Suddenly, he heard a whimper. “Rivveerrrr!” he shouted and was about to pull the door out from its hinges when she opened it.
He tumbled inside. She stepped aside and he fell on the floor. “River!” he got up immediately. She walked out of the bathroom and he followed her. “What is it? Tell me, River. I am growing old here.”
She strode to her bed and sat down. She handed him the two sticks and said, “There are two red lines there.” He scratched the back of his head, not knowing what it meant. “Great!” he said, cursing himself for not browsing the Internet or asking the doctor what two lines meant. “So what does it mean?” he asked, his brows furrowed.
“It means…” she gazed into his eyes. She could see his eyes going wide in anticipation. “It means that I am pregnant.” His brain went blank as he processed her words. And when the words sank in him, he sagged on his knees on the floor right where he was standing. “I am going to be a father?” he said, as tears stung his eyes. “River, you are pregnant?” He crawled on his knees to her and placed his hands beside her. “Are you not happy with it?” He looked at her with puppy eyes.
River couldn’t help herself anymore. She was resisting herself but now seeing his expressions, she burst out laughing. She cupped his cheeks and said, “I am so happy that I am having your pups!”
“Oh River!” He grabbed her hands and leaned into them to kiss it. “You have made me the luckiest man on this earth. I love you so much!” He curled his arms around her waist and kissed her tummy. “Oh, River, River, River!” Hunter was on top of the world. He was going to have pups. He was going to become a father. He didn’t know how that happened but he thanked the Moon Goddess zillion times.
Suddenly, he backed her up on the bed and was over her, peppering kisses on her face, her neck, her shoulders and her lips. “We are going to be parents!” he chuckled with so much love in his eyes that River melted once again for her Alpha.
She nodded. “Yes, my Alpha, we are going to be parents.”
The very same day, Hunter announced to the entire pack that he was going to be a father. He was so proud of himself that he had a cocky smile plastered on his face. By the end of the day he had rubbed it in so many times on others that people were getting… bored.
“You see, I will be becoming a father soon. I won’t have time for training the warriors, aggressively.”
“Why Alpha Hunter?” his Beta said with a poker face. “I am sure it is Luna River who would be feeding her pups.”
Hunter shot him a glare. “And who would be changing the nappies? You?”
Elijah became quiet, gritting his teeth. Initially, they were all thrilled, but now-Hunter supported his chin on his hand that was resting on the table. He was looking at the images on the Internet as to what would be the size of his pups. “I think they are pea sized at the moment. But they are my pups. They must be bigger than peas.”
“Are you sure that there is more than one?” Asher asked, amused. It was the first time the Dark Moon pack would have a real Alpha’s heir.
“There must be,” Hunter replied firmly.
“Great!” Asher exclaimed. “Umm… if you have time, can I report to you about what we saw on the northern border?” “Yes.”
“There’s been a case. A young she-Lycan, Natalie, who was going to school with Mia, has been missing since two days. Her father has searched for her everywhere, but he hasn’t found her and now he wants our help. He suspects that she is murdered.”
“Murdered?” Hunter suddenly jumped up from his place. No Lycans were murdered under his regime so easily. The last that was murdered was ten years back and that too because he was too abusive to his wife. It was his wife who had killed him. That she-Lycan was still spending her time in dungeons.
Asher shook his head and exhaled roughly. “It is strange. Natalie was a fun-loving girl and always upbeat.
They are saying that she was murdered by her boy-friend.”
Hunter drew his brows together. “Did you conduct any investigation about her whereabouts?”
Asher stretched his neck and then cracked his neck. “I have checked it everywhere, at least all around the territory of the Dark Moon pack, but she isn’t found anywhere.”
“How is this possible, Asher?” Elijah said in a suspicious tone. “You haven’t sniffed her out? There must be some trail that must lead us to her.”
“I have followed that trail and it ends up in the woods a few miles before the township we are building for the demons,” Asher replied. “But-” he got up and walked to the whiteboard behind him. He picked up the marker and traced the path of the trail that he had discovered. “The trail also leads to the township that you are constructing for the Crescent Moon pack.”
“What the ***!” Hunter got up, thumping his fists on the table.
Asher shrugged. “That is what is befuddling. I had also gone with my warriors to trace her scent, but we realized that we were walking in circles.”
Hunter gnashed his teeth. He looked at Elijah, who too was clueless. “Call two teams of the warriors. We are going to go in separate trails,” he said. He was irritated that he had just announced the pregnancy of his wife to his pack and this had to happen. “Elijah, you lead the other team, while Asher will come with me. Also ask Natalie’s father to come along.”
“I will,” Asher replied as he started winding up. As he was about to leave, he suddenly said, “I wanted to question all the classmates of Natalie to understand her. I am sure that we can get a lead by asking questions from her classmates. Often the peer group knows more than the parents know about their kids. But-“
Hunter narrowed his eyes, waiting for him to complete his sentence.
Asher cleared his throat. “We might have to i nterrogate Mia as well.”
“Asher!” Hunter growled and Asher winced.
He picked up his hands and said, “It’s up to you Alpha. We don’t have to question Mia at all, but would it seem fair. All I can say is that Mia should be given a clean chit before all others.”
“He is right, Hunter,” Elijah advised. “Let them question Mia.”
Hunter took a ragged breath. “Okay, but you can question her after a few days and when you ask her questions, make sure that I am there or River is there. She is too young and innocent.” Suddenly Hunter felt too protective about his sister, Shet was his responsibility after his parents’ death.
“I can do that!” Asher replied hastily and then left. He opened the door again and said, “There’s one more thing I forgot to add.”
“And that is?”
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