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Scarlet POV “Jaxson?” my voice cracked as I held back the tears that threatened to fall. Holding my hand out, I had a warm red liquid that ran down my fingers. I had just gotten to the bathroom when I felt a rush of fluid soak my panties. With my fingers, I felt the outside of my legging and came back with it. My body was trembling as my mind was processing what exactly this meant. The brain was saying miscarriage but my heart was screaming no. It felt like all the air left my body as I was unable to breathe. The redness on my fingertips went so much but yet nothing at all. It felt like thousands of knives stabbing deep in me so hard that I was just frozen in place. I wasn’t even able to look at Jaxson as I just stared at the blood, wishing it wasn’t there. I’m not even sure what happened next but what I was able to mental process was being in Jaxson’s arms and the wind in my hair. Was there screaming? Yelling? I don’t know, it was like I was in a dream and it all seems unreal. The
Jaxson POV “Which way did they go?” yelled Maverick. It would be like they vanished out of thin air. They hadn’t had a head start really so where the fuck did they go! “This way!” Maverick yelled as we went sprinting off toward the wooded area. We ran into the woods, following their scent. It was only like 15 feet into the woods that a new smell invaded my nasal passage. “ROGUES!” I yelled. “Attention! Rogues, north of the hospital, all warriors report!” I let out a mass link to my warriors in the pack to alert them. “Where are they? I smell them but I can’t see them!” Maverick was looking around, trying to find them. It wasn’t until we heard the screams behind us that they had already invaded the pack. “The hospital…” my heart crashed as it dawned on me what happened. He tricked us and led us away from the baby. We left Scarlet unprotected and now rogues were attacking. “Alpha! They are attacking the hospital. At least 200!” I got a mind-link from a warrior. “Headed there
Scarlet POV I have come up with a plan on how to make all this work. If my hunches are correct, I think I have figured all this out and now it is just time to get it all in motion. Jaxson was in own little world trying to figure out what was happening and didn’t even pay attention to where I was taking him. If I was correct, we need to tread very carefully and trust no one. Finally, we got to Jaxson’s house. It was filled with baby stuff that we haven’t put together yet but what he didn’t know is that I have been coming here when I was supposed to be working on the housing project sometimes. I needed a quiet space so that no one would bother me. I even designed a new jewelry line based off of this house, while I was here. “What are we doing here? Scarlet, we have too much work to do to be here!” Jaxson turned to leave. “NO!” I shouted and even stomped my foot. That seemed to amuse him so he stopped and folded his arms over his chest. “No?” he wasn’t mad but he wasn’t happy eith
Jaxson POV I felt like the shittiest person in the whole world. Sitting across from me is the man that I grew up with. The man that was there for me through everything in my whole life, my parent’s dying, fights I had, heartbreaks and all my tasks. I was sitting here questioning his loyalty to me. Would he really betray me like this? “Que-questions?” Courtney stammered. “Colt? Why is Colt here?” Mason was instantly on the defense. “I will explain everything after. I promise but please, just answer the questions and then I will explain and it will all make sense.” Scarlet pleaded with them. Her heart was hurting watching me put them through this. I didn’t feel any better about it. “I am sorry but I have to command you guys to be 100% sure about this before I can let her explain.” I let my aura out to elope Mason and Courtney, causing them to bare their necks painfully. “I command you to tell me the full truth and not omit anything out.” They both nodded and I pulled back and pu
Scarlet POV “Well, I mean it is just that. A theory. I have been thinking and after the rogue attack, I feel like I know what is fully going on. The bigger picture if you will. Let me get through the whole thing before you ask questions though.” She looked pointedly at them before continuing. “Jaxson hasn’t received a job from the council since we mated. The only job he did receive after we met, I went along and we mated and my house burnt down. Huge press. Since then, his priorities have changed and I believe that the council doesn’t see him as reliable or trustworthy not to do the jobs without question. Before, all they had to say was the person did this but never really provided proof. He was their puppet to eliminate people as needed. Since he isn’t a cowboy anymore, they needed someone new. The past few months that we have been together and not one job was offered to him but we know jobs have been offered to another person. We have talked about another assassin being out there. N
Jaxson POV The pin and needle pain shot through my arm but I dared not to move in fear of waking Scarlet up. The sun was barely visible but my nerves were already shot. How the fuck am I suppose to let my pregnant fiance, mate and luna to fight to the death with an ex fling? Rolling over, I tried to reposition my shoulder to allow blood flow to my fingers with no such luck. Instead, I settled for placing my hand over her stomach to feel for any kicks. My little boy didn’t disappoint as soon as I placed my hand on her stomach, he started kicking away. “That is one way to be woken up, by the little demon trying to get out of you.” Scarlet yawned. “He is not a demon!” I shook my head at her description of what it felt like to feel the baby’s kick. “No uterus, no opinion” Scarlet rolled her eyes at me but was smiling. “How much longer till we will finally know if it is a boy or girl?” I asked as I retracted my arm. Shaking it to allow the blood to flow back to my fingers. “Next we
Scarlet POV The bell rang and Michelle came flying at me. She had this crazed look in her eyes that honestly scared the crap out of me. She went for the obvious strike and threw her right arm that was pulled back for ten feet before she got to me. I saw it coming so I was able to dodge it. She wasn’t giving up as she continued to throw her left fist then her right. It was all I could do to block every strike. My movements were a blur as I felt the sting in my forearm each time I blocked her. At the last second, I saw her body twist and she brought her knee up. I did the only thing I could think of and turn to the side and take the knee to my hip. It hurt like a mother fucker as the sharp pain of her knee hitting my bone. My leg instantly went dead and I dropped a little. Thankfully, she missed her mark as I dropped and was thrown off balance. Without thinking, I punched her twice in the stomach before I got my footing and as she was hunched over me, I stood up delivering an upperc
Jaxson POV “Well, that was entertaining to say the least!” The voice I heard behind me made every hair in my body raise. Standing up was easy when all your muscles are tensed and ready to go at any minute. A warrior handed me some shorts that I quickly put on. “Councilman Mitch, I didn’t expect to see you here today.” I said politely “I just wanted to pop over and watch the challenges. I had no doubt they would be held correctly but it was nice to see an Alpha that obeys the law!” Councilman Mitch walked inside the cage and looked at a dead Jared in a pool of his own blood. “I will always follow the rules.” I wasn’t sure what I needed to say. Everything sounded wrong anymore and I was feeling like there was a double meaning to everything he said now. “I have no doubt about that! Looks like this was an easy kill for you.” “Very, he was pathetic and I had a lot of built up resentment towards him I needed to let out. He died before I was fully satisfied but whatever. Losing the