The wolves were all in the main house and for once it did not matter whether they were Hale or Toretto they were just there. Stiles laughed at all the tomfoolery, but admonished the pups to stay out of the kitchen. The Toretto wolves understood why most of the Hale Betas listened when all of a sudden the one called Scott ended up in the yard. "No means no Scottie."

"No one should look like a kicked pup." Peter tutted.

"You bit him." Derek just had to remind his Uncle, because really these are the types of things you should hold over people forever.

Peter snarked back, "I was crazy."

Stiles paid them no attention, "Now listen to me. You can't be a greedy pup, I'm cooking for both packs. And you come near my kitchen again I will stab you with a Wolfsbane laced fork."

Scott whined, and Jackson and Danny were grinning like it was Christmas. "Cheer up McCall. He probably won't."

Scott slunk back into the house, but wisely gave his best friend a wider berth. Peter though, didn't avoid Stiles or the others. Stiles would always be one of his favourites, behind Brian. He just had to make a comment, "Can I just say you have taken to pregnancy really well."

Stiles snorted, "I would have done that before."

Peter grinned, "I know."

Dom laughed and asked Brian, "Is it always like this?"

Brian shrugged, "Pretty much although Derek and Peter are more protective right now."

Dom didn't blame the male wolves. Still he could admit that being around them made him think about siring his own Little Alpha. His attention was pulled in the direction of Letty, who was wrestling Leon and Vince and winning. "She loves you and the bond between you could be fantastic."

When he looked up and saw the power and knowledge in the Alpha's mate eyes. He sensed this wasn't a whim, or said as something to placate him. "I'm getting there."

Stiles grinned, "Get there sooner or she might look elsewhere."

Dom couldn't stop his growl at the thought of Letty with someone else. He looked around for a distraction and found in the adorable pups of both packs. It hadn't gone unnoticed that Isaac and Jesse were in Beta form and snuggling in the corner. "No one has the right to be that fucking cute."

Brian laughed, and although he was pissed about being left behind. He was getting over it as everyone had returned whole and in good health. "They are well suited."

Dom was standing close by, "He is not allowed Pups until he's thirty."

Stiles snorted, "Yeah ... I won't bother telling you that that is wildly optimistic."

Dom pouted and Letty curled around him, feeling her Alpha's distress she had come to find him. . "What's the matter Papi?"

Stiles laughed, "He is being a protective Papa Wolf. He don't like the way Jesse and Isaac are looking at each other."

Letty shrugged, "He'll get over it. How long?"

Stiles hand dropped down his rounded stomach. He didn't bother with a glamour when he was around the pack and safe. "29 days. I can't wait and can I say I'm glad that were pregnancies follow the animal length."

Letty snorted at that as she knew that she and Mia thought the same. "Yeah nine months just sounds nasty."

Stiles laughed, "Amen sister." Derek was given the first set of pancakes, but that was to be expected. He handed a batch to Dom as well. The pack was pleased when he fed Letty first. The tough female Beta flushed under the attention but she deserved it and would seem that the Alpha was finally catching a clue.

Derek shared a fond smile with his mate, and squeezed his, mate's knee under the table. Brian was in a similar situation with Peter. It was nice to see Brian relax around the pack, and now even his old friends.

Stiles could get use to happy days like this.

Brian came home and dumped his work belt on the table. It was late so that meant everyone was back from school and everywhere else. He knew Peter would be back soon. He could sense him running in the forest. "What is wrong?"

Stiles shrugged, "They were getting antsy and stiff so I told them go be wolfy."

Brian shook his head in the way that Stiles could be so calm, "We're going to need to come down with something contagious soon."

Stiles smirked as his hands went to his rounded stomach. He couldn't wait because in just under a month their cubs would be here. He was so eager to finally meet them, but he would wait so that they were healthy. He could hear Derek coming in, and he guessed he was being followed by Peter.

Brian perked up on hearing Derek and Peter coming in, both were in wolf forms; Peter in his Beta form and Derek in his Alpha form. Brian giggled as Peter nuzzled his neck, "Yeah, yeah."

He loved it though, and melted as Peter stroked his belly. He knew what the pup meant to Peter and to him. It was their chance to have a family. He could see Derek scowling which was impressive considering he was in Alpha form.

Derek was the one to break the content silence, "Alpha Dunne and a small contingent will be here tomorrow."

Stiles grinned as he loved Andrea Dunne and her pack. They were unassuming until they were crossed and then they were as deadly as the Hale pack. "Sweet it will be nice to have a friendly pack to talk to."

Derek coughed, "Toretto pack?"

It was meant to be a gentle reminder but Stiles just rolled his eyes. "Yeah but they are here to make nice with Brian, as they should do."

Brian laughed, "I'm forgiving them you should try and be nicer."

Stiles and Peter shared a look as to say not happening anytime soon. Stiles shrugged, "We'll see, we'll see."

Brian laughed and it warmed his heart. It was nice to have family that was protective of him, and no one was more protective of him that Peter or Stiles. "Okay well let's make sure they understand the status quo for the visit."

It was a fair point and one that made Derek grimace a little. Their pack was small but now recognised as a very strong pack, mainly because of them running the Alpha pack out of town, and Stiles. The Dunne pack was similar but resided in Washington and enjoyed being able to travel to another area without fear of pack politics taking precedence. Their strength lay in the fact that pack numbered into the seventies - so it was a large pack with a lot of strong enforcer Betas.

"We should talk to the other pack."

Brian rolled his eyes at the Alpha pair. Honestly, he knew that that they could be silly. The pack tended to bring the best out of both of them but this was just Dom. So he decided to take the initiative and went to the back door, which was open. "Hey Dom get up here."

It took the Alpha not five minutes to appear, "What's up?"

Derek was the one to answer him as it was only good protocol, "Well a friendly pack is visiting so it is a fair warning to make sure that your pack observes protocol."

The Alpha nodded, "Do you think there will be an issue?"

Derek shrugged, "Not sure Alpha Dunne is known to be fair, but we have the advantage of our reputation."

Dom could appreciate the delicate way that the Alpha phrased it. His pack was known but for all the wrong reasons. If the pack ties that he formed with Hales were successful then he would go a long way to restoring his packs reputation. "We will stay out of your hair, but if they want to hunt we are cool with that."

Derek smirked, no wolf in their right mind turned down a hunt. It was also the best way to ensure that the packs that were visiting got along. A nice long hunt to ensure that their wolves were satisfied usually meant that their tempers ran a lot cooler. "Fair enough. They will want to hunt so you are welcome to join us and as far as I am concerned you're here as our guest."

Dom appreciated it and showed that their pack was earning the others trust. As much as it pained him they were good for Brian and they protected him fiercely and his friend needed that more than anything. "Understood."

Stiles watched the Alpha assimilate all that he was told and then turn his back toward the cottage that they were staying in. It was one of their better ideas and thankfully when the renovations took place they built in a few cottages. It was not just for visiting packs, every now and again, one of the bonded couples needed some serious alone time - so they would head to one of the cottages. It was a perfect situation they were close enough to still be on the pack land but not so close as to have to worry about privacy.

Stiles just really hoped that all three packs could play nicely together.

The pack was excited today as one of the very few packs that they were on great terms with the Hales were coming for a visit. Stiles mainly loved the pack as they had a Shaman attached so he didn't feel too freaky. Of course, their packs get worried when they disappear and the explosions start soon after. Stiles didn't know why everyone got worried - he and Daniel always put up a protective barrier before they caste. It was like rule one.

The pack Alpha sat down, "So I hear congratulations are in order!"

Derek didn't even bother to hide his smug smile. This was like perfect confirmation that he was a super Alpha. If he was in wolf form, Stiles just knew that his tale would be wagging. "Yeah, how did you know?"

Andrea snorted, "The Fae-Mage Alpha mate of Alpha Hale is pregnant? Oh that news spread quickly and something about vampires."

Stiles grumbled, even a week later he still did not like those vampires. They wanted to eat his cub and that was not okay! They really were not dead enough in his book. "Yeah they wanted to eat me. I objected."

Andrea snorted, rather indelicately for a female Alpha wolf. Then again Stiles doubted that anyone would tell her that to her face. He revisits the first part of his description Alpha Female Wolf. "Yes that part was also part of the gossip, but little one be careful."

Stiles grumbled because he could hear what Andrea was not saying. It was fairly obvious - he himself had been targeted when he first became Derek's mate. Of course, when the news travelled about his heritage, and what he did to the wolves that came after him. It soon stopped but pregnancy changed the picture. At the moment the cub could be a wolf; it could be a magic spark; or even both a wolf and a spark. It was a heady mix of potential power and one that many packs might steal for the power they could horde as a result. There was the other distressing notion where some of the supernatural creatures might decide that the cub and Stiles make a delicate treat. It sucked and not in a good way.

"I hear you Andrea. Now tell me how is pack life?"

The Alpha was gracious enough to change the subject and Derek kept stroking his neck in hypnotic strokes which helped a lot. He was beginning to calm down but there was a thought in the back of his mind - what now? He could sense something was coming for the cub and he would be damned if that would be happening - not while he was breathing.

He just hoped it didn't come down to that.