As the video call ended, Katelyn lowered the phone onto the coffee table. Sage hugged her from behind, his chin resting gently on her shoulder while his arm circled snugly around her belly. She tilted her head back, smiling as their noses softly brushed. The gentle, intoxicating scent of their pheromones filled the room before they shared a soft kiss. However, both kept the contact gentle, and Sage soon pulled away, maintaining their control.
"Let’s go back to the pack. I’ll finish up the work there, and we are going somewhere special right after," he said with a sincere, promising tone.
"Okay!" Katelyn agreed, attempting to stand up, but his arm tightened playfully, preventing her.
"Let me go. I have to grab the car keys from my room," she whispered, chuckling softly.
"How do you have such good control when you’re this close to your mate?" he murmured against her skin, genuinely curious about her remarkable discipline.
"I don’t know," Katelyn answered honestly. She placed a finger lightly between their lips to stop any further distraction and said, "Let’s not cause any kind of delay." With that, she finally rose to her feet and went to her room. Sage, too, moved to retrieve his phone before stepping out of the house. Once Katelyn returned, he held her hand and led her toward the parked car.
"I will drive," Sage said, extending his hand for the keys.
Katelyn placed the keys into his palm and settled comfortably into the passenger’s seat.
The journey ended after a long drive, and they stepped out in the structured confines of the pack’s home territory. Heading inside, they found his father and some of the respected elders gathered in the living room, deep in discussion over something important.
"The Alpha has returned!" one of the elders announced respectfully. Immediately, all the men left their seats to greet not only Sage, the Alpha, but also Katelyn, acknowledging her status as the Princess of their neighboring realm.
"I am sorry for going off radar for a day," Sage said, walking ahead and still firmly holding Katelyn’s hand, immediately addressing his absence with the pack elders and his father.
"Your father wants a lesser punishment for your stepmother, Sage, considering she has been the Luna of this pack for years," Senior elder Harvey stated. "Also, the full truth has now come out regarding your mother, too. We think that she should have been punished for having an affair with another man, even if she is deceased."
"Wait? Who told you about all of this?" Sage demanded, his brow furrowing instantly in disbelief and anger.


VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Rejected and Pregnant Claimed By The Dark Alpha Prince