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(This might be a smidge long.)

Leo stared at Brayden in horror as the color slowly drained from his face. Stuck as a feral wolf even after giving birth? How would he take care of the children--pups? Would he even be able to do so? Would Brayden help? Would Brayden even want to help with the kids? Would Brayden still recognize Leo as his mate? A million other questions ran through Leo's mind as a blast of cold air "woke him up" from the door opening by the person he has not seen since he left for school--and hasn't seen since coming home for break--entered: his brother.

"Sorry, I'm late. These crazy winter storms have made the roads absolutely horrid. At least I did those errands you and dad sent me on," Leo's brother said as he shed his winter coat and hung it on the coat rack by the door. "Did I miss anything?"

"Yes, you did," Leo said from the table, not bothering to stand and greet his elder brother. "You missed a shit ton of stuff."

"Like what?" the brother asked and turned, spotting Brayden and froze. "Who the hell is this?"

He then turned and saw Leo's pregnant figure. "And what the hell happened to you? Too much home cooking and not enough exercise?"

Leo sighed and placed a hand on the top of his belly. How shall he tell his brother what happened?

"It's a...long and complicated story, Claude," Leo said, looking at Brayden. "It...might be best for Brayden here to tell you."

(I forgot that we already introduced Leo's brother at the beginning when they were at the cafe. XD So, I sent him on several errands for his and Leo's mom and dad and, due to the winter storms, it caused him to miss the events that happened. Thank goodness I looked back at what we did else I would have renamed Leo's brother and confused whoever reads this. XD And ourselves. Hopefully, it's open-ended enough for you to take over from here.)