I wrapped my arms around her and nodded. "You'll do a great job."
"Thank you, Sophia." She stepped back and grinned at me.
Mom wiped a stray tear away from her cheek. "We'll miss you, sweetheart."
"I'll miss all of you. But this is what's best for us." I intertwined Blaine's hand in mine.
"I know," Dad said, squeezing my shoulder.
"All we want is for you to be happy," Mom said with tears in her eyes.
"Blaine makes me happy." I smiled as he squeezed my hand.
I held the white plastic stick with my right hand and covered my mouth with the left. Two pink lines were visible, and I couldn't stop staring at them.
I placed a hand on my belly and just stared at it. There's a baby inside me, I thought, our love created a baby. I felt a smile form on my lips as I flung open the bathroom door, test in hand, and ran to Blaine who was sitting on the couch.
"What's wrong?" His eyebrows threaded together.
"I'm pregnant!" I held the test out for him.
He hopped up off the couch and took the test from me. His eyes widened as he stared at it. "You're pregnant?"
I nodded and smiled. My head felt fuzzy, and my heart felt like it was beating out of my chest.
He grinned, picking me up and spinning me around. "Oh, my fates!"
He slowly stopped spinning and my arms wrapped tightly around his neck, our noses touched as we smiled at each other.
"I know we never talked about a family, but I am so happy you're as excited as I am," I whispered.
"Of course, I want a family with you. You're my mate." He kissed me.
I deepened the kiss before pulling back. "I'm going to be a mommy."
He cupped my face. "You'll be a wonderful mother, Sophia."
I nodded. "And, you'll be a kick-ass father." My eyes widened. "We have to tell my parents!"
He chuckled. "Let's go to the pack house now, then."
We grabbed the keys and drove to the pack house in record time. I was overly excited to share this news. Once we pulled in, I hopped out and grabbed Blaine's hand.
"Excited, aren't you?"
"Aren't you?" I smiled.
"You're making me a father. I'm ecstatic, Darlin'." He squeezed my hand.
We entered the pack house and tracked my parents down. We found them in the living room talking amongst themselves along with Riley and Gabe, and Xavier and Caroline.
"Hey Sophia." Xavier smiled.
"Hey, how're you doing?" I asked, eying him and Caroline.
"Better. Caroline has been helping me cope. It's been nice not having to be alone. She's a good friend." He nudged her.
"That's great!" My cheeks were aching because of the permanent smile on my face.
"Sophia! Honey, what're you guys doing here?" Mom asked, hugging us both.
"I just found out some exciting news. I wanted to share it with you all." I smiled, and Blaine placed his hand on the small of my back. "I'm pregnant!"
Mom broke into a wide grin, as did Riley, while Dad had a small grin on his face.
"Congratulations!"
I let out a squeal. "Thank you! I'm so excited. We created a life!"
Blaine chuckled and placed his hand on my flat stomach. "We sure did."
I heard a growl from behind us. We turned to find Ivy and Nolan standing in the doorway.
"You're pregnant?" Nolan glared at Blaine's hand on my stomach.
"Yes. She is." Blaine took a step in front of me.
"How come you always try to upstage me?" Ivy asked as a tear ran down her cheek.
"Knock off your pity party, Ivy," Nolan snapped at her.
"B-But you heard her!"
"Yes, I fucking heard her. She's pregnant and so are you. Get over it and stop being a bitch all the time." He grabbed her wrist and pulled her away as she complained, cursing at him.
"Now that the drama moment is over," Riley said before coming over to me and pointing at my stomach. "Do you think that's my niece or nephew in there?"
I giggled as Blaine said, "It's a boy."
"I don't care what it is. Just as long as it's healthy." I stared into Blaine's silver eyes and felt my heart swell.
One thought swirled in my mind, I'm pregnant.
Two months had passed since I found out I was pregnant. We were supposed to leave for Blaine's pack last month, but pack business held us up for sorting out rogue affairs.
I walked toward the podium, my heels clicking on the wooden floor below me. Blaine followed beside me until we reached the center of the stage. My pack surrounded the stage in the pack's auditorium.
"Hello Maxwell Pack!" I addressed them with a sense of pride.
"Hello Alpha!" they hollered back.
"As you all know, I met my second chance mate." I smiled at Blaine as the pack erupted in cheers. "I know some of you were wondering what we were planning on doing since he is the Alpha of the Huntington pack, and since we found out we were expecting. Since merging is not on the table because of the distance between our packs, we have decided for me to resign the Alpha title and go with him."
Worry masked their faces and voices began to protest at my decision.
I held up my hands for them to be silent. "I'm passing down my Alpha title to Riley Maxwell, your current Beta. She will excel as your Alpha."
Nods and positive comments were being whispered in response.
"Xavier Kingston will be your Beta. Jason Stone will become your Gamma. This pack is strong and will remain so."
Riley stepped forward onto the stage and the pack cheered.
"I will now pass the Alpha power down to her. Shift," I commanded her, and she shifted into her wolf.
I shifted into my wolf and trotted closer to her.
'Are you ready to become the Alpha of the Maxwell pack?' I mind-linked her.
'I've been ready.' Her wolf nodded.
Once she bared her neck to me, I sunk
