The Prince’s Unwilling mate

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Waking up this morning felt different from the other days since the party to welcome me into the pack. It had been three days and now I finally felt like I was becoming more like myself again. This all– consuming want for Griffin was no longer the only thing on my mind. I would never not be attracted to my mate. Only now I felt nervous about the upcoming trial with Hannah. I felt hungry and in need of a shower.

Not a short cold shower to regain some of my senses just to be able to have a meal without wanting to jump Griff’s bones. No, Iwanted a long hot shower or maybe even a bath. To wash the smell of days of lovemaking off me. A shower or bath that would warm my sore muscles. I meant the heat was coming to an end and I was happy about it. No matter how much I enjoyed being cooped up in our little bubble of love and lust.

We had other things to worry about, the pack had not only accepted me into their pack. Their home and family. They had accepted me to be their next ruler alongside Griffin when the time was right. It was an honor, I hadn’t been willing to take on for a long time. Now I could finally see it for what it was. A gift, one I should treasure dearly. And to do so I needed to be the best ruler I could be and continuously give my all to the pack.

The trial for Hannah filled me with nerves and I wish it was something I could skip. But I knew it wasn’t as for the rest of my tasks and

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obligations now. I was eager to resume training with Isabella. To start helping my people as their future Luna and Queen. And to finally find myself a Gemma. Jessa had been kind enough to offer her services, but I could tell her heart wasn’t in it. She had always wanted to be a

housekeeper and a stay–at–home mom.

That is why I declined her offer it wouldn’t be fair to any of us. Not on Jessa who would then spend a large part of her life in a job she did not. want. Not on me because I would always feel guilty about forcing my best friend into doing something she didn’t want to. And not on the pack and the country who deserved a Gemma who was all in. Someone who wanted this job to help me take care of the pack.

Her father Theo had been a homemaker by choice. That is why we spent most of our childhood there. When she offered me to become my Gemma I reminded her of that and told her she should just expect all our pups to hang around their home as the rest of us were working leading the country. Adding in the would have the hardest job out of all of them. At the time it was a joke, to make her feel better about not helping out as she put it. Now I laid my hands down on my stomach because that fantasy might become a reality much sooner.

“Did you feel anything, you shouldn’t be able to already right?” I hadn’t noticed Griffin walk in with our coffees just as I was cradling my

stomach.

Another sign that the heat was dwindling, seeing I was not hyper- focused on Griffin anymore.

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“No I am not, just thinking about the fact that I might very well be pregnant now” I smiled at Griffin. The heat may have come much sooner than either of us expected.

We both have always wanted a big family, I wanted at least three pups. Probably because of how happy I was growing up with a younger brother and sister. We all had our own friends, but still, we had an inseparable bond. Even now that we had grown up we still did. Sure we didn’t live in the same house anymore and we did not speak to each other daily. Not even Dan and me even though we lived in the same pack. Still, I know without a doubt in my mind that they would always be there for me when I needed them too. As I would for them.

“It seems like you are feeling more like yourself today?” Griffin asked as he settled in the bed next to me.

I nodded taking a sip of my coffee just being content with sitting so close to him this time. Not feel the need to practically crawl in his lap to get as much physical contact as I could.

“I am I think we can spend today getting our bearings, looking at all the gifts we have gotten. And let the pack know we will be back to our usual work starting tomorrow?” I suggested being met with his bright smile as he agreed with me.

We both know that if push came to shove we would have been able to get back to the grind today if it was needed. Luckily we were in the calm before the storm, as it was good to have a day together. Where we could

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just enjoy each other’s company. Let the effect of the heat slowly wane. Not to mention that I had seen the ridiculous amount of offerings we had. The list of meals Griffin had kept that were brought to us. I wanted to write to each and every pack member who left us a gift. Either as a welcome to the pack gift or as a blessing for our heat a handwritten thank you note.

A sincere thank you, both because my pack deserved so. And secondly to show them the kind of leader I was going to be to them. I had seen firsthand the damage an arrogant leader who values themselves above their pack could do. It left me determined to show my pack, our pack, that I was their equal. We all had a role to play in this pack and this country’s dynamic. While mine was a heavy burden to carry, it was not the only role of importance. The strength in a pack, in a country, lies. with its weakest link. There was only one Luna, One Queen, but there were dozens of warriors and pack doctors and even more omegas., Their voice could grow louder than just my voice.

“Let’s enjoy one last meal made for us by Milo, and then maybe we can have breakfast in the pack kitchen tomorrow?” Griffin suggested. showing me we were both on the same level.

Like me, he wanted to show our pack, our people that we were one of them. And joining the pack breakfast after having been cooped up for four days was a great sign of showing them that we missed pack life. And we’re happy to be able to be included in it once again. Now though I was going to take a long hot bath before enjoying another breakfast that Milo made us. He had been the one to make us wonderful meals during these three days. Even on his days off. Other pack members had just left

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us snacks. I had no doubt Milo made it clear that he was the one cooking for us. I would not only have to write him a thank you note but thank him in person too. Before I could though we would need to sort through all the other gifts we were given.