His Alpha's Guardian novel Chapter 8

**Kataleya's POV--the next day**

I finally decided how I was going to tell Justin I was pregnant. Dr. Leigh had told Justin that I needed to take it easy for a couple of days, to hopefully fight the "cold" I had, and he was all too happy to tell me that I needed to remain at the house, resting.

Dr. Leigh came back this morning after Justin had left for the pack house with a portable ultrasound machine. She had printed out two of the little pictures for me. I was apparently four weeks along. Werewolf pregnancies are only twenty weeks, so I was already a quarter of the way along, which explains the sudden symptoms.

Once Dr. Leigh had left, I had linked to one of the ladies that owned an embroidery business in town and had asked her to make me a onesie. I had given her one of the ultrasound pictures and asked her if she could put it on a onesie and I asked her to put the saying “The best Alpha is yet to come” on the front of it, right below the ultrasound image. I also asked her to pick up a cute box and gift wrap, then wrap it for me. She is going to deliver it to me, right before Justin is scheduled to be back from the pack house. I had, of course, sworn her to secrecy, so she could not tell anyone that I was pregnant. I didn't want anyone else to know about Justin and I didn't want him to find out from someone else.

I planned to cook him one of his favorite meals and then present him with the “package” afterwards. I spent the rest of the day cooking our dinner as I waited for my package to arrive.

When there was a knock on the door, I opened to see Ms. Gonchelli with my package.

“Thank you so much!” I exclaimed, “How much do I owe you?”

She laughed, “My dear Alpha, you do not need to pay me. I was honored to do this for you and your heir. This is my gift to you. I will refuse to accept any payment from you.”

I chuckled, “I wish you were not so stubborn, Ms. Gonchelli.”

We bid farewell and I was left alone once again. Just as I predicted, I heard the door start to jingle with Justin unlocking it at a quarter till five.

“Kataleya? Baby? What smells so good? Are you cooking? You should be resting, my love. Dr. Leigh said that you needed rest in order to fully get better,” Justin called out as he walked through the foyer.

He walked behind me as I was preparing our plates and wrapped his arms around my waist. “Baby, what do you think you are doing?” he whispered in my ear, lightly nipping my earlobe.

“What does it look like is going on? I am cooking you dinner, my Alpha. You know, even if I am sick, we both still have to eat. You have already forbidden the Omegas from bringing us food here and I am sorry, my love, but your cooking isn’t the greatest.” I laughed.

“Baby, I could have ordered us something or I could have asked Oliver to bring us something. You know, he kills at any chance to come over here.”

“Just take your seat. I made you dinner and you are going to eat it and like it.”

“Yes, ma’am,” he says with a mock salute as he goes to the table. I bring our food to the table and we eat. We talked about what has been going on in the pack and anything that I might have missed the past two days that I might need to know.

Once he finished eating, I cleared the table and started doing the dishes. My hands were shaking as I tried to wash the plates and silverware. I knew what I needed to do, but I had a fear inside of me that was shaking me to the core.

He walked up behind me and placed his hands on my shoulders. “Babe, what is going on? I can tell you are worried about something.”

I tried to slam my walls in place, not wanting him to feel the extent of my emotions, but it was too late. He had already felt my anguish and worry through the bond.

Here goes nothing.

“Wait here.” I told him as I rushed to our room and grabbed the package.

I walked back into the kitchen and handed it to him, guiding him to a seat. I motioned for him to go ahead and opened it as I stood in front of the sink, wringing my hands in front of me as I waited for his reaction.

He slowly opened the package, taking special care to undo the ribbon bow that was on top. I heard his heart flutter as he started at the contents of the box.

I could tell that she had put some decorative pink and blue confetti and some mini pink and blue decorative rattles in the box surrounding the onesie. It had a little notecard on top that said congratulations on my Alphas and she signed her name.

He looked up at me and I could see the tears in his eyes. He stood up, the box clattering to the ground, and took big, long strides to reach me. He gathered me in his arms and held me close, placing one hand on my stomach.

“Really?” he asked, choking on the last syllable.

I nodded my head to tell him that I was truly pregnant. He picked me up in his arms, holding me tightly, and spun me in a circle.

He placed me on the ground and pulled my face to his, kissing me enthusiastically. He let down his walls and I was floored with the amount of love, excitement, fear, and happiness that was flowing to me from the bond. I lowered my bond, allowing him to feel what I was feeling. My anguish, fear, worry, excitement…the feelings just went on and on.