The Merciless Alpha(erotica)

I transferred two to the container we were going to freeze, put it in a case and left to drop it off at the fertility clinic lab. I was back in an hour, and everyone including Eve was sitting downstairs, having lunch and visiting. Everyone was hopeful, and we would be monitoring the dishes to see how much luck we would have.

Steven was waiting for me, and he led me to a table. “How are you feeling,” I asked Eve, who was relaxing in Adam’s arms in a booth. Snake had made Juicy Lucy’s and waffle fries for lunch, and he brought me one as I sat with them.

“I’m fine,” she said. “Hot, but fine.”

I checked her temperature. “Your heat is here, you should really feel it by tonight. Eat as much as you can, then lock yourselves in your room. We’ll bring your meals up, and you only have to call or link if you need anything.”

“As long as no werewolves come near our room, I’ll be fine,” Adam said. As a precaution, all the werewolves were staying away. It wasn’t easy being around a shewolf in heat if you weren’t mated, so most of the single ones had already headed back north. Gabriel and Michael were staying at Mackenzie and Natalie’s condominium. Alan, Alice, Steven and I were all staying in empty rooms at the Knight’s old building.NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.

“I know I’ve said this before, but thank you,” I told her as I reached over and took her hand. “I love you, and I’m glad my babies will be part yours.”

“It’s a little much to take,” she said. “I’ve been told my whole life that I was going to restore the species, but I thought it would start with me having a big family. I never expected to be starting all these at the same time.” She looked around at all the couples who were eating, nervously waiting until the embryos could be transferred.

“Luna had a plan for you, for all of us,” I said. “I keep holding on to that vision, of all of us playing with our children on the grass in the front of the new Pack House,” I said. “This is going to work.”

“Why didn’t Kelly appear in your dream? Or Theresa?” Eve looked over at them, wondering and hoping.

“I don’t know. Maybe the first round doesn’t take, maybe they are somewhere else. I guess we’ll find out.”

Steven started to get uncomfortable. “Adam… you need to take her upstairs. Her scent is getting a little strong,” he said.

“Good idea. We’ll see you in a week.” Eve would have blushed if her face wasn’t already flushed from the rapidly oncoming heat.

“All wolves, head out of here. It’s only going to get worse.” Steven stood up, leaving me with the rest of my lunch. “I love you, Meghan. I’ll be a phone call away.”

“I’ll see you tonight,” I said as I kissed him. He and the others headed out, including Terrance and Theresa, who took to-go meals with them as they had just come down. I went back upstairs, checking on the incubator before sitting at my computer. Tomorrow we’d know how many of the eggs resulted in successful embryos. I said a silent prayer and went to review the implantation techniques and review my textbooks on embryonic development. I needed to be on top of things.

*******

Mia’s POV

Nine Days Later

I washed my hands and tried not to look at the test I had laying on the counter. My mind told me this was silly, it was too early, it had only been a week since Doctor Terrance had implanted three werewolf embryos in my uterus. He and Doc Meghan had gone over the schedule with us all; if after two weeks we didn’t get our periods, run a test.

It had been years since I had menstruated, they stopped when my ovaries were removed. I had come to terms with never being able to have children, at least until I met Snake and Meghan. Now, after months of hormone treatments and a cycle of in-vitro fertilization, I was hoping NOT to have one. The women in our group with regular cycles wouldn’t get them for another week if implantation failed, but I had no idea what my body would do.

I looked at myself in the mirror. I was happy now; I had my husband, I had a Club that was my new family, and I had a kitchen I could run. I didn’t miss the pressures of running a restaurant; I wanted to cook and make people happy, not run payroll and deal with inspections and employees. Doing it all with Snake and a bunch of volunteer help made things much easier.

The Club had changed since we won the Lottery. Almost all of the people had given up outside jobs and taken ones within the Club. My kitchen reminded me of my grandmother’s at the holidays; a bunch of us telling stories and enjoying life while we cooked the big meals. Everyone had to pitch in now. We had become very private, not wanting to hire employees from outside, especially since this was the critical time for the first generation of new werewolves in two decades. There were too many close calls and sightings of former wolves, so we just didn’t go out much.

I ran a comb through my hair, thinking about the breakfast menu Snake had already started. He was making biscuits and gravy, and told me I could sleep in and help with fruit prep later on. I looked down at my phone as the alarm went off, it was time to check the test. I had bought a bunch of them, single line was negative, two lines was positive.

I looked at the test, one line was bright pink, the other was faint. I held it closer, trying to will the line to be darker. I pulled out another test, comparing the lines, sure enough the faint pink wasn’t there. I was shaking, I had to know.

I ran out the door of our room and went down to Meghan’s room. Doctor Terrance and Theresa had gone back north to stay at Alan and Alice’s house; the new Pack House was going to have a fully equipped infirmary, and he was designing it to his specifications and ordering equipment. It was going to include a pediatric intensive care ward, since with the multiple births it was a risk to have them be significantly premature. Meghan was updating her equipment down here, but since she was hoping to be pregnant too, we planned to have all of us at the new Pack House for the births.

I listened, but the rooms were fairly well insulated so I knocked softly. A few moments later, the door opened and Steven appeared, he was shirtless, wearing boxer shorts and holding a toothbrush in his hand. “Mia?”

“Sorry, it’s so early, but is Meghan awake?”

“Not yet,” he said. “Can I help you?”

“I need someone else to tell me I’m not seeing things,” I said. I showed him my pregnancy test. “I think it’s positive, I think I’m pregnant!”

He took the test as I handed it over, looking at it in the hallway light. “Second line is faint, but it’s there. Congratulations, Mia.”

I squealed, and Meghan’s voice came from inside the room. “It’s too early for a test, Meghan.”

“It’s positive, honey. Come see.” Steven opened the door and invited me in.

She padded her way over. “Come on, let me look at that under a bright light.” She pulled me into the bathroom, looking at the test. “Huh. I think we need to run a blood test, but that test is positive, Mouse. It’s faint because it is so early, your human chorionic gonadotrophin or HCG levels are still low. Give it another week and the two lines will be equally bright.”

She hugged me as I started to cry on her shoulder, the tears and emotion pouring out. “I have to tell Snake,” I said.

“I won’t say a thing, and STEVEN WON’T SAY ANYTHING EITHER,” she said as she dug under the counter and pulled out a test. “I know I shouldn’t, but HCG levels rise faster in multiple pregnancies, and I just have to check.” She sat down on the toilet and peed on the test, placing it aside. I set my phone timer, and as she washed up we talked about what it might mean. “We will do a blood test later and confirm, but these tests almost never have false positives,” she told me.

“When can I tell how many babies I have in here?”

“Not until about six weeks after pregnancy,” she said as we both avoided looking at the test. “I can do an ultrasound exam, I plan to start doing this weekly starting at five weeks for every Mom.”

I put my hand over my belly, trying to get used to the idea. “I need to brush up on my knowledge. I didn’t read any of the books, I didn’t want to Bigfoot myself.”

“Bigfoot?”

“Shortly after I moved in here with Snake, we went canoe camping together on the Upper St. Croix. It was beautiful, we traveled ten miles and set up our camping spot. We were both fishing in the shallow water, the sun was shining, there was a nice cool breeze, and the fish were biting. I looked over at Snake and said, ‘I’m glad the wind is blowing to keep the mosquitos away!’ As soon as the words left my lips, the wind died completely. It was like a black cloud rose out of the shrubs and plants along the riverbank, and the swarm moved towards us. I screamed and ran for it, Snake right behind me. We escaped into our tent and closed the screen, and it was like that old cartoon with all the skeeters hitting it, trying to get in.”

She laughed. “You mean the one where their long noses get stuck?”

“Yep.” I laughed a little. “Anyway, I figured I couldn’t say mosquitos anymore, so I’d say Bigfoot instead. At least then if one showed up, we’d be famous.” She laughed at me. “It worked out, we spent the afternoon making love and didn’t get soaked when the heavens opened up five minutes later.” My phone timer went off, and she brought the test up to the light.

She had a line as well. She screamed, running out to show Steven.

I sent a quick text out to our Momma’s Club, telling them that they should all take a test and talk to Doc. By the next morning, every one of us had a positive pregnancy test.

Meghan’s POV

End of Week Five

I flushed the toilet, spitting the last of it in the swirling waters. Steven handed me a glass of water, and I rinsed my mouth out before brushing my teeth. “This sucks,” I told him as I tried to push back the nausea.