The Heir to the Alpha
Chapter 13

Scarlett

As I drove to Pack's House I took some time to reflect on all this madness, I was going to spend the night with the Alpha. Or better. I was going with a suitcase to spend the night with the Alfa. Who was the father of the child I was expecting. Scarlett from 1 week ago would never have imagined anything like this. I entered the garage with the controls that were in the car, and the door to the stairs was open, as was the bedroom door. I knocked twice, and already entered, I found Christopher sitting in one of the armchairs, facing the city landscape with a glass of whiskey in his hand. Upon hearing me enter, he turned around and his sky-blue eyes locked with mine, while he spread a wide smile on his lips, making me sigh. I dropped the suitcase on the floor in the closet as he stood up and walked towards me.

“Did you follow my suggestion? Did you bring your things?” He asked me smiling after placing the glass of whiskey on the coffee table.

"Yes, I brought some things," I said, shrugging my shoulders and smiling.

And then Christopher placed both hands on my hips and pulled me close until our bodies collided, he brought one of his hands up and placed it on the back of my head, while his thumb went to the side of my ear, he slowly pulled me to his lips. touching mine, and he kissed me, but it was a gentle kiss, a calm, peaceful kiss, with a taste of peace, with a taste of home.

It was that kiss you wait for after a busy day, a difficult day, there in his arms I felt at home, it was as if he had all the capacity to take away everything bad I felt just by being there, it was my refuge.

He stopped kissing me, just to the point of touching his forehead to mine and he let out a sigh, it was a sigh of relief, and then I understood that my presence for him meant the same thing as his presence for me.

"I smell like a hospital, I need to take off these clothes," I said as I raised my gaze to him.

"Come on, let's take a bath." He said letting go of me and heading towards the bathroom.

Christopher turned on the bath while I went into the bathroom and started to take off my shoes and earrings, then he looked at me in the mirror, and when his eyes met mine, I was stuck there.

"It was a difficult day for both of us." He confessed and at the same moment James came into my head, and I needed to tell his wife and son about his death, my heart sank.

"Don't even mention it, I had a death," I said releasing the air from my lungs. At that moment Christopher approached and hugged me from behind, passing his hands around my waist, I snuggled there and it was as if our hugs were never enough, I always wanted more, I could live in there.

"I know, there were 3 in total. There were few casualties compared to the war scenario it was, and compared to their casualties, but it still hurts, that there are still three lives under my responsibility that I lost. I need to talk to the families tomorrow. " He said squeezing me even tighter. My neck slid to the side, making room for his face to fit between my shoulder and neck and he planted two kisses there, before facing me in the mirror again. "And we deserve a really long bath to relax." He said at the same time that his hands now focused on my belly, and he didn't need to say anything, I knew what he meant with that gesture.

He released me and my body ached with the absence of his touch, Christopher started to undress and I did the same. The bathtub was still filling when he reached for me, even though I had already seen him a few times, I was still not used to him naked, I felt my cheeks pink for a second, and he smiled, at the same time it was still new, it was natural, I reached my hand out to him and stepped one foot, then the other, into the tub. I sat right in the center, and he came in right away, behind where I was, he also sat down and placed his legs on the side of mine and slowly pulled me until my body fitted with his. It was instinctive when I leaned back until I was lying on his chest and he hugged me again, the warm water, his body on mine, his company, it was everything I needed after a day like that.

Christopher began to stroke my arm as he spoke.

"You know Scarlett, I need to confess something to you." He started to say and I bent one of my knees, adjusting myself in the bathtub. "You know I've already tried to replace someone after Violet." He paused, and I knew the subject was delicate, I felt my heart leap inside my chest. "And having already had a partner, it was difficult to date again, I could never connect, everything seemed empty, meaningless, without feeling." He continued to talk and now my stomach twisted. "But with you it's so natural, it's so light and at the same time so intense and deep, that it seems like it was always meant to be like this. What I want to say is that I really I think you could be my second chance." His words made my heart beat faster, my breathing quickened and a shiver ran down my spine, I wanted to say something but it was as if my throat had stopped, I swallowed hard. "I don't want to pressure you, I know it was very quick, and I know that I'm not just any partner, assuming as my mate requires sacrifices, renunciations, and responsibilities too. I don't know if this is what you want for yourself, but I would like you to think about it." He added and as nervous as I was, I felt so safe with him, that I knew I could open up. I held on. I put his hand in the water and pulled it up, playing with his fingers as I spoke.

"It's already crossed my mind, but I confess that I haven't seriously thought about it. My career has always been something very important to me, and if I were..." The idea was so absurd to me that I had avoided thinking about it, ever. I hadn't even said it out loud, but there I needed it. "Taking on as your Luna, I would need to give up on that, and these are ideas so far outside of my current reality that I don't even know how I would feel. My mother received offers from my father to work in administration before they got married, but she never wanted to stay in his shadow, so she finished medical school, specialized, and is now head of the hospital, I'm proud of her career for that too." I completed it, but I knew I was getting off-topic.

"I would never let you remain in my shadow, I would need you by my side, not behind me. Alpha and Luna perform different functions within a Pack, but you are right when you say that you would need to give up your career as a doctor. I wish there was another way because I know you love what you do, but Luna's position is already a lot of responsibility."

"But at the same time, I feel it too," I said taking in air. "I feel like you're also my second chance…" Saying it out loud made everything more real, it was like it was the snap I needed to let myself be flooded with it.

I felt a lot of things with Christopher, but at the same time, I felt like I was always holding back the feelings, afraid, not allowing myself to feel everything, and there I allowed myself, there I allowed myself to be flooded and filled by the purest feeling of love. It was so emotional that tears formed in my eyes.

"And at the same time, there's this child." I continued talking while taking his hand along with mine to my belly. "We're going to have this child together, and just the fact that it's your child puts responsibilities on him or her before it's even born." I felt him tense up at that. "But I promise, I promise to think about it, okay?"

I asked and he kissed my neck.

"Perfect, think about it, and sleep with me here every night, so I can convince you a little bit every day."

He said, smiling against my skin, before reaching for the sponge and starting to rub it over my body.

"So you think you can convince me?" I said smiling, moving my back away from his chest so he could soap it too.

"Not really, but I like to try." He replied.

It was funny how even the most delicate and difficult conversations were natural with him, it made me wonder if a relationship with his partner was like that, and if we were both right in our guesses if we would be second-chance mates.

We showered together and relaxed in the tub for a few minutes before bed. Nothing sexual happened that night, but it was more intimate than that, it was deep, it was proof that it was much more than physical attraction, it was companionship.

The following week was intense, with me between shifts and clinic, and Christopher needing to resolve the issues of the latest attack on the South and the possible next political strategies that would be made. My mother had reduced my shifts, she didn't justify it but I knew it was due to the pregnancy, we had already scheduled the first ultrasound, but Christopher wanted to be with us and this week was simply impossible for him, so we scheduled it for the next one. He arrived tired every day, and some days so late that I arrived to sleep at his house before he even arrived. Just as we agreed, I was sleeping there every night, but I still ate dinner at my parents and prepared a suitcase with new things every day, although I was already considering leaving some things there.

At one of the dinners my mother had made meat and potatoes, one of my favorite dishes, and Tiff was having dinner with us, we all ate in peace until my father received a call, it was normal for him to have work calls at the most unusual times, but this It bothered me, I had no idea what was coming.

"Hello." My father answered got up from the table and walked away, I got so nervous that my stomach stopped, and let go of the cutlery without being able to eat anymore.

My father was pacing back and forth, he started running his hands over the back of his neck nervously, and this made me even more nervous.

"What?" My father screamed in astonishment, and it made my throat constrict, my mouth went dry, and it seemed like I felt something wasn't right. "I am on my way." He said, hung up nervously, and came towards the table.

"I need to go, we were attacked again, on the southern border." He said agitatedly and took Bob by the arm. "We need to go on, quickly."

"What really happened?" I asked almost getting up, I knew and felt that it wasn't just that. "It wasn't just an attack."

My father passed his hand over his face, he was upset, he shook his head and then looked me in the eyes, deeply, in my eyes there was the plea to know, but in my heart, I was afraid of what could have happened.

"The Alpha was at the border when the attack happened and he was hit, I don't have concrete information about what it was, but it looks like he was bitten."

I didn't have time to say anything, the urge to vomit came and I couldn't hold it back for long, I only managed to go to the trash can, and vomited all my dinner there.

"Scarlett." I heard my mother calling my name and reaching for me a napkin, I quickly stood up, wiped my mouth, and turned towards them.

"I'll go with you there," I said going towards my father.

"No, Scarlett, you can't go along, it's dangerous there." The one who warned me was my brother, stating the obvious.

"It doesn't matter, I need to see him, and if he needs medical attention…" I started to speak, but my father cut me off.

"Scarlett, we don't know for sure how bad the attack is, you can't just go to an attack zone. We don't know the extent of the damage from this bite either…" And that scared me, I didn't know if it was a small bite, or if it was one like James's that led to his death.

And just thinking about the possibility of Christopher dying, I went into such despair that I couldn't contain myself when tears began to well up in my eyes, and I sighed, a sigh of anguish, of pain, of worry, and of pure despair, my heart sank and I felt such emptiness and tightness in my chest that I felt like I was going to faint.

"I need to see him…" I said through tears and took two large steps towards the door, but her voice came like a scream and hit me hard, while I felt my mother running behind me.

"Scarlett, you won't." She said taking my arm.

"Why not?" I shouted back.

"Because you carry the future of this Pack inside your womb."

Who else got chills with this last sentence?