her name? Cool. All I need is some diapers, clothes, a blanket and some diaper rash cream. Maybe a few toys? It's gonna be long trip. Plus, I really don't know what she eats, so I need some help there too. The fuck told me hadn't fed her since yesterday, so that needs to happen quick.”
“Do you need money? Or just not know what to buy? I don't get why you need me for that stuff. I don't mind, I'm just confused.”
“Daniel, take a good look at that picture I sent you. If I take this poor child into any stores, I'm going to have the humans calling CPS or some shit. She is filthy for one thing. She has no clothes on, except for my shirt that I'm using as a temporary diaper. Oh, yeah, so add in that the naked baby is in the company of a shirtless man. Yeah, that will go over well. Anyway, her legs, ass, and girl parts are covered in red welts from a diaper rash to end all rashes, and her hair is matted to her head in places. This baby has been neglected to the point of abuse. I hate to tell you all that, but I need help so that I can get her quietly out of here and home where she belongs with her uncle's.”
“Fuck. Did you say you killed Stanley? Because if you didn't, then go back and snap his fucking neck right now for me.”
“Done, dude. That was my first move.”
“Righteous. Okay, head to Angela's, she has a kid about Erin's age, she should be able to hook you up. I'll call her now. If there's a problem, I'll call you back, but I'm sure she will help you out.”
“Thanks, Daniel. Now go and give your Alpha the good news. I kno
w you're dying to tell him.”
“Ha! I will, but first I'm going to call Angela. Let's get Erin taken care of and fed before anything else.”
“Perfect. Thanks, Daniel. Talk to you soon.”
“Yep, thanks Micah. Love you, cousin.”
“Love you too, cuz.”
*****
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