My Second Chance Alpha Mate
Chapter 28

(Gabriel)

It’s been three weeks and five days since the ceremony happened, and my mate has been a little down because her brother Joel was a little late. I have been keeping in contact with Andy and Joel. Everyone in the pack has been planning a special surprise for my mate here in the pack. I was glad that my pack spoke different languages and Spanish was a second language to us.

Anyways, we, as the pack and me, have been googling Christmas in Puerto Rico and have learned some of the parranda stuff. We are also going to put some Christmas lights up and get some pigs to cook. Did I mention that Joel got his friends and family to travel up here again? Well yes, and all this is a surprise to my mate.

‘Alpha, Andy and Joel just crossed the gates’ Victor, one of my warriors informed me.

‘Thank you Victor’, I looked back. I leave my office, stopping by the nursery. I sniffed the air, making sure my mate was not around before knocking on the door. Mitch opens the door and steps to the side when he sees it’s just me. Donovan and Mitch have been painting and decorating the nursery. They want it to be a surprise for my mate.

“Wow, this looks great” I said, looking around the room.

“Thank you Alpha. We just need a rocking chair and get the changing table”, Donovan says.

“It should be here within the hour”, Mitch says.

“Good. I’m going to go check on my mate and let her know that her brother is back. You two need to go have some lunch”, I told them. I leave the nursery and sniff the air in search of my mate, but she’s nowhere in the house. The front door opens, and Joel and Andy walk in.

“Hey, how was the trip?” I asked as I shook their hands and took them in for a brotherly hug.

“It was good. Tiring but good”, Andy replied.

“That’s good. Welcome back home, both of you”, I smiled.

“Thank you. Is my sister around?” Joel asks.

“I was looking for her right now” I admitted.

“She’s still down?” Joel asks and I nod. We head out the back door and that’s when I see her sitting between two trees swirling some dirt, making it look like a tiny tornado. I noticed she was wearing headphones and singing.

“She has always been able to sing any genre and always loved singing our songs and I always encouraged her to join the band, but she said that wasn’t the life for her”, Joel said. I remember my mate telling me that before. I heard her humming a song and I tried to figure out what song she was humming.

“She’s humming a song our mom used to sing to us” Joel says, getting a little chocked up. Andy wraps an arm around his waist.

“This will be our first Christmas without our parents”, Joel says. Yashira grunts and I see she’s trying to get up. I quickly made my way towards her, helping her up. Her belly has grown and looks like she’s about five and a half months to six months in human time, which is three months in werewolf time.

“Are you alright?” I asked her.

“I’m okay” she smiles. She turns her head and her eyes light up like a kid in a candy store.

“Joel, Andy” she squeals. She walks towards them as fast as she could before hugging them.

“Wow sis, it’s only been a few weeks, but you look even more beautiful. You look like you are glowing”, Joel smiles.

“It’s true, Luna, and with all due respect, Alpha”, Andy added with a bow. I waved my hand, letting him know it was okay.

“You’re here early. I thought you weren’t going to be here until New Year’s Eve”, my mate pointed out. Joel told her that they were going to be late but it was because they were getting their families and friends together for tomorrow night, which was Christmas eve.

“Yeah… well… uh…”

“They finished their tour early, so we decided to come back early”, Andy says, saving his mate.

“Good, I’m glad you are both back and we can spend tomorrow, Christmas, all together. Let’s go back inside”. Yashira looks up at the sky. “it’s going to snow soon.” The three of us look up, but. The sky is clear and beautiful. We decided not to ask and just walk inside.

“Grandma?” Yashira questions.

“Hola estrellita, como estas?” (Hi star, how are you?) Lita asks.

“I’m good. How are you?” my mate asked.

“Good. I brought something for you all” Lita smiled before she removed the lid to a large pot. My stomach growled loud as soon as the smell hit me.

“Asopao de pollo” (chicken soup Puerto Rican style) my mate and Joel say in unison.

“I figured it would be good for both of you… all of you now sit so you can eat”, Lita says, and begins serving. I helped my mate sit down and we started to eat.

“Oh, before I forget”, Lita said, looking at me and I knew what was coming “Yashira, I was wondering if you could make some coquito. I love the way you make it.” Coquito is eggnog but Puerto Rican style.

“Sure, but I need the ingredients” Yashira says.

“I already got them” Jeffrey grins, walking into the kitchen. We needed something to keep Yashira busy while the pack finishes decorating their houses and the outside of the pack house. I looked at my mate as she took the first spoon into her mouth. She closes her eyes and I see a tear leave her eyes. I reached up and gently wiped her tears away. She opens her eyes and I see they have changed to those of her high priestess.

“I’m sorry” she croaks. Joel looked at Lita, who was already looking at him. Joel gets up and walks towards Yashira.

“You have nothing to be sorry for, my love,” I assured her.

“We know it’s still hard, sis. It’s hard for us as well, but remember that mom and dad are always with us”. Joel chokes out as a tear leaves his eyes as well. Yashira nods her head, swallowing hard and opening her arms for her brother. He leans down and hugs his sister.

“I’m glad you are here with us” she whispered, but I heard her loud and clear. They pulled back, smiling at each other.

“Let’s eat and thank you grandma” my mate smiles. Lita smiles back while Jeffrey wraps his arms around her. While we are having our lunch, Joel tells us about his last tour. I sat back as I watched my mate talk with her brother and laugh at some things he said. After our lunch, my mate takes out the blender as Jeffrey puts the ingredients on the counter, making her eyes widen.

“You want all this?” my mate asks.

“Yes, some people asked me for some coquito, but you make the best coquito” Lita says.

“I’m going to need more Bacardi” my mate says, looking at all the ingredients and bottles.

“It’s in the car”, Jeffrey says, leaving the kitchen.

“Alright then, let’s get to work” Yashira says more to herself and begins to work on the coquito.

“Do you need eggs?” I asked my mate.

“I don’t like making coquitos with eggs. See, if you put egg in it, it will spoil faster, and I have known that people like coquito more without eggs than with eggs. Plus it lasts longer” she says, and starts working. I watch her and help whenever she asks me to help her. We called Joel a few times for him to taste the coquito since she couldn’t drink. By the time she was done, I helped put the coquito in bottles and clean it up. When we finished, I carried her upstairs and took her to the bathroom. I filled up the bathtub, poured some rose-scented bath oil and helped her undress. I helped her in before I got in behind her. I washed her body, making her lean back. I felt my c**k getting hard, then heard her giggle. She carefully got on her knees before turning around, straddling me and slowly lowering herself down on my c**k, making me g***n and throw my head back. I put my hands on her a*s as she slowly went up, down, and forth and rolled her h**s. Her m***s echoed in the bathroom. She put her hands on my chest and began to pick up the pace.

“F**k…” she m****d.

“You feel so good baby” I growled. I saw her eyes change to those of her priestess. In a blink of an eye, we weren’t any longer in the tub. We were in our bed. I turned us around, making her giggle again. I get on my knees, putting her legs on my shoulders. I try not to go hard, but she was making it difficult.

“Don’t… hold… back” Yashira said, digging her fingernail on my thighs. Whatever will I had to hold back snapped when I felt her nails dig into my thighs. I grabbed her by her a*s, making her gasp as I began to pound into her.

“F**k… yes… just like that baby” she growled. I felt her walls tightening around my c**k.

“I’m… going to… c*m” she m****d. I felt her come undone and felt her juices all over my c**k. A few more pumps and I let out a roar as I reached my own o****m, spilling my seed all inside her. I slumped forward a little still inside her trying to catch my breath. After I caught my breath, I pulled out of my mate and went in the bathroom to grab a warm washcloth to clean her up. I then laid down next to her, running my hand over her beautiful belly. I kissed her lips before kissing her belly.

“Rest my love” I told her. I kept rubbing my hand and drawing circles on my mate’s belly until she fell asleep. Once I knew she was fully asleep, I got up and threw on some sweatpants and a t-shirt before going out the room. Just as I went out, Donovan and Mitch were coming out of the nursery.

“Alpha” they said in unison, bowing their heads in respect.

“It’s done”, Mitch grinned, opening the door for me to look. Everything looked perfect. The walls were painted light grey, white and a soft pink. The curtains were also a soft pink. The sheets on the crib were light grey with pink. They put a rocking chair by the crib near the window. They washed, dried, and put all the baby’s clothes away. They also washed, dried, and folded all the blankets, bibs, burping cloths, socks, mittens, and hats.

“Wow, you guys did out yourselves. I know Yashira is going to love it. I know I do. Thank you” I said, shaking their hands.

“It’s our pleasure, Alpha”, Donovan says.

“Please call me Gabriel”, I told them for the umpteenth time, making them chuckle.

“Are you guys ready?” I asked them.

“You want us to stay for the Christmas Eve party?” Donnovan asks.

“You both are my mate’s best friends, and she considers you both family, which means we are family and remember my offer still stands for both of you. We will receive you with open arms”, I assured them.

“About that… we have been thinking and talking about it”. Mitch looked at his mate.

“We would like to join your pack” Donovan grins, making me smile at them.

“Good, we’ll talk tomorrow about the ceremony and everything” I told them.

“Also, we have been asking about the paper with the symbol, but we haven’t gotten any response from other rogues. To think about it when they hear us ask about it some of them looked at us with fear in their eyes and even warned us to let it go”, Mitch informs me. It’s weird to see that some rogues are afraid of this symbol and what it means I want to know. Some rogues are feral and ruthless, coldhearted killers, but to know that some are afraid must mean that whatever this symbol means is bad.

‘Alpha, Beta Jake and Beta female Sara have arrived with the guests’, Victor informs me through our pack link.

‘Thank you Victor’. I linked back, then opened the pack link.

‘Attention everyone, our human guests have arrived. Remember they have no idea what we are, so whatever you do don’t shift in front of them. All the warriors that are guarding the borders, I will make sure we save you all some food and someone to replace you at midnight’. I link them. I got a ‘Yes, Alpha’ and ‘Thank you Alpha’ from my pack. I then looked at Donovan and Mitch.

“It’s time to get everything going. Lita should be outside with our guests. Let’s head down”, I told them. We head down the stairs and out of the pack house and see Lita talking to her family and friends. One of the young ladies, who I believe is Yashira’s and Joel’s cousin, Amber, walks towards me.

“Excuse me” she says shyly. I met her at Lita’s party, and she was very shy.

“Hello Amber. How was your trip?” I asked her and I saw her eyes widen.

“You-you remember my name? she asks.

“Of course, after all, you’re my girlfriend’s cousin” I told her, and she smiled shyly.

“Um… I wanted to tell you that I love what you have here. How you have built this little community and helped others. It’s very nice of you” she smiles and looks at the ground.

“Thank you, Amber”, I smiled at her. From the corner of my eye I saw Victor walking towards us sniffing the air.

‘Victor?’ I called, but he ignored me.

‘Victor’ I called through the link this time using my Alpha voice. His head snaps towards mine, walking towards me. That’s when I see his eyes zero in on Amber.

‘Mate’ he growls through the link.

“Excuse me Amber. I’ll be right back”, I told her, and dashed towards Victor. I put my hand on his shoulder, earning a warning growl from him. His wolf thinks I’m trying to stop him from being with his mate.

“Easy Black, she’s human. If you go on like this you are going to scare her away. Let me introduce you to her and from there you can talk to her, but you need to calm down”, I said in my Alpha voice. Victor/ Black closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before opening them again, which makes me smile.

“Come on buddy”, I said, patting his shoulder. We walk towards Amber, and I see her body stiffen as we get closer.

“Amber, I want you to meet a friend of mine. This is Victor. Victor, this is Amber, Yashira’s cousin”. I introduced.

“It’s nice to meet you” Victor said softly, earning a smile from Amber.

“It’s nice to meet you too, Victor” she said, stretching her hand for Victor to shake. I watched Victor shudder when Amber said his name and I smirked. I walked away, letting him get to know each other. We all move down the road a little, not wanting to wake my mate yet. As soon as it’s dark enough outside, everyone in the pack turns on their Christmas lights. I see Lita bring her hands to her mouth as a small gasp leaves her lips.

“Daddy” Tristan came running out of the house. I picked him up by hoisting him on my h*p. He looks around at the houses and he smiles widely.

“Pretty” he whispers. Yashira has been teaching him to roll his R’s and it has been working and I’m so proud of how well he has done. I noticed everyone turned to me and I smiled as soon as the lights on the pack house were turned on. I see the smile on Yashira’s family and friends. I then remembered that I never opened the window to the room. I passed Tristan to Jake quickly.

“Give me a second everyone”, I ran inside and up the stairs quietly to make sure not to wake up my mate. I opened the window. I take out clothes for her that she can easily change into and a coat because it has gotten very cold. I then ran back out and as soon as I was out the front door I smiled.

“Que empieze la parranda” (let the party start), I tell everyone, making everyone cheer. I saw Yashira’s family and friends take out some instruments. I remember seeing this kind of instrument on YouTube. (Search Parranda Puerto Rico and you’ll see) I took Tristan from Jake and Yashira’s family and friends and began to sing.

“Alegre vengo de la montaña de mi cabaña que alegre esta”, my mate’s family and friends start to sing and my pack joins in. I was so proud to see that my pack had dedicated so much time to learning all this for my mate and their Luna. Tristan wiggles out of my hold and starts to mimic what the other small kids are doing. As the song is coming to an end, I see the light in our room turned on and a few seconds later my mate looks out the window. I watched as her eyes widened and looked at everyone.

‘I’ll go help her get dressed’ mom says, quickly going inside. They sang another song when I got a mind link.

‘We’re on our way down’ mom links me.

“Traigo esta trulla para que te levantes. Traigo esta trulla para que te levantes. Esta trulla esta caliente, esta trulla esta que arde…” just as they started singing this song I see something white land on my jacket. I looked up and I saw that it was snowing. I looked at Andy and Joel, who were already looking at me. Yashira was right. It was going to snow. My mate opens the door and steps out with my mom. I see the huge smile on her face and the tears that are threatening to fall. She looks around at decorated houses. I take her hand as she turns and looks at the Pack house.

“Yashira” her aunt Sonia calls making her turn.

“ Your boyfriend, Joel, Andy, mom, and Jeffrey gathered us here today to spend this time with you. We know it is hard for you, Joel, and mom because of what happened, but we wanted you to know that we are always here for you. Even if you go all the way out here, we are always going to be there for all of you. After all, that’s what family is there for. We love you and congratulations on the princess”. Sonia smiled at her.

“Mommy” Tristan calls, wrapping his little arms around Yashira’s thigh, making her look down at him with a beautiful smile showing off her dimples.

“Yes, my sweet boy?” she asks.

“I hungry” he tells her.

“Okay, let’s get you something to eat then” she smiled.

“Actually, we got everything on the side of the house” I said, making Yashira furrow her eyebrows. I smirked and guided her to the side of the house. She gasps as soon as everything comes into view.

“I didn’t see this earlier” she says, looking at all the food and the ‘lechon en la vara’.

“I want some lechon” (I want some pig) she says. We sit down and eat while more songs are sung.

“Who is this handsome little boy?” Javier, a friend of Yashira’s family asks. Tristan looked at him in his eyes as if looking into his soul. I saw the guy’s eyes widen until Tristan smiled at him.

“This is my son Tristan” Yashira introduces, making the guys smile widen.

“It’s nice to meet you Tristan”, Javier says, extending his hand for Tristan to shake. Tristan shook his hand, puffing out his little chest.

“The pleasure is all mine” Tristan said, making my mate giggle.

“You have one strong and protective little boy. Dios te lo bendiga” Javier says.

“Amen” Yashira smiles. Javier leaves and continues to sing and dance with everyone else. I can tell my pack is also having fun. Hours pass and we just continue talking, getting to know each other, eating, laughing, singing, and dancing. Midnight comes and we have the shift on the borders and the other warriors come and join the fun.

“We’re exhausted, son. We’re going to her home and take Tristan with us”, Dad says.

“Thank you dad. Make sure to bring him back when he wakes up so he can open his presents”, I remind him.

“Okay son, have a good night.” he hugged me.

“Thank you for all your help, both of you”, said my parents.

“Don’t mention it”, mom says, kissing my cheek before going to my mate and bidding her goodnight. After they left, I turned to see my mate walking towards me.

“Hi” I smile.

“Hi” she smiles back.

“Did you do all this?” she asks, looking out at the crowd.

“Everyone in the pack, your brother, Andy, grandma, and Jeffrey did. I helped a little”, I told her.

“Thank you. You have no idea what this means to me, Gabriel. I know I won’t be able to have every Christmas like this, but because this is my first Christmas without my parents, it makes it a little easier and even if grandma and Joel won’t admit it, I know it’s easier on them, to love so many people around us that love and care for us” her voice breaks at the end.

“We are always going to be here for you, my love. Remember what your aunt said”. I told her to k**s her temple. Now I need to do what I have been so busy worrying about. I reached in my pocket and grabbed the small box. I took Yashira’s hand and took her into the middle of everyone. I see Donovan, Motch, Joel, and Andy getting everyone’s attention and eyes turn to me as they quiet down. I got down on one knee, making Yashira gasp. I looked at my mate in the eyes and smiled.

“Yashira, Before I met you, one of my best friends, Jake, his girlfriend, Sar and Tristan, my-our son met you first and you stole their hearts. When I first laid eyes on you, I knew you were the woman for me, but because of my past, I tried to push you away, but somehow you wormed your way into my heart and broke down my walls little by little until my heart was completely exposed to you. You took my heart and nursed it back to health like no one else could. You have made me a better man. A better father, and a better friend.

I want to thank you for accepting Tristan and loving him like your own. From what I have heard, you have treated him with love and protected him ever since you laid eyes on him and that speaks to my heart even more. I’m sure that if Lacey was here she would thank you too”. I saw her look up at the sky and smile as if she knew Lacey was watching.

“Yashira, would you make me the happiest man on earth and be my wife?” I asked, opening the small velvet box. The ring is a rose gold band a twisted rope with a diamond in the middle. I heard Yashira gasp as more tears streamed down her cheeks.

“Yes” she croaks out. I smile, taking the ring out of the box and putting her on her ring finger and everyone claps and cheers. People congratulate us. After another hour or so, I can see how tired she is, even though she’s laughing and having fun with everyone. I watch as she gets up and goes to the coquito, pouring some into two cups. She looks at me and I make my way towards her. I see her family and friends also get up and do the same. As soon as everyone has their cup in hand, they gather around my mate and me.

“A little over ten months ago, my family and friends received horrible news. Everyone took it different ways, but for my brother and I it was and still is hard. It got to the point that I went into a deep depression and stopped talking for over six months. When I got to grandma’s, I met two great people and an extraordinary little boy who stole my heart. From there on, my life changed. As I look back at everything now, the good outweighs the bad and I wouldn’t change it for anything in the world”, she looks at me and gives me a beautiful smile.

“With this said, this is the first Christmas without our parents” Yashira reaches to her brother Joel, and he quickly makes a dash towards her, “but even though they are not here with us in person, they will always be in our minds and hearts. Mom, Dad, we love you with all our hearts and miss you. Merry Christmas and this is for you” her voice breaks at the end as she pours the coquito on the ground and everyone else follows. I mimic what they do and so does my pack. I feel the pack howl in our link for their Luna’s loss. Yashira jumps, startled by what she has heard through the link, and looks at our pack members.

‘Thank you everyone and thank you for such a beautiful gift and welcoming my family and friends. I couldn’t ask for a better family’ she links them.

‘Thank you, Luna’ the pack says in unison.

“I want to thank you all for coming. This really was a beautiful and unexpected gift, but I’m going to have to say goodnight”. Yashira smiles at her family and friends.

“It was our pleasure to be here preciosa (beautiful). We hope we can do this again next year. Have a good night and Merry Christmas”. Sonia smiles and hugs Yashira, followed by everyone else in her family. After bidding everyone good night, I walked up to our room with my mate. I help her get undressed and into her pajamas before she lays down. I quickly undressed and lay next to her.

“Did you have fun, my love?” I asked her.

“Yes, thank you so much for everything you have done. You have no idea what this means to me, Gabriel. I will never forget this”. She turns and k****s my lips and I return the k**s. We pull apart and I pull her closer to me. I put my hand on her belly and soon we fell asleep.