6 months later

Six months of craziness but it will end soon...hopefully.

My father's office has become like a second home to me. I have spend more time in this room than anywhere else since I got back from the Moonlight Ball.

Hunter is back on his territory...well back on 'our' territory. He took me to meet his pack a few months back. Never in my two decades of walking this planet have I seen so many people be happy to see me. Some of his elders thought he was never going to find someone to settle down with and they are happy that it is with someone that can handle him. I think they have it the other way around.

I also met Haley's parents. They were happy for Hunter for finding someone and they treated him well. Hunter's pack and mine clicked instantly as we introduced them at a bonfire.

Both our elders shared their stories with all the children and everyone seemed to get along.

At the moment I am staring at the territories and trying to decide how to split them for rounds. More land means more trouble. There is a ton of paperwork that is seeking my attention and to top it off I am in a constant battle with my wolf wanting to shift and run free for a couple hours, time that I do not have so we both suffer.

The knock at the door makes me lift up my eyes as a bulging stomach appears at my door.

"Melany!" She huffs, "Mel!"

"Angie!" I jump out of my chair and open up the door wider. Angie is catching her breath.

"What are you doing here?" She scorns playfully.

"I have a lot of work to do. What are you doing? You're about to give birth to those pups and you're coming up here."

Angie's hands rub around her belly as her smiles down at her stomach. "I wouldn't have to come here if you would cooperate!"

"Fine I'll be down in a minute." I give her a smile and she takes it and nods.

"You better," I do not want to mess with a hormonal pregnant woman, "or you'll see my bad side."

"No worries let me just finish up and I'll help you." Angie makes her way out of my office as I walk back to my desk sinking into the chair.

Angie has grown on me since the Moonlight Ball. She is my wedding planner and when she told me that she was pregnant I suggested that I find someone new. I would rather face an entire pack of rogues on my own than go through that again. She exploded on me, cried hysterically, and to top it off she played the pregnancy card making me look heartless amongst my pack.

I gave in within minutes and told her that I would help her with whatever she needed. I did not know what I was getting myself into when I agreed marrying Hunter. Flowers, food, dresses, invitations, color schemes, and the worse having a crazed pregnant woman breathing down my neck because of my lack of knowledge on all of this.

I get up from my desk finally letting it sink it that I am not going to get nothing done and make my way down to the living room where Andrew and Angie are lounging around. Andrew is rubbing Angie's swollen feet as she nags on.

"I swear Melany is going to make me pull out all my hair...I'm going to be bald by the time she walks down the aisle." She shouts as her head is relaxed on the back of the couch and her eyes are staring off into space.

"That makes two of us!" I hiss as I walk towards them. Andrew gives me sympathy look.

She is way too excited for this wedding. Sorry!

She has an excuse for being so moody I'm just a grouch lately.

"I'm sorry Mel I promise to behave," she looks at me as I take a seat in the loveseat away from them.

"Okay."

"Andrew it is time for you to leave," she motions for Andrew to head upstairs.

"I'm going for a run." Angie nods and I want to run with him as well, release some tension that I am feeling but the look that Angie gives me tells me that that is not going to happen anytime soon.

I spent the next hour with Angie trying to decide where to seat everyone.

Is that even necessary?

After that she told me that I had my last wedding dress fitting tomorrow in the morning. My wedding is less than a week away and I cannot wait to have it over with.

"So do you know if Hunter is having a bachelor party?" She pops the question out of nowhere.

"A bachelor party? I don't know why?" Naked girls around him for his entertainment, I swallow down my throats dryness.

"Just I wanted to know. Andrew and Hunter are friends and if he were to have a party I know that Andrew would want to go."

There is an unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach. I do not want him to have that party but what if he wants it? I have not seen Hunter in the last two weeks and I miss him like crazy. We both have a lot of business to attend to before we get married and he needs to be with his pack and I need to be with mine.

Angie clears her throat. "I shouldn't have brought it up I'm sorry Melany."

"It's okay Angie," I sigh.

"I want to ask you something and if I am crossing a line you can tell me."

"What is it?" I glance over at her as my mind stays on the bachelor party.

"I was wondering why you never mated with Marcus?" Why would she wonder that?

My lip pulls towards a frown. I heard that she was trying to get information out of Andrew and even he could not answer her.

"He was your mate, right?" Yes.

"Yes Angie he was my mate and if you must know I didn't mate with Marcus because in the short time that I had him by my side he made me happy but a lot was happening at same time. I wasn't ready to be mated and I am so glad I didn't. See what happen he left and now I am much happier than I was back then."

"But let's just say..." she looks at me and I nod for her to continue, "that Marcus never left and you were happy with him." My face scrunches up in distaste.

"I don't like where you're going with this," Angie holds up a finger telling me to give her minute.

"And Hunter shows up on your land do you think you would have still fallen for him?"

"Why are you telling me this?" I groan and throw myself into the couch she is seriously making my mind reel today.

"Because I want to know if it's possible for a mated person to fall for someone who isn't their mate," this is for her. She is worried about Andrew.

"Angie, Andrew wouldn't fall for anyone else." I start but then the tears in her eyes stop me.

"How do you know that? You fell in love with Hunter and you found your mate.

"Yes I did," I sigh as her tears start rolling down her cheeks. "But I want you to know that Andrew has never been any happier in his life. He is excited about the babies that are coming and he doesn't look at anyone the way he looks at you."

"But it's possible," she sobs and grabs a couch pillow and covers her face as she cries out into the pillow.

For the love of god help me. I'm making it worse.

I can see Andrew stop in his tracks and head back to the pack house.

"Angie! Calm down yes I fell for someone who wasn't my mate but that doesn't mean that Andrew will. You need to trust your mate because if you can't then how am I supposed to trust a man that was meant to be with someone else in the first place." The words that hit me hard, "Shit!"

Andrew bursts through the door naked and runs to Angie.

"Hey, hey, look at me. I'm here. Angie, sweetie, breathe please." Angie is gasping for air from all the amount of sobbing she is been doing.

Andrew grabs her and lifts her up into his arms. He kisses her forehead and mumbles to her soothingly. I stare as he takes her upstairs. My heart aches for Hunter as he can read my mind my phone rings.

Hunter

I read his name and do not hesitate to answer him, he does not let me utter a word, "I'm coming over," he growls and then hangs up.