Nineteen.

Sammy was now breathing heavily as Michelle opened the door to them all. Daniel was smiling wickedly, delighted by his mate's automatic response to him, while Eloise tried to hold in her laughter at their shenanigans.

"We were hoping to speak to Alpha Henry?" Eloise asked through gritted teeth at her friend's antics. "Is he available just now?"

Michelle looked stunned, her eyes darting between the three unexpected guests on the doorstep. A frown marred her features as she inhaled and detected exactly why Sammy looked so flushed in the face. Realising she was not biting her bottom lip for any reason to do with the natural tension between herself and Michelle.

*"Henry,"* she mindlinked her son, *"I believe you should get down here now, we have some visitors."*

*"Who?"* Came his gruff response.

*"Your sister, her mate and Eloise."*

There was no response in Michelle's head, but further within the house they could all hear doors slamming as someone barrelled their way through the corridors inside.

"Come in, he will be just with you," Michelle answered gracefully, stepping aside to allow them entry, before she obviously shuddered at the sound of something smashing loudly upstairs.

Michelle led them into a nearby reception room, it was a bright room, with soft yellow accents and four large creamy white couches, surrounded by by white chalk painted tables and silk cushions covered in daisy motifs. Sammy looked around in awe as she imagined the damage she would have done on the decor had she actually grown up here. It made her feel slightly better about being in the house; she was a drawer as a child, especially if she could get her hands on her Mom's lipstick. Oh, the colour she would have added to this room; she would have been lying if she pretended she wasn't still tempted to do so.

*If only she could have asked for a glass of red wine.*

It was only Daniel's hand as it landed on the inside of her thigh that brought her errant thoughts back, albeit only so they could travel in an even more inappropriate direction. The circles his fingers were tracing were driving her insane, as he leaned in closer to her.

*Damn hormones!*

"Sammy, would you two stop, please. This is highly inappropriate behaviour." Michelle's condescending voice reached her ears.

"Sorry, but I can't help my pregnancy hormones, Michelle. Or my mate's reaction to them." Sammy smirked back smugly.

"Right." Michelle stated, rolling her eyes.

Eloise was stood with her back to the room while she was facing the window to conceal her smirk. But, it was difficult and she had to bite her lip to contain her laughter. She heard Michell huff as she sat into a plump leather couch of her own, her annoyance was palpable but it was clear her curiosity was too strong to have her leave the room altogether.

This only made Eloise smile wider.

Sammy was giggling, the scent of her arousal was now strongly permeating the room as Eloise discreetly cracked the window open to allow in some fresh air. She herself was focusing on breathing through her mouth when she felt the unmistakable presence of her own mate entering the room.

Regrettably for Henry, he had become so flustered after his mother's mindlink, he had ran out of his office, knocked over one of Grams' prized crystal vases, which he then had to quickly try and clean up to prevent anyone else getting hurt by the leftover shards. But, of course he sliced his own hand open, resulting in him getting blood all over his shirt, so then he had to run upstairs first and throw on clean clothes, and of course wash his own hands too. Fortunately, there were no parts of glass remaining in his hand, and he healed quickly enough that he wasn't bleeding for any length of time at all. Therefore, he was able to change and clean up quickly, and begin running through the house once more to find his mate. Unfortunately, the mad dash and panic resulted in him panting slightly to catch his breath.

And lungfuls of his sister's arousal was not what he was hoping to inhale upon entering the room. He instantly began to choke on it, before he began wretching and backing out of the room.

Michelle rolled her eyes, looking at Sammy. "Happy now?"

Sammy smirked, "Getting there." She answered, not so subtley arching her back and tilting her head to allow Daniel more access to her neck.

Daniel smirked against her, closing in on the side of Sammy's neck, and allowing enough of a growl to slip through his lips that the vibrations pushed straight into her skin beneath her ear, causing a moan that even she wasn't expecting to escape from her lips.

"Daniel," She half shrieked, half moaned as she tried to jump away, begining to get slightly embarassed.

Daniel was already lost to his own lust though, and only growled again.

"Michelle?" Eloise ventured turning slighty into face the room, since no one else seemed capable of moving things along, "Maybe you could show Daniel and Sammy to a guest room, we were hoping to stay the night anyway, if that is alright? We are sorry about the short notice. However, there are some things we need to discuss with Alpha Henry, myself in particular and I don't think anyone will be in a fit state to do so, until Sammy's... hormones, are taken care of." She added with a smile of her own before turning back to look outside.

Michelle looked to her son, who was now covering his mouth and nose with his hand.

"Do it." He mumbled, stepping further back into the hallway.

Michelle nodded, "Daniel, Sammy, please follow me."

Daniel stood, pulling Sammy into his arms as she wrapped her legs about his waist, his hands going straight to her ass while she took her own turn nuzzling into his neck this time, and he carried her from the room.

His growl was heard by Eloise at the window, the moment Sammy's teeth latched onto his earlobe.

She smirked before turning back from the window into the room properly, making eye contact with her own mate.

Eloise would be lying if she pretended her own stomach didn't flutter slightly with arousal at the sight of her mate. Especially with how intently he was staring straight at back at her.