Is she pregnant?
The ceremony was a success. Not only did the main elders of the pack witness the success the pack itself felt the success of the ceremony.
With then united in this way the strengthened both the pack and their connections with each pack member. For Amber it was odd. She felt as if she had a large number of subordinates to care for then she was aware of while Stefan was surprised that the ceremony actually pulled in his people from Dark Howl, Luna Azul, and Silver Moon Packs.
Because he had been over them for so long he knew each one of then well enough to sense them within the soul tie created by the ceremony. For Amber the feeling was fuzzy and vague but she knew she had a great many to care for.
As they lay together she also knew that she allowed herself to become pregnant. She sensed something odd about Stefan wherever they spoke about her becoming pregnant and she had equated it to him not truly wanting children.
It was not uncommon for a male werewolf to not want young. Many tried desperately to stay childless but in the end it was up to the female because the males could not control their seed as females could control the environs of their eggs.
She began worrying about how he felt and if he would be upset with her. It did not take long for her to become upset with herself. Why be so crazy behind what he might or might not feel? She took a deep breath can calmed herself.
She was pregnant. And she would love his baby even if he never truly loved her. She snuggled in closer to him and forced all of her thoughts to die away.
Stefan breathed steadily, as if her were asleep, he was actually trying to follow the line of her thoughts and feelings. He could feel the turmoil within her and he was only getting small wisps of what was wrong. He definitely heard a thought about a baby then something about him.
He frowned in his sleep. She had learned to hide her emotions very quickly and very well.
The next day Stefan sat in front of Tiffany was she looked into Amber. She had only just started when Jess entered and frowned. She stood by the door and waited. She did not come to Star Fire Pack territory often because her mate was known here and she personally did not like to travel without him.
She came out of her thoughts when Amber began to speak.
"She is pregnant My Lord. It seems that she is pregnant with three but she may only have two. The third is weak somehow. I will have to dig deeper to understand and speak on it with certainty."
Stefan smiled as Jess beamed.
"I am getting nieces and nephews?"
Stefan didn't answer her but she was not speaking to him. Her gaze was fully on Tiffany. She shrugged and looked to Stefan for permission to speak. When permission did not come Tiffany looked to Jess and shrugged again.
Jess sighed, shrugged, and sat next to her brother. She decided to wait until he came out if his thoughts and spoke to her.
And Stefan was indeed deep in thought. He did not want either baby to die. For some reason he felt all three would be assets in his plans for revenge. None of them could be lost without him using them against their mother.
He almost cringed from, his own thoughts. Had he truly become so heartless. Then he felt his sister beside him.
"Do not worry about the babies. You will care for them, hopefully after they have finished with their mother's milk."
Stefan smiled as Jess frowned but neither spoke again, simply choosing to be lost in their thoughts.
Tiffany said nothing. She understood things that her Alpha did not and did not care to understand. She saw that he was taking a long path to understanding but this was something that he needed to choose and not something that she could help hip with.
The three sat for a short time until the rest arrived and Silver Moon Pack had a strategy meeting and asset discussion. Dale informed the group that Blood Trace Pack had infiltrated three of the main vampire territories. They were using a special slave, created by Silver Moon Thetas to cover their scent and Tiffany had taught a few of the other Psi how to Compartmentalize the mind and hid sections from the view and perceptions of others.
The three main Psi of Blood Trace were particularly adapt in this and they helped to hide their comrades well.
"We are also working with Luna Azul to make sure that they stay ready for what is to come."
Tar nodded at Dale's words. "The vampires are making moves but they are doing this in their underground tunnels." Both werewolves shook their heads. "Allowing vampires to tunnel under werewolf territories was an odd concession."
Dale nodded in agreement to Tar's words. "It makes it very difficult to monitor them. Only certain vampires are allowed to enter the tunnels."
Stefan nodded. "That is were he comes in." he pointed to a far corner of the conference room and a tall lanky man stepped out of the shadows. He bowed to both Stefan and Tiffany even as his form began change. The Shadeling stood before them all silently, waiting for his mistress of his master to speak.
The others studied him silently as well. They had not sensed his presence. Tiffany had already allowed them to evolve into shape-shifting creatures that appeared and were perceived as whatever they shifted into.
She also taught them Psi abilities no other could use and she caused their sense of self and intellect to grow and evolve as well.
She spoke after a long time. "Tell us what you have learned and how it will affect our current mission."
He bowed deeply to her, "Yes My Mistress."
Amber and Adonis were working with the Star Fire Pack elders at the exact same time that Stefan and the others were listening to the shadeling debrief.
"My Lady. We can nor help Luna Azul in this. It is not our concern."
"Not our concern." Amber's killing intent bloomed so quickly that some were actually knocked back into their seats and others were forced to prostrate and submit.
Amber frowned. "How is our ally not our concern? Our second Alpha works now to secure things. He is taking on much with his assets. Assets that are now Fire Star but were once only his. If he can put his personal assets on the line why do we hesitate as a pack?"
"Alpha… We… want… to … assist… but…"
The elder, one of the stronger, a female pleaded with her eyes for Amber to stop the pressure and killing intent she had released on them. Amber cocked her head and thought for a second before finally lowering both but not releasing.
The Female elder breathed a sigh of relief as her body quickly recovered and stabilized under the weight of the new pressure and intent.
"We can't send our people into this because we have not trained to combat vampires in centuries."
Amber smiled at this. "Do not worry. You will all receive the proper training."