"I'm keeping the baby." Lilith said sternly, her eyes red from crying. She looked completely terrible but she didn't care."Lilith. Can you even hear yourself? Birthing the child will kill you." Loki insisted, trying to convince her."No, I can't kill my baby. You were there, didn't you hear what the doctor said? I'm going to die anyway so I won't risk my child. Ever since I was little, this is what I've always wanted, to bear your pups, to make a family with you and though fate has once again turned against me, I've finally gotten what I've always wanted, though at a terrible price. I'm not willing to let it go for anything. How can you even be so inconsiderate Loki? This is also your child for crying out loud. Would you want to give up on your first child just like that?" Lilith questioned raggedly. You couldn't even consider the prospect of giving this child up because she knew what she'd had to go through, all the plotting and the scheming she'd done just to be able to conceiv
Screams were heard from the room, and everyone paced about, worried sick."This is taking longer than I expected. Are you sure she's going to be alright?" Loki asked, his heart racing."Frankly, I have no idea. She's been giving birth for about two hours already, and on a professional note, I think that's not good considering the condition of her body and also the fact that the baby was premature as well. But all we can hope for is for the best," Arianna also tried to be calm in reply.She gently rubbed her big belly and exhaled. Everything had just moved so fast. It had already been seven months since she returned to the pack, and everything had been going remotely well.She'd spent most of her time with Lilith, and they'd done a lot together, considering that they were both pregnant. Arianna could sincerely admit that in that short period of time she'd spent with Lilith, she'd realized that Lilith wasn't really a bad person at heart.They became nothing short of good friends, and s
Arianna felt an excitement unlike anything she had experienced before. She had finally completed her university journey and had become a successful doctor. To top it off, right after delivering her valedictorian address, her longtime boyfriend, Valentin, had surprised her by proposing to her.It was an unforgettable surprise, and of course, she accepted his proposal. Her parents were thrilled for her and organized a celebration to honor both her graduation and engagement.The occasion was meant to be full of joy, and she enlisted her best friend, Maya, to assist with shopping for the party. They made their way to the mall where Arianna parked the car, and then joined Maya inside, where they began choosing dresses for the event.After picking out the most stunning dress she could find, they moved on to shoes and other essentials that would ensure Arianna was the center of attention. Though she was already a beautiful girl, the extra glamour was just to let her shine as the guest of hon
Arianna slipped into her gown with open shoulders that hugged her figure beautifully, featuring a neckline that revealed just a hint of her generous bosom.A stylist had transformed Arianna’s hair, intricately weaving one side into a braid while securing the rest in a neat bun. Maya took charge of her makeup, opting for a light yet enchanting look. Her mother held her hand, providing her with emotional support.Arianna almost chuckled at their overzealousness. They acted as though it was her wedding day instead of merely an engagement. Reflecting on it brought a smile to her face. It illustrated just how much they cared for her and wished for her happiness. She felt like the luckiest person alive, having achieved everything she had ever dreamed of. Her life seemed nearly flawless.Unbeknownst to her, a storm was looming, poised to disrupt her seemingly perfect life; the only constant was change. Her father arrived and praised her. "I feel so fortunate to have such a stunning daughter
Arianna kept her eyes locked onto him, and he mirrored her gaze. He had never realized that his mate would be a human, and such a stunning one at that. He immediately felt a connection to her; he had to make her his. Just then, Valentin showed up and disrupted the moment. "Loki, you finally made it," Valentin greeted with a big smile as he approached Loki, exchanging a firm handshake followed by a friendly hug. Upon seeing her fiancé, Arianna turned away, feeling embarrassed. Here she was, admiring another man at her own engagement party. Valentin noticed that Loki was staring at Arianna and grinned. "Looks like you've met my fiancée; this is Arianna, the girl I've been raving about. Isn't she absolutely beautiful?" Valentin inquired. "Absolutely," Loki replied succinctly, his gaze never leaving her. "Let me make the introductions. Arianna, this is my best friend, Loki, the mysterious guy from Canada. And , this is Arianna, my fiancée and soon-to-be wife." He wrapped his arm around
The strong light coming on her face from the window caused Arianna to open her eyes and instantly close them back. She tried opening her eyes once more and was able to at last settle her vision; she shielded her eyes from the sun by using her left hand across her face.She sat up and looked around her, her head aching terribly but trying to find her place. Her line of sight dropped on a man just then. She knew who he was in a moment. "So you're finally awake?" He inquired, his expression worried."Where am I? who are you really? You brought me here for what? Why did you kidnap me? She probed him relentlessly with questions."Just try to cool down; you have been out for some hours so it is not good to stress right now." Approaching her, he cautioned." shuts the fuck up! Just let me go. You kidnapped me, how dare you advise me to cool down? Act neither all coy with me or as though you truly care. Tell me why you abducted me and how much you would be ready to pay to release me. My par
Leaving to exit the room, Loki turned away from Arianna. "Where are you going? You cannot leave me here; get back here!" She sobbed, getting up from the bed she had been seated on but Loki neither turned back or responded.He walked out slamming the door behind him. He headed for the bathroom across the large hallways. He could easily show her that he was speaking the truth; he simply needed to change and knew he wouldn't be able to do it in front of her yet.He wouldn't want that; she wasn't ready for that yet; transforming into a wolf would mean stripping off her clothes. She would take it the wrong way.On his way to the bathroom, he ran across Lilith. " Loki slows down, I can not help but wonder where you could be going in such a haste." She made a smiling teasing joke."I have to go, sorry Li." She blocked him, though, according to him. "I'm sure nothing could ever be as important as myself." She said with a sensual smile.Loki grumbled; he had no time for this. "There is indeed
"What are you doing? Put some clothes on!" Arianna turned her back on him and flushed red on her cheeks."I only had to show you that I was speaking the truth; but, right now I suppose you trust me. Alternatively do you need more proof to persuade you?" Loki inquired, and Arianna shook her head fiercely while still facing him back-first.No thanks. I don't need any more proof; I think I believe, anyway, if you really want to discuss, kindly put some clothing on." She insisted, and Loki nodded.Loki changed to his werewolf form, left the room, went back to the bathroom to get clothed, then came back a few minutes later totally dressed and looking beautiful as ever." You can turn around now." He gave an instruction, she inhaled deeply, then turned slowly. "Are you actually this shy? Cause if you are, I'm not sure how much fun mocking you will be." She scowled at him and he laughed."Enough on that now." We should discuss why I am here and how you plan to take me back to my house. She i
Screams were heard from the room, and everyone paced about, worried sick."This is taking longer than I expected. Are you sure she's going to be alright?" Loki asked, his heart racing."Frankly, I have no idea. She's been giving birth for about two hours already, and on a professional note, I think that's not good considering the condition of her body and also the fact that the baby was premature as well. But all we can hope for is for the best," Arianna also tried to be calm in reply.She gently rubbed her big belly and exhaled. Everything had just moved so fast. It had already been seven months since she returned to the pack, and everything had been going remotely well.She'd spent most of her time with Lilith, and they'd done a lot together, considering that they were both pregnant. Arianna could sincerely admit that in that short period of time she'd spent with Lilith, she'd realized that Lilith wasn't really a bad person at heart.They became nothing short of good friends, and s
"I'm keeping the baby." Lilith said sternly, her eyes red from crying. She looked completely terrible but she didn't care."Lilith. Can you even hear yourself? Birthing the child will kill you." Loki insisted, trying to convince her."No, I can't kill my baby. You were there, didn't you hear what the doctor said? I'm going to die anyway so I won't risk my child. Ever since I was little, this is what I've always wanted, to bear your pups, to make a family with you and though fate has once again turned against me, I've finally gotten what I've always wanted, though at a terrible price. I'm not willing to let it go for anything. How can you even be so inconsiderate Loki? This is also your child for crying out loud. Would you want to give up on your first child just like that?" Lilith questioned raggedly. You couldn't even consider the prospect of giving this child up because she knew what she'd had to go through, all the plotting and the scheming she'd done just to be able to conceiv
"What do you mean?" He questioned."Well, what I'm trying to say is………. " Arianna began, suddenly becoming shy, but luckily, Sage jumped in."Wait! Before you say another word, I have to tell you something.” Sage interrupted, and Arianna stared at him quietly."What is it?" she questioned."Well, I……. Don't freak out, this is going to be ridiculously difficult for me to say," he pleaded, and that just infuriated her."Alright, I won't." If it's not something that's cringeworthy," Arianna said, and Sage gulped and breathed in.He grasped her hands in his and stared directly into her eyes, talking before even mentioning what it was. "I realize this is wrong, inappropriate, on every level, but I fell in love with you and, no matter how many times I tried to tell myself otherwise, just can't. My feelings for you only grow stronger," exclaimed Sage as he completely surprised Arianna."Wait, what?!" she inquired while yanking her hands out of his.She faced around and stood, her back towa
"No, it's fine. You can just ask a maid to do it. You've already done a lot for me today. You should probably get some rest," he urged, and she nodded."And all of you as well," Sage said to the guards and maids, and they bowed and left."Alright, if you insist. I'll send a maid to take care of your wounds," Arianna said, taking one last good look at him before leaving.Arianna stopped one of the maids and asked her about Mabel. She told Arianna that Mabel was doing much better, especially after hearing about the Alpha's recovery.Arianna went straight to the dining area where Mabel was resting."How do you feel?" Arianna questioned, and Mabel shot up but calmed down when she saw that it was just Arianna."I'm doing better, thanks. How's the Alpha? Is he doing OK? Is he really alive now?" Mabel questioned earnestly."Calm down, he's fine except for his wounds, which still cause him pain. I want you to dress his wounds if you're still up for it, that is," Arianna said, and a smile lit
She brought her hands to his chest and performed chest compressions on him, all the while silently praying that it would work. If he had suffered clinical death as she suspected, then CPR might help revive him."What are you doing? The Alpha's dead, his body needs to be rested. What are you doing, do you think?" One of the guards chided, but she just ignored them."Come on, Sage, you can fight this. You can win this, I'm sure of it.".Come on." She cheered on almost silently but never gave up her attempts.Her faith was restored a bit when she felt slight changes to his otherwise comatose state. She could feel his heart kick in again, beating very slowly against his chest. She smiled with tears in her eyes and continued with the chest compressions and paused when she realized what she needed to do.Now that his heart was beating again, she just had to do everything to get him to start breathing, or such precious progress would be lost, and they'd lose again—maybe permanently this time
Sage felt his eyes closing on their own but shot them open when he heard the door swing open.He had to blink twice before he recognized the person that had just come in through the door. He saw Arianna and a weak smile formed on his lips.Arianna gasped when her eyes saw the sight before her. The floor of the room was painted in blood, there was a dead naked man on the floor and Sage, Sage was on the floor and was as naked as the day he was born.Her cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she tried to look anywhere else but below his waist. The excitement was gone as quickly as it came as she saw the terrible condition in which he wasqHe was bleeding profusely and seemed to be in a deplorable condition. It was an abhorrent sight but it was not something that she could not handle. She was a doctor after all.She ran to him and sat by his side, grabbing a hold of his hand. "Sage, what happened here? What happened to you? What's going on?" Arianna questioned, her fears increasing by the min
Sage groaned as he got into bed, his mind spinning all day long. For whatever reason, he could not even try to comprehend, the kiss with Arianna persisted in his mind regardless of how hard he attempted to set it aside.The memory warmed his stomach and he couldn't quite place what he was feeling due to how long he'd gone without feeling anything.He rested on his bed for a moment, not resting for some obscure reason. It was already becoming rather warm so he removed his shirt.He lay back and shut his eyes, so hard trying to sleep but for some reason, he could not shake the sense of restlessness.He was experiencing a rather indispensable eerie feeling, of which he couldn't explain.After trying hard in vain to get some sleep, he decided that a mild sedative would do the trick. He got up from bed and walked to his wardrobe. He pulled out the first aid box and didn't have to search for long before he found what he was looking for.He swallowed a pill and a sip of water and then return
After finding out that she was perfectly fine and in fact still pregnant, Arianna had no reason to stay in the Black Solstice pack.Having reached a consensus with Sage, she was very excited to finally return to Loki and the rest of the pack. She particularly missed Freya's cooking and all her jokes; the older woman had always had a very lively sense of humor.As Arianna thought of everyone in the pack, a certain someone crossed her mind and the thought alone left a bitter taste in her mouth. Lilith.As far as Arianna was concerned, uttering that name almost felt like an abomination and she certainly would not spare that little liar and schemer when she returned.She would tell Loki everything and would make sure to either have Lilith locked up for life, or thrown out of the pack for good. The latter seemed too dangerous as Arianna knew that that conniving little bitch might as well ally herself with someone else and plan an attack on them, as a way of revenge.Thus, Arianna decided i
Loki paced back and forth, attempting to catch his breath. This was not amusing at all. He awoke with the horror of Lilith beside him, and now this? She was holding her chest and appeared to be injured and fainted into his arms. It was not what he had anticipated and was quite disturbing.He hated to notice how frequent the doctor's presence was becoming. It was usually one problem or another, and he was honestly sick of it. He just wished that Arianna would return to him, and they'd live a normal life and be happy.After spending over an hour in the room, which Loki estimated to be an eternity, the doctor finally came out.He accosted her immediately. "Doctor, what's the problem? Please tell me she's fine and just fainted from shock." Loki practically pleaded. He was in no mood for any more bad news."If it were that simple, I would. Sorry, Alpha, but it's more than that," Doctor Rose revealed, and Loki felt himself tensing up."I don't understand, What do you mean by that?" he said