My Surprise Mate

Dane walked into the room smiling as he carried a tray of food.

“I could have come in there and ate at the table,”

I told him, feeling a little guilty.

He shook his head as he placed the tray on my lap, “Why would you do that when I am perfectly capable of bringing it to you?”

I couldn’t help the guilty feeling that seemed to settle in the pit of my stomach.

I tried to hold back tears as I started picking at the food, “Talk to me, ”

he said softly.

I did my best to swallow the lump forming in my throat, “This is my fault.

You didn’t have any problems until I showed up and now y'all are being threatened by another pack.

You just handled Kain and his family and now you are cooking and waiting on me hand and foot...I should be doing this for you.”

By this point, the flood gates had opened.

Dane pulled me to sit in his lap as his hands snaked around my waist, “You have done nothing wrong.

I love having someone to wait on hand and foot.

I handled Kain because that is my job and even if it wasn’t, I still would have done it, and just so you know, the Oakwood Pack isn’t the first pack that we have fought.

Though I think they will be the He always knew what to say to calm me down, except this time I still couldn’t shake this nagging feeling.

I wasn’t sure if it was just because Kain said he would be back or if it was something else altogether.

I ate as much of the meal as I could, thanking Dane a million times for everything he has done for me.

“Babe, I have something I need to take care of, Ash will be with me.

It shouldn’t take long, but mom is going to come over.

You rest and I will talk to the doctor before I come home.

Love you.”

He pulled the blankets over me before kissing me on the forehead.

“What do you have to do?”

I questioned, finding it a little odd at how vague he was.

He looked everywhere but at me before answering, “Just some pack stuff, shouldn’t take long.”

Somehow, I knew he wasn’t being completely honest with me.

I narrowed my eyes at him as I heard his mom announce herself as she came through the front door.

“I’m going to talk to Nyla.

See if I can get some answers from her.

She was the one that told Kain you were here.

We don’t know how she knew he was looking for you though.”

I nodded and rolled over, letting sleep overtake me.

Darkness.

I looked around realizing I was in the woods again.

The only light from the full moon peeking through the tops of dreaming, but it felt so real.

It was just the same dream, right? I started walking with no idea where I was heading when I heard it.

scon.I spun around in circles

sound to my left had me

behind the trees, its bright

out a loud

I fell back, my eyes popped open asI sat

bedroom door bounced off the wall as Adria came running into the

“Holly!”

room before

“What happened?”

her about my dream, and how it was

to say the

face seemed to pale as her eyes

what is it? Please tell

I begged her.

could tell by her reaction that

talk when Dane

room, “Is

as

when I told her about my dreams, and why did we have to wait for Dane? Couldn’t she just tell me right

shower to try

my mind to shut

bathroom and turned the hot water on, letting

for the water to warm

wasn’t sure how normal this

could see a major

my back seemed

“I’m home babe,”

heard Dane’s gruff

how long I had been in there,

off and stepped out to find Dane waiting for me

shot up in surprise,

him as I quickly grabbed the towel

“Sorry, it’s nothing.”

He tried to lie.

gave him a pointed look, “It’s just that you are showing

absolutely

followed me from the bathroom and sat on the bed as

when I was getting in the

Is it normal?”

Dane’s t-shirts and slipped it on

sure,

in the living

Now I am worried.

or not, or at

sweatpants after trying to find a pair of

led me to the clinic, letting me

was already waiting for

walked us back to

for us, “Alpha, you said it

he

widened,

motioned

not be

a bed as he spoke, “Let’s do an ultrasound and see

of Dane’s t-shirt up

poured a little jelly on my baby bump before moving the

few minutes, Dane spoke up,

is growing twice as

not sure

seems to be okay

All vitals are great.

she will

breath hitched at

ready, I still didn’t even have a room