Jakes POV
The last week seemed to have gone by quickly; I don't know where the time has gone. Angel and I had fully mated and marked. My wolf and I couldn't be happier. We felt complete. Angel had spent the week getting to know her dad and me, I was glad she finally got to know him, but I couldn't help but feel jealous of his time with her. I knew we had a lifetime to get to know each other, but it wasn't enough. Things had been quiet on the Jason front; we hadn't heard anything from them, and there hadn't been any other rogue attacks.
Today I had barely seen Angel, for she had been with Alice and Marie planning her Luna ceremony; however, we still needed a date. The trouble is that Angel could go into heat at any point. Once wolves had marked each other, the female could go into heat anytime from two weeks to a month after. When this did happen, she wouldn't be able to leave the pack house, and I would be by her side until it was over. I wouldn't give any unmated male a chance at mating with her if he happened to catch her scent. Benson, my beta, would take over my duties temporarily until the heat passed. Luckily for him, though, I had most of the work done already; all he would have to do was sign and process any pack requests or make changes to the patrol Rota's if needed.
"Hey Jake, you busy?" Angel came into my office and gave me a kiss.
"I can spare time for you, babe. What's up?" I asked, pulling her onto my lap.
"I was talking to Rita earlier, and she seems down. Alice told me it would have been her wedding anniversary tomorrow, so I was thinking of making her dinner. You know, try to cheer her up a bit."
"That's a nice idea. I think she will like that. You're going to be the best Luna this pack has ever had. It's little things like that I think we need." I told her, watching as a massive smile made its way onto her face.
"Ok, great, I'm going to see if Aunt Marie wants to come shopping with me this afternoon to get a few bits then, if that's ok with you?"
"Angel, as long as you let me know where you are until your Luna ceremony, I don't mind where you go. Please take Sid with you. I don't want to take any chances with Jason out there still."
"Ok, I will, don't worry. Thank you." Giving me a quick kiss, she ran from my office.
After finishing up in my office, I bumped into Benson and Alice. They were going to the dining room for lunch, so I joined them, knowing they wouldn't mind. Looking at Alice, I couldn't help but notice how her skin seemed like it was glowing. She was naturally tanned, but she looked 'different'.
"Alice, are you ok?" I asked her, not missing the side-eyed glance Benson gave her.
"Of course, why wouldn't I be? It's a nice day. Mrs Roberts is cooking spaghetti bolognese for lunch, which you both know is my fave. I couldn't be better."
It was obvious that whatever they were hiding, they didn't want to tell me; I just hoped it wasn't anything bad.
Alice's POV
The moment Jake asked me if I was ok, Benson mind linked me to tell him I was okay. I hoped he hadn't found out, as the last thing I wanted was to be treated differently. The only people that knew were Benson and Angel. Benson knew first as he was my mate, but I told Angel because we had become close over the last week. It was finally nice to have someone to talk to about things like this. Because I was the beta female many of the she-wolves avoided me at all costs, and being the only ranked female, it was lonely when the guys were busy.
Jake asked Benson if he wanted to go for a run after lunch as Angel was busy with Marie, but we had an appointment to get to at the pack hospital, so he had to make up a lame excuse not to go with him.
"Why don't you help Angel out in the kitchen" I snorted, knowing he didn't like to cook.
"I would rather run around in a bright pink tutu with fairy wings." Me and Benson just laughed our heads off, food spraying everywhere.
"Well, I don't know what to say to you then, man. I'll go for a run with you later if you want?"
"You guys have the memories of a goldfish, don't you. Mrs Robert's surprise dinner... ringing any bells?"
"We... well, we meant after that, obviously." Jake stuttered.
"Yeh, obviously." I laughed at them as I shook my head.
After lunch, Benson and I headed over to the pack hospital to see Dr Jones; on arrival, one of the nurses led us to the waiting room until we were called. The waiting room wasn't like the rest of the hospital, for it was magnolia in colour with scenery pictures on the walls in white wooden photo frames and a TV on one of the walls. The rest of the hospital was the usual whitewash and grey tiled flooring. We must have waited a little over ten minutes before Dr Jones called for us, which was nerve-racking. Setting myself onto the bed and pulling my top up, Dr Jones put a warm gel on my belly and then turned on her machine. After a few minutes of nail-biting silence, she turned the screen so we could see.
"Well, congratulations, betas, you are expecting. Your pup seems healthy; its heartbeat is nice and strong, and you are around four weeks pregnant by the looks of the pup's size."
"See told you this small belly wasn't from eating extra." I told Benson smacking his arm.
"Did you see that doc? She beats me. I need help."
"HAHA, I saw nothing, Beta Benson. Sorry." she laughed. "Right, I'm going to get one of the nurses to come and take some blood to check your iron levels; sometimes, in pregnancy, your levels can drop, making you very ill, meaning the pup's health would also be affected."
"No worries, doc but seriously, please send someone to stop this abuse." Benson chuckled at her. Dr Jones just shook her head with a smile as she left us in the room.
"I can't believe we are going to have our own pup. I love you." Sitting up with the scan picture in my hand, I kissed Benson.
"I know I can't wait; this little fella will be a heartbreaker, and I love you too."
"He certainly won't be. I'll make sure he's a gentleman. If he's a boy." I chuckled.
On the car ride back to the pack house, I couldn't stop staring at the ultrasound picture the nurse printed for us. It didn't seem real, not yet, anyway. I sent a snap of the image to Angel, who judging by her response, was just as excited as us. Once dinner was over with Mrs Roberts tonight, we planned on telling Jake and asking him to be Godfather. Angel knew she had to act surprised when we told Jake, so I hoped her acting skills were good. I smirked to myself.
Pulling up at the pack house, Jake mind linked Benson for us to come straight to the office as he had something important to say.
"COME IN!" Jake shouted as we knocked on his office door.
"What's so important that it can't wait?" Benson asked.
Jake pulled a black box out of his desk drawer before walking around to us. He opened the box and inside was a Princess cut pink diamond ring.
"OMG, Jakey, I accept!" Benson grabbed Jake's face and kissed his cheek making us all laugh.