Chapter 74

Alpha Jaxon's POV It took everything in me to not go back to Astrid and give her the spanking that she deserved for pulling that stunt with me. I took a shower. A cold cold shower because it was all I could do to not go back out there and touch her. You can't touch her. Not yet. I reminded myself. She was still healing even if she didn't seem to mind the possibility of getting hurt, I minded. Besides, there was no way we were going to have sex without protection again. The version of me that had been so desperate to have a child that I had put her life at risk was gone. She almost died to give birth to Valerie, I couldn't risk losing her again. Was it so wrong that I wanted the next time we were intimate to be more than just sex? I was dressed and about to head to my office when there was a knock on the door. It was Caleb. Before he even spoke, I already guessed what he wanted to say from the sombre expression on his face. "Alpha, it is time." He said solemnly. This was the reason I ha