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Alice had been feeling uneasy of late but failed to tell anyone to avoid worrying them. If it got worse, she might just get some herbs from Ray.

Alice would begin learning about the herbs after a few weeks as Ray was working on a manual for it, to make it easy for pack members to study the craft if they so desired.

Alice was lying on the sofa with Burke doing some pack checks when she saw Alpha Denzel move Denver to another room.

Ever since Denver was born, he shared a room with his parents, though there was a room decorated and furnished to suit him.

The strange thing was, the moment she laid eyes on Denver in his father’s arms, her discomfort ceased, so she went to the kitchen to grab some snacks, settling on a banana.

Seeing Alpha Denzel return to his room after leaving Denver, she wanted to go shower and added some extra bananas before making it to her room.

However, just as she reached the door, she heard cries from Denver’s room and went to check on him.

Denver was sitting in the cot, not sleeping, making her wonder if the boy was not sleeping before.

She was certain that he was sleeping before, so there was no way Alpha Denzel would have put him in a sitting position in the cot.

Confusion brewed in her mind since Denver had not reached the stage of sitting by himself. However, seeing the tears in the pup’s eyes, she dropped the banana on a table and lifted the pup in her arms.

The closer he was to her, the more comfortable she felt, but he tried to move away from her, struggling in the direction of the bananas.

Alice was confused, feeling that the little boy was just curious about what that was or thought it was some kind of a toy since the Alpha and his Luna never introduced him to toys.

Werewolves were not trained like humans. With Denzel in one arm, she tried to demonstrate that it wasn’t a toy but a banana, peeling one and bringing it to her mouth.

She was frightened when the pup snatched the banana from her hand and began to munch on it. Seeing him with two incisors in his mouth already, she almost dropped the pup when Alpha Denzel entered the room.

"Alpha, I’m sorry. You might not believe me, but he snatched it from my hand. I never meant to give it to him."

Alpha Denzel would have been suspicious if not for what he saw earlier. "I believe you," he said, but Denver only focused on the banana, seeming to enjoy it a lot.

"Hand him over," he said to Alice, but when she tried to give Denver to his father, the pup refused to go to him, wrapping her little arms around Alice’s neck.

"Denver, I’ll take you to my room," he said and tried to take him, but Denver’s grip around Alice only tightened.

Alpha Denzel knew that he had to study his son even more, but since he was comfortable with Alice, he would let this time pass.

"If you need rest, you can bring him to me," he said to Alice, who smiled and asked. "Can I take him to my room? I want to nap, but I will watch him."

Alpha Denzel was skeptical. It was not Denver he was afraid for, but rather Alice. He still had not been able to put words into Denver walking at just one month and feeding himself bananas, but somehow, he felt the need to tell Valerie about it.

"You can take him to your room, but watch him. His behavior these days is a bit strange."

"I noticed it too, but his closeness calms my discomfort," Alice said, making Alpha Denzel frown slightly as he asked,

"Are you pregnant already?" He glared into her eyes and noticed the change in her scent. It was the same scent Valerie, Ashley, and Adira carried when they were pregnant. "Of course you are."

Alice was shocked but also slightly embarrassed. "Alpha, how would you know?" She asked curiously, Alpha Denzel smiled a little.

"Experience. You can still go for a check," Denzel suggested, Alice was happy but could not understand something, asking.

"Then Alpha, why does Denver’s presence ease my discomfort?" She was not certain since she herself never experienced this discomfort until Raven left yesterday.

Alpha Denzel glanced at his son and said the only thing that came to mind. "Perhaps you are pregnant with a female pup."

He could feel an attraction between Denver and the pup Alice carried, but the rest was still a mystery to him. Why did he think it was a female and not a male?

Perhaps it was because of how he felt with Valerie’s pregnancy when he predicted it to be a boy. Everything about that of Alice was the direct opposite.

Alice was beaming. "I’ve always wanted a girl with long hair and blue eyes."

Alpha Denzel pursed his lips together, unwilling to say more. "That should be discussed with the moon goddess, not me."

Alice was still excited when she went to her room, telling Burke everything that happened when he returned.

They took the test, and she was indeed pregnant, but that night, Denver refused to leave Alice’s side, even when Valerie went to get him.

"Luna, it’s alright. I can move his cot here," Alice smiled and said, Burke agreed. "Yes Luna. The pack belongs to Denver anyways. He can sleep wherever he wants."

Valerie was yoked with confusion and pain. "You don’t understand. My breast is engorged because he refuses to suck. He must be hungry, so why won’t he suck?"

Alice was slightly guilty and revealed, "he’s been eating banana and papaya a lot."

Valerie did not believe it when Denzel told her, but hearing it from Alice, she felt she was going insane.

"But he hasn’t begun solids, why did you give him?" She was disturbed that the pup would develop stomach problems, but before Alice responded, Denzel took the words out of her mouth.

"She did not give him anything, Val, that’s what I’ve been trying to tell you. As long as he’s fine here, let’s check on him tomorrow."

Valerie stared at her son, but the expression on his face caused her to panic. "Did you see that?"