Chapter 160 - 2.81

Hunter's arms wrapped around me tightly as I began trembling and crying while latching on to his shirt. He hugged me quietly, yet I could feel that he was on the verge of tears also. We both just savored the moment but were interrupted as someone tapped my back. We both let go slightly so I could look to my side and saw Cam with pursed lips.

"Hes the only one that gets a hug?" I chuckled before letting go of Hunter and hugging Cam.

"I hope you don't plan to leave out the 3rd musketeer," I heard a deep voice say from behind me. My tears started up again as I raced to let go of Cam and turned so that I could tightly hug Asher. He hugged me just as intensely and I felt how quickly his heart was racing. It was almost as fast as mine, but I fought to ignored it as I focused on just our friendship. Our feelings that were bigger than that would be dealt with later. At this moment, I just needed to see him and express how much I missed my friend.

"I believe it's my turn now," Sean stated before I let go of Asher and hugged his side while he still held Addie's carrier in his other hand.

I let go in order to hug Shannon as she released the twins hands. I then glanced around before looking to Hunter, "I thought Elijah was going to come."

"An urgent matter came up so he will be meeting with him later. Now let's get you guys into the car so you can rest a bit. You have to be tired after such a long flight."

Cam took my hand and led the way of the group. When we got to the parking garage, I was confused as we came to a large van. As Shannon opened one of the doors, she looked to me with a smile. "We borrowed it from our neighbor so that we could all ride together."

I glance around to everyone with concern, "I hope you guys didn't change your schedules just because of us. All we needed was a ride to the hotel and we were gonna take a cab."

Hunter scoffed, "don't worry about it. We're all just glad to see you and the kids. Now hop into the passenger seat," he insisted before I went over and did so.

Cam, Sean, and Ashley sat in the back row with Addie, Shannon sat directly behind me as Archer sat in the middle of the row and Asher sat behind Hunter. I heard Ashley and Archer start informing everyone about their new school and our new home, but also felt Hunter and Asher watching me.

"The boys didn't come with you?" Hunter asked quietly and I shook my head with a broad smile.

"I wanted to give them some alone time and didn't want them to miss any more school."

"Alone time?"

I smirked towards Hunter like a proud parent, "they're recently bonded."

Hunter nearly hit the brake with shock and caught his breath before looking back to me. "And you were okay with this!?"

I nodded, "they asked for my permission beforehand and I knew they were ready. In my opinion, Emit is the perfect person for Chase and vice versa."

"That's a big deal," Asher replied with a smile towards me. "I'm sure there beyond happy."

An alarm on my phone suddenly went off and everybody paused. As I turned it off Archer perked up and whipped around to look to the back row. "Get Momma's bag, Ashley," he stated before Ashley tried to reach it from behind her. Sean grabbed the bag for her and handed it to Archer before he handed it to me.

"What's wrong?" Shannon asked as I began rummaging through the bag and was too focused to answer.

"Momma has to take his medicine," Ashley said in a chipper way. "It makes him feel better!"

"I can do it for you!" Archer insisted and I smiled a him before shaking my head.

"It's okay, I can do it." I rolled up my sleeve, pulled out the syringe, pulled off the cap, sterilized my shoulder, and then injected it. Everybody was quiet so I glanced around with curiosity.

Hunter caught my eye with a shocked look on his face, "Elijah said you're taking a medication but never said you had to inject it yourself."

"Is this the one that will hopefully break the destined partnership?"

I looked to Cam with a smile, "it is."

"Does it work?"

I glanced to Sean, "it's only in the beginning stages of development. It worked on one person, who is an Alpha, so far so we are not sure how it will affect me. I have noticed that the pains I was having from the long distance between Jayden and I are becoming less, so hopefully it's working."

Shannon leaned forward before speaking, "your mark also looks a lot lighter than it used to be. It was so dark before."

Everyone was silent for a moment before Cam cleared his throat. "So what all is on your agenda? I wanna know how much time I have to hang out with you guys."

"I have a meeting with my lawyer tomorrow."

"What about Monday?"

I fought back my emotions and looked down to my ŀȧp. "We will be meeting with Jayden's parents and sister." Everyone in the car suddenly became silent, "there are a few things they want to settle since I don't plan to meet with them again."

"He's forcing you to meet them after everything that he did?!"

I shook my head as I looked out the window, "he doesn't know. His father requested it and I want to finish all this craziness with those people."

I heard Archer make a small noise of excitement. I glanced back and saw him hugging Shannon's arm with a large grin. "And on Wednesday we get to go see dad!"

I was forced to look to Hunter as he suddenly let out a large breath and squeezed the steering wheel in his hands. He glared at me through the corner of his eye and I felt pure guilt. "We can talk about it later," I whispered and he nodded slightly.

I look down and began rummaging through the bag again. Archer leaned forward and touched my arm so that I would look back to him and his worried glance. "Are you nauseous Momma?"

I smiled sadly toward him before patting his head, "it's not too bad."

"Is that a reaction to the drugs?" Sean asked from the back seat as I glanced back to him.

I nodded slightly , "it's getting less intense as time goes on." I looked over to Hunter again, "where are we going? We're not even going in the direction of the hotel."

He smirked slightly but didn't look to me. "Don't worry about it, just relax."

"Seriously, where are we going? I'm not a big fan of surprises anymore."

Shannon lightly rubbed my shoulder from the back seat, "it's a good surprise and we're almost there."

We suddenly stopped and Hunter pulled off the road. He rolled down the windows and smirked to the twins, "listen." They sat quietly before gasping as I finally heard it.. My heart swelled as I looked to Hunter and smiled.