Chapter 44

Amelie

Daisy is not having it. She pushes Gideon’s face away, “No, daddy! I want Amawee.”

It was cute, but I could see a little hurt in Gideon’s eyes, “Daisy, how would you like to hold my hand and walk. We need to go inside to see everyone. Can you hold my hand?” I learned a long time ago Alpha children were different from other children. Male or female, they still carried Alpha blood and tended to be fiercer when they wanted something. The flip side is that they tend to be more intelligent, and you can be reasoned with.

Daisy reaches for me, “I hold Amawee’s hand.” Gideon sets her down, and she takes my hand, and we all walk together to the front of the house where everyone is waiting.

“Amelie, this is my Beta Tyson. His mate Shay and their son Easton.” They all bow their heads. Tyson is tall and thinner build than what I was expecting. He has light brown hair, pale skin, and blue eyes with scruffy bread. He looks like he walked out of a modern-day western cowboy hat, pearl snap shirt, wranglers with a large belt buckle, and cowboy boots. Shay couldn’t be more opposite. She was shorter than me dark mocha skin that looked so smooth it almost glowed. Her jet-black hair bounced and cascaded down to her shoulders in tight spiral curls. Her outfit was so trendy and cute I almost missed it when she smiled at me. She was stunning.

Tyson is the first to address me, “Welcome, Luna. It already looks like you have found your place here.” He smiles and looks down at Daisy holding my hand. I reach out with the other to shake their hand.

“Hello Beta Tyson, Shay, and Easton. I hope we can work together to continue to grow the Druit Guard.” They both shake my hand.

Little Easton pulls his hand from behind his back and reaches up to give me a little boutique of dandelions and white clover flowers. “Welcome Wuna.”

“Oh, my, are these for me! These will make a wonderful tea. Will you have some with me?” His little eyes light up, and he nods his head then hides behind his mother. He was so cute. He closely resembled his mother but had lighter hair and smoky blue eyes, and the chubbiest cheeks.

Gideon bond-links me, “You can make tea with weeds?”

I shake my head, “to some, they are weeds to others, they are medicinal plants. Not everything is as it seems.” He nods his head.

“This is my Gamma Marcus, his mate Jorden and their son Ryan.” They bow their heads. Marcus is shorter than I would have thought, but he is just as baud as Gideon. You can tell he does a lot of training outside from his dark tan. His hair is dark brown, almost black and his eyes were so dark brown you could barely see his pupil. Jorden was in stark contrast, with light strawberry blond hair, crystal blue eyes, and pale porcelain skin.

“It’s an honor to meet you again, Luna Amelie.” That’s right. I met him at James’ Heir Ceremony.

I reach out to shake their hands as well. “It is good to see you again, Gamma Marcus. Thank you for the warm welcome.”

It looks like little Ryan also has something behind his back for me. He opens his hands and gives me two rocks. “Rose said you like pretty rocks. I found these for you.”

I rub the rocks with my thumb, and I can see they are very pretty, “Thank you, Ryan. This one here is rose quartz, and the other is Fairburn Agate. I’ll clean them up, and you won’t believe how pretty they will be.”

His eyes widen, “Really! Can you show me?”

I chuckle, “Yes, no problem, I will show you soon, OK.” He’s a mini version of his father. He’s a little older than Easton and at least two, maybe three years older than the twins.

“Let’s go inside. It’s been a long drive, and we have to give you the tour.” Gideon places his hand on the small of my back. He is still carrying Rose, and daisy is holding on to my hand. I feel like a real family, and a grin makes its way to my lips. “The pack will unload the truck. Becky, Benjamin, and Matt will make sure the boxes go to the right place.”

I walk into the main entry for the Packhouse, and I am surprised that I don’t have to redecorate completely. It’s a little old-fashioned, but a few touches, and I think it could brighten things up. It had great windows and views of the mountains, but the wall colors were so dark, and the stuffed animals were a little too much. I will lighting up the walls, getting rid of the dead animals, and adding some plants and would feel much more welcoming. “I can work with this,” I say and nod my head.

“I had a feeling you would redo most of the Packhouse. Can it at least wait till after the Luna Ceremony?” I know Gideon has been away for a long time and has a lot on his plate, but we have guests coming from all over. A refresh would need to be done.

“I will oversee the changes. I want to make a good impression on the guest coming. I don’t feel much will need to change. If you give me a good team, it can be done quickly. How about it, Shay and Jorden, you ladies what to help with a quick makeover in here?”

“Luna, I have wanted to update the Packhouse for years! I am in.” Shay says.

“If you will allow me to assist you, Luna, I would gladly help.” Jorden smiles.

“Perfect, I’ll add Becky to our team too!” Gideon grabs my arm.

“You do not need to overexert yourself in your current condition.” I give Gideon the one raised eyebrow.

I bond-link him, “I thought we were going to wait to announce that at the ceremony?”

“If you are going to start taking on projects, then my Beta and Gamma need to know.” I hate it when he’s right.

“Fine. Do it through mind-link. I want to tell the girls privately.” I can see right away that Gideon mind-links the Beta and Gamma and their mates. Shay and Jorden both are beaming after. I feel like the three of us are going to be fast friends.

We tour the rest of the house, and we finally get to the Alpha wing last. Everyone leaves us alone to tour our branch as a family. The twins are all too excited to show me their room in full detail. Next, Gideon shows me our room. It does bother me a bit that this was once the room of him and his deceased mate, but I know it’s silly to be upset about it. The room has dark navy walls all the way around, too dark. The currents are a dark gray. Furniture is all beautifully hand-carved dark stained oak. The bed is a four-poster, and the bedding is navy and dark gray. There is a balcony that overlooks the back gourds with a breath-taking view of the mountains.

I step out on the balcony. The girls jump on the bed, and Gideon leans on the doorway. “Welcome home, my storm.”

I rest my hand on my tummy for a moment, “This is where you will grow up. It’s our family home.”

“come on, let’s go have dinner. After that, we will bathe the girls and put them to bed. I want you all to myself tonight.” Gideon pulls me into him and nuzzles my neck, and kisses my mark.

“Hey, the girls are right there.” I giggle.

“I don’t think they care much.” We look over, and they have stacked the pillows up on the bed and are jumping into them. We laugh and wrangle the twins and head down to the dining room for dinner.