In Wisconsin, Jessica reaches out to some high school friends who might mate with wolves like she's going to. Her parents begin having sex with Conor and Brigitte, and the bodyguards capture a rapist. After a werewolf reveal, a secret comes out. This chapter contains oral, lesbian and interspecies sex. For those who were wondering, Brigitte is pronounced Bruh-GEET-tuh, not BRIDGE-jet. My thanks to JohnnyGalt for his editorial assistance.
Mated to the Pack, Ch 3
Jess Finds Some Family
Conor was driving, so I texted Melinda and let her know we had the pizzas and should be there in fifteen minutes.
They were surprised that I'd brought two other people with me.
"We didn't know anyone else was coming," Martin said.
"I understand. This is kind of in the nature of show and tell, and they're kind of necessary for the show part. This is a married couple, Conor and Brigitte O'Leary," I said. "Like you, one of them has a fertility problem, although in this case, it's Brigitte. Like you, they're a little desperate to have a child. I'm the answer to their prayers. I'm going to be a surrogate mother. Conor is going to inseminate me. When the child is born, I will give the baby to them to raise. That's why I invited them. Conor, Brigitte, this is Melinda and Martin Johansson. Melinda graduated with me. Martin was a year ahead of us. Why don't we start in on the pizza while it's still hot, and then we can get down to some details of what I'm suggesting."
We started in on the pizza, getting to know each other a little bit better with some small talk. At some point, there was scratching at the door, and Martin got up and let a little terrier type mutt inside.
"Get in here Rags, so you can meet our new friends."
Unfortunately, to Rags, their new friends didn't smell like people. They smelled like wolf. He began growling and barking at Conor and Brigitte. Conor lowered his hand toward Rags, and he snapped at his hand. Conor was fast enough to pull away. Martin snatched the dog off the floor and held him.
"He never acts like this with people," Martin said.
"I was around some tame wolves this morning," Conor said. "I was petting them. He must smell them on me. Probably smells them on all of us to some extent, although Jessica didn't get too close to them."
"How many?" Martin asked.
"A half dozen, at least."
"Are you sure they were tame?"
"Quite sure. There was a lot of licking going on."
"Let me put him in the other room."
Other than the Rags incident, the meal went well.
When everyone had their fill, I got down to business. Both Martin and Melinda took a seat on the couch, leaning forward to hear every word. Martin's hand was in both of Melinda's. Throughout much of our discussion, one of them would squeeze the hand of the other.
"As I mentioned, I'm going to be a surrogate mother for the O'Leary's, since it's Brigitte that can't conceive. I came to visit my parents to tell them I'm going to be a surrogate mother, so they could meet and they'd realize why I was having a child when I wasn't even married.
"At the place where the wolves were today, I was telling a man named Gerhard what I was doing. He said that they had a few couples he was familiar with, who had the same sort of problem, like a genetic trait. When Mom and Dad were bringing me up to date on some of my classmates, they mentioned that you were having a similar problem. I thought if I could help Brigitte and Conor, perhaps you could help other couples. Now, what I was thinking, is that perhaps you could have a child for an infertile couple, and in return, they could provide you with your own baby. Perhaps, you could even have your own before providing one for them. No IVF costs involved, and they'd pay all medical costs for the child you provide for them.
"Martin, I know you're extremely disappointed that you can't give Melinda a beautiful baby of your own. I know how frustrated Brigitte is that another woman will be growing her husband's child inside of her. We've tried to become friends, so it doesn't seem like a stranger is carrying her husband's baby.
"Here's the really hard part for you, and the reason you may not wish to proceed. An insemination has to occur naturally for their baby. It may be possible for your own child to be conceived artificially, but theirs cannot. There is a sound medical reason for this, which will be explained to you before you decide to proceed. But a lot of men might have difficulty with their wife having sex with someone else."
Martin leaned back against the couch they sat on, a tear quickly forming and trailing down his cheek. Melinda squeezed his hand for about the tenth time.
"Are you having conception with Conor naturally?" Melinda asked.
"I am. As I said, there are sound medical reasons for doing so, and Brigitte knows what these reasons are, and accepts the need."
"We all wish it were otherwise," Brigitte said. "We've explored every other alternative we could think of. This offers our only chance to bring a baby into the world."
"So I'd be having sex with another woman's husband to have their child?"
"That's correct, one spouse is required to suffer the indignity of their spouse having sex with another during each of the two pregnancies. I'm sure that doesn't make Martin feel much better, knowing some other fellow's wife is going through what he's going through, but the truth of the matter is, no matter how a child enters your marriage, Martin is not going to be the father, whether it's a sperm bank, adoption, or this way. For the five days that Melinda is ovulating, someone else is going to provide the sperm, one child for you, one for the other couple. They will not have any contact with you after conception of your child. They were merely providing a service that you needed.
"For your child, the natural father will butt out of your life, and have nothing to do with your child, its rearing, or anything else. For the other child, you have to abandon any claim to that child yourselves. You can have no part in raising it. The child becomes theirs. For some mothers, especially one who wishes to be a mother as much as Melinda does, that could also be a problem; carrying a new life for nine months, then giving it up totally. I'm sure you'll understand why that's necessary before you have the baby."
"Would this genetic abnormality appear in our child?" Martin asked.
"It would not. The man chosen to father your baby will be much like Conor here. Conor, could you pull off your shirt, please."
Conor pulled off his shirt, revealing his physical perfection, and that was only above his waist.
"Like Conor, he'd be strong, handsome, healthy, intelligent, an ideal male, to father your child, who would be healthy, smart and as handsome or beautiful as Conor or Brigitte is. I'm sure you might even have a way to select certain characteristics for your child such as hair or eye color, to more closely match Martin's own characteristics."