Lily POV
Desperately wanting to take a shower, Amber and I headed upstairs to my room, Aria was happily talking to Natalia in the kitchen. Stripping off my clothes, Amber sits on the edge of the bath talking to me. Nudity wasn’t a big thing between us and I was not shy around her.
When we were kids we even bathed together growing up in Reid’s pack with her, we were completely comfortable around each other. She knew all my secrets. All my faults and I have never felt the need to hide anything from her and she was the same with me.
Stripping my pants off, I turn on the shower and step in.
“Do you need any help?” She asked when she noticed the bruises and staples covering most of my body. I wave her off.
“No, I am good. They look worse than they feel” I tell her. As soon as I step in the water, I hiss loudly at the burning sensation. “I take that back, they sting like a bitch” I hiss. Amber chuckles to herself.
“So, why haven’t you and the Alpha mated yet?” She asks, while I try washing the shampoo out of my hair.
“Because I am not sure I want to be permanently tied to him. I didn’t want the Alpha position, yet he expects me to become his Luna”
“Yeah, but he is your mate Lily, you kind of don’t have a choice now. That can’t be the only reason,” She says.
I sigh before bending down and grabbing the conditioner.
“It’s not, Damien is having a baby with another woman. She is due in around nine or ten weeks” I tell her.
“Wow, how do you feel about that?” Amber says, shaking her head, her eyebrows raising in shock.
“Well, not happy obviously. My mate is having a kid with someone else, and he tried to hide it, like I would not find out. Honestly, I’m not sure how I feel about it or him, but it is what it is. Nothing I can do about it”
“And Damien?” She asks.
“Huh yeah he wants to mark me, I just worry when the baby does come, he will throw me away like everyone else does” I tell her.
“He loves you Lily, a blind man could see that I don’t think a baby will change that. What about the mother?”
“Oh you will love her, grade A bitch, but she found her mate and I don’t know, things feel different now. I don’t hate her, and she apologised, but I don’t know. Hopefully, once the baby comes Damien and her can figure out how to co-parent and leave me out of it”
“Yeah, I doubt that will happen. Technically you would be the kids stepmother and what? You are just going to ignore the kid or leave when he has custody. Come on, Lily, I know you. I know you won’t be able to help yourself. You can’t tell me you don’t want to be involved with his kid” She was right, I love kids. They are the most non judgmental and accepting of me.
Yet I didn’t want to be the horror stepparent my father was to Aria. I was afraid that when the baby came, I would despise it.
“We will see once it arrives” Suddenly the doorbell rang and both of us perked up. I heard Natalia answer it before hearing Tabitha’s voice ask if Damien was here.
“Speak of the devil and she arrives” I chuckle, stepping out of the shower and grabbing a towel. Natalia comes and knocks on the bedroom door.
“Come in, Natalia” I tell her.
“Luna Tabitha is here, she is looking for Alpha . Do you want me to send her away?”
“No, tell her I will be down in a minute” Natalia nods before walking out closing the door.
Amber walks into the closet and starts grabbing some clothes for me and walks out with a pair of tights and shirt.
“Man is he okay? Like all there in the head? Like seriously who colour coordinates underwear and socks or any clothes for that matter?” She asks, walking out and handing me the clothes. I chuckle softly.
“Yeah, I think he has OCD. Makes me feel bad sometimes, because I put my stuff away and I have caught him a few times rearranging them. So I just gave up. He wants it to look a certain way, he can keep it that way. Because I ain’t got the patience. You think that’s bad, you should see the library. Colour coordinated and in alphabetical order. I am too scared to even touch the books in case I forget where it goes” Amber scrunches up her face before shaking her head.
“Okay then, you have fun with that. I am glad my mate is normal. Alphas seem so overrated right now” She says as we walk out the door.
Coming down the stairs, I see Tabitha standing awkwardly near the door. Aria just stares at her like she is a science experiment. I can tell she is intimidated by Aria’s aura as she not once looks up and makes eye contact with her.
Tabitha looks up when she hears me coming down the steps.
“Luna, sorry to stop by” I wave her off and stop in front of her.
“Tabitha this is Amber my friend from the Blood Moon Pack and that is Aria my sister, the Lycan queen and Luna of the blood Moon Pack, everyone this is Tabitha”
“Aria is your sister?” She says, her mouth opening and closing like a fish in shock.
“Yes I am, and I suppose you are the she-wolf the Alpha knocked up” Aria said, holding her hand out for Tabitha to shake.
Tabitha awkwardly shook her hand, which was visibly trembling as she placed it in Aria’s hand. Aria smiled at her, no anger coming off her, just understanding. Tabitha however looked like she was about to puke.