Sold To The Alpha
Chapter 39

Thundering down the hall, dragging Charity in his wake, Aaron rushed toward his fathers office, slamming open the door without knocking in his haste.

They barreled into the room and came to a skidding stop at the sight in front of them, Mary was sat on the desk with Alistair stood between her legs, his hands roaming under her unbuttoned blouse as he nibbled on her neck. Turning scarlet, Mary hastily pushed Alistair away whilst trying to pull her clothing over her breasts. Alistair growled at his son 'Don't you ever learn to knock?' he demanded gruffly, obviously annoyed at being interrupted.

Aaron ignored his father's tone and pushed Charity forward grinning before shutting the door behind him, looking at her son's excited face, Mary put a calming hand on her husband's arm and asked 'what has got you two so worked up this evening?' Dragging Charity to the desk he grabbed his mother's hand with his free one and blurted out 'Charity is pregnant! we just did a test'

Both parents looked at the pair in silence before Mary jumped from the desk with a squeal and ran round to engulf Charity in a hug, 'I knew it! I just knew it' she squeaked as Alistair grinned and walked to his son to clap him on the back before wrestling his wife off Charity so he could hug her too.

'We are so pleased for you' he growled softly, his face shining with happiness.

'Our first grand child' gushed Mary, almost bouncing on her toes 'We will need to announce it to the pack' she added 'You'll have to make a formal announcement' she said to her husband.

'We also need to get a group of pack members together and start researching this curse' Aaron said soberly 'We have to find the way to break it'

Mary nodded '50/50 is not odds I am willing to gamble on' she agreed 'we will search every corner of every stone, over every bridge in the country' she promised.

'Congratulations you two' said Alistair 'now get out so I can continue enjoying my wife' he gruffed as Mary blushed again and Aaron made vomiting noises before putting his hands over Charity's eyes

'Seriously dad! she's already nauseous enough, don't make her puke on your Persian rug!' he moaned as he guided Charity out of the room with her eyes still covered, whilst she giggled at him.

Later that day the pack was gathered outside on the grass where a makeshift stage had been erected. Alistair, Mary, Aaron and Charity made their way to the stage where Alistair stood in the middle and raised his hand to halt the chatter that was running through the pack. An immediate hush fell over the crowd as Alistair cleared his throat before addressing them.

'Family' he intoned 'I know you are all wondering why we have called this impromptu meeting, today we have wonderful news to share with you all' Alistair smiled broadly at the excited whisper that rustled through the pack members. 'This morning your future Alpha and his mate have informed us that our pack will be expanding as they are expecting their very first pup' he declared loudly.

A split second of silence fell across the crowd before the members erupted into shouts of congratulations and wolf howls. Alistair beckoned his son forward, who grabbed Charity's hand before stepping to his fathers side. As the members fell silent again, Aaron raised his voice to be heard across the pack land, 'Thank you all' he started grinning, 'Charity and I are thrilled and we are so happy to share our news with our family! More cheers and howls cut him off, laughing, Aaron raised his hands until the noise subsided, 'I do have one slight downside' he continued sadly 'unfortunately it seems that my mate can no longer stand the smell of sausages so until further notice these will be off the menu. The crowd was a mixture of laughter and groans, the latter being led by Aaron's beta Justin.

Calling an end to the meeting, Alistair led the way off the stage where Charity and Aaron were immediately surrounded by well wishers. Charity was suddenly engulfed in a hug by Chloe while James held his hand out to Aaron who took it with a grin. 'I am so thrilled' squealed Chloe excitedly 'If I am not godmother, I shall be heartbroken!' she declared dramatically.

Laughing at her stubborn facial expression, Charity replied 'And who else would I even think to ask?' before being dragged into Chloe's arms again amidst more squeals.

Aaron received a forceful punch to his arm, turning around annoyed, he came face to face with his Beta who scowled at him 'No sausages?? what are you trying to do to me mate!' he growled before breaking into a broad grin and giving him a man hug. Chuckling Aaron shrugged 'Hey don't blame me' he protested innocently 'Our pack has a duty to make sure my mate is as well looked after as possible if she hates them, we all hate them'

Hanging his head in mock sorrow, Justin turned to Charity 'why sausages girl?' he whined 'why not broccoli or mac and cheese? something gross. He was soon unable to keep up his fake horror and threw his arms around her, lifting her off the floor and spinning her in excitement. A low growl rumbled from Aaron, they both turned to look at him in surprise, Justin slowly lowered her to the floor and stepped away while Charity rolled her eyes at him.

'Again?' she asked half annoyed, half amused, 'Justin is your best mate! He sees me as a sister' she admonished, while Aaron dropped his gaze looking sheepish.

Justin chuckled and punched him in the arm again 'It's ok Char, it's the Alpha in him, now you got a pup, he's going to be one hundred times worse about unmated males near you'

Charity sighed loudly before linking her arm through her mate's who cheered up considerably at her touch. Justin then squared up to Aaron suddenly serious 'Oh and if Chloe gets to be godmother, I better be godfather or we are going to be having words Alpha' he threatened.

Raising his eyebrow Aaron looked at his beta 'is that a challenge?' he asked smugly

Justin contemplated for a moment 'well normally I would never be stupid enough to do that' he admitted 'but, this is extremely important so..'

'You are godfather!' interrupted Charity loudly before he could continue and start something.

Aaron looked at his mate reproachfully 'Hey, it was just getting interesting' he complained

Charity shook her head in exasperation 'you know full well you wouldn't pick anyone but Justin' she growled at him 'I do not want my baby's God Father having to be scraped off the driveway because his daddy had to prove his dominance' Aaron laughed, while Justin looked at her in horror 'Oi! Who said I would lose?' he huffed, his pride dented.

'You would lose' replied Aaron carelessly while Chloe, Charity and James chuckled.

Giving him a quick hug, Charity whispered loud enough for everyone to hear 'well obviously I think you could take him, but we don't want to bruise the future Alpha's pride now do we?' Justin looked mollified but now it was Aaron's turn to protest. 'What?!' he growled but was cut off by Charity kissing him, only breaking away when he relaxed.

'Fine, let him believe he could beat me' he gruffed 'but we all know it's not true' he couldn't help but add.

A hand suddenly grabbed Aaron's free arm, turning slightly he was faced with Gemma, dressed in a low cut black dress that hugged her figure and barely contained her female orbs, she smiled flirtatiously toward him as she ran her fingers up his arm. A growl released itself from Charity's throat as she spotted Gemma's hand on her mate, Aaron pulled himself out of Gemma's grasp and wrapped his arm around Charity instead. 'What's up Gemma' he said cagily.

'Oh I just came to congratulate you both' replied Gemma with a smile that did not reach her eyes, turning toward Charity she cooed 'you must be so happy, you'll need to make sure you take extra care of yourself now' she added with a glint in her eye before smiling brightly at Aaron and walking away.

Chloe growled angrily 'Still a dirty hoe' she muttered so only Charity could hear 'i'd like nothing more than to carve the word slut into those overly perky breasts with my claws' she said as she glared daggers at Gemma's disappearing back. Charity stood watching her rival walk away, slightly uncomfortable with Gemma's words to her.