CHAPTER 66
CHAPTER 66
Orion had just parked his car at the front yard of the red brick house. He was greeted by a tight, manly hug from Zaden. He sure looks terrible with an undereye bag and an untrimmed beard.
“How is she doing? Heard her contraction kicked in” Orion's first question is and always regards Selena. Being next to Zaden and Selena, doesn't hurt as much as it did before since he had marked her. He is more protective of her.
“Not good!!! I didn't expect this from Sitka” Zaden said with a sigh.
“Sitka??? I'm talking about Selena!!!” Orion frowned in confusion. Has Zaden finally gone cuckoo?
“You will understand soon. Come” Zaden guided him to the back of the red brick house.
Orion and Selena's family and friends left the next day after marking and thank god, they did. Her pregnancy was a roller coaster and because only Zaden can handle her, he brings her along to every trip out of the mountain, dropping her at her father's or Orion's place and will come back within hours to be with her. First 3 months, she suffered terrible morning sickness to the point she lost 8 kg out of her body weight, always fatigued and pale. She refused to eat much and Zaden will be force-feeding her, little by little. She couldn't bring plain water near her mouth before her nausea kicks in. She was extremely dehydrated, so Zaden will mix soft drinks or juice with water for her. From the fourth month of pregnancy onwards, Selena's hormones went crazy. Her morning sickness wasn't that bad and she gained weight, specifically in all the curves making her extra curvy, plum and sexy. Her skin glowed and her sexual drive spiked up. Zaden was always tired due to a lack of rest and sleep. He chucked down mugs and mugs of coffee on daily basis just to keep himself alert but the caffeine didn't help much because he is a werewolf. She would corner him at any spot of the house, whenever she is lusting, bind his hands back with hers and feed chocolates to him, mouth to mouth, turning him on. He would then follow her to bed like a puppy. Starting from her 5th month, her mood swing kicked in and again, Zaden was her victim. She would cry, out of nowhere and Zaden will carry her in his arms, coaxing her.
“You won't love me the same if it's a baby girl...” she says through her sobs.
“Baby...I will love you more...” Zaden coaxes her.
“No, you won't...” Selena
“Yes, I will...” Zaden
“No....liar” Selena
“Ok fine, I won't. Happy?” He cocked his eyebrow. After a pause, Selena pouted her lips more and started crying louder.
“What's going on?” Now Mother Ruth had joined her, with a mug of Pepsi.
“Zaden said...he... doesn't love me” Selena through her sobs as Zaden threw his hand in the air, frustrated. Mother Ruth snapped her head at Zaden.
“ZADEN!!!” Mother Ruth's eye almost popped out of her socket. You don't tell that to a pregnant woman. Thanks to Makeala, Zaden was able to escape on a ‘pack-related emergency’.
She would feel really uncomfortable and curse him for impregnating her, which he endured with nothing but a smile or a sarcastic comment. Then, all of a sudden would shower love on him, pinching his cheeks, biting his shoulders, insisting on showering with him or for him to sleep on her chest which is getting tougher with her baby belly growing fast. She even insisted to cook for him since she was never allowed to stand near the heat, after the wedding. At 7th month, her feet started swelling, making it ridiculous to walk around, hence she stopped tagging Zaden to visit her father or Orion. So, he avoided most of his trips or pushing them to Draven. Even if he has to go, he made sure to come back by night and Selena would always be waiting for him at the door, welcoming him home with her bedazzling smile. Now, she is close to completing 9 months. She gets false labor pain every now and then. Zaden
was always next to her, submerging her in the tub of hot water, or massaging her feet and shoulders or placing a hot water bag on her tummy. It's not like they don't have she-wolfs in the house or Makeala refuses to do any of this but Zaden just ‘prefers’ to do by himself, for her. Nothing soothes her more than his body warmth and that divine scent of his. Every time they scan to see the baby's gender, he or she will keep the legs closed or turn around, so they haven’t found out the baby's gender. They got so tired of referring to the baby as ‘he or she’ that they gave a nickname to he or she, Bumblebee. Observing the legs are one of the ways to identify Bumblebee's gender and they always return from hospital saying ‘We saw he or she's leg’ and one day Xavier became irritated and asked. “Why do you always look at the legs when we ask for gender, are you having a Bumblebee in there?” and so the nickname sort of stuck.
In these months, Selena had visited Orion in Samrat Kingdom, multiple times, more like an island now without all the domination. The mansion is now a student hostel since schools are very close to the island. A batch of students from Mountain Manuka had already settled in there. Edible gardens, poultry and dairy farm had popped up here and there, under control of respective packs. Exchange happens more frequently and it had encouraged their bonding among neighborhoods. Buffet dinner like they used to have in Mountain Manuka also had been organized weekly once and on special occasions. Pack members are no longer required to pay 25% of their earning, although some still contribute by their own will. Orion had begun a business, a security service company that provides bodyguard for banks, offices and those who requires one. He had given job opportunities to many wolves on the island as well. Any remnants of Epsilon had been erased. As for Mountain Manuka, pack members are filled with glee that their future generation is getting a chance to see the outside world. Each new development is planned very carefully, not to disturb the nature of the valley, but at the same time, bringing them closer to civilization. Elderly village and second village didn't face much change, only motorboats are more frequently traveling across the river. Protocols have been loosened. Trees had been cleared to make a simple dirt road, which later will be layered with gravel. Students going to
further studies have been carefully dispersed into a different field of studies, so that in 4 or 5 years, Mountain Manuka would be able to run its own education system.
But for now, Orion and Zaden walked to the back of red brick house and to Orion's surprise, he sees a basketball court. Makeala walked into them with a glass of black drink topped with vanilla ice-cream
“Hey, I thought I heard you...” she bends and hugged him, planting a kiss on Orion's cheeks.
“Prune juice?” Orion cocked his eyebrow at the tall glass.
“Nope, Pepsi with ice cream...I gave up” Makeala pursed her lips and Orion chuckled before turning to Zaden.
“When did this happen?” he questioned Zaden, referring to the basketball court.
“You remember the Goya's pit. Yup, it is still there, open.” Zaden shrugged his shoulder.
“We had ordered another load of cement and they should come in next week” Zaden added. Orion's eyes blinked a few times at the basketball court before focusing, not believing what he sees. He then darted to Zaden
“As I said, Sitka is a disappointment”. Right in the middle of the basketball court, Selena is bouncing a ball and aiming for a shot. She bent her wrist and pushed the ball forward and before it hit the ring, she had slipped her hand back to the bottom of her huge belly. The ball made a perfect shot and she gave a smug smile to Sitka. Her feet and hands are swollen terribly. She could barely walk but here she is, competing against the ever-fit Sitka. Her soft eyes are now on Orion and she duck walked to them. Zaden quickly strides to her, followed by Orion. There is a sharp stepdown at the edge of the basketball court, about ½ feet and she would have to step down from it without actually being able to see it. Zaden slipped his hand across her back to hold her waist and her hand automatically pushed against Zaden's
chest, biting her lips before stepping down. Orion was holding her other arms, in an arm-wrestling style. Her eye twinkled as she smiled at Zaden.
“Thank you...” Zaden smiled in return. Her eye turned to Orion
“Hey there. When did you arrive?” she was breathing slightly deeper than usual.
“ Just now. Aren't you supposed to be...you know...delivering a baby?” Orion questioned, pointing at Selena's baby belly and she chuckled softly.
“We are at 1 hour apart contraction. No rush. How is Jenny?” she said, before wiping her sweaty chin. Orion's fan from Manuka school who didn't want to return home and insisted on helping Orion, back in Samrat.
“Arghhh... pain in the ass. She keeps ogling on me. I swear, one of these days, she is going to tear me into pieces, dip in ketchup and eat for breakfast” Orion huffed in annoyance and Selena chuckled at him.
“Sitka here doesn't believe that I beat both of you, once upon a time” she added
“That is so not true. You cheated us!!!” Orion exclaimed, to which Selena rolled her eye.
“By the way, how many you have in there?” Orion added and Selena laughed aloud before she felt a kick in the stomach and hissed with a painful frown. Her hand is on her stomach, where she just got kicked. Orion and Zaden flustered to hold her better.
“I'm ok, I'm ok...” Selena said low, exhaling slowly
“You should teach your son to respect women, Queen Selena. We don't want another Epsilon” Orion said
“Daughter” Zaden barged in
“No, it's a boy” Orion
“No, it's a girl”Zaden
“What makes you so sure, Alpha Zaden. Wanna bet?” Orion cocked his eyebrow
“Well bring it on, Alpha Orion” Zaden chest up to him.
“Guys, guys, guys...Wait. I know a way to resolve this” Selena with her smirk, wiggling her eyebrow. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.
Sitka helped Selena to sit at the end of the basketball court, on a chair while Zaden and Orion is in the middle, shirtless and bouncing ball of the floor. Zaden still makes Selena drool like a schoolgirl even though her body doesn't allow anything more than drool at the moment. She sat there, biting her lips, enduring a little sting down her belly.
“Ready to lose, alpha?” Orion
“I think you already lost terribly to me once” Zaden eye darted to Selena
“Wooww, you will have to pay for hitting my weak spot” Orion
-THE END-