Bonus chapter

*Caleb*

Wood is crackling in the fireplace while Red sleeps peacefully in my arms, her head on my chest. Ten years ago, I took her to the Ritual Stones and marked her, and since then, I spent each moment trying to make her happy. She is the reason I wake up in the morning, the reason I keep breathing. She, Safia, and our four pups are my entire world. With each passing day, I fall deeper and deeper in love with her. Red is no longer the broken young woman I found in the forest; she is a strong and wise Luna Supreme. There are many times when I ask for her opinion on small or important matters. If she is painting, she usually puts her pencil or paintbrush behind her ear and chews her bottom lip as she thinks while looking at me, her green eyes unfocused. 

The past ten years have been the best of my life, and I still have days when I am afraid that I am dreaming and will wake up in a cell, my body almost drained of blood by the vampires. Or me finding her in the Magical Grove is a product of my imagination.

As if feeling my fear, Red wraps her arms around me tight, and my lips curve up. In time, our bond grew stronger, and we constantly know what the other feels. Our mating bond vibrates with her love for our family and me.

The faint sound of a door opening down the hall reaches my ears, and Raven snarls. **'I think Sky is sneaking again to see her boyfriend.'**

I growl. *'Aston better not be her boyfriend! She is still a pup! Our pup!'*

I gently move Red onto the bed, and she lets out a few sighs of protest. She always does it when I leave bed early.

I kiss her forehead. "What time is it?" she asks groggily. 

"Two in the morning. I will be right back."

She groans and buries her nose in my pillow, and I cover her with the duvet.

Before I hurry to catch Sky before she leaves the house, I watch my beautiful soulmate sleep for a moment longer. I never thought I could love someone so deeply. With such intensity. Her long hair is spread all over the pillows, a frown on her lovely face as if she misses my warmth.

**'The sooner we make Sky get back in bed, the sooner we return to our soulmate!'** Raven growls in annoyance. 

In the last week or so, Raven has been on edge, always wanting to be around Red. If, Goddess forbid us, we had to travel to another pack, he would be pouting and snapping at me until we returned home. Maybe he is catching a cold or something. 

Raven snorts. **'Don't be stupid. I am healthier than ever! It's just that Safia have been nerveous in the past few weeks and won't tell me what she is plotting.'**

I roll my eyes at him as I make my way out of the room and rush down the stairs. The front door is opened, and Sky just steps on the porch, her back to me, while I cross my arms and clear my throat. 

Sky sighs before turning around. I arch an eyebrow while I take in her short skirt. "Do I need to know where you are going in the middle of the night, wearing *that*?" I ask and point at her skirt.

Sky narrows her eyes. "And what's wrong with it?" 

While I try to stay out of how my pups dress, Sky is a beautiful young female, and I have seen how young males from the pack lust after her. 

**'We have to start castrating them!'** Raven comments, and I agree with him. I will do anything to keep my pups safe.

"We are in February, and it is freezing! And may I know where you are sneaking off?" 

Sky flicks her braid over her shoulder. "Aston invited me to see a movie." 

I really, really need to have a private talk with Aston. "At two in the morning!?" She shrugs. "When a male asks you to come over during the night 'to see' a movie, trust me, it's because he wants to get in your pants!" 

Sky snorts. "First, I am wearing a skirt, not pants. And second, Aston is my BFF, not my FWB." 

I furrow my brows. "What the fuck is an FWB?"

Sky rolls my eyes. I am sure the triplets would have bitten my head off if they had heard me use the f-word. But Sky will be eighteen in April.

"Friends-with-benefits!" 

I rub my face with my palm. "I so do not want to discuss your sex life. And you are not going over to Aston!" 

Sky tries to protest, but I put on my 'no matter what you do or say, the answer will still be no' face, and she huffs and growls in annoyance while entering the house and closing the door behind her. "I am not a little girl anymore, dad! I can make my own decisions!" she snarls while she walks past me and up the stairs. Sky is no longer my sweet little girl. She is a teenager, and her hormones are going wild. I am so glad to have Red in my life; she is the one that usually talks with Sky about sex and female stuff, while Raven and I listen and plot the death of any male that dares glance at my pup. It worked great until Aston and his mom moved to my pack a year ago.

I follow her to her room. She leaves the door open, and I stop in the doorframe and stare at her as she removes her leather jacket and throws it on a chair. "Don't hurry to grow up, Sky. You are seventeen and have all the time in the world to sneak off to boys' rooms in the middle of the night. And you will always be my little girl." 

Sky huffs and puffs while getting in bed, not bothering to change into her pajama. Being a parent is hard, but I love being a father. I walk over to her bed and tuck her in before I kiss the top of her head.

"I love you, Sky." 

"I love you too, dad," she says, but I can tell she is still angry. "And Raven."

I bite back my chuckle. Sky can have quite a temperament when she is upset. I know that one day she will understand why I am so protective of her and her siblings.

**'I love you too, pup.'** 

"Raven says he loves you too and will castrate Aston if he even thinks of touching you," I say, and Sky snorts. 

"We are not like that!" 

"Better safe than sorry."

Before I return to my room, I check on the triplets. Even if they are nine years old, they still prefer to sleep in the same room. When they turned three, Jeremy and Conon helped me build a bunk bed for them, the bottom bed a queen-size and the top one a single bed. The girls sleep in the bigger one, while Oliver prefers the top one, but for some reason, in the morning, I always find Oliver sleeping next to Elin, so it is not a surprise I see my son hugging his sister tight when I enter the room. 

The lamp from the nightstand is on, and next to it is an open sketchbook. Dawn inhered Red's talent for drawing while Elin loves playing the piano. As for Oliver, well, he loves taking photos. 

The patchwork quilt Red made for the girls using their baby clothes is half fallen off the bed, and I tip-toe to the bed and cover my little pups with it. Oliver stirs and looks at me with eyes full of sleep. 

"Elin had another bad dream," he excuses himself for why he is not in his bed.

Elin started having nightmares about a year ago. She always dreams of a big fight between witches, werewolves, and vampires. And the worst part is that Sky dies in the middle of the battle trying to save Elin and Dawn. I have talked with Tatiana and Naomi about it, but they always fall silent. It is driving me crazy not knowing what this dream means.

"Thank you for being a good brother and keeping your sisters safe." Oliver nods and goes back to sleep, and I turn off the lamp before returning to my room.

Red is sitting on her knees in the middle of the bed, her sexy ass resting on the sole of her feet while she hugs the duvet to her chest. Her hair appears to be on fire, and the light coming from the fireplace dances on her bare shoulders. She gazes at me with innocent eyes while biting her bottom lip. I feel butterflies in my stomach, and my heart beats wildly in my chest.

Does she know what she does to me when she looks at me like that?

The duvet slips down her chest, revealing part of her right breast, and I get hard. Painfully hard.

Raven wags his tail. **'She is naked, isn't she?'**

*'Stark naked,'* I reply. 

"When have you been?" Red interrogates me. 

The duvet slips a little more, revealing part of her nipple, and I am sure Red wants to torture me. "Sky was trying to sneak over to Aston's place."

"I think she is in love with him," Red says absently. 

"He better not break her heart!" I snarl, and Red giggles. 

When her right breast is fully exposed to me, my throat bobs. 

"And the triplets?" her next question comes while I imagine what I will do to her.

"Elin had another nightmare, and Oliver is keeping her safe."

Red nods and lets the duvet pool around her, and I suck in a breath. Even if she is my other half, seeing her naked always feels like a privilege. 

She looks at the fireplace, and I know something is on her mind. I wait for her to speak while I admire her body.

"Caleb, do you still find me beautiful?" 

My eyebrows shoot up. I walk over to the bed and pup a finger beneath her chin, and force her to look at me. "You are the most beautiful female I have ever seen."

**'You are a goddess!'** Raven tells hers, and a smile appears on her face.

"But my breasts have not been the same after two years of breastfeeding our pups, and in time, my body changed."

I cup her cheeks and kiss her, and when she parts her lips for me, I push my tongue inside her mouth and taste each inch of it. My fingers trail her face, neck, and shoulder until they reach her beautiful tits, and I cup them. I break the kiss and look at her. "I am obsessed with your body. Especially your tits. I could spend hours kissing and caressing them. If anything, you become more gorgeous."

I bend my head and take one of her nipples in my mouth and suck it hard while I tease the other with my thumb. Red fists my hair. "Caleb!" she moans my name, and my cook twitches in my pants.

I bite and suck her nipple until it is red from all the attention before I do the same to the other. The room fills with the scent of her arousal, and I can hardly wait to bury myself deep inside her. 

"Make love to me, Caleb," Red begs me, and I let go of her nipple with a loud pop and take a step back. 

I remove my clothes while Red pushes the duvet away. I wrap my fingers around my cock and jerk myself a few times, and Red licks her lips. "Lay on your back and spread your legs wide for me." My eyes turn black with lust as she obeys me. She bends her knees and pulls them back, and gives me a magnificent view of her pussy and ass. I almost cum when I see her wearing an anal plug. "Are you wearing it for me?" 

"Only for you," Red breaths, and I hum.

"Good female," I praise her, and she smiles. "Play with your pussy!" I order her. 

Red puts her right hand between her legs and starts rubbing her clit with the middle finger. 

"How does it feel?" I ask while I keep jerking myself. 

"Good, but it is heaven when you do it." 

I watch each movement she makes while I wonder how it will be to fuck her while she still has the plug in. We had never tried it before, but I fantasized about it a lot. "I want you to stop touching yourself when you are close to coming."

I can tell she is not happy with my instructions, but she does as I tell her. Red keeps rubbing her clit while she moans my name softly. When she is about to come, she removes her hand and waits for more instructions. While we are not in a Dom Sub relationship, we learned that in bed, I love telling Red what to do, and she enjoys obeying me. It does take a lot of trust from each side because of our pasts, but we found that BDSM is a form of healing.  

"Pitty, I would have loved to spank you," I say.

Red licks her lips. "Can you spank me for being a good female?" 

I growl and sit on the bed. "Come here!" 

Red crawls on my lap, her ass facing up, and I caress her butt cheeks. I slip a hand between her legs and rub her pussy while I squeeze her ass. When I am about to push my finger inside her, she tenses. While we have overcome much of our trauma, fingering her is still tricky because it can trigger her. "Do you want to say your safety word?" Red is quiet while I wait for her to reply. 

"Oak," she says in a low voice, and I can feel she is angry with herself and embarrassed for having to stop me.

I remove my hand and make her sit on my lap. "Using your safety word is normal, and you should never be embarrassed about it." Red nods and blinks away her tears. My instinct tells me something is wrong. Trough out bond, I sense that also Safia is nervous. "Is there something wrong?" I ask.

Red gives me a peck on the lips. "I love you so very much, and in the past months, I have been plotting a surprise for you. It was supposed to be for your birthday next month, but I can't wait any longer. And I know you've wanted this for so long. So I thought to myself, why not tonight? Safia also agrees with me." 

**'This must be good,'** Raven hums.

I tilt my head to the side. "You can give me the surprise any time you want. I don’t want you to feel pressured. Do you still want to be spanked?”

Red puts her hands around my neck, and before kissing me, she says against my lips, "First, I want you to fuck me! Hard! Then you can spank me!" 

I growl and kiss her roughly while I make her straddle me. "Ride me!" I order her. 

She lifts her hips and guides me inside her. Fuck! She is so fucking wet, and her pussy feels amazing. No matter how many times I am inside her, I am still amazed at how perfect she feels. And with the anal plug still in...

 I groan. "Fuck! You are even tighter than before." 

Red starts bouncing up and down my cock while I roll her nipples between my fingers. She keeps moving fast, and when she comes, her pussy feels like it wants to milk all my seed. I grab Red's waist, flip her on her back, and fuck her rough. When she bites my mating mark, I fill her pussy with my cum. I bury my face in the crook of her shoulder and lick and kiss her mating mark while grinding my hips against hers until she comes a second time. 

I am still catching my breath when her scent changes, mixing with mine. Raven stills. I jerk my head up and look at her. 

"Surprise!" she says, and I keep looking at her, not knowing what to say or how to react. Her eyes fill with tears. "You are not happy. I will talk to Naomi and see if she can undo the spell. Goddess. I should have talked to you first before asking her to help me get pregnant again." A few tears roll down her cheeks while I still stare at her. I inhale her scent. 

"We are going to have another pup?" I finally mumble. She nods, and I open my mouth to say something but nothing comes out. I get up and gaze at her belly. "We are having another pup," I repeat a few times until it sinks in. Red is pregnant again.

**'It's about damn time!'** Raven says and waggles his tail happily.

Raven and I have been waiting patiently for the day Red would feel safe to have another pup. I don't think it was the pregnancy but the painful labor she experienced and Dawn being breeched. 

"We are having another pup!" I shout with joy. I fall to my knees, pull Red to the edge of the bed, and kiss her belly. "Thank you," I murmur before I kiss her flat stomach again. I can hardly wait to see her round with my pup. 

Red pets my hair, and I look at her. "I love you!" She looks at the bed before looking at me. "Caleb?" 

"Mmmm?" I hum while my eyes are back to her belly.

"I want to build a nest." 

I jump to my feet, go to our walk-in closet, and grab as many of my clothes as possible before returning to her. Since that night in Sinaia, when she made her first nest, Red never tried to make another. It fills my heart with joy to hear she wants to build one. She accepts the clothes I brought her, and she sniffs them before starting to arrange them on the bed while I watch her. 

**'This is quite a view,'** Raven says while I stare at my pregnant soulmate on her hands and knees, the ass plug still in, my cum dripping from her pink pussy while she is building her nest. I get hard again, and Raven growls. **'My turn to fuck her!'** 

I let Raven take control of my body, and he goes over to Rain and plays with the ass plug for a minute while spanking her ass. She moans Raven’s name, and he spanks her harder before removing the ass plug. "Look at me while I ride your ass hard!" he growls at her. Red looks over her shoulder, her eyes golden, and I know Safia is in control. I retreat to the back of Raven's mind while he spends time with Safia, my head filled with thoughts of my unborn pup.