The Werevamp Diaries: Moon Beam Dream (The Lynlee Lincoln Series Book 5) Read Free Page B

elsewhere.
    But females without mates didn’t have children.  So that was definitely not the norm.
    “You might as well spit out the entire story.  I have a boyfriend who will be here in about ten minutes.”
    Rhetta’s eyes widened, and twinge of annoyance rattled up Rhiannon’s spine.  Why was the fact that she had a boyfriend so surprising?  With a slow inhale, she gritted her teeth and waited for her sister to speak.
    “His father... he already has a mate.  My baby’s illegitimate,” the other woman murmured in a soft voice.
    “Oh, Rhetta.  What were you thinking?”
    Shaking her head in panicked jerks, Rhetta dropped to her knees and crawled over to her. “Please, we just need a place to stay for a few days.  I promise we won’t be a bother.”
    “Let’s just get one thing straight, sis.  I don’t hold with the pack rules, and we’re not going to refer to my nephew as illegitimate.  I assume he has a name, right?”
    “Remington.  I call him Remy.”
    Rhiannon smiled, then glanced over her shoulder when the doorbell rang. “Remy, I like that.”
    She was surprised to see Sandy on the other side of the door since he usually just dropped directly into the room.  “I didn’t want to pop in since you had company,” he explained.
    “You’re a sweetheart.” She leaned in and gave him a little kiss, then grabbed the five boxes of pizza from his hand and jaunted off towards the kitchen.
    “Sandy, this is my sister, Rhetta.  Rhetta, this is my man Sandy.  Now let’s eat!  I’m starving.”
    “Me too,” Rhetta announced, standing up quickly and following her older sister.
    “Hmmm,” Sandy frowned. “Five pizzas might not be enough for one sandman and two werewolves.”

Chapter 4
    T he pizza was all but obliterated by the time Remy woke up.  Rhiannon still thought his cries sounded like a child who was hungry, but she bit her tongue when her sister brushed off that remark and instead sequestered herself in the bedroom with the baby.
    Sandy leaned back in his chair and gave her a cock-eyed look.  “What’s going on here?”
    Rhia blew him a kiss then picked up their three plates and carried them to the sink. “She says the babydaddy has a mate.  Which is a huge no-no in packs.  They won’t want a boy were raised away from his father, so I imagine the pack wants the child to live with him and his mate.  In other words, Rhetta’s at risk of losing custody of her baby.”
    Scoffing, he stacked up the empty pizza boxes. “That seems harsh.  A baby needs its mother.”
    Rhiannon inclined her head in agreement, but her brows were pulled together in a severe frown as she stared down the hallway where her sister had disappeared.  “There’s something else going on here.”
    “There is?”
    “Yeah, I have a gut feeling.  She’s not telling me the whole story.  She was always like that.  You know, I remember one time for Christmas she wanted the dolly I got, and so she switched the presents under the tree.  I could tell she’d done something, but it was weeks before she finally ‘fessed up.” Rhia offered him a big grin. “but she always ‘fesses up.”
    Sandy stood and stepped in behind her, wrapping his arms about her waist and squeezing. “Well in the meantime, I hope she isn’t putting you in any kind of danger.”
    “Pfft.” Rhia shook her head. “Danger?  Don’t you know by now I can take care of myself?”
    “So sue me for worrying.  I happen to care about you.” As if to prove those words, he rubbed his hips against her backside and nibbled her earlobe.
    “Damn her,” she hissed. “I was really looking forward to enjoying every inch of your body for dessert, too.”
    He chuckled against her neck. “I was looking forward to doing the same with your body.  But tomorrow’s another day.  Best get her and the baby settled.  If things are calm, I’ll plan to stay tomorrow night.  Deal?”
    With an abject sigh, she agreed.  Sandy twisted her around in