The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 81

Conner POV

Conner slipped his hand to the small of El’s back, he did not miss the way she tried to hide that smile on her face, at Sloan’s shot at his father. Wondered if these two women were alike and if so, just how much alike they were. “This way.” He stated to Sloan, “You can ask me anything, I’ll tell you the truth.” He stated “I’ve already told El everything. Admit I was stupid as well.”

“Good.” Was all Sloan said. Her eyes moved to Adam. “Got yourself a pretty gypsy, I see.”

“I did.” Adam nodded with a full smile.

“The Goddess must like you a lot. Gypsies tend to mate off to other gypsys. You must be something special. Though…” she looked him over, “It could be your honesty.”

“Could be that I’m dead sexy.” Adam grinned right at her, and both Brayden and Cameron burst out laughing at the man’s comment. He just shook his head, but smiled.

Conner watched Sloan look right at Adam and raise an eyebrow. “I’ve seen better looking boy. There is always better looking out there.”

Adam burst out laughing. He wasn’t, it seemed, even offended in the slightest by her comment. Conner saw Sloan smile at him. She really did like Adam.

“Petal is the most amazing creature I have ever seen, Sloan. May I call you that?” Conner asked.

“You may for now.” Sloan nodded as she smiled at El. “And yes, she is. Not even I have seen colouring like that.”

“Not ever?” he asked, completely surprised.

“No.” she shook her head “Not in all my five hundred years…Never before have I ever seen a kitsune mate off, at 18 either. That is practically unheard of with our kind. It takes us forever to replace our kindred spirits.”

“She is a blessing to me as well.” Conner smiled down at El. He really did believe that, never wanted to lose her. He was going to do everything to keep her by his side, including moving halfway round the world if that was what it took. Wasn’t sure if that was what was going to happen at this point, but the way she and his father were still butting heads. It was high on the list of things that would happen.

“Good to hear. Though I’m still unhappy about things I’ve heard. I know El is happy now, but you did not start on the right foot, now did you?”

“No.” he admitted. “I didn’t like humans.” He was honest. “She was human.” He shook his head. “I was actually annoyed with the goddess for giving me a human, I couldn’t understand why she would do that.”

“Ah, now don’t be like that. Your Goddess does things for a reason, pairs up those who can make each other better, or one will make the other better. That is the true reason. Though sometimes it just doesn’t work like that.” Watched her shake her head “Now why don’t you like humans? I’m certain they would all like you, especially the women folk.” She looked right at him, over him in fact. Was taking in what he looked like.

“Long story, El is aware of it. She asked that very question herself.”

“And?”

“In a nutshell, I had a human girl try to have me charged with assaulting her. I did not.”

“Hmm, I see.” She was quiet after that for a long time. “Still, not all humans are bad. El’s grandfather was human, he was a right barrel of fun. Charming and sweet when he wanted to be, vigorous to say the least.” She smirked, gave a little growl even. Clearly liked the memory of him.

“Yes, I hear most of them are not like the one I encountered.” Conner admitted, “Even my own unit, like humans, though one very bad experience was all it took to taint them all for me.”

“What did she not get from you, that made her do that to you?” Sloan enquired.

“s*x was what she wanted, for her and I, to be together and become a power couple. She’s from a wealthy family. Was unhappy, I turned her down, which I did, more than once. Was never interested in her. I knew I had a mate out there, was not about to settle for a human that was not my Mate.”

“Probably never been turned down before.” Adam stated, it had always been the theory behind her behaviour. Even his father thought that.

“Who knows?” Conner shrugged “I’d like not to think about it.” That was the truth, he didn’t like having to talk about it, or remember it. Since gaining El, it had mostly vanished from him. He didn’t think about it. Was just happy to be with her.

“I’ve never slept with a human girl…Well, till El.”

“Fair enough. Though El is not human. But I guess she was, till you came along and brought out Petal.” Sloan stated.

Conner smiled at that thought, his human Luna, not so human anymore, not even a wolf, but a beautiful Kitsune. Unique at that, it made him proud to be her Mate. He watched as Sloan linked her arm through El’s “Now about your heat El, that is something we will have to discuss. Not normal for your kitsune to do that right away either.”

“Oh, does that mean that, well…kits?”

“Likely so.” Sloan nodded “Petal, it seems, is a little different to most Kitsune, not just in colour but in demeanour as well.”

Conner didn’t know if he or El were ready for that to happen. “How many would we be having?” he asked when El didn’t really say anything, just went quiet, they were just going to have to accept it, he guessed, even though they both wanted to wait. It was all up to Petal.

“That is also up to Petal, though most of us would have two to three. I do, however, know a few who had four right off the bat, a right handful. Juliana has 16 children spaced out over the course of 4 years.”

El stopped walking near instantly, and he saw the look on her face, damn near horrified by the thought of that. Rubbed her back to try and comfort her, surely Petal could feel her humans concern or dislike, maybe. “Perhaps we really need to talk to Petal.” He murmured “El is only 18.”

“I will have Blade try but…” Sloan shrugged “it might not help, our beasts are a bit of a law unto themselves. I got one niece that I haven’t seen in human form in a century. Her beast just roams about, in full control, doesn’t want to be locked inside the human body, so she is out and my niece is the one on the inside of her mind.”

Conner stared right at her, didn’t want Petal doing that to El, he wanted to be able to look at her, talk to her, touch her, hold her hand and hang out with her, just be with her.

“She’s not mated. We expect that to change when she replaces her Mate.” Sloan told him, seemed to be trying to reassure him it wasn’t likely to happen to him and El.

“I don’t want that many babies by 22.” El finally managed to get words out, they were muttered and she sounded unhappy. “Didn’t really want one now,” she sighed “Conner and I both agreed waiting until university was over was the best option.”

“It is a good option, but perhaps Petal feels like something is missing, El. A part of her.”

He heard El sigh, and then just nodded slowly at Sloan and he wondered just what that was about. Obviously, they had talked when Petal had raced off to meet her. He could ask her later, he supposed. Would leave it for now.

She walked quietly after that and he saw Sloan look at her a few times, but leave it alone, something was definitely going on.

He walked them into the pack hospital and into Britteny. She smiled at El, and frowned at Sloan. His unit had been walking with him and were all now outside in the hospital waiting room. He guessed they were curious about Sloan themselves, either that or had orders from their own fathers, to follow along and replace out just what was going on.

“Brittney, I hear you’re not so well,” Sloan stated.

“You took my daughter from me.” Brittney shot right at her, ignoring Sloan’s comment altogether.

“I did.” Sloan nodded “She was very unhappy here. Expressed her wishes to leave.” Pointed right at Conner “He didn’t help the situation.”

Conner sighed, that was definitely the truth of the matter. “I did not,” he admitted.

“You had no right to take her, send her away. Overseas of all places, across the damn world away from me. She’s my daughter.”

“Yes, and an adult. Who should be allowed to make her own choices, Brittney. Which you didn’t allow her to do. Allowed that Mate of yours to take all her rights away from her. All I did was listen to her and put her on a plane to where she, as an adult, wanted to go. There is no crime in that.”

He watched as Brittney glared right at Sloan, likely wanted to say something, but opted not to “What are you?” she snapped instead.

“A Kitsune, as is El.”

“What is that?” Brittney frowned right at her.

“A fox of sorts, did you not read any of those tales to El when she was little? Was it always Taro who did that? Kitsune’s were part of her bedtime stories.”

“Taro always read to El. He liked doing that, I let him. They were just stories I didn’t commit them to memory.” Brittney stated a little defensively.

“Well, El is a Kitsune and Petal will show herself when she is ready,” Sloan commented, but then frowned and stepped over to Brittney, put her hand on her “Conner get the doctor now.”

“What? Why?” he asked, confused.

“Brittney is in labour, I can smell the change in her scent. Get your father as well.”

“I’m not in labour, I feel nothing.” Brittney frowned.

“You will.”

Conner mind-linked right to his father ‘Father, Sloan states Brittney is going into labour, you’d better get here.’ Then mind-linked to their doctor, to let her know as well, he already knew they were not going to let her deliver naturally.

Saw El look right at him, “She’ll be alright. There is a plan.”

“A plan?” Sloan frowned at him.

“She can’t deliver naturally, is too weak.” He told her, “From the growing pains. A c-section is planned.”

Watched on as Sloan looked right at Brittney for a long moment and knew she was assessing her with those Alpha senses of hers. Likely was way more in tune with everything, he couldn’t smell anything different about Brittney, had no idea what Sloan had picked up on. Something her years and experiences had likely shown her.

His father arrived, and Conner pulled El out of the way before the man bowled her over in an effort to get to his Mate. The pack doctor arrived directly behind him. He saw Sloan step back away from the bed, turned and looked at El. He could feel her worry and concern for her mother. Was actually leaning on him as she looked over at her. She had one of her hands fisted into his shirt.

“Conner, why don’t you take her out, we’ll all go and wait outside.” It seemed Sloan knew El was worried as well.

He nodded, “Father, we’ll wait outside.” He told him.

Didn’t even get a reply. The man was already talking to Brittney telling her everything was going to be okay. She was shaking her head telling them she wasn’t in labour, felt nothing of the sort, didn’t understand why Sloan had said that. He held the door open for the two nurses that were waiting to go into the room to help the pack doctor.

Sloan sighed a little on the heavy side, “She’s got a drip running, it’s pain relief I’m guessing. Masking the early stages of labour.” She told him and El. “El honey, why don’t you and Conner show me to a room, let Logan and the doctors do their thing.”

“But I should be here.”

“There is no need. If this was a normal human baby, where would you be…in school waiting for the news, I dare say. You can’t help with a c-section honey. Come on, let’s just go and wait it out.”

Conner tilted her face up to look at him, “I’ll keep in direct contact with father, and get regular updates on your mother and our little sister.” Slid his hand through her hair, a comforting gesture, he could see she was more than worried, knew what Brittney had looked like a few days ago.

Had heard El ask her mother if she was dying? Was worried she was going to lose her, like she had her father. “The whole time?”

“I will.” He nodded “Bug that man every 5 minutes for you.” he smiled down at her gently.

Heard Sloan chuckle softly at his comment and between the two of them they managed to get El to head back to the packhouse. They had confirmed Sloan was right, Brittney was in the early stage of labour, and were prepping for a c-section.

“Where can grandma stay?” she asked him.

“How about we put her in your old room? It’s clean and vacant and close to our suite.”

“I’d rather not,” Sloan stated, saw her shake her head. “Any other room would be fine though. I don’t need to be in a room where the two of you have…”

“Grandma,” El gasped out.

Conner chuckled softly “There are a few rooms vacant up that end. There is one right next to her room. Will that do?”

“I’m sure it will be fine.”

“You didn’t bring anything with you.”

“My belongings will arrive tomorrow. You have a lost and found or donation box, I presume I can go through, until then.”

“We do.” He nodded. “Good where is Sage, I’ll have her show me, that girl is a hoot.” And he watched her wander off.

Frowned after her and even saw El frown, opened her mouth to say something and then just stopped and stared after her grandmother, didn’t really seem to know what to do. Rubbed her back gently “Come on, let’s just sit in the foyer and wait, I’ll get you something to drink. What would you like?”

“Nothing.” She shook her head, but let him steer her to a seat, sat down with him and leaned into him “Is mother doing alright?” she asked softly.

He checked “Yes, they are just prepping her now, it will still be a little while.”

“How long?”

“I don’t know, we don’t normally do c-sections, most wolves will deliver naturally. I can google it if you like.”

She nodded, and watched him do just that, reached out and touched on the links she wanted to look at, “Not long it seems.” She sighed after reading. It was between 30 to 60 minutes, on average 45 minutes, once it started.

“No and I’m sure it will go well.” He hugged her.