"I want to go out too"
He shakes his head
"Not tonight sweety, your great grandparents will be here soon to meet you and I think they got you a surprise"
She gasps looking to mum
"Really? I wonder what it will be"
She takes mum's hand and they head down the stairs. Adlai had been spoiled rotten since moving in with us, everyone including Rob and Daniel spent their time buying her treats just to make her smile. It was hard not to when you know she's going to die soon.
My grandparents arrived soon after that, Eager to meet the little girl that stole our hearts.
"Adlai, nana Keagen and popa
James are here to meet you"
Carter calls down the stairs, soon I hear the little patter of her feet as she runs from her room to the kitchen stopping behind Carter and catching his hand in her, he turns lifting her up and she hides her face in the crook of his neck.
"Don't be nervous they are going to love you"
I tell her, rubbing her back.
"Hey Adlai, I'm Keagen and this is James, we are your great grandparents. We are so excited to meet you"
Keagen tells her, stepping towards us, a kind smile on her face.
"Hey"
She whispers
"We got you a present, would you like to see it?"
She nods into his shoulder
"Yes please"
She answers, her interest peaked, looking out of Carter's arms as James pulls out a box and hands it to Carter. Carter hands it to Adlai
"Thank you"
Carter places her on the sofa and I take a seat beside her. She opens the box and gasps. Inside was a little silver tiara.
"You got me a real princess crown"
She gasps in shock?
"Ofcourse, every princess needs a crown"
James tells her, she grins handing it to me
"Can you put it on me mummy"
"Ofcourse"
I place it in her hair then take a selfie to show her. She claps her hands
"It suits my dress"
I nod my head, grinning
"It does, it's going to look amazing"
She looks to mum next
"Nana can you help me paint my nails when mummy and daddy go out?"
"Ofcourse, tell them goodnight and I'll do them when they leave"
She turns hugging me tightly, then she hugs Carter
"Night mummy, night daddy"
We kiss a cheek each, making her giggle as we blow bubbles and tickle her at the same time
"We love you, night sweetheart"
After that we leave and take a drive, Carter gave the boys a night off. He had eased up on my security now that I couldn't die, but he was still overprotective,
Only now that extended to Adlai too.
Now that we have taken her in, there are many many people who would love to use her against us and we couldn't allow that to happen.
"So this time tomorrow we will be alpha and Luna, are you ready for that?"
Carter asks me as I light a smoke. I shrug smiling at him
"We have been alpha and Luna a while now, having the title won't change much or so I hope"
He smiles
"I hope so too"
He takes my hand and kisses it, we drive to the local look out point with some take away, eating while we talk about everything and anything.
"I'm scared, scared to love her any more than I already do"
He tells me, I nod my head
"Me too, but one thing I'm certain of is when this is all over and I look back I never want to think I didn't love her enough, I never want to think I could have loved her more. I want to think that just because we had her for a small time doesn't mean we love her any less than any child that we may have in the future"
He holds his water bottle up to mine so I tap the top of it and he grins at me
"To No regrets"
"To no regrets"
I answer back by taking a drink and setting it down, I crawl onto Carter's knee and we watch the sun go down. My body instantly relaxes against him as he incloses his arms around me. My eyes grow heavy and the next thing I know, Carter is carrying me to bed.
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As I wake the next morning it's to mum pounding on the bedroom door. I groan, opening one eye to peek out at the world. I was not ready to leave my bed and face the world. Not just yet.
"Go away"
I snap yawning
"Get your asses up right now, food is on the table and we are all waiting for you 3"
Carter groans then he leans over to kiss my head. he rolls from bed and throws me shorts and a shirt dressing in similar attire before we go to find Adlai who is laying upside down in her bed on top of a snoring ghost. I scoop her up and she grumbles pushing my face away from hers.
"Nana made a special breakfast"
"I don't want it unless it's got chocolate chips"
She snaps as I laugh, hauling her lazy ass out of bed, one thing Adlai loved more than anything else was sleep and lots of it. I carry her to the kitchen tickling her to wake her up but stop a little shocked by all the people standing there
"Surprise"
They all shout, Carter growls stepping in front of me and Adlai
"Mum are you serious, Carly go get changed"
"Oh seriously He bloody dressed us"
Cleo snaps, salty from our early wake up call. Even Adlai rolls her eyes at him this time. He takes her from my arms nodding his head towards our room.
I look down at myself, I was definitely not wearing the height of fashion but I didn't look like shit either. He growls glaring at me
"Carly I said change"
He warns me, Cleo pushes forward growling in frustration at the impossible man infront of me!
I turn on my heels and stomp back to our room childishly, pulling on some sweatpants and I return to the kitchen. Carter immediately pulls me onto his knee then Adlai nervously gets up and crawls on top of me.
"What's up?"
I ask her quietly
"Who are all these people?"
She asks subconsciously
"They are your family now"
I tell her, she looks out at them nervously, they all give her a little wave as way too many people crowd around my table and stare at us.
"Did I wake up 6 years later or where the hell did the kid come from"
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The accomplishment of light
Werewolf#######READERS BEWARE!####### THIS BOOK CONTAINS *Graphic sexual scenes *Death *Gore *possible Abuse *Triggering behaviour and bad language. ############################### What do you do when you lose the love of your life? How do you act? How ca...
