Breaking Bonds

Epilogue

Epilogue

Drying my hands on a tea towel, I looked out the kitchen window enjoying the scenic view presenting itself to me. With the dishes now done I had the rest of the day to relax. Just then a familiar mop of shiny, blonde entered my vision.

Emily. She lifted her hand off the pram she was currently pushing to offer me a slight wave. Waving back, I thought about how our relationship had been developing over the last year and a half. It was the duty of the Luna to get along with everyone in the pack; in the beginning the relationship between us had been strained to say the least. As time went on and Emily discovered her pregnancy the friendship between us came easily. She needed help with a lot of things and I was more than happy to provide it. After all it wasn’t her fault what happened between us and there was no reason to let her suffer because of it.

The night Emily went into labour, all the men had gone out to check the territory perimeters after reports of vampire attacks in the surrounding areas. She was alone, without her new mate to help her through so I stayed with her and helped the pack midwife deliver the beautiful baby girl. Weeks later when I had discovered my own pregnancy, Emily had been thrilled that we would have babies around the same age to grow up together. She had quickly become one of my closest friends, which most of the pack found unusual, but no-one wanted to mess with the choice of friends the Alpha and Luna kept so no-one said a word about it.

Waddling through the kitchen doorway and making my way to the front door, Emily was already there with little Genevieve gurgling in the pram and pointing at me.

“Still hanging in there I see? When is that pup of yours going to make its way out, I know I’m dying to meet the little thing?” Skipping the customary’ hello’, Emily just dove straight into the questions, as I knew she would.

“Well actually I’ve been having some back ache today and I’m hoping it’s the real thing and not another false alarm like last time.” I answered, gently massaging my lower back where I could reach it.

“What? Are you insane, who cares if it’s a false alarm? You need to get checked out. When did the pains start? How far apart are they? How bad? Do you need a wheelchair?” Emily was starting to go into a panic and I couldn’t help but laugh at the look on her face.

“They started yesterday afternoon, I get one around every 5 or 10 minutes or so and they aren’t too painful. I just have to grind my teeth and wait for it to pass. And no I don’t need a wheelchair I can waddle just fine.”  All her questions had been answered and I hoped this would calm her down, instead it appeared to have the opposite effect and she started pacing around my front path fumbling around in her bag.

“What are you doing, would you calm down I said I was fine.” It was making me dizzy to watch her as she paced around, and still Genevieve was gurgling in her little baby talk, sitting up in her pram and clapping her cute little hands. I looked down at her and smiled, crossed my eyes and wound my finger around my ears, “Mummy crazy.”

“You, Roxy are the crazy one. You are in damn labour and you don’t even realise it. You silly woman we need to get you to the midwife now before you drop that baby on the floor. I’m calling Blaze right now to come and take us to the hospital. I’ll be with you like you were there for me.” Emily started dialling her phone without waiting for me to respond. Could I really be in labour? Surely I would know about it if I was, wouldn’t I? A sharp cramp began to build in my lower back and move around to the front of my body, I grit my teeth as I had been doing all day and waited for it to pass. This wasn’t so bad, there was no way this way labour.

“Yes you need to come and get us now, yes bring Baydon if he is with you already. I’m sure this is the real thing; I’m watching her have a contraction as we speak. No her water hasn’t broken yet, wait, scratch that, there they go now. Hurry up cause I can’t deliver a baby on my own.” Emily snapped her phone shut before tossing it back in her bag and looking at me. Her words only just registered to me as I took a step back and glanced down at the mucus filled, water puddle collecting where I had just been standing.