—Derek’s POV—
We were having triplets. Fucking triplets. My mate’s carrying three children.
Holy hell.
Could I seriously be any luckier?
Life was going fucking fantastic. I had Violet, we had kids on the way, I pronounced Violet as Luna last week, and the King dropped off Chris in my possession.
I was fucking ecstatic.
We learned the genders about four weeks ago. We’re going to have two baby boys and one little girl. I was so fucking excited.
But I was slightly dreadful. Don’t get me wrong, I love them. I can’t wait to hold them and raise them with Violet by my side. But she wasn’t supposed to have kids, she was deemed infertile. She wasn’t even aware of that.
I don’t plan on telling her either, I don’t want to bring stress to her. But there was a big possibility that they won’t make it- as much as it pained me to think about it. But I wouldn’t tell Violet about it.
We won’t be able to have kids after this- if it goes as planned. I’m hoping things would go smoothly because her wolf- Sage- made a full recovery earlier this week.
I was beyond proud of my Flower.
She’s currently about four months along. She’s so protective of them, too. She always had a hand on her bump. She didn’t let anyone touch her stomach. Not even Hannah. They hung out frequently. I was glad she had someone -besides me- she could talk to.
Therapy appointments were on hold for the time being. She didn’t want to be around men. She felt uneasy around Garret, even though we all knew he would never touch her- she was just traumatized. And I understood. It was the same at the Luna ceremony, she didn’t want to be around the males- she stayed right by my side with her hand over our babies.
Violet rarely let me touch her stomach. I knew I didn’t have the right to be offended, but it hurt. I usually snuck around it and had my hand on her belly at night. It was perfect because of the way we usually slept- I would spoon her. She sleeps on her side with the pregnancy- perfect.
Once, it backfired on me. She woke up screaming in absolute horror, then felt someone touching her stomach. She instinctively hit me repeatedly. Wasn’t too fun on either side.
I had to sleep in a chair for three nights straight.
She was going to be a great fucking mother. There wasn’t a single doubt in my mind. Zaxton was beyond exciting- yipping in joy.
We had a meeting today, she was attending with me to take notes. It’s overdue and I rescheduled and changed locations because I didn’t want to travel with Violet’s pregnancy.
Violet held my hand as we walked to the pack house to meet them.
“Who a-are we meeting again?” Violet looked up at me, her honey orbs sparkling in the sun.
“Alpha and Beta of Kansas.” She thought for a second before her eyes lit up.
“Didn’t you say they were your brothers?” she asked.
I chuckled, looking down at her. “Yes. Zachary and Scott, they got normal names…” I muttered.
Normal names while I got Benlyam- fucking- what the hell is that- it’s just so-
Violet squeezed my hand and gave a small smile, “I like your name.”
I leaned down and gave her a quick peck on the lips, “I like you.”
She blushed and looked down at her stomach. The September sun hit her face, she looked so fucking beautiful.
We walked into the lobby that was relatively empty and I spotted them. They turned and stood up to greet me.
“Benny!” Zachary addressed and my mind blanked for a second, anger seeping in my senses at that term- a certain fucker I couldn’t stand called me that while he beat my mate.
I felt Violet’s hand go limp in mine. I quickly looked down at her. Her honey eyes were locked on Zachary as her breathing became sharp.
( ‘Panic attack! Help her!’ ) Zaxton growled out.
She took a step closer to my side and back. I lightly grabbed her arm. She flinched and I turned her body towards me but she kept her eyes locked on my brother. I gently grabbed her chin and brought her glassy eyes to mine.
“Violet, it’s okay,” I spoke tenderly to her, coaxing her to calm down. She was shaking. Her lips trembled as she tried to say something but nothing was coming out. I pulled her to my chest as I smoothed her hair. “Shh, Flower. He isn’t going to ever lay a finger on you.”
I felt her hands shake against my abdomen as she focused her breathing. Once she was calm enough, I pulled back and glared at my confused brother.
“Don’t call me that,” I growled at him and he was beyond baffled. He looked between Violet and me.
“I- sorry. I didn’t know it’d be such a big deal…” he muttered.
“Yeah, well now you know,” I snapped at him. “Fucking call me ‘Derek’ like everyone else.”
Scott walked up, eyeing our encounter.
“You’re my brother, I’m not calling you by our surname, I’ll rightfully call you Benlyam. Calm your tits,” Zachary growled out, I felt Violet inch closer to my side.
( ‘Don’t you dare let him scare our mate! Put him in his fucking place!’ )
I chuckled. “You’ll call me what I tell you- now you’re looking at ‘Alpha’. I’m your superior. We’re here for business,” I reminded him as I glared daggers in his direction.