Stronger by Ang Chris
Chapter 84

Graysons POV

It was hard not to think of her as an incarnation of the goddess herself as I walked into our bedroom.

She was bathed in the sunlight resting peacefully in a deep sleep. In one of her nightgowns designed totorture me.

I felt my world fracture seeing her large bump protruding under the sheets. It was the middle of winternow. And she was barely covered. The final months of pregnancy must keep her warm in wolf’s blood.

I moved closer to her and knelt down beside her face. She was so peaceful I didn’t want to disturb herbut I couldn’t stop myself

She seemed different even in her sleep slightly worn and matured now. The young love–lorn bride Ihad left was now a sturdy Luna and mom.

I k*ssed her forehead and her eyebrows scrunched. I k*ssed her cheek and her nose twitched. I finallygranted myself permission to be home by k*ssing her l*ps and when her eyes fluttered open I wasblessed into heaven with her sound.

“Grayson,” she whispered still slightly groggy.

“I’m sorry it took so long,” I k*ssed her hand.

“Grayson,” she clasped a hand over her mouth in an attempt to cover a sob.

She moved surprisingly quickly for a woman so pregnant and was in my arms before I knew it. I foundmy peace and sanity returning to me in a flood.

“You came back,” she cried gripping me hard and long. “Thank the goddess,”

“They are gone and buried I won’t be leaving again, I let my hands wander over her now–changedb*dy.

“I do not doubt you,” she whispered in my ear before pushing back from me. Her eyes looked over myface. “We are far too young to look like this,” she quipped her hands facing over all the new scars thattattooed my skin.

“I’m a starved man, Netta,” I warned her. “And you need a gentle touch. Do not start something justyet,”

She arched an eyebrow before taking my hand and placing it on her bump. “He’s large,” she informedme. “I fear he’ll

split me in two,”

A small soft thump met my hand and it jumped away in shock. He was so close to me this dream I’dhad been clinging onto all through this storm.

“He’s missed you almost as much as I have,” she cupped my face standing up above me now. “Comeon let’s take a bath,”

“I do not deserve you,” I laughed and got off the ground keeping my hands on my wife at almost alltimes.

It was odd but I had

to see the bare bump on her and found myself hurrying my steps to our bathroom.

I had intended my wife to not go without any lavishness so the multiple shower heads and the iets nowbeckoned my weak b*dy and hers.

“You look as if you haven’t been eating enough,” I brushed my thumb over her cheek..

She inhaled deeply. “The stress of not having you took away my desire for a lot of things but with twomadhu my shoulder and my love for him,” she cupped her belly. “I ate by force not want.”

I wanted to kill the bastard all over again perhaps I should go back and kill his welp as well. “I’ll havefood prepared for you. We’ll eat roasted chicken for lunch and whole pigs for dinner. I want you full andhappy.”

I stepped into the shower with her. Her math was full but her cheeks had a small divot to them, and hercollarbone

and shoulders were the tiniest bit more while.

“I’ll cook you a large omelet when we’re done.”

Her eyes filled with worry. “No, no sleep please you must be exhausted. I should make you food,”

“No.” I placed my hands on her belly, “I should get to do what I’ve waited for to take care of mypregnant wife. Be a good father.”

“You protected us. You are the best father,” she turned her b*dy to place her face on my chest.

The water began to wash the black and brown off of me and some red began to seep from me as well.

“This is not how I wanted you to return to me,” she pouted as her sweet and delicate fingers now tracedall of my new

“They’re nothing. Can’t even feel them,” I grabbed her hand and k*ssed it. I’m the one in agony look athow much he’s grown while I’ve been away,” I let the agony show on my face.

“He will meet you and still have all the love in the world. You will still be there for his first breaths. Andhe will know who you are,” she leaned forward and k*ssed me.

She scrubbed me clean and washed my hair. I took the time to relearn my wife’s curves they hadchanged, but her freckles and moles were the same.

Thou look good like this,” I told her. “You should be pregnant all the time.”

smile of hers that bewitched me. “I feel as though there wasn’t a time without me being pregnant.” thelaughed. “I miss being able to bend over. And the stretch of my belly hurts. But the blushed. “He is all Ineed

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besides you.”

“You wear the pain and aches well.” I smiled. She was frustrated not to do ali site wanted myindependent bride

“Come on,” she turned the water off and we sted I started drying her off as she did the same to me.

Ius healing as the sends passed by. Being near each other for the first time the stresses weld tacedwere now

gone.

“You should sleep,” she whined upset that she was the one being taken care of.

“I want, more than anything to make my pregnant wife a meal,” I grinned at her angry squinted eyes.“No matter how angry she may be about it,”

“I want to let you sleep that’s not an evil request,”

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead,” I bent down and k*ssed her.

We headed downstairs and I made her an omelet and my wife smiled brightly at me. I felt my mindbreathe as I made the mother of my baby a meal. As I found simplicity in it.

I placed the plate of steaming food in front of her and she took the plate happily. She took one bite andI saw the hunger in her tense b*dy unleash.

She had the plate finished in under two minutes.

“I knew you were hungry,” I k*ssed her n*eck.

“Hungry yes, But just for this,” she leaned back against me as a stood behind her.

Then the tension I had just abated returned and she went rigid..

Grayson,” she gulped. “There’s something you should know, there was another mole,”

“I know,”

She unwinded again and spun around in her chair. “How. Do you know who? Who is it? How did youreplace out?” She went wide–eyed and excited to replace out the answers to what was probably eating at herall while I was away.

“Found his messages on their computers. His code name wasn’t that hard to figure out. Charlieprobably has him in the cells by now,”

The final chapters of stronger will be out this friday

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