The Kings Mate -Werewolf King #1-

Chapter 17:

                  

 

After a short time she pulls back, an arm still around my waist as the other pulls at a lock of my hair. "You look so different sweetheart." Her voice is soft as she tries to hold back more tears. "You're still the same but you just look so much more mature and just happy."

 

 

She looked exactly the same. She was only twenty three when I left and she looked like the same as if the last time I saw her was only yesterday. Her nails were still perfectly manicured though they were now a muted tan colour with accents of black and whatever face cream she used kept everything where it was supposed to be was working. Her black hair was pulled up in a sleek ponytail that highlighted her perfect eye liner.

 

 

Her eyes flick over to Ryder moving over him in a slow sensual sense before they come back to me with a secret smirk. "And you've got this one here as well. He's drop dead gorgeous and to top it all off he's a King and you're going to marry him."

 

 

Chuckling lightly I look over at Ryder to see his eyes concentrated on me. When I feel Heidi take my hand playing with the large diamond that Ryder had told me was once actually Jordena's herself. She gasps at the large sparkly rock and I notice that she has her own plus a wedding ring stacked on top.

 

 

"If it's ok with you, your future hubby invited me to your wedding and this big coronation thing." Her hand runs over my arm as she asks to attend the new beginning of my life.

 

 

"Of course you can," My voice rises in pitch and she laughs at the sound with a small squeeze of my arm. "What about you? When did you get married?"

 

 

"Before you start catching up do you want to move this into the living room?" Ryder states more than asks as he pulls me back to the living area. My guards where no longer sat on the lounge and had moved elsewhere and once Ryder is happy that I'm comfortable he goes off to join them.

 

 

"I was nervous when he came into Carlett and told me that you two were engaged but he treats you exactly the way I hope he would have." Her hand rubs over my knee and she continues to fight back her tears. She always cared for me like a mother should. "I hated seeing you in that place, especially after what happened to you. Does he know about what happened?"

 

 

My chest clenches at the memories she's causing to resurface. Henry comes into the room with a cup of tea that he sits down in front of Heidi and a cup of water for me. Ryder and Riley had cut me back on anything that had caffeine in it and that included the coca that was in the hot chocolates that I liked.

 

 

Nodding once Henry is gone, she lets out a deep sigh. "I kept having episodes and he was always and still is there to calm me down." When she gives my leg a rub I catch another glimpse of her rings. "You're married."

 

 

"Yeah," she smiles a hand rubbing over her stomach. "Josh and I were only together for a few months before you left so I never got to tell you but he's amazing. It's coming up on our three year anniversary." When she rubs her stomach again she notices my eyes on her hand. "Josh doesn't know yet but I'm eight weeks along and we already have an eighteen month old boy. I just don't want to tell him yet in case something happens. There's always a high risk of miscarriage. Are you ready to get married though, you seem nervous about it."