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“Get a paternity test. She’s about thirteen weeks along.”
His eyes went wide, and he sniffed. “I don’t catch it.”
“You wouldn’t. You were a friend of Tanner’s. That isn’t going to change, but it explains her mindless devotion to him. Tanner had a scent so light it was like the scent of oil as it just begins to turn. Again. Don’t believe me, but do have it tested, and count me out of family holidays. I have been tortured enough by you for a lifetime.”
She straightened, and Marshall pulled her in for a hug. “Don’t worry, Ruby, we will invite Emmy over for holidays, and when she has her triad, they can come, too. Already a party of six. Your Uncle Leon and your cousin Gerald are also welcome. The rest of the uncles will be left to your discretion.”
James said, “Dinner is ready. Dane, bring your wife.”
They followed the pack through the house and into the dining room. Rayden was on her right, and Marshall was on her left. When Leon announced that they could eat, everyone began to serve themselves. Well, everyone but Leon and Ruby. Their alphas were serving them.
Gerald was laughing as Ruby tried to stop the influx of food. She finally hissed, “Enough. I know you know that word.”
Her mates each put one more scoop or tong full of food on her plate and kissed her cheeks. Rayden murmured, “I don’t recall you saying enough.”
“You missed it. You fell asleep. Poor baby.”
He nipped her ear. “Eat.”
“See, that one you knew.”
He growled against her neck. She blushed more. Leon was grinning, and her other uncles looked surprised.
She looked at the mound of food and started in on her family meal.
When everyone, including Teddy, had started, Marshall asked Leon, “What is your favourite memory of Ruby?”
Leon sighed. “When she was first able to sleep through the night but woke up when I went to check on her, she told me it was okay. Then she held her hand out until I sat with her and read me a bedtime story until she fell asleep again.”
Ruby smiled. She had read him the story of the bull that liked flowers. “And he lived in the meadow with his flowers.”
Leon smiled.
Derrik and James looked at each other and brought out their phones. “For us, it was her first time on the ice. The coach lit up, and she lit up and giggled with the other little girls and was just one of them for a moment.”
Rayden blinked. “You have footage?”
The phones were slid over, and Rayden grinned. “Oh, you were adorable.”
Rayden showed Marshall, and Ruby kept eating. The phone went over to Gerald, who passed it along to Teddy. Teddy froze. “You are a beta.”
“I was, but I got better.” She smiled. “Poor Uncle Leon spent a lot of his personal maintenance allowance on getting me coloured contacts and tinting my hair until I could manage things for myself.”
“Worth every penny to help you, Ruby. You grew up amazing considering your start.”
“I like to think so, and thank you. I can hardly wait to see my mom again.” She paused and swallowed a gulp of water. “Emmy says she’s finally here.”
Dane asked, “Why couldn’t they move here earlier?”
“Because they wanted my mother to have more kids. Three out of three were Elite. The eldest got team training and was actually on the team that was inept at finding us.” She smiled. “I am not saying that Jasper let us get away, but he wasn’t helpful to them. Fortunately, the moment that Emmy was born, my mom had her tubes tied, and the Elite were not informed as Jasper only joined them when he was fifteen and I was eight. That is when they started staying close to our town. When my school called them, they arrived within an hour.”
Teddy blinked. “Why?”
“Because they stop us. They stop Elite omegas from becoming Elite omegas. We are stronger than they are. I have fought Elite males twice and won both times. If I hadn’t been hiding, Tanner would have been dead the first time he hurt me.”
She paused, took a deep breath, and smiled. “But now nature took care of that for me. I have Marshall and Rayden, and thePatchwork Pixiewill be a lot of fun this year.”
Grey cleared his throat. “You are going to be Pink?”
