With a slight pout on his lips, Saben comes to where Savannah and I sit, wrapping his arms around me in a hug. I wrap my free arm around him, kissing the top of his head while Julian grabs the car seat we have for Savannah. He goes to take the plastic bag from beside me, but I stop him, not wanting him to see the small box inside. I don’t want to get his hopes up, but as soon as we get back to the mansion and the pups are settled in bed, I will lock myself in the bathroom and do what I need to do.
75
Julian
Hannah has been in the bathroom for fifteen minutes now. She took the plastic bag with her into the room as soon as Saben and Savannah fell asleep. At first, I thought it was a woman’s thing, as I remember learning that she-wolves get their period after their heat, but then I wondered why it was coming so late. They would normally have gotten that a week, maybe two, after their heat. Something must be wrong.
Climbing off the bed, I make my way to the closed door. I know it isn’t locked, but I also don’t want to barge in and intrude on her privacy.
“Hannah?” I call out, knocking on the bathroom door.
Silence follows for a moment, and I consider knocking again, but then the door swings open, and a teary-eyed Hannah greets me.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I ask, pulling her into my arms instinctively and rubbing her back slowly.
“I… I’m pregnant,” Hannah whispers.
Shocked, I pull back gently to look at her, praying that I heard her correctly. “What?” I ask quietly, gently lifting her chin so she looks at me.
“I’m pregnant,” she says a little louder.
“The signs were there, and I never got my period after my heat,” she continues, her fingers gripping my shirt as she rambles on.
Happiness swells inside me, and I pull Hannah closer, pressing my lips to hers, swallowing anything she may say in a heated kiss. She hesitates before her lips move against mine. I reach out to the mate bond as I deepen the kiss, pushing my tongue into her mouth and tasting her, feeling her fear and excitement at being pregnant, along with her worry about how I will take the news.
Hannah is the first to pull away, heaving for breath as she clings to me. I pepper kisses along her face, letting my affection for her calm her down before we talk.
“So, I guess I need to get another bedroom ready in time for our pup to be born,” I state, hoping to sound reassuring.
“You… you’re okay with having another pup? Even though we are adopting Savannah tomorrow?” Hannah asks, sounding small and afraid.
I hate how worried she sounds. “Of course, I am okay with having another pup,” I reassure her, scooping Hannah into my arms and carrying her to our bed. Her tears fall, and for a moment, I panic, quickly wiping them away while telling her it's okay, that I am here for her and our pups.
“They are happy tears,” Hannah manages to laugh, taking my left hand in hers and placing it flat against her stomach, which seems a little tauter than the last time I held her. “We are having another pup, and this time you will get to be there for every moment,” she continues, her voice cracking.
That’s right. I will be there for our pup starting from this moment. I will be helping Hannah prepare for our baby, creating a nursery for them in the palace. Goddess, Savannah will have a playmate her age as she and her new sibling grow up together.
“Mark me,” I whisper, staring into Hannah’s eyes and watching them widen with shock.
“What?” she asks, searching my gaze.
“Mark me, Hannah. I want you, our three pups, and a life with you by my side. I want to have a large family, one with many more pups than just Saben, Savannah, and the one in your womb,” I state earnestly, cupping the back of her head and pulling her closer. “You already bear my mark. Now place yours on me.”
Before she can protest, I bend down and kiss her mark, flicking my tongue along it. Hannah moans loudly, tilting her head to the side to allow me better access to her mark. I growl in approval at her submission, nipping the mark and feeling her shiver beneath me. Her arousal fills the air, teasing my cock into growing hard.
“Please,” Hannah whimpers as my lips move down from her neck to the swell of her breasts.
“Please, what, Hannah?” I ask, my voice husky with lust.
“I need you, Julian,” she answers. Her words are my undoing as I rip her shirt off, throwing the torn fabric to the floor. She gasps but quickly moans as I free her breasts from her bra, suckling one of her pert nipples into my mouth while my fingers tease the other. She spreads her legs for me, wrapping them around my waist as I slowly push her onto her back, aware of the precious pup growing inside her.
I can smell her arousal, sense the need she has, and feel my cock stiffen as I grind into her. Hannah moans, her fingers tugging at my hair as she calls my name like a prayer. I release her nipple with a pop, switching to the other to give it the attention it deserves while my hands move to rip apart the skirt Hannah wore today. All that was left blocking me from her body were the soaked panties she wore, and those were quickly torn and thrown aside.
“Julian, please,” she whimpers, her body quivering as I insert a finger into her soaking depths.
“I need you,” I growl at her words and pull away from her perfect body to shed my clothes and throw them aside. “I don’t want to hurt you or the pup,” I state, returning to my spot between her legs and rubbing my hard cock along the soaked seams of her pussy.
She moans, her eyes half-closed, and her back arches in pleasure. “You won’t hurt us,” she whimpers, her words the only incentive I need to thrust into her.
