The Unclaimed Human Luna
Chapter 82

El POV

El didn’t like the wait, even though it was only going to be short, an hour at the most, sat there in the foyer on a couch with Conner. He had his arm around her, and she was pulled into him. He didn’t once leave her side, was happy it seemed to just sit with her and keep her company, talked to her and reassured her that her mother was going to be okay. That the pack doctor was well trained and could handle a c-section, she wasn’t just a medical doctor but a surgeon as well.

Conner told her that their pack doctor was almost a hundred and fifty years old. That had completely shocked her. The woman didn’t look a day over 40. She had many medical degrees under her belt, kept up with the most up-to-date knowledge and surgical procedures. Even attended medical conferences out in the human world on a regular basis.

He was, she realised, not only trying to distract her from her worries but reassuring her that the pack doctor was going to make sure her mother was taken good care of. That nothing was going to happen to her.

Conner was not the same man he had been just a few months ago with her, when she had been here, in the pack before. They sat in the foyer of the packhouse and he’d smiled and talked to those who passed by, she’d not seen that side of him when she’d been here. He’d always just avoided interacting with her, now he not only sat with her but interacted with those around him.

He didn’t seem to have any concerns that others were seeing them together. She wondered if he’d gotten her to sit here, just so people would see them together. Marlo had walked by with his group of friends, and they’d all nodded and said hello to both of them. Several of them had congratulated Conner on replaceing his Mate, and smiled tentatively at El herself. She wondered why that was.

Asked Conner and he’d sighed, stated “Don’t get upset or anxious. Marlo was looking for you to be his Mate, and when you turned him down, he was a little mad and so started to see Willah in an effort to make you jealous.”

“I wasn’t jealous, I wasn’t interested in Marlo. Was trying to deal with you and what was going on between us.”

He’d looked right at her “I’m sorry El.” He’d apologised once again, had already done that in Italy, but it was nice to know he still could, and wanted to, apologise to her for his behaviour. “Willah, also tried to come and scare you one day. Was with her group of friends, they were all going to wolf out and hunt you. She was completely jealous of you and how Marlo was with you.”

El stared at him now, “I don’t recall that.”

“I called father to put a stop to it, saw them heading off into the woods not long after you did. It was the day you saw Atlas, and then I chased you around in the woods. We were checking on you, and then.” He smiled right at her. “Well, I just wanted to play with you.”

El shook her head, “You or Atlas were always chasing me, scared me half to death, Atlas did.”

“Mm, he was not trying to, but he was trying to get you further out into the woods so,” he smirked right at her. “I could have my way with you.”

She sighed “Just wanted to have s*x with me all the time.”

“Mm we did. I wasn’t kidding El when I said I’d never been with anyone the way I am with you.”

Frowned up at him now, “You knew what you were doing, were not innocent.”

“No, I was not.” He told her. “It was easy with you, I wanted to do those things to you. s*x was not something I really enjoyed prior to meeting you. I couldn’t be sated most of the time, very frustrating to say the least. You, however, right from the moment I walked in that room, couldn’t get enough, practically drowned in the smell of you.” smiled right at her “Still do, could quite happily go upstairs and do it all now if you want.”

She shook her head but smiled “No, I think we’ve had enough recently, don’t you.”

Conner laughed right at her “I’ll never get enough El.” He tilted her face right up to his and kissed her long and slow.

She melted right into him, and kissed him back, practically made her toes curl, sighed softly afterwards and just leaned on him “You’re so different from before.”

“That is because I stopped trying to deny how I felt about you. I’d not even scented you out, El, and I was addicted to you, couldn’t stop myself, couldn’t stop Atlas for that matter, he was of the opinion you were going to be ours and if you weren’t he was going to claim you anyway. Loved you right from the first moment we came together. Crazy beast.”

“He is crazy,” El agreed “But Petal loves him a lot.”

“And you?”

El chuckled “You and your beast are both demons in the sack.” She grinned up at him.

He burst out laughing, “Only for you.”

Conner gave her the five-minute updates just like he had said he would, she even managed to relax and settle, worry a little less. He was good at keeping her preoccupied, chuckled at one point when he said it was annoying his father a lot to be mind-linked every five minutes.

Though she didn’t understand why her grandma had just walked off, seemed uncaring about what was going on. Her mother and grandma did normally get along, she’d never seen them at odds with each other, well only once, over where her father had been buried. Her grandma had wanted to take his body back to Italy for burial, but her mother had wanted to bury him here to be close to him. There had been a bit of an argument that day. She’d just cried and told them to both stop it.

Recalled running out of the house to get away from them, from the argument. Her grandma had found her a little while later at Cordi’s, apologised to her and agreed to bury him here where she could visit him.

Now it seemed there was no attachment between the two at all, wondered if she had caused that rift between them or if her grandma, being a kitsune and with her son now gone, no longer felt she needed to have concern for his wife. El wondered if her mother was Taro’s Mate or if he had just liked her. She was going to have to ask.

Hadn’t seen her grandma since she went off on her own to replace Sage, didn’t even know where Sage was herself, or how her grandma was going to replace her. Thought Sage was a hoot, obviously she knew all the gypsys, must visit them regularly to know them, and wondered just how many other packs out there her grandma associated with.

She looked up as several pack members suddenly gasped and then were all talking excitedly about a baby. “Conner?”

“Our sister is born.” He smiled down at her, “Small for an Alpha pup, but healthy. Your mother is doing well. We can walk back if you like, if we stroll, she should be all stitched up by the time we get there.”

El nodded “How does everyone know?”

“Father announced his daughter in a pack wide mind-link.”

“A what?” she still had a lot to learn.

He smiled at her. “As the Alpha, he can connect his mind to every single pack member that has a wolf all at once, and use that to let everyone know, that’s what he did.”

“Oh.” She wasn’t a pack member, so hadn’t gotten the news like everyone else. “Could have told me first.” She muttered.

“If you were a pack member you would have been informed along with everyone else. He knew I would tell you. Come on,” he stood up. “Let’s walk over there, get a look at our baby sister and then when the doc says it’s okay you can see your mother.”

“Can you do that, a pack wide mind-link?” El asked out of curiosity, as they headed for the pack hospital.

“I can.” He nodded “I imagine so can you, all Alpha’s can.”

El frowned, “If I was a pack member you mean.”

“Yes.” He nodded “I’m not going to make you do that. It just means that sometimes you’ll get information second hand from me or one of my units, or their Mates is all, if you’re with them instead of with me. Don’t stress too much about it.”

She wasn’t stressed about it, just thought his father would want to tell him and her first was all. They were his and her mother’s family. Didn’t he think they would want to know before everyone else? Most parents would tell their family first and then everyone else a bit later.

Lots of pack members were talking about their Alpha and Luna having a little girl, couldn’t wait to meet her officially, were talking already about the celebration that would be held for the new Heir to the pack. She looked at Conner, “I thought you were the Heir to the pack.”

“I am.” He nodded “But all children born to the Alpha and Luna are considered Heir’s to the pack. If something happened to me, our sister would be next in line.”

“Oh.”

“Nothing is going to happen to me, El. I’m good and strong.” He smiled down at her.

“Got Petal by your side.” She smiled up at him, “She is telling me she’ll protect you.”

Saw him smile “It’s actually my job to protect you and her. Does she know that?”

El heard Petal snort inside her mind, shook her head up at Conner “Doesn’t seem to care about that rule.”

He just smiled down at her. “Tell her we’ll protect each other then.” She felt Petal feel happy about that statement.

They walked into the hospital and still had to wait for 20 minutes, mostly because his father wasn’t yet ready to let her mother have visitors, still wanted it to be just her and him, it seemed. She couldn’t really argue about that, they were Mates and had just had their first child together. Looked at Conner and wondered what they would have. He was wolfen and she was Kitsune, mind-linked to her grandma. ‘Grandma, what will I have, kits or pups?’

‘I do not know, you could have either.’

‘Is that up to Petal as well?’

‘Yes, pretty much everything baby wise is up to Petal, though the two of you could discuss it, and she should take your thoughts into consideration. Though likely a bit late for your first litter, I don’t think you’ll be getting a say in that.’

‘Will she take me into consideration at all in the future?’

‘Yes, you two are very new to each other and Kitsune are headstrong, born knowing they are top of the food chain, so to speak. So, generally, go about doing as they please. Don’t really fear anything. Not many will hunt or try to harm us. There are one or two that can give us a run for our money, but we generally are pleasant to be around, so make friends quite easily.’

‘Do I have to be worried about those others?’

‘No, not here in Utah. Unlikely you’ll come across a Siren, maybe a water nymph, but smile and be nice, they’ll be nice back. Both are generally pleasant species, only rile up when under threat or defending their own. How’s your mother doing?’

‘Seems, from what I can hear, happy, is still just with Logan and the baby, not been in yet.’

‘She’ll be fine El. I’ll come see her a bit later.’

‘Will the two of you not fight please?’

‘I will not fight with her, El.’

‘Thank you grandma.’ She cut the link, to replace Conner looking at her.

“Is everything alright?”

“Yes, I just had a question for grandma, and let her know about the baby being born.” Sighed a little “Asked her not to fight with mum.”

She and Conner were finally allowed into the suite and her mother was sitting there on the bed. Logan sat next to her in a chair. He was holding their baby, smiled right up at both her and Conner. She blinked in shock at the sight of him. Had never actually seen him that happy before, and she could see it, the pure joy in his face. Also, realising just how much he and Conner looked alike, she’d seen the resemblance before, but that smile on his face, which shocked her, was so open and happy, likely this was what Conner would look like when he got older, she thought absently.

The man looked more than happy, and that smile on his face reached his eyes. They were practically sparkling with happiness. He had his daughter in the crook of his arm while he had his other hand in her mother’s hand. Her little sister was tiny in Logan’s arms. “She’s so beautiful Eliza, Conner, come see your little sister.” He spoke to them, could actually hear the joy in his voice.

This was not the man she had seen the whole time she had been here in the pack. They both walked over to him and looked down at her. She was sleeping soundly in the crook of his arm, all bundled up in a little pink blanket. He offered her right to El to hold. “Would you like to hold her?”

El shook her head. “I’ve not held a baby before.”

Actually heard Logan chuckle “It’s not hard Eliza, here you sit.” He stood and waved her to the chair he’d been in, placed her little sister right in her arms and showed her how to hold her, “See it’s not so hard.”

El smiled down at her, touched her little face and smiled right at her “Has she got a name yet?” she asked, looked at her mother and then Logan and saw them both smile at each other and then look to her and then Conner.

“Her name is Ashley.” Her mother told her.

She saw Conner kneel down next to her and touch his little sister’s head almost in the same way she had, looked at him. Saw him smiling softly at his little sister. “I like it, suits her. A good strong name too.” He said and looked to his father, stood up and stated, “She’s cute, definitely takes after her mother.”

She chuckled when he dodged out of the way of his father trying to swat him one. But then they both just laughed at each other. She sat watching the two of them, and hadn’t really seen them get along like this either. Seems that they did have some good interactions with each other at times. Either that or babies were just a joy for wolfen folk.

“Conner, do you want to hold her?” she asked him and saw him smiling right at her.

But then held out his phone, “Photo of you and Ashley first, hey.” She smiled up at him, and let him snap a photo of her and their sister. Before taking little Ashley in his arms himself, held her without any hesitation.

He had held babies before she realised, was quite comfortable holding her, watched him smile right down at her, tell her to make sure she was a handful and to cause their father lots of trouble. Snorted at his father’s warning tone and the use of his name “Conner.” Told their little sister not to listen to him. El smiled, Ashley was asleep anyway, and way too young to understand anything he was saying. He was just out to make fun of his own father, it seemed.

She snapped a photo of him with his sister as well. He even smiled in it. She realised that this was the first photo that she had taken of him ever, might have to do that, get a few on her phone, just for herself.

It appeared to her that Conner was using their little sister, to happily annoy his father with little comments about her being rebellious and defiant against him. Even her mother chuckled, she thought it was amusing as well. This was the first time all of them were in a room together and getting along.

But then El wondered if this was or had been their normal state before she’d come along. Did they annoy each other just for the fun of it? Surely, they had to have their moments when they got along, and his father wasn’t always so domineering and overbearing.

She got up and hugged her mother gently, careful not to cause her any pain and told her little Ashley was beautiful. She and Conner headed out of the room a little while later. He was still smiling, there were several people out here waiting, she realised, to go in and see them. Looked at all of them, were his CEO’s or now she knew, his Alpha Unit and their Mates.

They were all smiles, itching to see the next Heir, she thought. Wondered if Ashley would be human or wolfen, looked to Conner. “Is she human or wolfen?”

“Only time will tell. We get our wolves at around 16, some a little earlier and some don’t arrive till their 18. Though with your mother being human, she might be human, or she might be just like you. Have a beast hidden in her, but need to replace her Mate to bring it out.”

“So, no one will know till then?” El asked, realising that she still had so much to learn about otherworldly creatures.

“Yes, she is still considered a wolfen child, even if she never gets to shift, she will always be part wolfen and Alpha-blooded. Likely still to be mated to a wolf or shifter of some kind.”

“Will it bother you if she remains human?” El asked, knowing he didn’t much like humans.

“No, not at all.” He shook his head. “She is my little sister, and she’s super cute, must have some good genes.” he smiled right at her “Like her sister.”

El chuckled and shook her head. “Like her mother.”

Saw him stop walking and looked right down at her, “You are beautiful El.” His voice practically purred as he tugged her to him, “Our children will be stunning.”

She sighed “Not really getting a choice about that, now are we?”

“You never know, El. Petal may have just wanted to have a right good time with her Mate. I know we both enjoyed it.” he smirked at her and she giggled softly. He was not wrong in that, she had enjoyed every minute of it. “Being in heat doesn’t always lead to pups in our world, just something that happens when you’re first bonded to your mate. Kind of like solidifying our bond and bringing us closer together, my parents only had me, and I recall mother going into heat twice a year.”

She sighed “I guess we just have to wait and see.”

“That we do, if not. We’ll talk to Petal and ask her to wait till after your studies. I’m certain she will respect your wishes, most of the time shifter beasts do align themselves with their human counterparts.” He touched her face, “We’ll replace out in a few weeks though, I guess.”