Smiling she nudged his shoulder. “Nah, not yet, we’ll know soon enough. Their scents will show themselves.” Uncertain she asked, “Does it matter? Will you not raise kittens?”
Offended he pulled back and tickled her. “I’ll love whatever we make, even if it’s a wolf-lynx hybrid.”
“Holy moly, Justin, can that happen?” She giggled as she pictured a wolf’s body with black tufts on its ears and shorter fur. “I think Mr. Nunn, you’re in trouble. The way your mother talks, you were quite the wild bunch.”
“Don’t listen to my mother. It was Blake and Paul that were the trouble makers; I was merely along for the ride.”
The next day her heat ended long enough for them to emerge from their den and enjoy the company of their family. Blake and Delilah had been closed off as well as Paul and his mate Bailey.
Poor Kenneth had the patience of a Greek god as he waited until his children emerged to sate his lust on his wife of thirty-five years. When Justin and Dee came into the living room, Carter was playing a board game with his grandparents. Seeing the couple, Kenneth stood up, let out a deep sigh of relief and hauled his wife over his shoulder, saying, “Do not disturb us, no food, clothes, calls, nothing. I need my wife.”
Carter jumped up and shouted, “It must be sexy time, huh Grandma and Grandpa?”
Dee teetered as Justin placed a hand over his son’s mouth and smiled. “Understood Da, have a good time and thanks for accommodating us.”
Dee watched as tears came to Kenneth’s eyes, “I love you, Son. My boys are the best boys ever.” He smacked his wife’s ass and continued, “But it’s time for mama and papa to play.”
His very proper wife responded, “Yee haw, Daddy.”
*****
Immediately after the wedding Dee was swept to the reception. Her motherin-law and sisters-in-law were planning goddesses. It was the most perfect day and she couldn’t have asked for anything more.
Her motherin-law pulled her to the side. “Darling, I don’t mean to panic you but you have no toilet paper at your house. You had an entire package and now…nothing.”
Not giving it a second thought she said. “I’m sure someone took it. I’ll buy more when I go to the store.”
“You obviously don’t have a naughty boy like I had. If toilet paper went missing, we would worry that the triplets were toilet papering a neighbor, or a teacher, or the alpha. That was not one of my best moments as a parent.”
Giggling, Dee smiled up at her wonderful new motherin-law. “I really do enjoy these stories.”
“Believe me child, you won’t enjoy them when you’re living them and constantly having to come up with excuses for your too-smart-for-their-own-good kids.”
Epilogue
Sixty two days later
At three in the morning Dee woke with a start as a rush of fluid coated her bottom half. Laughing at herself for peeing the bed, she went to the bathroom to change her pajama bottoms. Ironically, they were Justin’s and she was lying on his side of the bed when she peed.
Justin was out on a medical call. He often worked with the medical team in the wee hours of the morning to comfort various members of the pack who were in need of pain control or minor medical assistance. Picking up the phone she waddled back to bed, leaving bottoms off this time, and called her new husband. She kept it brief and when he picked up she said, “Hey babe, hope all is going well. I just peed the bed on your side and I was wearing your jammies. Can’t wait until you get home.” She hung up on him while giggling.
At five in the morning she was fairly sure she was in the early stages of labor and that it wasn’t pee that wet the bed, but her amniotic fluid. She wasn’t panicking though because Justin was home and he’d get her to the hospital.
As he entered the room he growled, “How could you think its pee? It smells like you’re birthing.” He picked her up to take her to the car when she began to fight him in the living room.
“Have we decided if I’m having kittens or pups? I think it’s time to drop this litter.”
Justin’s panic was bitter on her tongue.
“Don’t you dare start to freak out Mr. Nunn; you knew what you were getting into. If you-“
Her words were cut off by a tightening of her uterus, letting her know the babies were on their way. She watched as Justin placed his hands over her stomach to relieve the ache. “Back off, Nunn, let me have a normal delivery without your pain stealing mojo.”
When he released her the pain was so severe her knees buckled and she was pressed up against the wall. For some odd reason the wall caved in. She was met with an enormous hole in the spot where the sheetrock should be. Looking up at her husband she played with the material that lined the wall. She couldn’t help but laugh hysterically, “Toilet paper.”