The Alpha's Hybrid Luna

CHAPTER 6

Zyaire and I head up to our apartment. “So, when were you going to tell me you were pregnant?” he asks me as he shuts the door.

“I took a test yesterday. That was my reveal to you. I had already discussed it with Dr. Reid, and she assured me I’d be safe to shift for the first month. I’m about a week and a half along. Alpha pregnancies are shorter, as you know. Four months instead of five. I haven’t had my first ultrasound; that’s in a couple days, at two weeks.”

“You got pregnant when not in heat? That’s rare.”

“Rare, but not impossible. But with my Alpha blood, it’s more likely.”

He hugs me before placing his hand on my belly. Mommy and Daddy love you so much already,” he said to my stomach. “What do you think it is?” he asks me.

“I think it’s a little Alpha.”

“I hope it’s a little princess you’re growing,” he grins.

“I just want him or her healthy, in reality. I’ll be happy with either, of course.”

“How many pups do you want?”

“Four.”

“I’m down with that,” he grins, sweeping me off my feet and carrying me into the bedroom as Eros comes into the apartment.

We spend the next several hours making love and f*****g like never before until we fall into a peaceful sleep.

The next day, I wake up with Zyaire caressing my stomach and staring at my face. His bright green hiddenite eyes find mine and he grins as he pulls me in for a kiss.

I kiss him back softly before getting out of bed to go shower.

“Hey!” Zyaire protests.

“I’m hungry, and you got plenty last night!” I exclaim, laughing from the bathroom. I turn the shower on and strip and climb in, letting the hot water relax my tense and sore muscles. I finish up and get out, drying off quickly then walk to the closet to pick out a nice purple blouse with khaki pants and black flat boots. I finished it off with some light makeup and a ponytail.

Zyaire has by now finished his shower and is dressing in black slacks with loafers and a deep purple button up shirt, leaving the two top buttons undone.

We make our way down the stairs with Eros close behind us. As we enter, the dining hall is filled with chatter. Zaydon, Freya, Zayne, and Teagan are already seated in their respective spots. Eros makes his way over to River and sits next to her. I notice him take her hand and she blushes.

Zyaire sits at the head of the table with me to his left. Zaydon and Freya are really excited for some reason, though I don’t know why until Freya pulls out a slip of paper and hands it to me. It’s an ultrasound print out. I gasp.

“How far along are you?” I ask.

“Six weeks, finally. I can’t shift anymore now. But we’re having a baby girl!” she squeals. “We’ve already told our parents, and I wanted to tell you and Teagan next!”

I pass the ultrasound slip to Teagan who takes it and grins as she reaches into her pocket and pulls one out, too. “I’m 5 weeks. I’m not supposed to spill yet, but… I can’t help it! We’re pregnancy buddies!”

“That makes three of us,” I say, and they turn to me, shocked.

“How far?”

“Almost two weeks. I have my first appointment tomorrow.”

Teagan and Freya squeal in excitement.

“Sh. No one else knows and I’d like to keep it that way.”

Alpha Troy and Luna Nat approach us. “What’s all the squealing about?” Luna Nat asks.

“We’re pregnant!” Freya exclaims as she and Teagan hold up their ultrasound pictures.

“Congratulations!” Luna Nat exclaims, and they beam. I hide my smile.

“Alpha Troy, after breakfast, let’s work out a treaty and then you and your pack can be on their way,” Zyaire says, and Alpha Troy nods.

We finish eating and Zyaire leaves me with the girls while Zaydon and Zayne go with him, along with Beta Justin and Gamma Isaiah.

After they hashed everything out, Zyaire and I walk outside to see them off. They thank us for our hospitality and take off in wolf form towards their home. All his former pack members waved him off and we wished everyone good luck from our pack that was leaving.

We lost 4 females but gained more than double that, not including Caleb. Alpha Troy’s son wasn’t yet 18, but we had a feeling he found his mate in Ariel Lowell, who was 16 just as he was. Every single one of our warriors had found their mates.

As we head back inside, I notice Olive, who will be 18 in a couple days, spending time with Juliet, who is 18. Olive is fairly short, around 5’2” with black hair and brown eyes and Juliet is 5’6” with dirty blonde hair and grey eyes.

Zyaire had the new members line up in front of us and swore them in. As their links clicked into place, some gasped, some gripped their head, while others cried out.

Then he instructed the warriors to show them to their new homes close to the packhouse. While the Deltas didn’t reside in the packhouse, their homes were within a mile of it.

Zyaire and I then went to his office. As soon as the door shut, the phone rang.

“Alpha Zyaire and Luna Aphrodite speaking,” Zyaire greeted, putting the phone on speaker.

“Alpha Zyaire, Luna Aphrodite, this is King Xavier and Queen Ariadne of the Witch Council. We wanted to speak with you about the takeout of Aurora and Khonsu Tala.”

“What can I help you with?” He asked.

“We wanted to know if you had successfully taken them out?”

“Yes, we did, and we saved most of the pack she overtook using dark magic.”

They gasped. “And what pack is that?”

“The New Moon pack.”

“How? If you killed her, they would have died as well.”

“Our residing witch, Amanda used a light spell to break the spell they were under. Luna Aphrodite worked with Amanda to learn spells to bind and defeat her.”

“Luna Aphrodite as in my niece Aphrodite?”

“The one and only,” I spoke up.

“You’re alive? What about Eros? Is he okay?”

“He is, he’s residing here at Blood Moon with us.”

“I thought she killed you both when she killed your parents. What was her goal?”

“To overthrow the Witch’s Council.”

King Xavier growled. “Hush, Amor, she’s dead now,” my aunt told him. “I’m relieved to hear that you two are okay.” There was a click, and then a busy tone. Zyaire put the phone back on its holder.

Alpha, Luna, there is a King Xavier and Queen Ariadne at the gate? Cassius’s voice came through the mind link.

Let them through, Zyaire said, and we got up to go out to the front to wait for our guests.

After a few minutes, a line of cars broke through the tree line and came to a stop in front of the packhouse. Two men stepped out of each of the first two cars, then my Aunt and Uncle stepped out of the third car with three teenagers and the driver, and two more men stepped out of the fourth car.

I could smell that most were werewolves, including King Xavier, my uncle, and the two teenagers were hybrids, and their driver was a witch. Queen Ariadne, my aunt, was obviously a witch. They walked with two werewolves in front of them, then the King and Queen, the children, and the rest of the men in a loose circle around them.

The werewolves bowed to us, and we bowed to the King and Queen.

“King Xavier, Queen Ariadne, what a nice surprise,” Zyaire said.

“We had to come see my niece and nephew and see the pack that defeated Aurora. We’ve been trying to catch her for nearly a decade. Every time we got close, she moved to a new location,” Queen Ariadne said.

“We’ve been held captive for nearly that long,” I said. “We’ve only been here for nearly two weeks, Queen Ariadne,” I responded.

“Please, call me Aunt. And him, Uncle. We are family. These are your cousins, Callan, Brynn, and Baylor. Callan is 18, almost 19, Brynn is 17, almost 18, and Baylor is Brynn’s fraternal twin.”

“You can call me Zyaire.”

“Alpha?”

“Yes, Ryland?” Zyaire says, turning to look at the junior Delta.

“I… I think she’s my mate. At least, that’s what my wolf is telling me,” he says softly.

Zyaire turned to look at Brynn, who is looking curiously at Ryland.

“My wolf recognizes him as mate, too…” Brynn whispers.

“I thought that wasn’t possible until she turned 18. When is your birthday?” I asked.

“Tomorrow,” she answered.

“That explains it,” Zyaire says.

Callan was looking curiously at Ryland and Brynn, but suddenly his head whips to his right as Samara approaches. “Mine,” comes a deep voice from him, and Samara stops briefly as a grin spreads across her face. She runs up to him and he embraces her, spinning her around in circles before setting her down and kissing her.

“My Amor, my mate,” he whispers.

Aunt Ariadne and Uncle Xavier grin. “What’s your name, young lady?”

“Samara Fridolf.”

“Do you know who we are?”

Samara looks at them briefly, then gasps. “The King and Queen of the Witch Council.”

“And you, my dear, are the next rightful Queen.”

Baylor sniffs the air and looks around. “I smell him… but I can’t pinpoint where the smell is coming from,” he says.

“Wait, your birthday is tomorrow, isn’t it?” I ask.

“Today. We were born two hours apart, on different days.”

Pierce walks out of the packhouse to the front porch and freezes. “Mate,” he says, staring directly at Baylor.

“All our children found their mates! What is going on?!” Uncle Xavier exclaims.

“Let’s go inside and discuss this in the conference room,” Zyaire says, and everyone nods. We walk inside and up the stairs to Conference Room 2. Zyaire shuts the door after everyone files in.

Samara sits next to Callan, Ryland sits next to Brynn, and Pierce sits next to Baylor. Zyaire sits at the head of the table, and I sit to his left, while Uncle Xavier sits to his right and Aunt Ariadne sits to his right.

“Well, we have our future Queen. How old are you, Samara?” Uncle Xavier asks.

“Eighteen.”

“You will train for 3 years before taking over as Queen. Callan is the perfect mixture of both wolf and witch, meaning he can shift into a wolf, but he can also complete spells like a witch. Ryland, Brynn is more wolf than witch. She can only shift into a wolf, as with Baylor. I know usually the women go to the male’s pack, but with Baylor and his mate, since Baylor is more wolf, I would suggest he stays here as well. What is your name, son?” Aunt Ariadne asks.

“Pierce Odolf, Queen Ariadne.”

“Call me Ariadne. You are family now,” she smiled.

“Yes ma’am.”

“Brynn and Baylor, we can either send your things here, or you can come back and get them and then come back.”

They both looked at their mates. “Can you send them?” Brynn asked.

“Yes, sweetheart,” Uncle Xavier said. “Samara, you’ll have to pack your things and be ready to leave in two days’ time.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Now that that’s settled, who’s ready for some lunch?” Zyaire asked, and everyone nodded. “Tonight, we’ll hold a celebration for the arrival of the King and Queen.”

“Oh, please don’t, that’s really not necessary. We really only came to see our niece and nephew, we just weren’t expecting our children to find their mates,” Aunt Ariadne insisted.

“If you insist.”

“I do,” she said, smiling.

“Alright, let’s go eat lunch. Pierce, I’m sure your parents will be thrilled you found your mate. Same for you, Ryland.”

Everyone stood up and we left the conference room. The guards leading the way froze halfway down the stairs. “Mate,” they said together as Otxoa and Omari came around the corner heading to the dining room. They froze in place at the foot of the stairs and turned slowly. The guards continued walking faster down the rest of the stairs and embraced their respective mates.

Zyaire groaned. “Gain some, you lose some, I guess,” he said. Both of them have dreamy looks on their faces as their mates take their hands and they lead them to the dining room. They sit down and begin talking.

The rest of us sit down with Eros, who hugs them tightly, and the food is served. Everyone begins eating while my Aunt and Uncle begin asking us questions.

After lunch, Zyaire, Eros, Aunt Ariadne, Uncle Xavier, and I move to our apartment to continue talking.

“You’re pregnant,” Aunt Ariadne states, and I blush and nod.

“Yes, my first ultrasound is tomorrow.”

“So, you’re two weeks along?”

I nod again.

“I’m going to have a great niece or nephew!” she exclaims excitedly, and I laugh.

The next day, after lunch, Zyaire and I head to the hospital for my first ultrasound. Dr. Reid instructs me to undress from the waist down and cover myself with the paper sheet. She then leaves the room and I do as instructed.

After I hop up on the table and cover myself with the sheet, there’s a knock on the door and she comes in. She explains that it’s an intravaginal ultrasound and explains that the wand will go inside me.

She rolls a condom on it and puts ultrasound gel on it before inserting it. I wince a little at the intrusion, but it’s more just uncomfortable rather than painful.

She moves it around and clicks buttons while Zyaire and I stare at our little blip on the screen.

“Everything is measuring right on track for two weeks along. You are healthy and so is the pup,” Dr. Reid says after printing off several images of our blip and handing them to us. “I’d like to see you back in two weeks. I’ll do the NIPT test then, too, and be able to tell you the gender if you’d like.”

We nod and she hands me some baby wipes and leaves the room so I can clean up and get dressed.

After we leave, we head back to the packhouse where Aunt Ariadne and Uncle Xavier are waiting. I show them the ultrasound and Aunt Ariadne coos over it while Uncle Xavier just grins and congratulates us.

The following day, Samara leaves with my aunt and uncle and cousin, as well as Otxoa and Omari with their mates.

Their families cried a mixture of tears of sadness and joy. Omari’s parents had been surprised he had a male mate but supported him, nonetheless.

We waved goodbye as the vehicles pulled out of the drive. We’d lost two Junior Deltas but were hopeful Baylor and Brynn would become great Deltas.

After they left, we went to do a late training for Baylor and Brynn to see how skilled they were. We paired Brynn up with Pierce and Baylor up with Ryland.

“And… begin!” Zyaire shouted.

They assumed stances and began. Baylor struck at Ryland first, a right hook to his jaw. Ryland stumbled back slightly before recovering, while Brynn was busy dodging attacks from Pierce. She threw a roundhouse kick with her left leg to his side, knocking the breath out of him and causing him to collapse.

Pierce got up quickly and they began the dance again while Ryland landed a punch to Baylor’s gut. This went on for twenty minutes before Zyaire called for them to stop. All of them were a bit bloody but would heal rapidly.

“It looks like you two will make great additions to our Deltas with a bit more of intense training. Let’s go eat breakfast,” he declared. They went to the locker room to clean up and came back to the kitchen more presentable with grins on their faces.

They ate with gusto while chatting among themselves. I grinned at Zyaire and then showed the ultrasound pictures to Freya and Teagan. They squealed quietly and we talked amongst ourselves.

“What are you hoping for?” Teagan asked.

“A boy, Zyaire wants a girl. What about you?”

“A boy. I find out today,” she said, and I smiled.