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definitely, it wasn’t the time to discuss important things like that, so matthew complied about letting their problems for later. “I didn’t take the tea this time, because I wanted to give us the chance to start a family. It’s time for us to have pups, dox. I feel so ready, but I need to know if you’re ready too.” cuddling his mate, matt closed his eyes, so he could immerse himself on his mate’s scent. “my heat will start by the morning.”

matthew knew his alpha was telling the truth, but it didn’t make the feeling of betrayal hurt less. and he looked the man deep in the eyes, sighing quietly before a new wave of cramps hit him. “I love you so much.” matt sniffed, bending his body so he could lay his head on the curve of maddox neck. “I want it too, and I want to talk with you about bodhi’s pup, but this pre-heat is killing me. I’m sad, but don’t want you to go away, so carry me to bed, please?” 

“I don’t believe in you, dox. you had all the time of the world to tell me, your mate, and even so, you decided to keep that from me. we are a large pack, how could you do this?” he made a face because of a cramp, taking a deep breath before turning his face to maddox. “a son, dox! I’m the one who was supposed to give you your first child and I feel so betrayed because of it. What about our family?”

     jayden  looked  up  at  maddox  when  he  spoke  about  the  pups.   jayden  did  think  about  it,  he  wanted  to  have  a  pup  of  his  own,  but  he  wanted  one  with  someone  he  care  dearly.    “   i  would  love  to  have  pups,  but  i  don’t  know,  i  want  to  be  with  someone  when  it  happens,  a  mate,  ”   he  whispered.    “   but  i  mean,  if  i  ended  up  having  one  regardless  of  a  mate  or  not  in  my  life,  then,  i’d  love  that  pup  unconditionally.  ”

      “   that’s  really  sweet.   well,  know  that  you  are  one  of  mine,  ”   he  said,  trying  his  best  to  hide  his  blush,  looking  away  as  he  kept  the  smile  on  his  face.   it  was  true,  maddox  just  knew  how  to  keep  jayden  comfortable  and  always  keep  him  on  a  brighter  mood  every  time  they  saw  each  other.   “   alright,  i  guess  it  will  be  a  surprise,  ”   he  chuckled.    “   i  ended  up  seeing  some  of  the  pups  today,  they  are  the  cutest.   it’s  hard  to  believe  that  one  day,  i  may  have  one  of  my  own.  ”   he  chuckled.   “  one  day,  i  guess.  ”

@mcddoxs

he stops almost every two minutes before he can reach his destination, either lured by someone asking him to come over or help with something. he’s fine with that, he likes to help anyway and maybe he stayed a bit too long talking to the caregiver at the nursery (it’s mostly an excuse for an extra five minutes with his nephew too). so when he pushes the door to the Tavern and is greeted by both the scent and voices of those he crosses paths with, he needs to be quick before anyone remembers they have new stories to entertain him with. 

“How is it that I can always find you on my first try despite your recurrent cryptic ass requests for meeting up. Repeat after me, sunshine: ‘time and place’.” he says, dragging the last three words while looking at Maddox and before drawing his attention to whatever mug is on the counter in front of the older. “What are you drinking?” and that’s enough to let the alpha know that whatever it is, it’s about to be snagged because that’s how they work and Maddox knows that as long as he has his own drink, Andrei will never ask for a mug of his own. It’s been like that for as long as they remember. 

the tavern is filled to the brim with wolves and maddox doesn’t mind, actually enjoys it that way. he liked having people around him that were too drunk to care that he was a packmaster and treated him like any other wolf.  there were always stories ready to be told and swapped when the tavern was busy like that. but that wasn’t the main reason why he was there at that moment. it was for something much more specific.

“Maddox… I know you….”  He looked at the other. “I know the power and influence you have. Also I know when you lie.”Owen looked at the other and shook his head. “Whatever. It’s not like you care anymore anyways.” he shook his head and looked away. “Do I hate you? Didn’t you throw our relationship away?” He asked the other curiously and shook his head. “I gave you every ounce of me and you can just throw it away like it didn’t mean a damn thing to you.” He glared at the man. “So yes apart of me does hate you, along with a apart that still loves you.” 

       “   thank  you,  ”    he  blushed.    “   i  didn’t  think  i  was  anyone’s  favorite,  ”   he  bit  his  lower  lip.    he  kept  his  eyes  on  the  other  and  he  chuckled,  watching  as  the  other  ate  the  bread.    it  was  quite  delicious,  the  bread,  and  he  enjoyed  eating  it  himself.   “   you  don’t  have  to  do  that.   i  love  making  the  bread,  and  it  gives  me  an  excuse  to  see  you,  ”   he  chuckled.    “   truly,  you  don’t  have  to  do  that.  ”

when his alpha scent hit him, matthew felt like going crazy. he had to fight the urge to simply jump on him, scent him until he was smelling just like him; and the need to take off his clothes and put them on his nest. it took him a lot of self-control because they needed to talk. “yes.” he said, quickly. “why you didn’t tell me you had a son?” in his state, matt did not want to wind up much, so he went straight to his question. “and don’t lie to me again, bodhi told me everything.”

he was in pre-heat. his judgments were affected, and now he was feeling even more upset about everything. matthew was supposed to be nesting, craving for his alpha, but instead of this, he was just sitting around the house, thinking about what he should say to his mate because he was so sad. this month, he expected to talk with him about having pups, but now he wasn’t so sure. the heat gave him the courage to speak and now all he had to do was wait until maddox got home from his duties. he wanted to know everything. ( @mcddoxs )

Dear gods, Bodhi wanted to hate Maddox now. It would make it so much easier to attempt and overcome his wolf’s baser instincts to obey. To beg instead of demand. Bodhi was a great many things, and his submission came naturally in moments like this. “We can blend our pups together,” Bodhi offered, frantic, hands gripping the hem of Maddox’s shirt from his place on the ground. “Matthew’s and mine. We’ll raise them together. Flynn can be the first pup without a divided pack.” It was nonsensical. It couldn’t work. Would Makani agree to that? The packmaster wanted the packs to remain divided… but then again, so had Bodhi, until this very moment.

When Maddox pulled Bodhi to his feet, the omega gripped his former lover’s upper arms to keep himself standing. I won’t take Flynn from you, Bode. In a rush of air through his lips, Bodhi exhaled, relief washing over him, and he sunk down again, unable to stand any longer. From his place on the floor on his knees, the tears of gratefulness came, but Bodhi was too thankful and overcome to wipe them away. His head hung, hair falling over his face as he caved slightly, knelt down with his forehead pressed to the wood beneath him. “Thank you, Alpha. Thank you.” When it came time, when Flynn was grown, his pack would be of far less importance. He wouldn’t be ripped from Bodhi’s arms; he would be as much of a part of the village as anyone else, and Bodhi would still have access. Was it ideal? Of course not… but Bodhi made himself a promise to fight for the convergence of the packs until that happened, so Flynn could unite them all. “When Flynn reaches adulthood… if it still means that much to you… he can be a Sabre.”

bodhi painted a nice picture of flynn being the first pup to come from a blended version of the packs. it something maddox liked to think about and what he’d prefer other than flynn being from the sabre pack. but he also had to remind himself that it was most likely not possible. as packmaster, he had to be realistic and not be stuck in a fantasy. but it would definitely be something he’d be vying for if that was one of the only ways to appease both he and bodhi. “that’s something i’ve been thinking about too. if it’s possible one day, i would want that to happen.” unfortunately, he was pretty sure the other packmasters wouldn’t quite agree with him on that.