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 trying to

sound to my left had me

behind the trees, its bright blue eyes staring straight at

wolf let out a loud bark, scaring

fell back, my eyes popped

door bounced off the wall as Adria came

“Holly!”

room before sitting next

“What happened?”

how it was not the first

looked shocked, to

pale

what is it? Please

I begged her.

could tell by her reaction that

talk when Dane gets

room, “Is there anything you

head as I

have to wait for Dane? Couldn’t she just tell me right now and then we could tell Dane later? Having to wait

decided I would take a shower to

my mind to shut

the hot

while I waited for the water to warm up, a little surprised

sure how normal

a

my back seemed to

“I’m home babe,”

Dane’s gruff

I had been in there, but I felt a

out to find Dane waiting for me

shot up in

grabbed

“Sorry, it’s nothing.”

He tried to lie.

that

are absolutely beautiful

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

I was getting in the

Is it normal?”

grabbed one of Dane’s t-shirts and slipped

a hundred percent sure, but

in the living

Now I am worried.

knew if this was normal or not, or at least I felt like he should

sweatpants after trying to find

me to the clinic,

was already waiting

from last time walked us back to

already waiting for us, “Alpha, you said

he looked

widened, “I

he motioned for

not be

of a bed as he

the hem of Dane’s

my baby bump

few minutes, Dane spoke up,

pup is growing

really am not sure why

seems to be okay

All vitals are great.

this rate, I would say she will give

breath hitched at his

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