Hey readers,
This chapter isn’t completely looked over but I wanted to get it up. Sorry about that but I hope you enjoy.
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Chapter 43
Adrian’s Pov
“You had better having a bloody good reason for me sending her away like that!” I snapped as soon as Holly was out of hearing range, my wolf snarling at the thought of her being in the state that she was and me not being with her. I didn’t like it, I didn’t like it one bit.
Narrowing my eyes at Lisa I took in her nervous attitude, but it was the excitement which was mixed with the worry that had me frowning. Why would she be excited about my mate being ill? What the hell was wrong with her?
Clearly sensing that I was about to snap Lisa hurriedly started speaking, her sentences coming out in a stutter as she tried to speak to quickly for her lips to form the words.
“I didn’t think it would be best for her to be present, Alpha” she rushed out. “I know you’re worried, but as for her health I can tell you that it is nothing serious.”
Breathing a sigh of relief I couldn’t help but rub my hands over my face in relief. “Thank god,” I breathed.
My relief was cut show however when she started speaking again. “But-“
Crap, I knew anything starting with a ‘but’ didn’t end well.
“What?” I demanded, wanting her to get straight to the point. I needed to know how my mate was, what I could do to make her better again. I had to know.
Lisa took a deep breath. “She’s pregnant.”
The next several minutes neither of us said anything, the words ‘she’s pregnant’ running though my head over and over again. My head was blank, and while my wolf was literally purring and howling with joy and content I was still having difficulty catching up to what she had said.
She’s pregnant
She’s pregnant
She’s pregnant
She’s pregnant
“Are you sure?” was all I could say.
Lisa nodded, trying hard not to smile. I knew what she was feeling, her own wolf humming at the thought of her female alpha being pregnant with my pup-
My pup; that sounded so good.
As a race we tended to breed young, what with the fact we were mated for life we could skip the whole issue of the fear of ending up alone. Once mated we were sorted for life; we only had one mate and they would be perfectly suited.
Holly wasn’t what I expected when I thought about the off chance that I would find my other half; but she was a million times better. She was quiet and controlled, yet when passion she would speak out. She was eager to learn, her lack of childhood education making her a delight to teach new things to. Even though I loathed, hated how she had been brought up she savoured even the smallest thing she was given. Unfortunately, it made it hard to spoil her.
But all in all, she was absolutely perfect for me.
The thought of her carrying my young, my child, was enough to bring visions to my mind. Of her pregnant. Of her feeding our pup, caring for our young. Of spending time with a child that I knew was mine.
It only made me want it more.
“She’s pregnant?” my words croaked, begging that I hadn’t heard her wrong.
Near in tears Lisa nodded, biting her lip as she tried to reign in her own emotions.
“Then why has she been so ill?”
My question seemed to sober her up, my emotions still in tuned my mates and I could feel that she was fine. My wolf, now knowing that she carried my young, wouldn’t be letting her out of his sight as soon as she returned. I fully agreed with him.
Lisa took a shaky breath before getting down to the serious stuff. I braced myself fully for what I was about to hear, knowing that it wouldn’t be good. I was still thriving over the happiness of my mate being pregnant that I knew whatever Lisa told me was only going to bring my elevated mood down a few notches.
I was right.
“In the heath state that your mate is in now you need to be careful, the last thing you need is for her to be under any stress which could cause her to miscarry. Make sure to give her only soft foods, yogurt, soup and such…and make sure she rests as much as possible. I don’t want to give her any medication, what with her being a shifter and not a human, but her phasing into her wolf form once ever-so-often will also do her some good. She will be more in tune to her wolf who will tell her instinctively what she will need to do to help out her pup.”
I simply stared at her, processing everything she had just told me.
“If you do that I see no reason as to why she wouldn’t be able to carry her pup under full term,” she continued.
Now that was the news that I wanted to hear, that everything would be alright. I didn’t want my mate to be in any more discomfort than she already was, but I knew as soon as I heard Lisa say to keep her away from anything stress like that I would be speaking to the brats as soon as possible. It turned out their training was about to be stepped up a few notches since I was no longer going to put up with their shit. Not when my mates life and my pup were in danger.
Licking my lips my head snapped behind me when I heard a small knock at the door. I smiled.
“You can come in, Holly” I grinned.
Having her standing in front of me was enough to my eyes to be drawn to her flat stomach, the fact that she needed to gain weight present on my mind at that exact moment.
“You get anything, sweetheart?” I asked when I took note that I couldn’t smell any food on her.
Holly shook her head, biting her lip as she moved to stand near where I was sitting. “The machine’s broken.”
I frowned at that. “You want to stop somewhere on the way home?”
“I’m fine” she shook her head as she handed me back my money. Glancing towards Lisa I saw her give me a look which I knew meant it was up to me when to tell Holly about the fact she was carrying my young. “Is everything alright?”
Taking a deep breath I nodded. “Let’s go home, sweetheart” I told her as I rose to my feet and wrapped my arms around her. I knew that as she leaned her head against me everything was going to be just fine.
On the way home my head was filled with thoughts on whether or not I should tell her. I knew I couldn’t really keep this sort of thing from my mate, I mean technically it was going to affect Holly a lot more than it would affect me body wise, but I was still having trouble grasping it myself.
My mate was pregnant. I grinned at the thought.
“What has you so happy?” my darling little mate asked as she glanced in my direction, her fingers playing with the bottom of her dress in a nervous gesture.
“Everything’s all good” I told her.
“Really?”
I nodded. “We just need to get you to eat some more,” I winked at her causing her to shrug. I knew food didn’t really bother her and I hated that he previous pack had starved her like they had. If I ever saw them I would slaughter them all.
Arriving back at the pack house I held her hand as we headed inside, laughter greeting us after I had picked up a human scent. I shook my head, knowing that Jake’s mate had decided to visit. I was happy for him, I really was.
Heading into the living room I spotted Annie standing next to Jake, her hair a bright red and she wasn’t actually that much shorter than him. She was clearly tall for age. Personally I loved that Holly was so much smaller than myself, making it easy for me to dominate her without pushing her too far. I may me want to protect her, keep her safe for her to stand so innocently by my side.
I loved it.
Clearly my throat I managed to gain their attention easily, Jake immediately snapping his head in my direction before he ran his fingers through his hair. I knew he was nervous, he was about to officially introduce his mate to his alpha after all. It meant a lot for a wolf to have their other half accepted.
“Adrian,” he nodded, using my first name and not ‘alpha.’ He had clearly yet to tell her about his heritage. “I want you to meet Annie, my m-girlfriend” he stumbled over his words, nearly introducing her as his mate. I smirked at his almost slip up.
I stared at the young girl who I guessed to be able a year younger than him, my head tilting to the side as I took her in. She had nothing of Holly but she was cute, pretty even.
“Hi,”
I smiled when I saw Holy wave from my side, clearly trying to break the tension. Since it was making her uncomfortable I decided to go easy on Jake.
“Nice to meet you Holly, welcome to our home” I waved my hand around to gesture around me.
I watched her eyes widen, her head shaking in a nod. “Thank you, “ she stuttered. “I still find it hard to believe that so many people live here, it’s massive.”
“That’s what she said,” I heard Paul snort under his breath causing my mate to burst into giggles, stunning Annie it seemed since her human hearing hadn’t picked up on Pauls comment.
Grinning smugly at managing to get such a reaction out of his alpha female Paul smirked before moving over to through his arms over my mate’s shoulders. “So Holly, how ‘bout we bake Annie a cake huh? Welcome her to the family” he suggested.
“Paul,” I rolled my eyes at his lame hint. It wasn’t a secret that everyone liked her cooking, and thanks to the fact shifting burnt off so many calories we didn’t have to worry about eating too much of it. Technically, the more the better.
“Ok,” my mate agreed before I could say anything. If it hadn’t of been for the fact that I knew cooking clamed my mate I would have spoken out about her keeping herself relaxed.
“Oh god,” Paul moaned happily. “You are in for a treat Annie, Holly here is a diamond in the kitchen” he boasted causing me to grin.
Once Paul, my mate and Annie had left for the kitchen I turned seriously, glancing at everyone else in the room. “Where the brats?” I clipped.
Ryan was the one to answer. “In their new room, me and Paul put them on the guest floor but told them not to unpack yet” he explained causing me to nod.
“Good,” I praised causing him to grin. “How were they?”
At this there were grumbles and mutterings around the room. “Lily may have slapped the girl,” Ryan tried to hide his amusement at Pauls mates actions.
I raised my brows. “Can I ask why?”
This seemed to sober him up. “We heard them talking, apparently they thought they were better than the lot of us and that they were going to play nice until they were able to shift again. I didn’t think they realised that we could hear every word they were saying.”
I sighed, rubbing my face with my hands. Great, this was going to be one hell of an annoyance training them that was for sure. It was clear I was going to do this the hard way. I knew that unless they feared me, really feared me, they weren’t going to learn respect.
It seemed I was going to have play dirty just as they were.
(Like it? So, do you think that Adrian should tell Holly that she’s pregnant? I mean, does she really need the extra stress? Let me know!)