Neah

“Twins?”

“Yep.” Raven smiles. “Definitely.” She presses the little wand harder against my stomach as I stare up at the ceiling. Danes’ fingers curl around mine. I knew he was happy. I could feel it vibrating off of him.

Twins?’ I mutter to Nyx, hoping that she would understand my fear. I could barely look after myself let alone two pups. Look at him!’ She mutters

My eyes drift to Dane. He holds the small monitor in his free hand as Raven points out the growing pups. The biggest grin is plastered on his face and his crimson eyes are bright.

He’s happy.’ Nyx murmurs. ‘We are not in this alone.’

How? My body has been through so much. I can’t be six weeks.’ I try to add up the dates in my head, but so much has happened since my first period that I am all turned around

Nyx doesn’t say anything.

Did you know?”

Silence.

Nyx?”

The forest.’ she mutters quietly ‘and our pups develop quicker.”

Lycans, I’m carrying Lycans?’ As much as that was who I am, I wanted nothing to do with them. Its too early to tell. But there is every ch ,

“NO!” I climb off the bed, pulling my hand from Danes. Both Raven and Dane stare at me like I’m mad. “Neah?” he tries to reach my wrist and I rip it out of reach.

“I need to think!” I snap a little harder than I intended as I barge past them

Nyx starts trying to talk to me

“Shut up!

Raven’s dark eyes are like saucers as they flash between me and Dane.

“Just, just give me some time.” I mutter, backing out the room.

“Neah?” Raven calls after me. I hear Dane telling her to let me go. To give me what I had asked for. “Hey, you okay?” Klaus asks as I fly through the doors that led back out onto the grounds

“I need to be alone. And I… I thought you were with Jess?”

“Eric’s at the house.

“Right.” I huff

“Is being alone what you really want?” he gives me a small smile “Maybe you just need someone else to talk to? Or vent too? Someone that is not your mate.”

My eyes narrow at him for a second. “Have you done any more research?”

“About you, you mean?”

I nod

“I have some stuff at the house. But I’m assuming you are talking about being pregnant?”

“You know?”

He shrugs his shoulders. “It wasn’t. too hard: tO guess. You came to the hospital with no visual injuries. You onlytooked a little off and Dane was notlosing his temper.” ~~

“What do the books say?”

“To be honest, not a lot.

I inwardly sigh, it wasn’t what I wanted to hear.

“What does your Lycan have to say about it?” He quizzes “That the pups develop faster.”

“You’re worried that the pup will be a Lycan?”

“Worse, that they both will be?

It takes him a moment to realise I am telling him it’s twins. His eyes widen at the realisation of my words.

‘I have Trey and Cassandra coming for me with who knows how many Lycans. Dane will be having guests arriving and….and ‘It’s too much?”

I nod my head, closing my eyes to fight the tears that were trying to leak out.

“For everything that those bastards have done to me, they don’t deserve to live. But now, I might be bringing more into the world.” “And that scares you?”

I ned

“They will be raised by you.” He gives me another small smile. “That counts for something.”

I knew the words were supposed to be reassuring, yet they plant more doubt in my mind

Raised by me, it felt like some sort of universal joke.

I see Eric come out of the pack house, his hands firmly planted on Jess’s shoulders. He briefly looks around. Spotting me, he pushes Jess in our direction

Her eyes afe low as they come to a stop in frent of us. I was too busy~ staring-at Jess’s hair to listen tothe mencoShe had taken a pair ofy scissors to it, and badly. ~~

Her eyes catch mine. “I couldn’t get the blood out.”

I was about to tell her I could fix it. I had learned to cut my own hair over the years, but Eric interrupts us to tell me that Danes guests had arrived

Dane comes out of the hospital with force. Making the door ricochet 2 againstthe brick wall. It makes Jess jump.and her hand grabs mine. I could ear her heart beatingSo hard that I it hummed. “