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

trees, its bright

wolf let out a loud bark,

popped open asI sat up in bed breathing

the wall as Adria came running

“Holly!”

spun around checking the room before sitting next

“What happened?”

telling her about my dream, and how it was not the first

shocked, to say

pale as

what is it? Please tell

I begged her.

her

when Dane gets

the room,

head as

did she react that way when 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 later? Having to wait

take a shower to try to sleep again right

my mind

way to the bathroom and turned the hot water

front of the mirror while I waited for the water to warm up, a little surprised to see

wasn’t sure how normal

could see a major difference

down my back seemed

“I’m home babe,”

Dane’s gruff

been in there, but

Dane waiting for me with a warm towel to

shot up

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 a lot more than

absolutely

and sat on the bed as I dug through my clothes, trying to

too when I was getting

Is it normal?”

of Dane’s t-shirts and slipped

not a hundred percent sure, but we will go

you in the

Now I am worried.

not, or at least I

trying to find a pair

led me to the clinic, letting me know

already waiting

time walked us back to the

indeed already waiting for us, “Alpha, you said

questioned before he looked

widened,

he motioned for me to sit

should not be showing like

pulled a machine to the side of a bed as he spoke, “Let’s do an ultrasound and see

the hem of Dane’s t-shirt up and

jelly on my baby bump before moving the wand

minutes, Dane

is growing twice as fast

not

to be okay

All vitals are great.

say she will give birth within a

breath hitched at his

wasn’t ready, I still didn’t even