Chapter 164 - Wanted by the Alpha Brothers

I was too dumbfounded by that whole meeting that I didn't say a word the whole way back to the packhouse. I was confused and grateful and a little emotional about it. But when we got home all I could feel was relief.

I got out of the car and I stood there staring at the packhouse like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I felt completely free. There was no one coming after us, at least no one that we knew about, and I felt like this was really the beginning of a new chapter for us.

That we could actually start our lives finally. As a family. Together. And that no one was standing in the way of that happening.

Asher was about to walk up the stairs when he saw me and he walked back over to me and he cupped my face in his hands.

" Are you alright?" He asked.

" I actually feel, great. I feel free." I say. And he smiled at me before he leaned down and kissed me.

" We are free. Now, how about we go in and see about trying for another baby?" He asked smirking at me.

" How do you feel about a do-it-yourself vasectomy?" I asked looking up at him. And he suddenly stopped smiling and I swear I felt his legs squeeze together a little bit.

" We can totally wait for another baby. Maybe a year or two." He says.

" Isn't three enough?" I asked.

" We'll revisit the subject again in a year or two. But we can get a lot of practice in before then." He says putting his arm around my waist as we walked up the stairs of the packhouse and inside.

" Momma." Connor yelled running over to me.

" Hi baby. See, I told you we wouldn't be long." I say.

" Beau was just telling us what happened. Did they really thank you for killing those witch's?" Zara asked.

" Yeah. Apparently they turned to the dark arts and turned away from the council. The council has been hunting them for five years with no luck." Asher explained.

" Holy shit. And then they come up against our pack and we kill the lot of them. That's pretty cool." Fiona says.

" Hell yeah. But not for everyone. Has anyone checked on that warriors mate?" I asked.

" Yeah. I saw her this morning. She's not doing too well. But she's not going to give up. She's got two kids. She told me that they will keep her going." Cole says.

" I will go and see her when I can. Maybe later today. I can take Connor over there." I say.

" They'd like that." Cole says.

ONE YEAR LATER

It had already been a year and we were setting up for the girls' first birthday party. There was a bouncy castle and streamers and balloons all over the outside of the packhouse. We had a station set up to get their faces painted and we had a station set up for balloon animals and we were really going out.

We did a similar thing for Connor on his birthday but his was all spiderman themed. This one was all girly themed. They didn't have a favourite fairy princress yet or anything so we just went with a pink and purple theme for the party.

We had people cooking all day because the turn out was going to be huge. Almost the entire pack. And there was a stage with tables and chairs set up everywhere with pink and purple table clothes and everything looked absolutely perfect.

I was putting some finishing touches to the decorations when I went inside and Asher came walking into the living room holding both of the girls' hands while they were wearing their gorgeous new little pink and white dresses that I bought them for today.

" Well, those dresses aren't going to last very long once they get their hands on that cake." I say.

" Hey, you picked them out." He says.

" I know. And I am going to get lots of photos before those girls' go near any food." I say grabbing my camera off the table.

" I don't doubt that." He says.

" Momma." Stella says pointing outside.

" Yeah baby girl. That's all for you and Elsie. Do you like it?" I asked kneeling down beside her. And she started clapping and got a little wobbly and fell on her bum.

" Lucky they're still in nappies." Asher says.

" Tell me about it. We don't want them getting hurt on their birthday." I say. And then Connor walked into the room wearing a little suit, but no tie. That was a little over the top.

" Oh my god. Who is that handsome man and what has he done with my little boy Connor?" I asked.

" It's me momma." He says shyly.

" It can't be. You look too grown up." I say giving him a hug.

" Can we go play?" He asked.

" You sure can. Come on, let's head out there. The party is starting." I say. So we all headed outside and all the stations were ready for the kids and everyone was having such a great time.

Freya and Beau finally arrived and I got up excitedly to join them and I held my hands out straight away for Beau to pass me their two week old little boy.

" Hi bubby. Did you miss your Auntie Ivy?" I asked.

" He just saw you yesterday." Freya says.

" So? He can still miss me in a day." I say holding him really close to me. And Cole and Zara came out of the packhouse, Zara was as huge as a house and ready to drop at any second herself. Babies everywhere.

Axel and Fiona got to the party but I already knew that they had agreed to wait on the whole baby thing. They were still in the early love bird stage and they weren't ready to change that. I can't blame them. I know what that was like for me and Asher. We couldn't keep our hands off of each other. And sometimes now, it's still hard to control ourselves. But we didn't have a choice with three kids in the house.

" Everything here looks amazing Ivy. You did a great job." Fiona says looking around.

" Thank you so much. I'm glad you like it. There's lots of things to do. But first, I think I'm going to get my face painted." I say.

" Oh, me too." Zara says waddling after me.

While I was getting my face painted the girls' saw that it wasn't so scary and they came over to me. They saw the butterfly on my face with the glitter and everything and they loved it. So they chose what picture they wanted and they went for it. And Zara got a whale put on the side of her face. I think it's because she's always referring to herself as a beached whale lately.

I was taking photos of everything. And when Asher's parents arrived they were paying a lot of attention to the girls and I got some great photos of them together and with Connor as well. And I also got some great photos of Beau and Cole looking very sour faced as they were forced to get their faces painted.

I tried to get Asher in the chair but he took a run for it and didn't come back until I promised that he didn't have to do it.

When he finally came out from his hiding place I was sitting at a table with Freya and I was again holding the baby and watching the kids run around playing with the other kids from the pack. Everyone was haivng a great time, laughing and talking and enjoying themselves. Even the warriors who had no kids that showed up for the party. They were fine just hanging out together.

Asher walked over eyeing my suspiciously before sitting down beside me.

" Anyone would think that you did want another baby right about now." Asher says as Beau sat at the table too.

" Yeah. Well, we don't really have much choice anymore." I say. And Freya's head snapped up but it took the boys a little longer to clue on to what I was saying.

" Wait a minute. What was that?" Asher asked.

" Well, you did say that you wanted another one. Didn't you? Or was that my other husband? I always get you two so confused." I say teasing him.

" Very funny. All joking aside. Are you pregnant?" He asked.

" Afraid so. You're gonna be stuck with another kid in about 17 weeks." I say.

" Oh my god." Asher yelled as loud as he could and I actually had to cover my ears because it hurt them. He jumped up from his seat and kissed me really hard on the lips.

" I'm gonna be a father again." He announced to the whole pack. And they started cheering and clapping for us and I could tell just how thrilled he was.

When I finally got him to settle down and sit down I handed the baby back to Freya to talk to him.

" Listen, you know the chances of me having twins again are higher because I had twins last time." I say.

" I don't care." He says.

" We will have at least four children under the age of three." I say.

" I don't care." He replies.

" You do realize that we are completely crazy for having another one so soon." I say.

" Yes we are. And again, I don't care. I want another baby. You know that. And we can handle it. We've proved that we can handle anything that comes our way." Asher says leaning forward and kissing me.

" Yeah. I guess you're right. After everything that we've gone through, four kids will be cake walk." I say.

" Alright you guys. Get over here. I want a photo of the whole family." Zara yelled picking up my camera.

So we grabbed Connor and the girls and stood under the balloon archway that I made for photos and she took the photos of the whole lot of us together.

One that would be mounted and framed and put up on our living room wall.