When the World Turns Red (Crossover between the Red and Acceptance Series)

Chapter 21- Rylan's POV

I studied Becca to make sure that she was fine with telling the whole group that the pregnancy test had been for her before I looked at Liam with a cold and calculative look on my face. "I wasn't going to tell you. I hope you know that."

Liam rolled his eyes and scowled, pressing his lips into a thin line and setting his jaw. "I know," he said coldly. He stood and instantly looked at me when I shifted ever so slightly, growing very protective of Becca and not knowing what my cousin was planning on doing. "For one second, can you not get protective of my mate, please?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question, and amusement flashed through his eyes. "Shouldn't we be the ones getting overly protective of you, especially since you are the pregnant one of the group?"

I rolled my eyes and scowled, pressing my lips into a thin line. "Well, you stood and this is after you found out that it was your mate who had the pregnancy test that I had used to find out that I was actually pregnant, Liam. How else am I supposed to react?" I raised an eyebrow in question while I studied him.

"By not being on edge," he said and shook his head, earning a scoffed laugh from my brother while he rolled his eyes.

"Ya, she is pregnant and in a new place with new people who don't like some of her group. She is going to be very protective of everyone that she knows, even those she had known for years, Liam," Rhett said and looked at me. He smiled and tucked his head closer to his chest. "Isn't that right, RyRy?"

I rolled my eyes and made an annoyed noise in the back of my throat, earning a snicker from my group. I folded my arms across my chest and stared at my brother with a hard look on my face, who didn't care at all.

Liam cleared his throat sarcastically, and I turned to look at him with a raised eyebrow in question, ignoring the snort from Rhett. "If you must know what I am going to be doing to my mate, I was going to pull her into a hug and whisper something in her ear that you do not need to know, Rylan."

"It is my business if it is going to make her cry," I said coldly and folded my arms harder across my chest while I looked at him with a hard look on my face.

"Mama Bear is on edge," Thaddeus whispered hissed to his brother, who snickered and nodded. "At least it isn't at us for doing something to our sister."

I turned to look at them and scowled, growing tense. "And what is that supposed to mean?" I asked coldly, and they froze and looked at each other with wide eyes filled with innocence and mock fear. I bared my teeth in warning and growled, narrowing my eyes at him. "What are you two planning on doing to your sister?"

"Nothing," they said in unison and shook their heads. "We are not planning on doing anything to our sister. We wouldn't do that to our queen. We promise."

"None of us believe you two aren't planning anything to do to her," Maverick said and folded his arms across his chest while he scowled and narrowed his eyes, and the twins looked at him. "I would be careful as to what you say next because it isn't her that you have to be worried about but me."

The twins looked at each other before they looked at him with small smirks on their faces. "Mmmm, are you sure?" they asked. "She has powers, and you don't."

"And yet, I can make you two bow and submit, for I am your king," Maverick said coldly and bared his teeth in warning.

"Uh, not yet you aren't," I said and shook my head, and Maverick shot me an annoyed look. I leaned back in my seat and bit back a small grin. "You aren't even the highest rank here."

Maverick held back an eye roll and pressed his lips into a thin line while he set his jaw and pressed his lips into a thin line. "And who is the highest rank? If you are talking about Werewolves, then it is me. If you aren't talking about Werewolves, then you are correct, for Vulcan is king."

My mate and I looked at each other before we looked at him. Neither of us said a word while we looked at him because in a way, we were higher ranks than him, especially since we had magical gifts that he himself didn't have.

"I think Ry and Coop are higher ranks than you, Love," Bailey said with a small laugh in her voice, and she patted his arm. She smiled when Maverick looked at him with an annoyed look on his face, and she grinned. "Yes, they listen to you, but do you seriously think that Ry is going to bow to you?" she raised an eyebrow in question.

"I am so glad that I am not the only one to have that problem," Sam's Cason said and rolled his eyes, pressing his lips into a thin line. "I have that same problem with Sam more than Tommy." He flashed Sam a small smirk and a wink, and she rolled her eyes and scowled.

"Anyway, if I can get back to what I was doing before we got sidetracked with these different conversations, then I would appreciate it," Liam said before anyone could say a word. He looked at me and smirked, giving me a small wink. "Unless you do actually have a problem with it, Red Wolf."

I rolled my eyes when my cousin flashed me another smirk and a wink, and I gestured for him to go ahead and do what it was that he wanted to do after making sure that Becca would be fine with it.

Liam breathed a small sigh of relief and walked over to his mate, who had grown tense. He held out his hand for her to take and smiled while he tucked his head closer to his chest.

Becca hesitated but did what she wanted him to do. She placed her hand in his and let him pull her into a standing position.

He pulled her close to him into a hug and pressed a small kiss to the side of her head, and Becca instantly grew relaxed and hugged him back.

He whispered something in her ear that we couldn't hear and kissed her head a second time.

Becca bit back a small sob and nodded, and I couldn't help but look at him and scowl, narrowing my eyes at him.

She looked at me and smiled, her eyes filled with tears, but I could tell that they weren't tears of sadness before she buried her face back to where she had it.

I bit back a small sigh of relief when I saw that she was ok and didn't move from my spot and my whole body grew relaxed.

Thank, Goddess...