T hose words shot straight through me. He was my Alpha, so he knew what he was talking about .

But me? Pregnant ?

I always wanted kids, but this was all kind of quick. Sure I felt safe in his arms, but what about his possessiveness ?

"Mate, speak to me? Are you feeling okay?" he asked, his arms out to me .

"I'm fine." I rubbed my forehead and swallowed back my surprise. I was a hard working Omega who was a computer programmer at a high-tech agency .

Having a baby was going to dent into my working life. Maybe even…destroy it .

"Steven dearest, you look pale," Drake said, tilting my chin .

"This is all too quick... I have a job, a family back home who wasn't even expecting me to find a mate because I was so against it. I'm going to be returning home as a walking contradiction ."

"That's fine. I'm sure they'll understand ."

Then I had to remind myself. It was a seventy percent chance, not a hundred. For all I knew, I was fine .

My head began to swim .

"Let me take you back inside, Steven. You need your rest. After our extensive knotting, you shouldn't be up and running around like this," Drake admonished .

My cheeks heated up as I looked at his angular jaw click around. He was cute as he was sexy .

I patted his arm and broke away again. This was a lot I had to process. Plus, felines liked having their space still .

"Drake, I'll find you. I'm gonna take a walk, I need to be by myself for a minute ."

Drake frowned. He really wanted me around. It made my heart flutter to know he cared about me that much .

After my last experience, I thought that this would never be a possibility for me. Now here I was, possibly pregnant with a mate who wasn't just an Alpha, but the head Alpha of a huge ass pack and a town .

Wrendall Town wasn't small beans either. It was known for trade and a lot of commercial business. The highest quality of about anything could be found here .

And I could guess they had Drake to thank for that .

I walked to the garden the way I came out from earlier. I saw some of what I thought to be pack members glance at me .

Sniffing, they must've smelled Drake's scent and backed down from approaching me .

He had that much influence, huh ?

The fresh crisp breeze of the wind helped lift my mood. Patting my pocket, I took out my phone and stared at it .

My father did want updates, and I hadn't called him for days now .

My finger was hovering over the speed dial option for calling my father until I heard my name being called .

"Mr. Purr ?"

I glanced over my shoulders and saw him striding in my direction, his wispy platinum blond hair blowing in the wind. He had all the signature looks an Omega would have. "Oh, Ethan was it?" His name slipped from my mind there for a second .

"Yes.”

"You can call me Steven, something wrong ?"

"No, I just wanted to have a small chat with you,” he said, smiling .

We continued our walk through the garden. He stayed silent, mulling over his words. What on earth did he have to say ?

"You're now a powerful Alpha's mate. Your family is influential too, how do you think they'll take this?" he asked .

What kind of question was this ?

"Hmm, me mated to a canine? They'd call me scandalous, but would root for me anyhow." I plucked a random grape that was growing in the fields on grape fence they had set up .

"When are you planning to tell them? You're now officially one of us, so we must — ”

"Wait.” I stopped him, holding up my hands and hanging my head down .

“This is going too fast. I need to settle in and break this to my father .”

Ethan placed his hand over his heart apologetically. "I understand. You're going to be okay, you know that, right ?"

"I hope so. Thanks for speaking with me, Ethan. It’s nice knowing that there will be some Omegas around me .”

“There will be many. Relax, you’ve come into the right pack.” Ethan patted my back and scurried off .

Instead of getting further lost into the garden, I returned to the Omega Lodge side and went into their lounge .

Finally, a crowd of people I didn’t feel awkward in .

Finding a good lounge chair worthy of a cat nap, I sat down and took my phone out. I had to take a second to mentally prepare myself. My fathers weren’t too conservative, but were leery of canines .

I pressed the speed dial button for my father’s number and waited as the phone run approximately two times. He picked up .

"Hey, Dad..." I said, lackluster .

"Steven, how's my furball?" he asked with that warm soft voice of his. He could put almost anyone to sleep with his sound of voice .

"Daddy, this is serious. I have something I need to tell you." I messed with the hem of my pants bottom since my feet were bent up by my hips and I was leaning to the side .

"What is it? Were you fired? Are you okay?" The panic arose in my father’s voice. He never liked having to wait for bad news .

"Dad, I...I found my mate,” I said, breathing deeply. Hearing myself say this was crazy. A real mate? Every fiber in my body screamed yes about Drake. But after Alpha Errik, it was hard to still verbally accept .

"Are you serious? Oh heavens, I'm so happy for you! I can't wait to tell your Alpha father! Who is this illustrious mate?" My father sounded like he could leap through the phone he was so happy .

I bit my lower lip before responding. This name was going to drop as heavy as a brick. "Well, he's Drake — "

"Drake Gryther!” my father cut in. “A canine! I knew you'd be the most scandalous out of the litter ."

"Yeah, him. And... I might—might—be pregnant,” I whispered into the phone .

My father screamed with joy so loud that it blasted out of my phone as if it were on loud speaker .

"Dad, calm down. I said 'might', not 'am',” I hushed, feeling my cheeks burn. A few of the Omegas in the lounge that were sipping coffee glanced over at me. God, attention was the last thing I wanted right now .

"Steven, my son. If you've done the dirty with a Gryther, then you're surely pregnant,” he boldly stated .

"..."

Great, like I wanted that confirmed by my own father .

“There’s still an if.” I looked up and saw Drake peeking into the lounge. We locked gazes, and he carefully strode on over. “Dad, let me call you back .”

“Okay, let me know this final result of my grand-kittens .”

“Will do. Take care of yourself, tell Alpha Dad I said hello .”

I hung up and looked at all the Omegas staring at my mate .

Drake’s powerful thigh muscles moved under the fabric of his slacks as he moved over to me. Damn he was handsome. Sturdy as an Alpha should have been. His eyes scanned mine, and I broke into a soft purr .

The other Omegas still stared at him as if he were steak, and I didn’t like that .

Stopping by my chair, Drake smile down at me. The most warming sensation buzzed through my veins and made me purr louder .

"Steven, I came to check on you. I'll get worried if I don't lay eyes on you every so often,” he said, folding his arms, his scent bursting off of him. I turned in my chair like a spoiled cat, my head hanging off the side of the back of the chair .

"Maybe you're just overly possessive," I purred, stretching a leg in the air. His eyes ran the length of my whole leg .

"Maybe I'm just your Alpha," he said with a low growl .

I shot a few rocky glances at the other nosey Omegas who were still adamant at staring at my mate. Such disrespect, didn’t they smell his scent on me or vice versa? I frowned. This called for a special kind of move .

"So many eyes are on you. You must be a favorite." I flicked out one of my claws and licked the rounded top of it .

"The only favorite I have in here is you," Drake said, his voice rumbling the room. Some of the Omegas overheard and sighed, knowing they didn’t have a chance. But that wasn’t good enough. I wanted more .

"It better be, Alpha. My whole family is going to meet you soon when my business convention is over ."

He raised an eyebrow and switched his standing position to jut one of his legs out. "That thing with that Alpha ?"

"You can't get over him, can you? Not jealous, are you?” I smiled .

"You know you don't have to work anymore, right?" he reminded me, shifting his arms around against his chest .

"I'm an independent Omega. I love work ."

"You don't want to be pampered ?"

"I do. I can have both." I tucked my phone away and turned back to him .

"Yes, yes you can,” he agreed. His stony visage always softened when he looked at me .

"I feel like making people jealous .”

I got out of my comfy plush leather chair and hooked my leg around his waist so I could hoist myself up and against him. Drake held me by the waist, his favorite part to touch me on, and gripped my ass .

"By all means, do that as often as you'd like, my dear mate .”

We shared a devious smile accompanied with a mischievous laughter. He carried me away back to where his pack dwelled. The Gryther Manor was by far more impressive than the Alpha and Omega Lodge .

* * *

I didn’t let him knot me again because I had some things to handle. But when we got back to our room, I gave him the blow job of his life. His cock was heavy to handle, but it was fun .

Drake jerked his hips up as he groaned loudly and shot out thick ropes of cum onto my face. I swallowed some of it too since I was feeling frisky. I forgot how good sex was as a stress reliever .

Even if the one that was fucking you was giving you the stress .

I licked the last bits of cum up and wiped my face. I was on the bed between his outstretched muscular legs, sucking his shaft gingerly for any leftover juices .

"Sheesh, your cum is thick as hell. You're right, I probably am pregnant," I chuckled, making sure there was no more cum left .

"That's the trait of a strong Alpha." Drake rubbed my head, making me purr .

Sucking his cock was better than I thought it’d be. A bit addictive to say the least. "Heh, guess so ."

I slid off the bed and grabbed a change of clothes I had bought the other day and went into the bathroom to wash up. When I emerged, I was clothed, clean, and ready to go to the convention. I heard there was important news that I specifically needed to hear .

"Where are you going, Steven dear?" Drake noticed I wasn’t climbing back in bed. He sat up and threw his legs over the side of the bed. I forgot how Alphas didn’t want to part from their Omegas for long. Not that Errik quite had that problem… by my Alpha father did .

God, he loved my Omega father .

"Work. Job convention starts finally. It was postponed for two days, but now they've decided to do it a day early," I explained, making sure I had my ID tag on so I could enter the conference room. It was being held at the Mercury Convention on the east side of town .

"Technology, right ?"

"Mm?" I tied my silk dark blue tie and tousled my hair in the mirror to make sure I didn’t look like I just got fucked by five huge Alphas and thrown to the side .

"You work in the IT field ?”

"Yes, computer programmer. But on more of an inner layer. I don't do any programming out of our company like some of the other Omegas do ."

"The owner is fond of you then." There he went, digging for another conspiracy of another Alpha plotting to get me into his hands .

"Drake, I'll be fine. My boss has a mate, and believe it or not, it's a Beta female. They have kids and the whole thing. No one's running off with me ."

"I'd like it better if you didn't have to — ”

I pinched my eyebrows and lifted up my hand. "Stop. This is still my life. I get to make my own decisions. Don't go making this hard for me ."

Because regardless of my doubts, I wanted this. I hated admitting this to myself, but I did. I wanted the fated mate life, but I didn’t want it to take away all of my old life .

“I’ll go with you—” Drake asserted .

“No you will not .”

“Steven—”

“Oh my god, fine. Sheesh. Go take a shower and I’ll wait for you to come .”

Drake smiled .

He thought he won .

Getting up, he stretched his wide chest, flexing every single muscle in his body .

“I’ll be right out in five minutes .”

“Okay,” I said, sitting down on the bed and leaning back .

As soon as he closed the door behind him, I popped up and slipped out the door .

But as I walked down the hall, I got dizzy .

Really—