Page 38 of Fated to Her

“You are aware I’m, like what, two weeks pregnant? Still not in the clear for a miscarriage.”

She stops, looking at me. “Cyrus and Eli told you your pregnancy won’t be like a normal human pregnancy, right?”

I stare at her, and she pauses and rolls her eyes.

“Of course, they didn’t. Lycan babies grow to term within three months, Addie. There is also a chance that because you have two mates, it is born a hybrid, which progresses even faster.”

I peer down at my flat stomach. “What?”

“Yep, give it a few more days, and everyone will be able to tell you’re pregnant. You will just wake up, and bam, you have a belly.” She chuckles.

“I don’t get how that works. Only one of them could have knocked me up.”

She shakes her head. “Doesn’t matter, will have both their DNA. Just a matter of which is stronger or if they even out. When they marked you, their DNA entered your bloodstream, marking you as theirs.”

Yep, that makes a whole lot of sense—not.

“What was up with your weird questions at the café?” she asks, peering out the shop windows where Calum is standing.

“He likes you. It’s obvious,” I tell her, and she holds up a baby beanie before dropping it in my arms.

“You think so?”

I can tell she’s never even noticed.

“Positive. He even kicked me under the table,” I chuckle.

She seems to think for a second.

“What about you? Do you like him?” I ask her.

She says nothing, just watches him again before looking at the shelves. “I never noticed. I always thought he wasn’t interested.”

“So, you are interested, then?” I giggle.

Emery seems to buy half the store. Just as we are leaving, I see Calum arguing with an older gentleman.

“Fuck, why is he here?” Emery curses, grabbing the bags off the counter and heading for the door.

I look the man over. He has a startling resemblance to Eli, though, his face is weathered and has more lines. His hair is also a few shades lighter, and his lips thinner. He is wearing a suit jacket and jeans with a blue button-up shirt underneath.

“Well, I just wanted to meet my daughter-in-law,” he says, and I know the resemblance is too fitting. He looks my way when Calum steps in front of me.

“Maverick, Eli doesn’t want you near her,” Calum says, grabbing his arm.

“I mean her no harm. I just wanted to get to know her, maybe be a part of my future grandchild’s life when it’s born,” he says. I step back when his gray eyes bore into me.

“Eli will lose his shit. How did you find us?” Emery demands, and her father puts his hands up.

“I followed you, been watching for a few hours,” he says, glancing at Calum.

Great, just what I want to hear. That we’re being watched, and no one has noticed.

“Okay, you saw her. Now, time to go,” Emery tells him when he holds his hand out to me. I look at it, and Calum grips his forearm.

“Look, I’m trying to fix the past. I can’t do that if he doesn’t let me anywhere near his family,” he says.

“It’s fine, Calum,” I tell him, and Calum releases his arm.