Chapter 254

Lanie

“What do you mean, talking?” I turned in confusion toward the playpen where the pups had all been happily playing when I left. It was empty.

I turned to the couch. Isaac and Alaina sat at one end, each them playing with a cloth book that had manipulatives sewn to the pages. Stella sat on the other end.

“Hi, Mommy.” Stella waved a small hand at me, and her face lit up with a grin. She had board book in her other hand.

“Hi, baby,” I said. “Mommy’s going to talk with…”

I stopped. We hadn’t really talked about how the pups were going to address Xander, Zane, and Mason. I’d been calling myself Mama and Mommy to all the babies, but with three fathers, we’d have to figure out how to differentiate

Your

daddies,” I said quickly. “Can you stay here and be good for Grandma?”

“Yes, Mommy,” Stella said cheerfully. Incredibly, she looked down at the board book and began sounding out words.

The sense of doom

had been replaced by a

I said and we all went in

“Coffee?” Zane asked.

all the coffee I had at the shop. No. I could

room again at the sight of our children on the couch. The twins were babbling happily,

turned back to my mates. “What by the

this morning. It was a surprise to see them all the size of toddlers, but not a shock. They’d been growing so fast over the past couple of weeks, I knew it could only be

But talking…

aren’t sure,” Mason said “Gabriela said she’s never heard

table. I crossed my arms over my belly, hugging myself to hold back the shivers Zane put his arm around my

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with the diapers and getting them some lunch, so I told Zane to grab a shower while Mason and I helped her out.” Xander shook his head with a small chuckle. “I knew pups grew fast, but it’s different when they’re your own. I never really paid attention

voice low to make sure none of the pups could overhear. As they grew bigger, their wolf senses would start to kick in before their wolves introduced themselves. “But talking is definitely not. They don’t learn to talk until they’re through the second doubling. which isn’t supposed to happen for another

a precocious daughter,”

living room. Isaac and Alaina had been using a few sounds here and there,

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