Filed to story: Offered to the Lycan King Novel by Misha K (River & Hunter)
Four years later.
“Mama!” Lia called Lena as Jane tried to make her wear her shoe.
Lena was cradling her newborn pup, Shiloh. She sauntered to Lia and smiled. “What is it, Lia?” she asked, crooning her little one. Shiloh responded to her mom with her own version of talking by gurgling. Born a few months back, just before Lia’s fourth birthday, Shiloh was the apple of everyone’ eye. She had her father’s blond hair. Other than her mom’s gray eyes, everything else resembled her father. Lia had become a fan of sister’s and there wasn’t a minute when she wouldn’t leave her.
“Gimme Shiloh,” she demanded. “I will take her to school.” Lia had shown exceptional intelligence and when she should have been at home, playing with her age group, she was in the first grade. At first Shawn was terrified, but after Lena coaxed him, he allowed her to go to school.
Lena laughed. “She is too young for school, Lia.”
“No! I will keep her like my doll.”
Lena stroked Lia’s hair and giggled. “Your doll will become hungry soon, then what will you feed her?”
Shawn came out and after k*issing his wife, he k*issed Shiloh and Lia. “Lia, you are getting late for school,” he said, picking up a tuna sandwich from a plate.
“Daddy,” Lia said loudly. “I want to take Shiloh with me to the school. Mommy won’t me.” She crossed her arms and pouted.
Shawn sighed. This was an everyday problem. “Okay, when you come back,” he bargained. “You can cradle her in your lap for an extra one hour. How about that?”
Lia considered her father’s proposition for a minute. She blinked and then a grin spread on her face. “Promise?”
“Promise.” Shawn sighed internally as the problem was solved temporarily. “Now hurry up! The driver is waiting.” Lia squealed. She rushed to Shiloh and held her h*and. “I will come soon,” she said and k*issed her little h*ands. Shiloh giggled, seeing her sister with acute interest.
As soon as Jane took her out, Shawn shook his head. “How about we buy her own doll to mom it?” He took Shiloh in his lap and made a face which made the baby laugh.
Lena laughed and went to the kitchen to fetch more tuna sandwiches for herself. Since she was b*reast-feeding Shiloh, she was eating a lot. “That wouldn’t solve the problem, honey,” she said, emerging from the kitchen with a plate full of sandwiches. She came to sit by the side and folded her l*egs beneath her t*highs.
Shawn took a bite of the sandwich she offered to him. “You shouldn’t have left the position of Beta, love. See, we have eventually moved to the Crescent pack because we had to put Lia in a school?”
Lena had given up her position as the Beta even though River was annoyed as hell. They chose the next best gamma in the pack, Liam, to become the Beta of the pack. The wolf was as agile as Lena and fiercely loyal to River. While people could talk to Lena even as she led them, people were afraid of Liam and would think twice before talking to him. They were in awe of him because he had a no-nonsense attitude.
She shrugged. “I don’t regret that even for a moment, Shawn,” she said. “I wanted to give all my time to you and Lia. This was a conscious decision I took. Even though you forced me to go, I didn’t.”
“Yes, you are a stubborn woman!” he grunted. Shawn had come to love his life. He never talked about Natalie or bothered to go back to his cottage in Middleton. His h*ands were full with Lena and Lia and now after Shiloh, his world existed and revolved around his girls. He had opened another hotel in Crescent pack and they were now in talks with the Alpha of North Pine pack to open another hotel in his territory.
Lena chuckled and stuffed a large chunk of sandwich in his m*outh. She noticed that in her father’s lap, Shiloh had gone off to sleep. “This weekend, River and Hunter will be here with Hawk and Arthur. River’s been telling that her pups are hell bent upon meeting Lia and Shiloh!”
Shawn munched on his sandwich. “Those two boys are a bad influence on Lia. The way they take her with them on their little adventures, it’s quite daunting!”
“Oh come one!” Lena waved him off. “The boys love to have fun and our Lia is no less. She loves to go with them on their mini-adventures. It’s not like they aren’t guarded. When they are playing.”
Shawn took a rough breath. “Hawn and Arthur are pups of the Lycan King and an Alpha werewolf. Can you imagine how strong they are in front of Lia? I am always on eggshells when the three are together. I am scared that they will hurt Lia.”
“Ah!’ Stop worrying about something so trivial,” Lena replied. “They won t hurt her and Lia is smart. Half of the time, I see her bossing over them.”
“Yeah! She is bossy.” Shawn chuckled. “But I thought that with Mia’s pups the two boys would be busy all the time.”
“Maybe they are,” she replied. Lena placed the plate on the table, wiped her h*ands with a tissue and took Shiloh from him. “It’s getting late. You have to go to the office and also to your hotel on the highway. I think you should get going.”
“Firstly, it is our hotel. Secondly, I sense a plot against me over here. You want to send me away?” She giggled and grabbed his collar to pull her to him. Brushing her l*ips with his, she said, “The plot thickens.” And then she crashed her l*ips on his. Shawn curled his arms around her waist as he opened for her. When she pulled away, he had that l*usty look in his eyes. “Don’t you look at me like that Mister? she warned. “Else, you will end with another mark on your shoulder.”
He laughed. “Not that I mind, love.”
The week got over fast and River and Hunter came over with their pups. Arthur and Hawk demanded to go to meet Lia immediately. And as soon as they were at Shawn’s house, they rushed to meet Lia. After that, people heard squeals and laughter and something breaking and everything in between that.
River caressed Shiloh’s hair and said, “Goddess, this one also looks like her father. How come Shawn has such dominant genes?”
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