HIS MATE: Fate’s joke.

Chapter 4

Tyler woke up in his quarters in the packhouse to see his mate snuggled up against him. Taking his phone from the bed stand to check the time, it read 3:58 am and he knew he would not be able to sleep again for the rest of the night as he had been waking up a lot in the middle of the night recently but he kept lying in bed.

Sylvie seemed so irritable and found it difficult going to sleep if he wasn't cuddling her since she got pregnant, it seemed like his presence soothes her nerves and makes her sleep better. There were times she had been in pain and he had to put his hands on her bump to scold the pup for making his mother uncomfortable. He, that's right it was a boy, their little naughty boy and It magically works, the pup always seemed to acknowledge his father's voice and behave himself. Lately, with Sylvie’s pregnancy hormones ’all over the place’, he seems to do a lot of weird things to appease her not that he cared though she was his mate and he made sure to keep her happy.

The hand his mate had been lying on all night began to feel throb and feel painful. Groaning internally, he tried to adjust her weight as slowly as possible not wanting to wake her up so he could be a bit more comfortable and feel less pain.

”Tyler” her sweet musical voice rang out suddenly sounding raspy. It was evident she was still feeling sleepy and he had failed in not waking her up.

”Damned Pregnancy hormones did she have to be so sensitive?” he muttered to himself.

”Hmmmn, did I wake you up sweetie?”He asked dotingly and she nodded her head in response to his question. He readjusted her, gathering her close. Placing a kiss on her hair, he began to pat her back in a slow rhythm to make her go back to sleep while his mind strayed to other things.

He had never been one to talk too much even to Sylvie his mate, but when it came to Hayley, he always found himself being so talkative that it made Sylvie jealous of the alpha even when she knows she was the only one in his heart. She was a woman and she wants her mate to be so ’chatty’ around her too but, it never happened.

Tyler Kennelly had always felt a strong connection to Hayley his Alpha. Whether it was because he had served at her side as a beta for years and witnessed her bravely overcome challenges that were even tasking for a man or the fact that he had seen her broken and watched her fearlessly pick up the pieces of her life, put them in place and forged ahead without throwing tantrums. She was ruthless when necessary but she was also so kind. If she wasn't ruthless, there was no way she would have been able the wand off the lecherous alphas and unmated werewolves who were after the Takaani group.

She hardly behaved like a girl. The last time he saw her act like one was when he found her in the woods weak and covered in blood with her parents' corpse lying around her. Whatever the reason was, he always wanted to protect her, and that included keeping her away from all unmated werewolves approaching her with an ulterior motive.

Lately, he had been feeling so uneasy as though they were presently enjoying the calm before the storm but he could not just get hold of what was wrong. When Hayley took over as alpha, the first thing she did was to initiate the training of pups from a very young age even before their awakening ___ the time werewolves connect with their wolves and shift for the first time. It was an extremely painful process that took about five hours to be completed. As her parents had died protecting her because she was weak and couldn't defend herself, she trained the pups real hard not wanting anyone to go through what she did. When she woke up and spoke for the first time after her parents dead, all she was saying was it was her fault had she been strong, she would have fought alongside them and they wouldn't have died.

In event of a war or fight, he wasn't scared because he knew even pups in his pack could defend themselves so the casualties won't be much and they also had alliances with other packs who could readily come to their aid in time.

Checking the time once more, it was 8:30 am and sure enough, the day was already bright. Pups had finished their early morning training and were going about their daily chores before they leave for school.

”Sweetie” he gently kissed his mate to wake her up. He was afraid of shaking her to wake her up as he felt she was very fragile at the moment.

”We agreed to you going to spend some time with my parents remember? We told them you are coming today”

Though werewolves lived in packs, Tyler's parents were among the pack members who lived among humans. As former beta and his mate, they didn't have to but they loved it there so they helped to run the company while living the kind of life they wanted. They help keep the pack abreast with human activities.

Since Tyler's parents heard their daughter-in-law was pregnant, they have been eager to spend some time with her but kept getting declined as the love birds didn't want to be away from each other but after much pleading, they agreed to it. it was a kind of holiday for Sylvie.

”No I want to sleep some more”

”I would love to but we would be late”

”Hmmm, 5 minutes more okay?”

”Hey! Hey! Put me down”. Sylvie screamed 5 minutes later when Tyler got up, picked her up, and headed into the bathroom.

”Get out! I can wash myself” She continued.

”No”

”Go away”

”No”

”You are so annoying”

”I love you”

”Hmmm you are hilarious do you think I'm an egg?”

”Yes, mine”. ”Stay still you might get hurt” he continued as he washed her.

His mate could be a hand full at times despite being heavily pregnant that he thought the weight would bend her as she could hardly walk straight but she still found a way to make trouble.