18. Barrett

- Life isBeautiful - Sixx A.M-

It’s been two weeks since Grace and Nicolai forged their bond, and the ripple it sent through the existing bond was intense. Everyone seems stronger for it, including Grace. Between Griffin and Nicolai involving her in more pack politics, she’s been a busy little bee. Today Griffin and I get to take Grace for her doctor’s appointment with the pack doctor. The human doctor appointment will need to be set eventually.

None of us are sure if she’s going to carry like a human and go for nine months or she’s going to carry like a shifter and only go three months. If it’s the latter, we will have to hide the fact her pregnancy has been so short. The pack doctor already said there’s no reason for her to have to go to a human doctor unless she needs a c-section. Grace is sleeping on the back seat with me, her head is on my lap as we make the thirty-minute drive. Ethan has already asked for updates at least five times since we left, and he’s driving me insane.

“How is she?” Griffin asks while he drives.

“So far, so good. She fell asleep a little while ago.” I thread my fingers through her hair, staring at the strands as they fall through my fingers. Her natural blonde roots are growing out and it’s almost platinum. Her wolf’s color makes more sense now besides the being moon touched.

“As long as she’s comfortable, that’s all that matters.” Griffin glances up into the rear-view mirror and smiles.

“Whose pup do you think she’s carrying?” I look down at her belly and it’s just starting to change shape. Gently, I reach down and give it a rub, hoping for a healthy baby.

“Does it really matter?” Griffin asks, and it makes me wonder.

“Honestly no. I’m curious, though.” Shrugging my shoulders, I smile and stare down at our mate. I feel the car turn and look up to see the clinic that’s located on the far side of the pack lands. Gently, I shake her and her eyes flutter open.

“Are we at the doctors?” Grace yawns and stretches.

“Just arrived.” Griffin parks the car and gets out. He comes over to the passenger’s side door and opens it, reaching in for Grace’s hand. He helps her out and I exit from my side.

Grace is tucked into Griffin’s side as we enter the clinic from the back. I follow behind them as we weave through the building to the room with Grace’s name on it. Griffin passes Grace to me and then opens the door and flips on the light and checks the room. “Clear…” Grace and I enter and she hops up onto the table and lays down.

“What? I’ve been through this before.” She says, catching the puzzled looks from Griffin and I.

“So what should we be expecting during this visit?” I figured I would ask since Griffin is setting up the video call with his brothers and Nic since everyone can’t cram in here.

Grace sits back and turns to face us. “Blood work, an internal ultrasound, and images of our baby. Other than that, she may ask for a urine sample to check for proteins and sugar levels. Then she’ll advise on diet changes and probably check my weight to track the baby’s growth.” Grace’s eyes dart back and forth from mine, Griffin’s and then the phone he’s holding up.

“That’s pretty cut and dry. Nothing insane.” I shrug my shoulders and Grace seems to be pleased by my response.

“What does she mean, internal ultrasound?” Ethan’s voice comes through loud and clear.

Grace motions for Griffin to bring her the phone. He hands her the phone, and she flips the camera into selfie mode. “Ethan … There’s an ultrasound wand that goes inside me to get the best images of the baby.” I lean over Grace’s shoulder and watch the color fade from Ethan’s face.

“Oh…” He looks over at, I’m guessing, Conrad. “Did you know about this?”

Conrad tries to hide his laughter. “Yes, I read the website that Grace gave us.”

Just as the guys were debating the need for the ultrasound, the doctor steps into the room and Grace hands the phone to Griffin. “Mrs Murphy, I’m Doctor Belinda Carlson. Some patients prefer to call me Dr B.” She’s an older woman and, by the smell of it, she’s a bear shifter.

“Great to meet you, Dr B.” Grace is genuinely excited to see the doctor.

Seeing how uncomfortable Griffin is with the entire situation, I move to sit next to him while the Doctor and Grace get ready for the exam. Grace returns from the changing room wearing a gown, then climbs up onto the table again and gets into position. I listen carefully to the doctor, explaining everything to Grace as she slides the probe in. On the screen we see the first of the images pop up. The baby looks like a large peanut in a balloon. “How far along do you believe you are, Grace?” The Doctor asks as she takes measurements.

“I believe a little over a month? Is that right, Griffin?” Griffin almost drops the phone when Grace asks him the question.

“Month and a half, give or take a few days.” Conrad’s voice can be heard from the phone.

“Okay, that changes things.” The Dr says and goes back to measuring.

“I don’t understand what you mean, Doc. Can you please explain?” I scoot closer to Grace and hold her hand, watching the baby on the screen.

“Oh, forgive me.” A smile crosses her lips as she freezes an image on the screen. “Your baby is measuring at almost four months by human standards. Which means he’s right on course to be delivered in about two months, give or take a week. You know how impatient pups are to get out.” She smiles broadly and removes the wand from Grace and helps her up and off the table. Grace walks off to get cleaned up and I stay staring at the screen.

The Doctor hands me almost a dozen images of the baby. Griffin is trying to get off the phone with the others while I stare at the pictures. The one picture has a single blue dot on and I point to it and show the Dr. She raises a finger to her lips and does the shh motion to me and gives me a wink.

Grace returns with a smile on her face as she ghosts her hand over her lower stomach. “Two months?” She glances up at the doctor and she smiles and nods. “Wow, that’s better that the nine months I carried my daughter.” A nervous giggle escaped my lips as I looked back at Griffin.

“It’s perfectly normal, baby girl. Wolves carry for about three months.” I see the doctor cant her head to the side looking puzzled between Griffin and I.

“I was human.” Grace answers and pulls the shirt off her shoulder, showing the doctor the bite from Ethan’s wolf.

“You were turned by a shifter in their wolf form?” Her hand flew up over her mouth as she backed up slightly.

Her reaction caught me off guard. Griffin looks between Grace and the doctor, then answers. “She was almost murdered. It was the most efficient way to ensure she would turn and live.” His voice held a tinge of a bark to it and she backs down immediately.

Grace crosses the room and impacts Griffin’s side and tucks herself under his arm, holding onto him for dear life. I watch her rub her face over his chest until the stiffness she displayed earlier disappeared. “Let’s go home, baby girl.” Griffin leads us back out the way we came in, and I rush ahead to open the doors for them.

We make it back to the car and Grace seems more relaxed than she was before. I open the door to the car and Griffin shocks me and slides into the back seat, taking Grace with him. Double blinking, I watch them settle in and arch a brow, looking at him. “You drive Barrett. Our girl needs me.” For once his eyes look pleading and I nod stiffly, taking the keys from his outstretched hand.

I never get to drive any of the alphas cars. Racing to the driver’s side door, I hop into the seat and make adjustments to suit me. Putting the key into the ignition, I turn the car on and put it in drive and turn to head home. “Do we need to make a pit stop anywhere?” Glancing up at the rearview mirror, I see Griffin soften and look down at Grace in his lap.

“Can we get ice cream for everyone?” Grace pipes up from the back seat.

“Sure thing.” I use the hands free option in the car and call Conrad. “Hey Con, can you get the ice cream order for everyone? Grace wants to bring it home for us.”

“You got it.” We can hear Conrad yelling through the house. Ethan bellows from the back about black cherry ice cream. “Butter pecan and black cherry ice cream for us, please.”

“Thanks Con.” I get ready to hang up.

“Good boy Barrett…” His praise makes me whine and suddenly Grace sits up. Her eyes glowing with the power of her wolf.

Grace slides forward and hangs up the phone, and then dials Nicolai’s number. “Hello?” His rich, deep tone hardens my cock almost immediately.

“It’s me. We’re stopping to get ice cream for everyone. What flavor do you want?” Grace tilts her head as Griffin pulls her safely back into the back seat.

“Chocolate, yeah I know, boring and predictable.” Nic says laughing.

“If you like it, you do. That’s all. I’ll make sure to get it for you. See you and Nina at home later.” Nic says his goodbyes and hangs up. It’s now that I notice Grace is still staring at me.

“Can I help you Gracie?” I wink at her and smile.

“You’re such a good omega for this pack.” Her voice almost holds a purr to it as she draws her words out.

The tone that Grace hits makes me shiver. My cock flairs to life straining against my slacks. A soft moan escapes my lips and I grip the steering wheel tightly. We get to the store and I watch Griffin’s nostrils flair. He can scent my need and his eyes glow. Griffin gets out of the car shortly after I park the car and heads into the store.

“Barrett…” Grace’s whine makes me look between the seats to her.

“Be a good Omega and come back here with me.” She beckons me back there with her. I slide between the seats and am thankful for the dark tinted glass in the back. “Sit.” She points to the passenger side seat directly behind the front seat. She slides onto my lap, facing me. “Be a good boy and make me cum.” Where this bold side of Grace is coming from is beyond me. But from what I read, a pregnant she wolf sometimes becomes very sexual as the pregnancy progresses.

“How would you like me to serve you?” I run my hands up her sides and rub my thumbs over her erect nipples.

“Lose the pants.” She motions to the offending slacks. Her hands move to her shirt and starts unbuttoning the top.

I feel like the cartoon wolf with how my eyes feel like they are bugging out of my head. I comply with my mate and lose my pants. My erection stands tall, tapping against my lower stomach in time with my heartbeat. Grace moves and straddles my lap and I just notice she had lost her pants on the way somehow. Her wet heat rests over my shaft and I whine in response to her proximity.

“I see what Nic means by you having a praise kink. You’re leaking already.” Her finger tip touched the tip of my cock and wiped the pre-cum off and stuck her finger into her mouth. Seeing her taste me, I came immediately, shooting my seed all over my chest.

Blushing furiously, I look around the back seat and found napkins stuffed in the door pocket. I wipe my lower stomach and shirt off and then look up at my mate. “I know I have a praise kink, I have a lot of kinks if I’m honest. Like I love when the Alphas fuck me.” My voice drops mentioning that and I watch Grace’s eyes dilate.

“I love when the Alphas fuck me, too.” Leaning forward, she nips my bottom lip and grips my shaft before slipping it into her. I moan softly as she slides up and down my length, coating me in her juices. The bonus of me being an omega was there is no knot to get stuck on. “Be a good Omega and do what your mate wants.” She taps her nipple on my lips as she rises onto her knees, almost pulling me out of her.

I latch on immediately and suck hard, flicking my tongue over the tip, making her moan and drop down, taking me deeply into her. She rocks her hips on me, moving us slightly, and it’s enough to drive both of us mad. Somewhere between Grace screaming my name and her sinking her teeth into me again, Griffin returns.

“Couldn’t wait until we got home?” He arches a brow and slides into the driver’s seat, driving us back to the house.

“No … I needed the attention…” Grace’s whine sounds like mine and I hear the creak of the steering wheel as Griffin tightens his grip.

“Baby Girl you’re killing me…” Griffin is one huge growl, and he hits the phone to call home.

“Back so soon?” Conrad’s tone is joking until he hears Grace and I whine while she grinds down on me mercilessly.

“Not soon enough. Apparently we’ve reached the hornball stage with Grace. I came back from the store to find them fucking in the back seat.” Griffin grits out as Grace pulls my hair, making me whine again.

“Fuck, that’s at a third of the way through the pregnancy. Okay, Ethan and I will be ready for the arrival.” We can hear Ethan in the background running around, straightening things up.

“Call Nicolai. We may need all hands on deck tonight. Send Ashina over to mom’s.” Griffin barks out the order and then hangs up the phone. “Almost home guys … Hold on baby girl.”

“Griff…” she whines out his name and I can only assume she needs an alpha’s knot to sate her desire. There’s a chemical change when a mate is knotted. It’s almost a feeling of euphoria for them.

“I know baby girl, hold on almost home.” His voice is all growls and I can’t help but shiver from the tone he used.

“You’re killing me Griff…” I pant out between thrusts and bounces from our mate.

“Sorry, I thought your whine was bad, hers is worse…” He grits his teeth and from around Grace I can see the house and three alphas standing on the deck waiting for us.

Grace’s head whips around and I watch the fur ripple over her flesh before she shifts as Griffin opens the door. Her white wolf bolts out the door and stops in the middle of the yard. Her howl rips the wolves from her four alphas. The three black wolves and the gray and white wolf follow her into the woods to points unknown.