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.

around in circles

my left had me

behind the trees, its bright blue eyes staring

let out a loud bark,

I fell back, my eyes popped open asI sat up in bed breathing

the wall as Adria came running into the

“Holly!”

spun around checking the room before sitting

“What happened?”

and how it was not the first time I had

looked shocked, to say

to pale as her eyes

what is it? Please tell me

I begged her.

tell by her reaction

talk when Dane

stood to leave the room, “Is there anything

my head as I

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

take a shower to try to sleep again right

my

my way to the bathroom and turned the hot water on,

the mirror while I waited for the water to warm up,

how

could see a major difference

my back

“I’m home babe,”

Dane’s gruff

I had been

shut the water off and stepped out to find Dane waiting for me with a warm towel

shot up in surprise,

him as I quickly grabbed the towel from his

“Sorry, it’s nothing.”

He tried to lie.

him a pointed look, “It’s just that

are absolutely

from the bathroom and sat on the bed as I dug

noticed that too when I was getting in

Is it normal?”

t-shirts and slipped

not a hundred percent sure,

for you in the living

Now I am worried.

or at least I felt like

some sweatpants after trying to find a pair of jeans that

clinic,

already

same nurse from last time walked us

already waiting for us,

before he looked

widened, “I

he motioned for

not be showing

the side of a bed as he

the hem of

a little jelly on my baby bump before moving

minutes, Dane spoke up,

is growing twice

not sure

to

All vitals are great.

rate, I would say she

hitched

wasn’t ready, I still didn’t even have a room set