Reebee has been unwell for the last five weeks. Since she got back to the city and returned the strength and protection she had borrowed from two alphas, she has been sick as hell and not keeping anything down. Her ex has turned up his stalking, and her mother is trying to kill her... again. It's been stressful.
She's been hiding successfully at an empty property when her illness takes a nasty turn. Kern was one of the alphas she had borrowed from, and he was the one who found her, getting her to the hospital and under the care of the second alpha from that arrangement, Theo. Kern's scent eases her pain, and she suspects at that point what her problem is. The problem is that she spent the first four weeks of her pregnancy running overland and through volcanoes, along with free diving in a tropical ocean. She hoped she didn't mess it up.
Appreciating how ill alpha withdrawal had made her, she agrees to spend time recovering and getting ready to return to work at her previous level, and they agree to assist her with her goals and projects as long as she takes care of herself. She's going to be a mom, Kern's going to be a dad, and people out there are still trying to kill her. What an easy start to a partnership.