Conri Once we had grabbed both males we dragged them outside and those that were still breathing seemed relieved to see their Alpha and Beta on their knees. There were still Warriors fighting the King’s Warriors but it wouldn’t stop us from carrying out our assignment. Amarah had also told me to look for any marks with red lettering and she had explained what those meant, Kane had been ready to rip someone apart at her words. “Captain, everyone needs to spread out and protect the ones with red lettering around their marks. They were forcefully marked and I don’t want their Mates to hurt them in any way.” I said through the mind-link. Before anyone could give out an order every Squad member was spreading out and I knew they would keep as many as they could safe. Theron was already working on Alpha Crios and I knew he would let the male bleed out slowly for everything he had done to his Sister. Theron had stepped away from Alpha Crios to take care of his Beta, Lilith’s Mate would be going through an even worse punishment and the only reason he would be taking his time was that we knew that Lilith wouldn’t feel a thing. Alpha Crios was laughing like a madman the moment Theron stroke his Beta and Evander asked him what the hell was so funny. It was soon clear that he thought his Sister was in excruciating pain, but I knelt down in front of him to whisper, “She is sedated, she won’t feel a thing.” He had looked shocked to hear me say that and I knew he had thought we wouldn’t have thought this through properly, but he had been wrong. Alexia runs into the living room of our cottage with a huge smile on her face, “Okay, Kitten. Calm down.” Theron calls out as she jumps onto the couch and without thought she slams her fist into his chest, we are laughing our asses off as Theron looks from Alexia to Umayza. Alexia tells us that there will be a party on the eve of the days of the Full Moon and everyone starts asking her questions at the same time, with seven voices talking at the same time I have to cover my ears. Alexia doesn’t say a word as the others keep asking questions and soon the sound dwindles down. She tells us that an invitation was sent to the Palace and the Academy and that Delia is organizing the party. The girls are planning a shopping trip while we discuss who might come to the party that we know and before we know it, it is nearing midnight and Umayza is fast asleep in Evander’s arms. Evander I was glad when the trials were over, because it meant that for the time being Umayza didn’t have anything to do and I wanted her to enjoy her pregnancy. She was growing rapidly and she complained that she started to look like a whale, which made me wonder how a young of a whale is called. I didn’t tell her of course, because I like to keep breathing.I watch Alexia and Theron as they all discuss the upcoming party and if anyone would have told me a few months ago that Theron would let a female touch him I would have laughed my ass off, but during the last days of the Full Moon they found out they were Mates. It has been good to see him change for the better, even though Alexia sometimes drives him up the wall and I think she sometimes does it on purpose. She is curled up on his lap as Theron asks if there is a limit on how many are allowed to come to the party, but Alexia can’t answer that question. Umayza asks if she can come in sweats and one of Conri’s shirts and I ask her why one of his shirts and not one of mine, “Because I want to wear his I am Grumpy shirt.” She replies and in seconds the girls all decide to wear a shirt with a text on it, making the rest of us chuckle. At midnight Conri and I lay down next to our Little Mate and we both place a hand on her belly as we both face her. She is no longer able to sleep on one of our chests as her belly is getting too big and even though I like the fact that she is carrying our Pups, I can’t wait for this pregnancy to be over. The next morning the girls go shopping, but they don’t want us to tag along. They want their outfits to stay a secret and I ask Amarah if she can send a few female Warriors with them, it does mean I have to explain why we aren’t allowed to go with them. Amarah loves the idea of a shirt with a text and sends out a Pack-wide link to inform everyone on the dress code. Umayza promises us they will get us all some shirts and I fear for the worst when I see the twinkle in her eyes, I look at the others to see a worried look on their faces as well. Yeah, I really fear the shirt I have to wear to the party. By the time they get back we have searched online for shirts and what we saw made us all grit our teeth. Especially when Armand showed us a shirt that said, “I am with Stupid.” with two arrows pointing to each side. When they return we are all on edge about the shirts we have to wear, but they don’t have anything with them except some new pregnancy clothes for Umayza and when I ask her where they left the shirts she says, “We went by Papa and Mama before coming here.” I groan as I hear where the shirts are and I know we won’t see them until it is time to go to the party. “Oh, Mama said she is expecting us all for dinner before the party and after dinner we will all get our shirt.” Now I am not the only one that groans, because for some reason Mom has decided to become a Mother to all of them and Yes that includes Armand with his one hundred and thirty four years.