Everleigh :

I just stood there. Frozen. Trying to understand what the hell was going on.

"Well, aren't you going to let us in?" My mother's voice snapped me back to reality as I opened the door wider for them.

"What are you doing here?" Was the first thing that crossed my mind.

"How did you know where I am?"

They both turned to me, my mother held a really creepy smile.

"Well my dear, it wasn't very hard to find you, just had to follow the trail of disappointment." Ouch, that hurt. And I think it could be read on my face as my dad spoke up for the first time since he has been here.

"It was easy to find you. Once you got accepted into this pack and found your mate and completed the bond we felt it since you have now become the queen. " I nodded slowly getting all the information in, my eyes widening at this new piece of information.

"That still doesn't answer the fact that you are here, after what? Four years of not seeing or hearing of your mother, and 2-3 years for your dad? Why the hell are you here now? I would have thought you would have found a way to get me off the throne by now." The aggravation in my voice started to be heard and as if right on cue Asher came in as stood by my side, wrapping an arm around my waist.

"Well dear, we came here to see our grandchild of course, not just because you stole our rightful place like the mutt you are."

Let me out, let me show her not to disrespect her queen. My wolf seethed.

Oh so now you show up! You went mute on me and now you are acting all moody again. My mark hasn't changed so I am not queen yet, I just want them gone. I don't want anything to do with them so pack it up.

I snapped to my wolf feeling all sorts of emotions rushing through me.

"We just really wanted to see you, pumpkin and that little girl of yours. As well to discuss your coronation. I... I mean we missed you very much. And since I saw that you were with the Lunar Reign now, I was just curious as to why you were with them." I could see the longing in my dad's eyes. He meant every word he said.

To be honest I missed him too, very much. And I took it really hard when he stopped coming to see me. I think that's one of the reasons I started dating Dan, was because I needed that male love and interaction since we were told since we were little that we were mates but I never believed it and it wasn't true.

For a moment I had forgotten that Asher was there by my side until my mother had to clear her throat and bring him up.

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" She snarled looking at Ash.

I was going to answer when he stepped forward and shook both my parent's hand

"Asher Mortimer. Mam, Sir. I'm your daughter's mate and father of her child." He said full of pride and joy kissing my temple and coming back to the original position we here once in.

And the look on both their faces was priceless. The shock that was written on their faces just made my day even more. I smirked at that.

"Well, I wasn't expecting that." My father breathed out. I let out a laugh at that. And he returned a warm smile. But my mother, on the other hand, had a scowl on her face.

"Well, we had a long journey here. I guess we should head off now. We'll be back tomorrow to discuss more and to meet that child." She had replaced her scowl with a fake smile as she walked to the front door and left without saying goodbye.

My dad, on the other hand, gave me a long hug, which I gladly returned making my wolf purr at the familiar sent of our father and a kiss on the top of my head before mumbling "I missed you so much pumpkin. More than anything." A tear escaped my eye as a responded back

" I missed you too daddy, I love you." I held him tighter as more tears left my eyes.

"Me too baby girl me too." And with that, he left too but not before shaking Asher's hand and whispering something in his ear.

The door closed and I was immediately scooped up in my man's warm embrace. And I just lost it. A fountain of tears erupted. And this time it wasn't happy tears. They were tears of sadness, anger, loss, betrayal, longing. All the emotions that I had kept together about my parents just ran free.

Ash was holding me close to his chest. Telling me sweet nothings in my ear, running one hand through my hair, the other rubbing my back soothingly, taking my sadness away.

After about 10 good minutes of crying I finally calmed down and my tears became hiccups and sniffles.

"Let's get you to bed angel. It's been a long day." He took my hand but I just wanted to be carried.

I pouted and put my hands up like Rose's does when she wants to be carried. He let out a chuckle before saying a "come here" and picking me up as if a weighed nothing.

He kissed the top of my head as we made our way upstairs to our bedroom.

He put me down and took his shirt off and changing into a pair of sweatpants that hung low on his hips.

"I'm going to check on Ro, my mom and placing new security around the house. I'll be back" and with a kiss, on my lips, he left.

I walked to the bathroom getting out of my dress, putting my hair in a messy bun and taking what was left of my makeup off, cleaned my face and I walked out of the bathroom only in my underwear.

I got a pair of pyjama shorts and one of Ash's hoodies and placed them on the bed. I passed by the full-length mirror and I stood in front of it.

I remembered all the nasty things my mother and Dan ever said about my body and tried to look at the good things about it. I still had some stretch marks on my boobs from when I had Rose, my mark from my mate seeing that indeed it was slowly morphing into a royal symbol, something that I was growing to be proud of. I ran my hand over my belly and it felt different. I turned to my side and when I looked closely, a small bump could be noticed.

I ran my hand over it again, remembering that feeling I had when I had Rose. I thought to myself could I be pregnant again? Is this really happening right now?!

Close your eyes and listen, this I why I was silent. Just listen. My wolf whispered.

I followed her orders, closing my eyes while keeping my hand in my belly and that's when I heard it.

Thump-thump, thump-thump, thump-thump.

I clear and steady heartbeat that wasn't mine, not Asher's nor anyone else's. It was one of new life, my baby.

Then I thought about the symptoms I've been having, nausea, losing balance, feeling very tired and so on... Wolves have similar symptoms as human women but usually, she-wolves know their pregnancy right away but I am no ordinary she-wolf.

I couldn't think about it more because Asher came back in and gosh did he make me jump.

" Hey baby, why are you looking yourself in the mirror?" He questioned coming closer to me. I stepped back and quickly slipped on his hoody and shorts. Before turning around giving him a kiss and hopping into bed and blocking his wolf from mine so that he couldn't read my thoughts, I also calmed my breathing so that he wouldn't catch on my emotions.

"Nothing just looking at my body. " I shrugged my shoulder curling up into the covers.

"Alright, babe. But next time tell me. I love to look at your body." He winked and spooned me from behind, pulling me into his warm body. It didn't take long for me to fall into a blissful sleep, even with all the questions running through my mind.

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