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“What do you do here?”
“Security work. I kick out the bad guys,” he says.
“Do you have a gun?” I ask, my eyes bulging.
“I don’t need a gun; I got these,” he laughs, showing me his hands as claws slip out of his fingers.
“Cool, like Wolverine! I can’t wait to be able to do that,” I tell him. He laughs.
“One day, little man, one day you will,” he says, and the elevator doors open up to a long corridor. He walks down it before knocking twice on the door. I grind my teeth before not being able to stop myself. I knock on it again.
“Three times, odd numbers, you need to do it with odd numbers, or it’s bad luck.”
He raises his bushy eyebrows at me.
“Whatever you say,” he laughs. I hear footsteps on the other side of the door. It jiggles, and excitement bubbles in my tummy; I’m going to bring my dad home to be with us!
The door opens, and I look up to see the man, but I don’t get the weird tummy feeling, and he’s not my dad. Did Mom lie again?
“Tatum, what brings you here?” the man asks.
“Sorry, Beta, but this boy claims the Alpha is his dad,” he says. The man notices me and looks down. He blinks at me.
“I know, freaky, right? Got the same eyes,” Tatum says.
“Do you know my dad?” I ask him, but he continues to stare at me. I hear more walking, and I try to see around the man. I sniff the air.
“What is it?” I hear another man’s voice ask. The Beta man moves to the side and I see him. The funny feeling in my tummy does big jumps, and I feel my heart racing. The man stops fast, and his mouth opens and closes like a fish blowing bubbles.
“Dad!” I squeal, running to him.
“I found you! I found you! I knew I would find you!” I say, hugging his legs. He’s so tall. l feel so happy that I finally found him. Mom will be so happy, too, when I bring him home.
ChapterThirty-Six
Valen
The moment I lay eyes on him, I know he’s mine. He suddenly squeals loudly and barrels toward me on his little legs, crashing against me. I imagine the look on my face is of pure horror at first as the pint-sized creature clings to my legs. Tatum and Marcus just stare, gobsmacked—Marcus’s is mouth wide open like he’s trying to catch flies.
“I found you! I found you! I knew I would find you!” the boy screams, bouncing on the balls of his feet. I pat his back, not knowing what to do with the kid. Yet, touching him only makes this scenario more real. For a moment, I wonder if my drink has been spiked and someone slipped me hard drugs. For a second, I kind of hope they did—until I get a whiff of his scent.
He’s a rogue, but his Alpha aura is strong—too strong for just me—indicating both his parents are Alpha born. Only another Alpha would scent the potency of his aura, even as small as he is, but his scent is also familiar.
“So he is yours, then?” Tatum asks, stepping into my apartment. I blink before staring down at the kid, his big amber eyes staring up at me. There’s no doubt. He’s mine. I nod. Apparently, I have a son? But how? Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to have a kid with an Alpha? What woman in the world would hide it? That’s assurance for life, having an Alpha’s child. What woman doesn’t want that?
“Who did you knock up?” Tatum asks. Marcus just rubs his chin, raising a finger in the air like he’s about to say something, then closing his mouth before opening and closing it again. It’s the first time I’ve seen him lost for words.
“Everly… she has a…” He doesn’t finish.
I pick up the creature that apparently came from my family jewels. I press my nose into his neck, wondering if I smelled right. I nearly drop him when I’m smashed with her mouth-watering scent perfuming out from his pores along with mine.
The boy giggles and tucks his chin as my stubble brushes his neck and face. “Stop, it tickles,” he laughs, and I can’t help but smile at his adorable cackle before he reaches for my neck with his tiny hands. I place him on my hip, sniffing his head.
“Your mother is Everly Summers?”
He nods. “Yep, and I am Valarian Summers.”
Well, that will be changing, I think instantly.
