Chapter 62: A future royal.

Arora

I felt as though I was having an out-of-body experience. As though this couldn’t possibly be happening. It felt so unreal that we were officially mated. I thought back to the day we found out we were mates and how much we had to go through to actually be together. Not just for us to be together, but for us to save our kingdom and our own lives.

My thoughts turned to the day Sebastian killed me and Luke and a shiver ran down the back of my spine. I shook all thoughts of that part of our lives out of my mind and focused on Luke. I had news for him, and I was burning to tell him, but I would have to wait until we were alone tonight. It was probably going to cause an enormous scandal, but I no longer cared.

We were mated. What could they possibly do to us now? Even if the people decided that they didn’t want us to be their royals anymore, it would be okay. At least, my father and Sebastian were no longer there to take over. Anybody else would be better than those two, and Luke and I would be happy to live normal lives as normal pack members if we had to.

The evening started to wind down and my excitement grew as Luke and I walked to our room. For the first time since we found out we were mates, we could share a room without having to hide it from anyone. Luke stopped walking and lifted me up bridal style in one move, making me squeal with laughter. In one corner down the passage, I could see some of the ladies smiling and laughing just as Luke carried me into our room.

He carefully put me down beside the bed before cupping my face in his enormous hands and softly kissing me. When we finally broke apart for air, I grinned at him. The time had come to tell him, but suddenly I felt so damn nervous that I was struggling.

“Luke, I have something to tell you.” I hesitated. What if he didn’t want children yet?!

“Okay,” He smiled, but it quickly disappeared and turned into a frown when I hesitated.

“You are going to be a father.” I blurted it out and instantly regretted telling him like that! I found out in the morning … Imagine if I had to wait for a week to tell him! I would have gone utterly insane. His eyes grew wide, and I watched the entire spectrum of emotions rush over his face. Oh, goddess! He wasn’t happy about it.

“Are you sure?” He sounded out of breath and I nodded feeling so damn unsure all of a sudden that I wanted to curse myself!

“The doctor confirmed it this morning.” I cringed. I should have waited! But I thought that it didn’t matter since we were getting mated in the afternoon and the doctor would surely see that I was a few weeks along or something! I knew the doctor would keep our secret, and that was the only reason I trusted him with the information.

“WHOOOOOP!” Luke scared me when he let out a loud scream of joy and picked me up to twirl me around. When he finally put me down, I felt a little nauseous, and he instantly looked worried and rambled a bunch of questions before turning into an even more overly protective mate! I burst out laughing when he wanted to know if I needed anything or wanted to lie down.

As his realization set in, he turned into someone else and I loved it! We sat on the edge of the bed and I told him how I figured it out a week ago, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to see the doctor until this morning.

“And? Are you both healthy? I mean, do you have morning sickness or anything?” He looked worried until I shook my head and smiled.

“I have developed a bit of an appetite!” I squealed with laughter again. “But I don’t feel sick.” Luke put his hand lovingly on my stomach and I covered his hand with mine and smiled. It was the perfect way to end our evening with the news. We slipped into bed after making love and taking a long luxurious bath and I smiled as my eyes closed, and I drifted off to sleep.

In the morning, Luke woke me when someone knocked on the door. He was already dressed and when he told me through the mind link why, I couldn’t help but laugh at the poor man. When he woke up in the morning, he rushed to get dressed thinking he still had to sneak out. It took a moment for the poor guy to register that he no longer had to sneak in and out of my room. The staff appeared, and I grinned when I caught a glimpse of him frowning at the tailor. Luke had been avoiding the royal tailor accept to make sure his suite for the mating ceremony was ready.

Now he could no longer avoid him. Luke needed certain outfits for our new life together and for his new position. After we were dressed and ready, we left to have breakfast in the dining room before our official day started as the new royals. Luke had been by my side through every meeting up to this point, but not as the official mate to the queen. His new position gave him more power and I made a point of referring to his opinion whenever I needed to. Everything was running smoothly and by lunchtime, I was starving again!

“We won’t be able to hide this for very much longer at the rate you are chomping down on your food.” Luke laughed and I had to smile. He was right. Our little pup was starving all day. If I was going to make sure he got enough nourishment, we needed to let people know that I was pregnant.