Mated to the Alpha and His Beta

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.

fall over right then and there. The sense of doom and dread that

it had been replaced by a

I said and we all

“Coffee?” Zane asked.

the coffee I had at the shop. No. I could use a cold glass of water, though,”

he filled one for me, I looked into the living room again at the sight of

my mates. “What by the

to see them all the size of toddlers, but not a shock. They’d been growing so fast over

But talking…

said “Gabriela said she’s never heard

arms over my

1/2

hand 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 to it before, you know? And having

none of the pups could overhear. As they grew bigger, their wolf senses would start to kick in before their wolves introduced themselves.

a precocious daughter,”

Alaina had been using a few sounds here and there, and