My Best Friends Mate

Chapter Seven- Feelings

Ryans POV

I wanted to kiss her. There, I admitted it. I saw a side of Kiara that I hadn’t seen since she was a kid. She was playful and free. When I had first seen her in the training arena and then our fight I knew she had grown up to become a serious warrior but seeing this part of her, made me more attracted to her. I don’t care if shes not my mate, I don’t even know if she isn’t. Something tells me no but these feelings are real and this need to protect her just gets stronger by the day. I looked at her beautiful green eyes
and blonde hair that had become tassled from our race. Yep, I wanted to freaking kiss my best friends sister. So close.. I could stay just like this, looking at her, piercing through the depths of her soul. Then Id be no better than Tyler. I couldn’t make her feel for me and I couldn’t betray my best friend. I took her
in one moment longer before sighing deeply. I raised myself off her, offering her a hand which she took. When I touched her it felt like goose bumps. To think she was jealous of the betas daughter. Its no secret I was quite the play boy but that girl was just too shallow. She didn’t have depth like Kiara did.
“well…”I paused looking at her door. “This is you”
“This is me” she said.
I walked her to the door and said “Kiara, please don’t even act like you know about Alyssa being pregnant. They have a big announcement dinner planned in a couple weeks” She smiled at me and
nodded. Then she went inside. What in the hell have I gotten myself into I thought as I shifted and ran back to my cabin. When I got there, I showered and crawled into bed, mentally preparing myself for the next day. Before I did, I pulled open my night stand and flipped through some photos before finally
stopping at the one of me, markus, dustin, and finally kiara from all those years ago when we were 17 and she was 12. I smiled before drifting off to sleep.

Dustins POV:

I hated that I wasn’t being able to spend a lot of time with Kiara during here time here. Between training, assisting the Alpha with business, and my mate being pregnant, I felt like I Had put my little
sister on the back burner. I told Alyssa when I got home that I had plans to spend some time with Kiara after training tomorrow. Ryan had mentioned something about showing her the river on the pack property. Alyssa was more than understanding and assured me she would spend the day baby shopping.
I couldn’t help but smile. I was going to be a father. We had decided to wait a couple more weeks just to make sure we were “out of the woods” as the expression goes. Even then, miscarriages still happen and I began to worry. My mind began to drift to distant memories when Beta John from my old pack called me. It was pretty late..

“Hey Dustin” I heard him say on the other line.

“Hey John, whats going on?”

“Well, of course I wanted to check on Kiara but also wanted to update you on a new medical discovery. Our pack doctor found a way to decrease the effects of silver in our body. Its still being tested but its showing hope. I think both packs could benefit from it. It wont be fool proof but it will decrease deaths by up to 35%”

This was great news thinking about how many lives this could possibly save. My mind briefly went to my upcoming child who would be a hybrid and then my parents who died from severe silver poisoning. Being shot multiple times by hunters. Anger, sadness and yet hope all began to rise in me.

“Dustin?” John broke the silence

“yeah.. sorry. I was just thinking..This is good news. Any idea when we’ll have a %100 go on it?”

“we don’t have a timeline right now. But theyre working on it every chance they get when not treating pack patients for other things”

“of course” I nodded then went onto tell him how Kiara is doing well, that she met the Alpha and Luna here and how she went toe to toe with Ryan without so much as a scratch. John laughed and became silent. I knew he was thinking about Kiara and how much him and Emily missed her. We were basically their adopted kids. I also knew the thought of Ryan taking his rightful place as Alpha of the silvermoon pack was something that crossed his mind. I couldnt help but wonder who would become beta when
they retired. Me? Technically yes and I was only here for the specific task of training this packs warriors.
Maybe Kiara? Honestly, all that was the last thing I needed to think about. I needed to prepare to have this baby and spend some time with my sister before she went back.
"well, keep me updated. Ill talk soon” I heard John give me a “will do” and hung up the phone. I crawled into bed with Alyssa who had already fallen asleep. Evidently being pregnant made you super exhausted. I looked at her and smiled before drifting off.