What If They Had Daughters Instead?
"It's a girl!" the doctor announces.
My first child. A daughter.
"Luna," Luca names her immediately. "Perfect little Luna."
I'm terrified. "I don't know how to raise girls."
"You'll learn. We both will."
Three Years Later - Second Daughter
"Another girl!" the doctor confirms.
Luca laughs. "You're destined to be a girl dad."
Aria joins our family. Two daughters. I'm outnumbered.
Five Years Later - Third Daughter
"Girl number three," the ultrasound shows.
"Of course," I laugh. "Completely surrounded."
Maya arrives—our third perfect daughter.
Ten Years Later
"Daddy!" Three girls swarm me the moment I get home.
Luna (11), Aria (8), and Maya (6)—all talking at once, demanding attention.
"One at a time!" I laugh, trying to hug all three.
"Daddy, Luna's boyfriend is coming over—" Aria tattles.
"BOYFRIEND?!" I roar.
Luna blushes. "He's not my boyfriend. We're just friends."
"No boys until you're thirty," I declare.
"Daddy!" All three protest.
Luca appears, amused. "Let them breathe. You were young once."
"That's different. I was a boy. I know how boys think." I glare at nothing. "No boys. Ever."
Fifteen Years Later - First Boyfriend
Luna brings home her mate—a nice young Alpha named Derek.
I'm immediately hostile. "What are your intentions with my daughter?"
"Dad!" Luna's mortified.
"I love her, Alpha," Derek says respectfully. "And I'll protect her with my life."
"You better. Touch her wrong, I'll end you."
"DAD!"
Later, Luca finds me brooding.
"You were terrifying."
"Good. He should be scared." I cross my arms. "My baby girl. With a boy."
"She's twenty-one. An adult." But he's smiling. "You're adorable when you're overprotective."
"I'm not adorable. I'm terrifying."
"Both can be true."
Twenty Years Later - Weddings
All three daughters married within two years of each other.
I cry at all three weddings.
"Look at you," Luca teases. "Crying Alpha."
"My babies are married. I'm allowed to cry."
"You threatened all three of their mates."
"And I'll do it again." I wipe my eyes. "They better treat my girls right."
Thirty Years Later - Granddaughters
"It's a girl!" Luna announces her first child.
Then Aria: "Girl!"
Then Maya: "Another girl!"
"We breed girls apparently," I tell Luca.
"Girl dad dynasty," he agrees, laughing.
I hold my first granddaughter, completely wrapped around her tiny finger already.
"Welcome to the family, princess," I whisper.
In this universe, Rian became the ultimate girl dad.
Overprotective, devoted, wrapped around little fingers.