Today, I received a message from a Wattpadder saying how they loved this book. That really made me smile so I thought, why not upload the first bonus chapter for you guys? I'm in a really good mood after that so I hope this update puts you in a good mood as well. It's a really laid-back chapter, which is my aim for most of the bonus chapters. I need it after writing all those intense chapters, believe me lol
So, I hope you enjoy the first bonus chapter! :)
Rae 'Rae x
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Callie's POV
When I was younger, around fifteen years old, I dreamed about having a family of my own. I knew that being bisexual meant there was a strong chance I would never be able to have biological children. I also knew that magic was very much existent and therefore there was also a strong chance that I would be able to have biological children. It was just the case of finding someone powerful enough to be able to help with that.
Having a child with someone who wasn't my mate was out of the question. When Corinne came into my life, my plans to have children were inevitably put on hold because of the war but she had expressed many times that she wanted a biological child.
Corey was our life, don't get me wrong, and we loved him to the very depths of our heart, like he was our own child but no matter how hard we try to look past it; he isn't ours biologically and I know that pains Corinne. It pains me as well but I know how to hide it a lot better than she does.
When the war ended and everything managed to calm down, Corinne said she wanted to have a baby. Naturally, I said of course, knowing I wouldn't be able to say no to her anyway. I had always wanted a child so I was happy but I painted a picture in my head. This picture was of Corinne being pregnant, happy about the upcoming birth of the baby, more affectionate and hopefully more submissive in the bedroom. Believe me, that was not how it happened in reality.
Realistically, Corinne was a nightmare.
If she wasn't demanding enough already, she was ten times worse now. If I thought she was going to be more submissive, I was very wrong. She was the complete opposite. If I thought for a second that she was going to be more affectionate, I thought wrong. If anything, she wanted more affection from me, something I wasn't able to give her. Affection was something I gave her everyday without fail but she wanted so much more. More than I could physically and mentally give her.
Have I told her any of this? No I have not and do you want to know why I haven't told her? I haven't told her because I very much cherish my life. I died once and I do not plan on dying again anytime soon, especially not by the hands of my own mate.
Corinne was so scary while she was pregnant, she even manages to scare off Tatum. Now, Tatum was extremely tough and nothing fazed her. She took being exiled on the chin like it was nothing while others would've begged and pleaded to stay. There wasn't much to make Tatum sad, angry or scared and yet Corinne manages to make her feel all of those things. Sometimes all at once.
Tatum knows it's because she's pregnant but have you ever tried to talk calmly to a pregnant wolf?
Neither have I. Calm is not in Corinne's vocabulary right now because she'll either burst into tears or shout at you for no reason. There was no in between with Corinne but I wouldn't want her any other way.
I didn't know what pregnancy felt like. It was Corinne's decision to carry the baby this time. I said I would carry the next time but hopefully that won't be for a long while, especially since we were having twins. Corinne said she wanted at least six children so I needed a lot of time to prepare for that.
Looking up from my paperwork, I caught Corinne walk into the room rubbing her stomach. No matter how dark it was outside or how bad the day seemed to be; whenever I laid my eyes on Corinne, my day brightened up and nothing else mattered.
I stood up from my chair and walked over to her, guiding her to the nearest chair so that she could sit down. She was fairly far along into the pregnancy and I didn't want her overexerting herself, whether she was a wolf or not,
"Are you okay? I said to use our mind link if you needed me. You know I don't like you walking up and down the stairs without me."
Rules were enforced during this pregnancy as well. I will admit, I was very protective of Corinne. I was protective of her before she got pregnant but now that she was carrying my children, my protectiveness had risen significantly. She hated it but that wasn't going to stop me.
Corinne sniffed and ducked her head, "Do you still love me?"
Here we go. She's asked me this question so much during this pregnancy, I don't understand why she continues to ask, especially since my answer is always the same,
"Of course I still love you," I replied honestly, "Why would you think otherwise?"
She wiped her face but kept her head down. I didn't like that. She only kept her head down when she wasn't feeling confident, which had been a lot lately,
"I'm fat. Why would you continue to love me? You could go and find someone else. Someone who isn't fat like me."
I chuckled and shook my head. It was a bad move on my part because Corinne rose her head and narrowed her eyes at me, making me gulp in fear,
"Are you laughing at me now?" Corinne asked seriously. What was I supposed to say to that? She knew when I was lying but she would get angry at the truth. It was a lose lose situation here,
"I wasn't laughing at you per say," She narrowed her eyes further, making me raise my hands in defence, "I was just laughing at how ridiculous your words were. You are still the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on. You're not fat, you are carrying our babies, making you even more beautiful to me. I wish you would see that."
Her eyes softened, making me let out a sigh of relief. I was in the clear. For now,
"I'm hungry," Her change in mood was astonishing, "Do you think Tatum will cook for me?"
I looked at her amused, "Tatum is our guard, not our chef."
Corinne smirked, "I know but I like to see her squirm sometimes."
I raised an eyebrow at her, "You scare her on purpose?"
"On the odd occasion," She said with a shrug, "It gives me joy, considering how tough she makes out to be."
I chuckled and shook my head. I knew Corinne sounded slightly evil at this point but she loved Tatum. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here today and if it wasn't for both her and Sasha, Corinne wouldn't have been able to get pregnant. We would be forever in their debt.
They were part of the family now and not everyone would be happy about that, not only because they're mages but also because they were exiled. Exiled species don't just get taken in by another species so easily but me and Corinne owed them our lives, so taking them in wasn't even a difficult decision. We didn't even hesitate to say yes.
I was cut out of my thoughts by Tatum walking into the room. I didn't even realise that Corinne had mind linked her to come.
Tatum bowed to us both as she entered, even though we had told her many times before that it wasn't necessary. She was family and family didn't need to bow. She wasn't hearing any of it though,
"Your majesty, you called me?" Tatum asked.
Corinne smiled at her, "Come on Tatum, you are family. The formality is not needed, trust me."
Tatum rubbed the back of her neck, "Sorry, I think it's just a force of habit. You called?"
"Yeah, can you cook for me please?" Corinne asked sweetly. I knew the truth though and she had not been sweet during this pregnancy at all,
Tatum looked at her confused before looking at me. I didn't know if Tatum was a good cook or not and I really didn't want to risk it. If Corinne didn't get the quality food she wanted, she wouldn't be happy and that's putting it lightly.
I discreetly shook my head at Tatum and she turned her head back to Corinne,
"Ummmm, I-That's not really my field of expertise." Tatum explained. Now if there was one thing I knew about Corinne, especially during this pregnancy, is that she always got what she wanted, no questions asked and that wasn't about to change now,
"Tatum. You've seen me when I don't get my way right?" Tatum nodded, "We wouldn't want a repeat of that, would we?"
Tatum shook her head fearfully. It was almost comical how scared she was of Corinne, despite the fact that Corinne was younger than her by a few years,
"Then will you cook for me please?" Corinne asked again. I put my hands in my face knowing that Tatum was going to say yes. This was going to end up being a disaster, for everyone and at the end of the day, I was going to be the one ending up in the spare bedroom because of Corinne's mood. I was not looking forward to it,
"Sure. I can cook for you, I guess." I heard Tatum reply. I let out an inaudible groan as I heard Tatum's footsteps retreat from the room. I knew I had to do something so I used my mind link to talk to Marco,
'Marco, I need a favour.'
'Anything your majesty.' He replied immediately. This mind link really came in handy sometimes,
'Corinne has gotten Tatum to cook something for her, I need you there on standby in case the food isn't up to Corinne's standards. We do not need a repeat of last week.'
'Of course your majesty. I will prepare something now as a back-up.'
I could always count on Marco, 'Thank you Marco.'
I disconnected the link and looked back up at Corinne who was looking at me patiently. Everyone knew when a wolf was using their mind link, don't as how, we just knew.
Corinne stood up and moved over to me so that she could straddle my lap. If there was one thing I enjoyed about her pregnancy, it was her increased sex drive. That was something I would never get tired of. She had gotten surprisingly flexible over the course of this pregnancy as well and I was not complaining.
She twirled a strand of my hair in her fingers and looked down at me, very seductively may I add,
"So, we have a few hours free," She started, making me lick my lips, "Any idea on how to pass the time?"
I purred in delight and gestured towards the door, "Lock the door."
She smirked and stood up from my lap so that she could go and lock the door. When she made her way back to me, she added a gentle sway of her hips, making her look even more sexy than she already was.
I didn't know what it was but seeing Corinne pregnant with our children just made her even more beautiful to me. Even though it was through the use of magic, they were ours biologically and I think knowing that just made me happier about it.
Corinne came a stood over my lap, running her hands down my chest, unbuttoning the buttons on my shirt as she went lower. Adeline wouldn't stop purring.
Once she got the last button undone, she kissed back up my body while removing my shirt. She kissed up to my lips and lightly took my bottom lip between her teeth, winking at me before capturing my lips with hers.
My eyes closed on their own accord and I enjoyed the feel of Corinne's lips on mine.
It's been a while since we've had the chance to be intimate with each other. As much as we loved this pregnancy, it was taking a lot out of Corinne and she just didn't have the energy. In the early stages of the pregnancy, she wouldn't let up. If I thought she was insatiable before, I was very very wrong. As time went on and the pregnancy progressed, her mood changes were more frequent and most of, if not all of the time, she just wasn't in the mood. I was in no way complaining because our relationship wasn't based off of that but I would be a liar if I said I didn't miss it, even if it had only been a few weeks but believe me, I was definitely going to make the most of the next couple of hours.
*A few hours later*
After over two-hundred hours waiting, I was sated. Good thing too because I know that as the pregnancy progresses even further, we won't be able to do that again. Corinne has roughly two more months until her due date so it was coming around quick.
Surprisingly, I wasn't too worried about it. We were Queens so we could literally give them anything they wanted. I knew it would be hard to deal with the night feeds and late night and such but I'm not as nervous as I thought I would be. That may be because we still have two months to go but I guess we'll have to wait and see.
We were now seated in the kitchen after being called by one of the servants that dinner was ready. More specifically, Corinne's dinner. This had to be up to her standards. I was praying to the Goddess that this was up to her standards because I really didn't want to spend another night in the spare room.
I looked over at Tatum as she placed the plate in front of Corinne. She shrugged over at me and I groaned. What did that even mean?
I diverted my eyes to Marco and he nodded, letting me know that his back-up was ready. At this rate, we were going to need it.
Standing up, I walked over to Corinne and looked down at her, "Remember that Tatum isn't a chef okay?" I reminded her, just incase this went badly.
Corinne waved me off and started to eat the food in front of her. I sent a mental prayer to the Goddess; Please Goddess let this food be okay, for my sake.
Was it hot in here? Is it just me? How much time has passed? Why is Corinne so quiet? Oh my gosh, I'm sleeping in the spare room tonight.
Corinne looked up at Tatum and smiled, "This is really good, like really really good."
I let out a sigh of relief and ran a hand through my hair. I then hugged Tatum, tightly may I add. I was just so happy that I didn't have to sleep in the spare room tonight.
Tatum awkwardly patted my back, making me chuckle. She wasn't very social and fairly guarded. She sort of reminded me of myself actually and I liked that.
I pulled away from her and smiled, making her smile back at me before taking a step back next to Sasha.
Since Corinne was eating, I took this chance to go and check up on Corey. Ever since he started school again, he's been a lot more independent, despite the fact that he was only six years old.
I gave Corinne a quick kiss on the cheek before walking out of the room to find Corey. He was usually in his room so I decided to try there first.
When I reached his room, I knocked twice, paused and then knocked three more times. That was our secret knock. He knew who it was by how we knock on the door. Corinne had her own one as well.
The door opened in front of me so I walked in and looked over his room, "Corey, didn't I tell you to clean your room?"
Corey looked over at me from his desk and nodded, "Sorry. I'll do it soon."
I walked further into the room and sat down on his bed. Looking over at him, I could see that he wasn't his usual cheery self,
"Are you okay baby?" I asked, walking up behind him. He ducked his head, making me look at him confused,
"W-Will you and mama love the new babies more than me?" He asked quietly. I looked at him shocked,
"Why would you think that?"
He sniffed, "I'm not yours. Cami and Cali will be."
I ran a hand through his hair gently. I never thought he felt this way. He had been quite quiet throughout this pregnancy but I just thought that was because he was focusing on school a lot more.
I knew he already loved his siblings. We were going to have a boy and a girl, thank goodness because Corinne has been wanting a girl for quite a while. We didn't struggle on their first names and decided to call them Camellia and Caleb. We're sticking with the letter C.
The middle names were a different story. I could think of any for the life of me but Corinne thought of some straight away. She said that she wanted to name them after my parents. I think I shed a few tears when she told me that, I wasn't expecting it. So, after a while of thought, we decided to name our daughter Camellia Callystah and our son Caleb Carlyle.
I guess the problem was that we never explained to Corey that no matter what happened, we would love him exactly the same as we would love the new additions,
"Corey, you might not be ours biologically but that doesn't matter. No matter what anyone says, you are our son okay? We will love you just as much as we'll love Cami and Cali."
He wiped his eyes and looked up at me, "You promise?"
I smiled and nodded, "I super promise."
He smiled and gave me a tight hug. I kissed the top of his head before leaving him to clean his room.
I let out a deep breath, preparing myself for not only the rest of the day but for the rest of the Corinne's pregnancy. I knew I was going to need as much preparation as possible.