{nineteen}

Aria's POV

The soft hum of an airplanes engine is what I wake up to. After Damon found out I was pregnant, he immediately planned a trip to go see his parents at his old pack. Something about how his mother would kill him if she found out over the phone. I wasn't complaining though, I got to spend a week at my favorite house, right next to the beach. There was something about being in Blue crescent that brought me a sense of peace, the memories of Damon and I in our first few weeks of being mates live in his house right on the beach. I didn't have to worry about paparazzi swarming us whenever we leave the castle, or being waited on hand and foot by every person we see, and we could feel a little bit like normal people in this world.

"Good to see you awake." I hear Damon say. I look over from my comfortable position on the couch of the private jet. Who knew growing a werewolf would cause me to be so tired all the time? Damon was sitting in the arm chair across from me looking over some files whilst playing with his hat.

"Are we not there yet?" It was only an hour flight and I've been asleep for awhile, or at least it felt so.

"There's a storm over the landing site so they had to circle around. We should be there soon." He says, smiling at me. He kept telling me that he could see the "pregnancy glow" whenever he looked at me, he was over-the-moon about our baby, I was so relieved he was just as excited as I was. While we may be young and the fear of being too young to be parents still loams in my mind, Damon has reassured me how ready we were. This truly was the Moon Goddess's plan and I just needed to follow along.

"Have you decided how you're telling your mom?" I ask, knowing he hasn't decided yet. He simply shakes his head, he pinches his lips together against his hat before turning back towards his files in front of him. He was always trying to stay on top of his paperwork, he brought it with him everywhere. He said it was he least favorite part of being King so he never wanted it to pile up and consume a whole day of work. He had taken on his role so well and it made me so proud to see him strive as King.

I walk into the bathroom, I quickly check my makeup to make sure it wasn't smudged. Once everything looked good, I walked back out into the main area of the jet. I start to walk over to the mini fridge to get a bottle of water, but a hand wraps around my wrist and pulls me on top of a lap.

"Hi." I joke, looking up at my handsome mate.

"Hey." He smiles, before cautiously places his hand on my small belly.

"You don't have to be afraid, you can't hurt the baby." I smile, pressing his hands closer. He kept staring down at my belly

"I'm just in shock." He says, rubbing his hand over the small bump that had formed. A werewolf pregnancy is shorter than human pregnancies. Since werewolves grow faster and have a much higher metabolism, it's only a 5 month pregnancy. So since I was already 1 month into my pregnancy, I had already started to develop a baby bump. Before we had found out, I honestly wouldn't have noticed too much, it just seemed like a little extra weight.

"You're gonna be a dad." I smile, pulling his head up to look at me. I place a slow peck on his lips and smile even wider.

"Oh Goddess, how are we telling the public?" He asks.

"You're making it sound like we're famous." I laugh.

"A, we are. Every werewolf knows who we are and want to know every detail about our lives. I wouldn't be surprised if rumors were going around about a pregnancy." He says, continuous rubbing my belly. I could feel the happiness and protection radiating off of him, he was on such a high from the news.

"Yeah, but what could happen? We're heavily guarded all the time and no one can get into the castle without a guard knowing. We're safe and nothing will happen to me or the baby." I say, trying to reassure him as I can feel his possessiveness and fear coming out.

"Thank you, I need to hear that just to calm my wolf." He blushes, he knew I was trying to ease him. "How did your parents announce they were expecting you?"

"They didn't." I say, remembering the story Sarah told me. "They found out at 3 months that they were expecting."

"So, why didn't they announce it?" He asked.

"3 months is when you find out the gender, they found out they were having a girl and immediately knew I was a disgrace. My mother hid her pregnancy." I say.

"I will never understand your parents, I wish I would have found you sooner." He says, pushing a hair behind my ear.

"It was all perfect timing." I say, laying my head on his shoulder.

"Do you think we'll have a boy? Or a girl?" He asks, caressing my head.

"I would say that it's a boy for heir purposes but I proved that myth wrong." I laugh.

"I want a baby girl. I want a mini Aria." He says thoughtfully.

"I don't care what we have, as long as it looks like you." I say, playing with his tie.

Suddenly, the pilot's voice comes over the intercom, telling us we are about to land. I push off of Damon's chest, getting off his lap as well. He stands up with me and smiles down at my barely visible baby bump.

"How you telling you parents?" I ask, trying to get a reply.

"The old fashion way." He smiles, grabbing my hand and leading me out of the now landed plane. I see both Damon's parents and Connor waiting for us at the end of the tarmac. We walk towards them as the flight crew grab our luggage. Damon's mother starts to jog towards us.

"Ah, I missed you, Damon." Kathryn says as she hugs Damon.

"I missed you too, mom." Damon says, placing a kiss on his mother head.

"Oh, my beautiful daughter-in-law, you look as lovely as ever." She says, placing her hands on my cheeks in a motherly way. It was nice to have such a wonderful Mother-in-law, she was always so kind and loving towards me.

"It's good to see you, Kathryn." I smile. Bradley comes over and greets us as well. Lastly, Connor walks over to us.

"I hope you've been running the pack well." Damon jokes, patting Connor on the back.

"As best as I can, you seem to be fitting royal life well." Connor says, gesturing to Damon's perfectly fitted tux. "Where's the crown?"

"Leave him alone, Connor." I warn him, as I walk to the SUV parked by the woods that lead to the pack house. The two of them bicker all the way to car, I could tell they missed each other. Damon always said Connor was like a sibling to him, since both of us are only children, we really wanted to have multiple kids so they can grow up with siblings. I quickly get into the middle row of the SUV as Damon slides in next to me. Connor was escorting us into the pack in wolf form. Bradley starts the short drive to the pack house, Kathryn keeps stealing suspicious glances at me. It's like she knew something was up, Damon was right next to me, with a hand on my thigh but that was nothing new so I'm not sure why she's suspicious. We then arrive at the pack house.

"I missed this view." I say, looking at the beautiful house full of wolves. I was glad that we were building a pack house in the royal village. I had never seen a pack house until I came to Blue Crescent and it showed me the amazing community that is created within the pack house. "When are we headed to our house?"

"Right now." Damon smiles, pulling me out the car. He walks me over to his Ford Mustang that he kept here. We drive over to the gorgeous house that I was in love with. We quickly get settled and start to get ready for the pack dinner that we were attending. I change into a loose dress, trying to hide my baby bump. Damon walks out of the closet with a yellow button up on and holding a black button up.

"Which one?" He asks, gesturing to the yellow and black shirts.

"Wear the black shirt with your beige khakis." I reply, pointing to the black shirt. "I don't like how you look in yellow."

"Okay, thank you." He says as he starts changing his shirt, showing off his godly torso.

"You're a tease." I smirk as I walk over to him. As he pulls on the black shirt, I start buttoning it for him.

"Look who's the tease now?" He says, looking down at me.

"I guess we're just meant for each other." I say finishing the last button. I look up at him and grin. He gives me a quick peck before walking over to grab his crown. He finishes getting ready and we head over to the pack house. As we enter the dining hall, every pack member bow towards us. The dinner goes smoothly with small talk here and there. Until Damon's asks to speak with his parents and I privately. I knew what he was going to announce to them. We enter the small library that should keep our privacy.

"I need to tell you something." Damon says as his parents sit down on one of the many couches.

"Okay?" Bradley asks, Kathryn grips his hand tightly.

"Well, I'm not sure how to say this but..." Damon trails off.

"We're expecting!l I exclaim, placing one hand on my belly and grabbing Damon's hand with the other.

"I knew it!" Kathryn shouts, jumping up from the couch. She wraps me in a hug as Damon gets congratulated by his father.

"You two will be amazing parents." Bradley says, giving me a side hug.

"When did you find out?" Kathryn asks, as she hugs Damon.

"Yesterday, actually." I says, locking eyes with Damon.

"Well, how about you two go have some alone time? Take some time to yourselves. Goddess knows in a few months, you won't have any." Kathryn says, leading us out of the pack house.

"Beach sunset?" Damon asks, pointing toward the woods that lead to the beach.

"You read my mind." I laugh.

"I actually do have that ability." He says, as we begin the walk to the beach. As we walk through the forest, I look back on the times before becoming Royals. I missed the weeks we had of living without royal duties. Just getting to know each other, no stress.

We finally reach the beach after a long walk. The soft sand under my feet and soothing noise of the waves crashing on the shore. Everything I missed about this place. That's how we end the night, cuddled up in each other's embrace as we watch the sunset.

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Well that was a soft chapter, I promise it's gonna get drama filled soon. Enjoy the calm before the storm. So I'm gonna start a little contest. On this chapter I want to see how many people think it's  a girl or boy so comment below on which one you think it is!

Boy or girl??

Also below comment boy or girl names for a chance to have a name you picked out in the book.

Baby names??

Let's see how many of you get the gender right!!

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