Fated Forgiveness [Kindred of Arkadia 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Amour ManLove) (22 page)
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Authors: Alanea Alder
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mouth.
“Woman, you are hopeless.” Caleb laughed and stood with Bran as they headed back over to the buffet
table to grab more food.
“Oh no, I don’t have chocolate, the world is ending,” Bran teased. Caleb bumped fists with him. Kate
narrowed her eyes at them and waited until they were walking back before she retaliated.
“I’ll probably want chocolate for my entire pregnancy so you better start sucking up to Rian and
Damian now.” Sebastian watched as Caleb froze in his tracks. Bran’s mind must have gone on auto pilot
because he crashed into the back of Caleb with his plate. Both men tumbled to the ground.
“Oh my God, is that why I’ve been getting sick? I made an appointment with Dr. Claybourne for the
second he got back.” Nic groaned.
“Your turn! I got sick with Rebecca when she had morning sickness and now you can with Kate.”
Ashby laughed at pointed at his friend.
Sebastian took a deep breath and looked at Felix. The other hybrid nodded his encouragement.
Sebastian looked beside him where Kent and Liam were poking fun at Caleb and Bran, who had managed
to make their way over to their mate and were nuzzling and rubbing her belly.
“It could be because of me, too,” he said quietly.
Liam’s and Kent’s heads swung around. Liam stood.
“You. You. Are you sure?” Sebastian nodded.
“Felix confirmed it for me today at the clinic,” he said, smiling up at his mate.
“Wait, what?” Rebecca asked, her mouth dropping.
“You…you…you,” Liam said, placing both hands on his knees as he bent over and began dragging in
deep breaths. Kent rushed past their hyperventilating mate and swung Sebastian up in his arms.
“Thank you, baby. Thank you,” was the quiet whisper. Sebastian could feel his hot tears trail down his
shoulder and back as his gentle giant wept at the news he was going to be a father.
“Do you mean he is, well, is he pregnant?” Rebecca asked.
“Yup! Liam and Kent must have laid it on him good,” Felix said, stuffing his face with mac and cheese.
Suddenly he was scooped out of Kent’s arms and Liam was swinging him around.
“Easy, Liam,” Kent said. Liam stopped immediately and sat down, pulling Sebastian into his lap.
“How?” Lachlan asked in wonder.
“One of the reasons hybrids are coveted. We can literally shift into anything. I…did you really want the
biology lesson?” Sebastian asked. Everyone but Rebecca was shaking their heads. He somehow knew that
his Alpha Mother was going to ask him a million questions later.
“The Lewenhart line continues,” Lachlan whispered, tears running down his cheeks.
“That’s right! You’re going to be a great-grand father.” Sebastian smiled at the older man, who was
beaming at Liam with pride in his eyes.
“Wait, so you, Rebecca and Kate are all pregnant?” Ashby asked, turning pale. Nic gulped.
Ashby turned to Gabriel in a panic.
“We need ginger. Lots of ginger and mint,” Ashby said, frantic. Gabriel smiled.
“I can get you whatever you want,
mon ange
,” he assured his mate.
“You know what this means!” Rian said, and his eyes met Felix’s.
“Shopping!” they both yelled.
“When are you both due?” Rian asked, whipping out his phone.
“December,” Sebastian and Kate said at the same time, then smiled at each other.
“Hey, I’m due in December. How come I have to be pregnant for like almost a whole year and you guys
only have to do like six months?” Rebecca complained. Aleks began to rub her lower back.
“Shifters have shorter gestational periods,” Felix said, looking over Rian’s shoulder at his phone.
“No way. Pottery Barn Jr. for sure,” he said, pointing to Sebastian.
“I sure hope Dr. Claybourne is in town in December,” Rebecca said, shrugging.
“Don’t worry, I can help,” Felix said. Aleks, Caleb, Liam, Bran and Kent exchanged glances.
Sebastian rolled his eyes. He was willing to bet that for the month of December poor Dr. Claybourne
would end up shackled to his clinic. Despite appearing to be an airheaded flake, Sebastian trusted Felix with
his life and knew that he was more than capable of helping with his child.
Sebastian looked up at the sound of scraping metal. Caleb and Kent were dragging over double-wide
park benches from the town square across the street. Sebastian began to giggle.
“Great idea,” Liam said, standing with Sebastian in his arms to sit on the bench with Kent, who wrapped
his arm around them both. Sebastian was pulled to sit right between them on both of their laps. On the
other side of the long tables he could see Kate was in a similar position with Caleb and Bran.
“You know if any more ménage matings pop up, we’re going to have to seriously rethink furniture here
in Arkadia,” Ma said thoughtfully.
“You better start planning a quadruple-seater for me, I plan on having three men,” Rian announced, and
everyone laughed.
“To err is human, to forgive, divine,” Liam said softly.
“Alexander Pope. Liam, you constantly amaze me,” Kent said, running his hands through the back of
Liam’s hair.
“Sebastian forgave the way I treated him when I found out about him being a shifter. It takes a lot to
forgive something like that,” Liam said, squeezing Sebastian’s hand.
“You forgave me for keeping who I was a secret. I don’t think any other man, especially an Alpha,
could have forgiven that,” Sebastian said, raising their joined hands to kiss his fingers.
“Kent was patient and forgiving as we worked through our issues. Always selfless and thinking of us,”
Liam said as he reached his hand up, so that Kent could lace their fingers together where his hand rested on
Liam’s left shoulder.
“Let’s promise to always forgive each other no matter what. To never go to bed angry,” Sebastian said.
Liam grinned.
“Yeah, never telling what I’ll wake up to if you go to bed upset.” Liam chuckled and Sebastian swatted
him.
Sebastian rested against his mates and knew that no matter what the future held, he and his mates would
face it together.
Epilogue
“So, your foolproof plan to recapture my hybrids not only backfired, but they are now under the
protection of the council and Arkadia.” The gentleman walked back and forth in front of the two men that
kneeled before him.
One was a wolf Alpha and the other a sniveling lawyer, yet despite their vastly different roles in life
they both found themselves at his feet. Fitting.
“The council let that human whore get to them. Her sweet, innocent act had them feeling sorry for her.
Pure soul my ass, she is a violent bitch,” Salsiby complained. The gentleman froze.
“What did you say?” He asked quietly. Both men stilled, the smell of fear rank in the room.
“I–I–I said that she is a violent bitch, sir,” Salsiby repeated.
“Not that part, and actually, if she were being judged from a paranormal standpoint she is adorable in
her ruthlessness. No. The other part. What about her soul?” The gentleman stood directly in front of
Salsiby.
“The vampire, Prince Gabriel, said that she had a pure aura, that he had only seen it once before.”
Salsiby cringed.
The gentleman couldn’t help that shout of joy that erupted from his lips.
“Payne, this man failed but brought me important information, he is to only spend a week in the
dungeon. The Alpha, however, failed in his plans, but I unfortunately need him. Give him to the pain expert
for entertainment. I’ll need him able to function in a few weeks, though.” The gentleman turned around as
Payne dragged the struggling and screaming men from his office.
He walked over to the bookcase and pulled down a small wooden box. He opened the lid and pulled out
an ornate brooch intricately designed around a letter
A
.
“Fortune’s Wheel keeps turning round.” He smiled to himself and put the brooch back in the box.
THE END
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