The Blue Blood Alpha

Chapter 39 - Hold Me

His wolf? His wolf had taken the death of their mate the hardest. Afterall, they had mated in fur form, so the bond had begun between the wolves. More and more his wolf had been pressing Atlas to stay in the wild and retreat from the pack. But now? It was his wolf that urged Atlas to speak up when Rose had refused Alpha Knox's command, demanding they stay and protect her and the pup. His wolf was clearly interested in the female, and more concerning his wolf was acting like the pup belongs to them. Atlas decides to let his wolf out for a run, maybe that would calm his inner beast. Walking outside, the sun isn't up yet, the first rays lighting the tops of the pine trees. Shedding his clothing, he crouches low and let's the shift take over. Instead of running off into the woods, the grey wolf insists on circling the cabin, he can still detect the odour of the rogues they killed. He cocks his leg, urinating on any area he feels he needs to mark. This is his territory, and he wants all that venture near to know it. Bounding off into the woods, he's keen to hunt, he wants to present a fresh kill to the pregnant female.

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Waking to the scent of pine and spice, Lily inhales deeply, she recognises Atlas's scent. Sitting up and stretching out her arms, Lily feels oddly well rested. She remembers having an awful nightmare during the night, and then Atlas laying with her until she fell asleep. Falling into a deep sleep after that, making her feel much better this morning. Wrapping herself in a shawl and slipping on her ugg boots, Lily makes her way downstairs into the kitchen. Jin is in the kitchen cooking breakfast, the smell of bacon, eggs and hash browns hits her, and her stomach growls loudly in response. In the last few days she's hardly eaten, having no appetite after her ordeal. But after her sleep, she's famished now. Jin looks at her with an appraising eye.

"You need to eat more, it's not good for pregnant females to be hungry. Go sit, I'll bring the food" Jin instructs her. Lily sets the table for three people, and then helps Jin bring over the breakfast dishes. Noticing the empty table setting she asks "where is Atlas?"

"I saw his wolf run towards the woods, don't expect him back soon" Jin replies as he heaps plenty of food onto Lily's plate.

"Oh?" Lily forks some of the scrambled eggs into her mouth and moans. It tastes so good.

"He likes to spend time in wolf form" Jin explains. Before Lily can probe Jin further, their sensitive wolf hearing picks up the sounds of grunting coming from Bob's room, he must be awake. Lily stands up to go attend to her uncle.

"No you sit, finish your breakfast, I'll look after him. You spend too much time caring for Uncle. Look after the baby now. Visit uncle later" Jin instructs. Lily smiles at Jin calling Bob "uncle". She noticed that Redwood pack members were referring to Bob as "Old Bob", but now Atlas and Jin were beginning to call him "Uncle Bob", and Jin seems to just defer to him as "Uncle". She guessed that was her influence.

After inhaling her breakfast, Lily had the urge to bathe in the hot tub. Uncle Bob had constructed a round cedar hot tub, heated by wood fire, at the edge of the lake. She understood, from her nightmare last night, that she was extremely traumatised over the assault. Rubbing her hand over her baby bump, she didn't want her pregnancy to be marred by this horrible experience. Deciding to bathe and cleanse not only her body, but her soul, hoping to rid herself of her trauma. Not only for herself, but for her baby, she wants to try and make her pregnancy a positive experience. She'd had enough sadness to date, she didn't want anymore.

Collecting up her bathing bag, she heads to the lake, where the hot tub is situated. Uncle Bob has rigged up an old hand pitcher pump, to draw water from the lake to fill the tub. Lily pumps the hand crank up and down, filling the tub with water, and lights the fire on the connected wood burner to heat the water. The round cedar tub is not huge, but it could easily fit three people, more than enough room for Lily to stretch out and soak her tired muscles. She mixes in some hand made lavender oil into the water, so it will smell nice and help her relax. Shedding her robe, she climbs the wooden steps and lowers herself into the warm water. She groans, it feels so good. Only now realising how truly tense she was, as her muscles slowly relax in the soaking warm water.