by Becca Van
Darren was sent to jail and awaiting trial for assault and grievous bodily harm and after a preliminary hearing hadn’t been released out on bail. The judge had deemed him a flight risk. He had beaten the other woman so badly she had spent over two weeks in the hospital.
Tessa’s mates, being so loving and kind, had stepped in and paid for all the woman’s medical expenses and made sure she had the best doctors and nurses looking after her. Darren was looking at a very long stint in prison and she wouldn’t have to worry about him coming after her again.
Two weeks had passed since Darren, Brett, and Stephanie had taken Tessa and she had never been so happy. Having three loving protective husbands was something she never thought she would be able to contend with. Boy had she proven herself wrong.
They were attentive and a little overprotective at times but she could live with that. She was so satiated every night she fell asleep as soon as they’d finished making loving to her.
She still got annoyed with them now and again, but she expected that. What relationship didn’t have its ups and downs? When they pissed her off she would talk to them, tell them what they had done to annoy her, and when she annoyed them they would do the same. It worked both ways. Usually it was because her men had laid down the law and Tessa just did what she wanted anyway.
She entered the dining room for breakfast and smiled when she saw that the table was full of pack members eating their meal. They all turned to look at her and sniffed the air. She tried to ignore the attention but it was a little hard when every eye was directed her way. After taking her seat and filling her plate with a little food she decided that enough was enough. Tessa was becoming a little self-conscious and annoyed with the attention.
“What the hell is everyone looking at me like that for? I’ve had a shower. Do I smell bad or something?” She scowled at them all.
They all glanced away but not before she had seen the amusement in their eyes on and their faces. Gabe, who was sitting on Tessa’s left, scooped her up from her chair onto his lap and then he kissed her on the head. She loved the way her mates were so loving and didn’t care about being demonstrative in front of the rest of the pack.
“Why are you so grumpy, honey?”
Tessa met his gaze and wondered what that look in his eye was. It was like he knew something she didn’t. When she glanced away and saw everyone was watching her again with that same look in their eyes, she wondered if they were keeping a secret from her.
“I don’t know, Gabe. Maybe I got out of the wrong side of bed. Probably PMS,” she muttered.
“Little bird, what do you think about starting a family?” Lucien smiled at her gently.
“Do you want to have babies with us, baby?” Rafe asked with a grin on his face.
A few pack members at the other end of the table coughed, trying to cover laughter, and even though she wanted to know what was going on and frown at them, she didn’t take her attention from her mates.
“I haven’t really thought about, but yes, I do want babies. Do you think this is the place to be discussing this subject?” She couldn’t keep the irritation from her voice.
“I don’t think it matters where we have this discussion, honey. You can’t hide anything from a werewolf.” Gabe had a big grin on his face and Tessa started to get a little paranoid.
What the hell is going on?
“Well, I think some things should be discussed in private, Gabe. I think we should end this discussion right now.” Tessa cringed when she heard her piqued tone.
“Baby, you are the only one that doesn’t know yet.” Rafe looked like he was nearly laughing but he also looked really, really happy.
God, her men were so sexy and handsome they took her breath away every time she looked at them.
“What don’t I know? What have you three been up to now? If you’ve done something you shouldn’t, you need to fess up right now!” Tess scowled and squirmed before pushing off Gabe’s lap and standing up. She turned to face her men with her hands on her hips and her foot tapping impatiently on the floor.
Lucien reached out and snagged Tessa around the waist with his arm and then hauled onto his lap.
“It’s not something we could have done without you, little bird. You were there when it happened.” He was looking at her with such hunger she couldn’t help but to respond to his heat. Her breasts began to swell, her nipples puckered and hardened and her pussy clenched, gushing cream onto her panties.
“Will you three just get to the damn point and tell me what the hell is going on?”
All three of her husbands were grinning at her like the cats that ate the canaries.
“You’re pregnant, Tessa,” Lucien said with pride in his voice.
It took a moment for his words to sink in.
“Pregnant. How could I be pregnant?” Her face heated as everyone in the room laughed uproariously. Tessa had to wait for the noise to die down before she rephrased her question. “What I meant to ask was, how the hell can you tell I’m pregnant when I don’t even know yet?”
“We are werewolves, baby,” Rafe said as though that explained everything.
“I know you’re werewolves, Rafe. What has that got to do with anything?”
“Our sense of smell is very acute,” Gabe said.
“So?”
“Tessa, as werewolves we can smell when you are in heat, or ovulating, as humans would put it, when you’re aroused, and when you get pregnant,” Lucien explained.
“Oh my God. You mean every time I get horny everyone can smell me? How embarrassing. You will stop smelling me right now!” Tessa knew her demand was ludicrous but she was so snarky she couldn’t seem to help herself, but she continued to glare at them anyway.
All the pack members bowed their heads, probably more to hide their humor than in a gesture of respect for her. Opening her mouth to give them another mouthful, she stopped as Lucien’s statement finally sank in.
“Pregnant? Did you say I was pregnant? Oh my.” Tessa threw her arms around Lucien’s neck as tears of joy coursed down her cheeks. When she was finally able to speak coherently she asked, “Are you sure? Absolutely positive?”
She looked from Lucien, to Rafe, to Gabe, and back to Lucien again as a smile began to spread across her face. Joy and happiness spilled from her heart and with a laugh she jumped off Lucien’s lap to hug Rafe and Gabe.
“Oh no!” Tessa covered her mouth with horror. “Does this mean I am going to give birth to puppies?”
The laughter in the room was so raucous, her mates had to wait before they could explain to her that werewolves didn’t begin to shift until they hit puberty and then she was being carried from the room toward their bedroom.
Tessa hugged Lucien around the neck and nuzzled against his throat. Who would have thought that running from her crazy ex would send her straight into the arms of three sexy, loving werewolves?
She had a long happy road ahead of her and wouldn’t change a thing.
Tessa couldn’t wait to hold her baby in her arms, but she was going to spend all her free time loving her three handsome mates. She couldn’t ask for anything more.
THE END
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
My name is Becca Van. I live in Australia with my wonderful hubby of many years, as well as my two children.
I read my first romance, which I found in the school library, at the age of thirteen and haven’t stopped reading them since. It is so wonderful to know that love is still alive and strong when there seems to be so much conflict in the world.
I dreamed of writing my own book one day but, unfortunately, didn’t follow my dream for many years. But once I started I knew writing was what I wanted to continue doing.
I love to escape from the world and curl up with a good romance, to see how the characters unfold and conflict is dealt with. I have read many books and love all facets of the romance genre, from historical to erotic romance. I am a sucker for a
happy ending.
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