Chapter 92 – Her True Alpha and True Love Novel Read Online

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“Thank you everyone. Let’s head over to the mess area and I’ll find something for everyone else.” I told them.

I walked beside Dylan while he led us to the mess area.

“Do your mates know?” He asked me.

“I told them yesterday.” Tundra answered, trotting beside me.

“What? You saw them?” I asked her.

“I did. I sent them away. You needed your rest for our pup. And I’m not letting this one go.” She huffed out. I rubbed my palm on her head. She was such a good momma already.

“I guess they know.” I answered Dylan.

“I know, Mason. I’m sure he had a good reason for keeping you away.” He told me. We walked in silence after that. I don’t care about their reasons. We are a family and everything should be discussed among us. They promised me no more secrets.

Dylan opened a flap for a massive outfitter tent. When I stepped inside, there were three rows of picnic tables. On the far side were some camping stoves and coolers.

I walked over to the far side and found some cups. They were the red disposable ones. The tent wasn’t full, but I could feel all eyes were on me. I walked back over to my group. They were now seated at a few free tables.

“Pass these out, please. For the blood.” I told Dylan, and he nodded.

“Milo, I don’t want this to come out as rude, but do vampires eat normal food?” I asked him. He was sitting beside Eric across from Dylan.

“We do, my Queen, but it’s not the same. We should be good with just blood,” he answered.

“Okay, thank you. I’ll be back.” I told them before I headed to the makeshift kitchen again.

Finding all the ingredients to make some ham and cheese sandwiches. I also found some energy bars, and some bottled sodas. I had to make three trips, but I got everyone fed.

“Dylan, can you make sure everyone gets back to their tents please? I need to make a few calls to get everyone home.” I asked him.

“Yes, my Queen. Do you need someone to escort you back to your tent?” He asked me.

“I’m sure I can manage. See you guys in a little bit.” I said to them.

“Buttercup, make sure you eat. You’re eating for two now.” Eric called out from behind me, right before I stepped out.

“I’ll find something.” I looked back at him and smiled before I exited the tent. Tundra was trotting beside me. She was so much happier being free.

Before I made it to my tent, Tundra stepped back into me. She wanted to check on our boy. Thankfully, the pill I took earlier actually worked, and I didn’t throw up.

I entered my tent to find my mates sitting on my cot and a very annoyed Sage sitting on hers. My heart rate immediately picked up, and I was now feeling anxious, seeing them for the first time in two and a half weeks.

“Sorry, they won’t leave.” She huffed out.

“It’s okay, Sage.” I told her, like it was no big deal, but I was ready to throw up.

I walked in and kneeled beside my backpack. I started digging for my phone. Hopefully, I still had some battery life and I could make a call out to Arthur. I needed him to give me King Theo’s contact information.

“Ashlyn, where did you go?” Sage asked me while both my mates just stared at me.

“Well, I had to get our group all fed, and I even got the wolves to volunteer some blood for the vampires. And before all that, I blew Chantel up.” I told her before I looked down at my phone. She started laughing. She knew how much I hated her.

I had battery and reception, so I went through my contracts and when I found Arthur, I hit the call button. I moved the phone to my ear.

“Ashlyn, you can’t just blow,” Derek said, but I held up my finger to show that I needed a minute.

“Hi Arthur.” I said when he answered.

“Oh, thank the goddess. Ashlyn, are you okay?” He rushed out.

“I’m fine, but I need your help. At the camp by Emerald Lake, I have 20 vampires. I need you to get in contact with King Theo, or send me his information and I’ll call him.” I explained.

“Of course, he will be my next call. But how did you come to have 20 vampires?” He asked me curiously.

“The former vampire king is holding families hostage. I even found a 17-year-old who took his ill father’s place. I killed the one loyal to the former vampire king, and Sage checked to make sure everyone was telling the truth.” I explained further, and I heard him gasp.

“Okay, Ashlyn. I will call you back with the details. Take care.” He hung up, and I put my phone in my pocket. Sage excused herself and I went to sit on her bed, across from my mates.

“Baby, you’re pregnant.”

Excuses

Ashlyn

“Baby, you’re pregnant,” Mason said, and I nodded.

“I wanted to tell you in person, but I guess Tundra told you. I found out a few days ago,” I told them.

“Babygirl, you shouldn’t be here.” Derek said, and I glared at him.

“Your girlfriend is dead, so you don’t have to worry about me finding out.” I growled.

“Ashlyn, that is not what I meant.” He said, trying to reach out to me, but I moved my hand.

“Do you have any idea how humiliating it is to show up and smell your mate all over his ex-girlfriend? To have everyone know that you both don’t respect me enough to tell me what the fuck was going on? Mason, your Delta almost died. If I wouldn’t have shown up, he would have. So both of you are going to explain now, or you can both get the hell out.” My voice cracked at the end. Tears began to pool in my eyes. I hate needing them as much as I do. I hate how much I crave their touch and how their scents make me feel. Closing my eyes, I tried to slow down my breathing.

“Baby, it’s not like that. I’m sorry that you had to show up with things the way they were. It’s not that we didn’t want you here, it’s not that we don’t trust you.” Mason said, kneeling in front of me now. And Derek moved to sit beside me.

“Then what?” I asked them and they both looked at each other, worryingly.

“One of you better talk.” I growled out.

“Babygirl, when we showed up, and we were scouting the area, we came upon a body.” Derek sighed.

“Okay, and what does that have to do with me?” I asked them, confused.

“It was a message. It was someone you know.” Mason said, and I could feel the panic rising.

“What? Who?” I stuttered out.

“It was Donny, Baby. I’m so sorry. We were worried about telling you,” Mason told me. I pushed him away and stood up from the cot. I started pacing the tent while my mates stared at me.

“So you thought that you’d keep me away? They are coming after people that I care about. And I have the power to heal and you just thought you’d hide me away. What the fuck would have happened if one or both of you got hurt or even worse? I wouldn’t have been able to portal in and you both would have died. Do either of you even love me at all?” I was full on sobbing now. Just the thought of anything happening to them had my chest tight and my stomach in knots.

I stopped pacing, bending over, I rested my hands on my knees. I was hyperventilating now and my breathing became labored. Tundra was outside my body, rubbing up against me.

“Ashlyn, I need you to calm down. Think of our baby boy.” She said in my head, nudging her head into my neck. I kneeled down, wrapped my arms around her neck, and sobbed into her fur.

“Both of you get the hell out!” Tundra growled out.

“Tundra, we are trying to make this right, but how can we if you keep pushing us away?” I heard Derek say.

“You should have thought about that before you brought that stupid bitch here.” She growled at him.

“She was only here because she is good at her job, nothing more,” Derek defended. I pushed myself away from Tundra and looked up at Derek. He and Mason were now standing over us.

“You are telling me she never tried anything?” I asked him, and he shifted uncomfortably. I wiped my tears and stood up. Now I was pissed off.

“That bitch called your mate Hybrid scrum. That bitch refused to acknowledge her Queen and she hurt a young vampire. And you are telling me right now that she tried shit with you and you still kept her around?” I screamed.

“Baby, please calm down and let us explain. Please.” Mason approached me and placed a hand over my still flat stomach. I looked up at him and I could see his concern. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me against his chest.

Before anything else could be said, my phone rang inside my pocket. I know it must be Arthur calling me back with all the details. But before I could even reach for it to answer, Mason pulled it out of my pocket and handed it to Derek.

“Go.” Mason told Derek. Derek took my phone and stepped out of the tent. Mason nuzzled his face into my neck, breathing in my scent.

“Both of you need to stop making decisions about my life.” I said into his chest.

“We just didn’t want to see you hurt, Baby. I knew if you saw Donny like that, you’d feel incredibly guilty. I didn’t want you to run into the unknown because of your guilt.” He mumbled against my neck.

“And that’s not your call to make, it’s mine. This is my destiny. I’m the hero in this story, and if you two can’t be my sidekicks, then you can just leave. I’m not doing this anymore. This is my battle.” I told him, pushing him away.

I was feeling lightheaded. I pulled a granola bar out of my pocket and sat down on my cot. Regardless of how I was feeling emotionally, I still needed to take care of myself physically.

“Baby, but now you are pregnant, and that changes things,” Mason breathed out, as he sat down on Sage’s cot.

“I’m pregnant, not broken. And if I had the full support of my mates and the fathers of my son, you’d have nothing to worry about.” I told him, taking a bite of my bar. Mason came over to sit with me.

“We are having a boy?” He asked, stunned. And I sighed.

“Mason, I’m six weeks along.” I told him, and his eyes went wide.

“What?” He stuttered out. Just then, Derek came back into the tent.

“King Theo is sending a plane out to pick up all the vampires. He is also going to lead the investigation into the kidnaped families. Sage and Nathan are going to portal them near a human city where the plane is scheduled to land in a few hours. Sage said that she’d make sure that everyone was on the plane safely.” Derek informed us, sitting down on Sage’s cot. And I let out a breath. I’m glad that they are going home.

“Now explain to me why Chantel was here and why she was covered in your scent.” I asked Derek.

“And why did both of you smell like her yesterday?” Tundra growled out. She was sitting beside the cot and I shared some of my granola bar with her.

“She would try to flirt, that’s it. I would never touch her, Babygirl. I love you and only you.” Derek tried to explain, but I was ready to roll my eyes.

“Why was she even here? And why did you smell like her, Mason?” I asked. Nothing gets past Tundra and I could tell she was ready to just say fuck it and reject them.

“She was here because she is a leader in the Dragon military. She is an excellent tracker and leader.” And I let out a scuff.

“Good leader, my fucken ass. She only cared about the Dragons. Dragons almost got some wolves killed. And the two of you let that happen.”, I told them, and both of them hung their heads.

“Now, why the fuck was that bitch’s scent all over you, Mason?!” I yelled. I was quickly losing any patience I had. All of their excuses were fucken bullshit. It didn’t matter when I found out about what happened to Donny, I would and always feel guilty about his death. So keeping me away for that reason was bullshit.

“When we walked into our tent yesterday, she was lying on our cot naked. I yelled at her to leave, and both Mason and I left. Then we received a call from Liam about you and Sage. We didn’t have time to shower or change.” Derek explained, while he kneeled down between my legs. He ran his hands up my thighs until they were resting on my hips.

“Do you honestly think that anyone would ever even come close to you?” Derek said, and Tundra huffed.

“Clearly not. We are fantastic and she was a trash bag.”

“Tundra! You can’t just say that? Out loud!” I scolded her while I tried to hold in my laughter.

“I can and I just did. Fucken trash bag. I’m going to check on our boy. I’m over talking about that fucken bitch.” She huffed before she jumped into me. I’m so glad that I didn’t throw up, but I gagged. Only 14 more weeks to go of this.

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