Chapter 2

Kyra-

“No, and I don’t plan to. With everyone busy right now, I figured I would wait to set something up after they are born. I can’t ask everyone to drop what they are doing and come home and wait for me to give birth. It might be safer to wait until after they are born and call everyone. We can do something before my mother takes them to live with her.” My voice dropped at the mention of my children leaving me at such a young age.

I wanted to be able to take care of them, hold them, and show them how much I love them. The idea of them not being here as infants broke my heart. I also knew the best thing was to send them to the only place that could guarantee their safety.

After they were safe, I hoped that I could ensure their safety and deal with the looming threats. Even if I couldn’t prevent every threat, Artemis was the most pressing. Talon was too. I heard Zac say he had someone on Talon’s trail as Talon was searching for Hunter.

Because of Talon, it helps ease my troubles regarding Hunter. As long as Talon was still trying to find Hunter, I believed Hunter wasn’t a figment of my imagination, and he was still safe. I wanted to do something about Talon, but there wasn’t anything that we could do.

Technically, Talon hasn’t done anything besides turn Hunter into a God Killer and attempt to take away Hunter’s powers. He hasn't done anything wrong as long as he wasn’t a direct threat to any of us or Hunter. Plus, by following Talon, we might be able to know if Artemis has something up her sleeve.

Zac believes that since Artemis has no control over Hunter now and he had the power to kill her, she might try to contact Talon. The fact that there hasn’t been any contact yet worried me. I didn’t like not knowing.

Either Artemis was still locked up, or she was out and already making a move. It would help if Zeus could tell us something, but he left Artemis in her brother Apollo’s care. Apollo wasn’t willing to divulge any information, even if my mother asked, so we knew nothing.

“That might not be a bad idea. By the way, have you thought about what you want to name yours and Hunter’s child?” Caleb was obviously trying to distract me, which was working.

“I wanted to wait for Hunter, but I don’t know if he will return. The idea of naming our child without him doesn’t feel right. He was involved with naming the twins.” I grabbed the blanket off the back of the chair and covered my legs with it.

“I understand, but you might not be able to wait until he returns. Doctor Lucus already said that you could go into labor at any moment.”

“I know.” I sighed as I rubbed my enlarged belly. “I have thought about it. I have picked out a name, but I still hope Hunter can help me with the name.”

“What name did you choose?” Caleb shoved away from his desk and came to sit on the arm of the chair. He placed his hand over mine, and we rubbed my belly together.

“I came up with the name Theron or Theo for short.”

“Why that name?”

“The name means Hunter. Even if Hunter never returns, I wanted to name his child after him.” I tilted my head to look up at Caleb to gauge his reaction.

“I like it.” A smile formed across Caleb’s lips.

Caleb and I have already chosen the name Eirik for our child. Both children were boys, but Eirik was two weeks younger and would be small when he was delivered. I didn’t like that Eirik would be premature, but Doctor Lucus said that Eirik was ready to come out and might be delivered first.

Unlike Theron, we didn’t think of a special meaning behind Eirik’s name. When Caleb and I started thinking about it, it was the first name we came up with. When we both said the name simultaneously, we knew it was meant to be.

“Do you think Theron and Eirik will look alike since they are Superfetation Twins?”

“I doubt it. Unless they both take after you. Hunter and I are vastly different on the look spectrum. It isn’t like they are twins since you were pregnant for the second time, two weeks after you were pregnant with the first.”

“Then do you think we will be able to tell them apart?” My thoughts entirely focused on the babies in my stomach, which considerably calmed my nerves.

“We should. I believe I will be able to sense which child belongs to me. If not, Lucas can do a DNA test to find out.”

I knew Caleb didn’t care that one of the babies was Hunter’s. He already told me he would love and care for the child as his own. But I still wanted to be able to know for sure. Not only to avoid calling the child the wrong name, but I haven’t discussed it with Hunter either. The fact that he didn’t have his memory might affect things, though.

“By the way…” I began but stopped when I felt a jolt of pain in my stomach.

“What is wrong?” Caleb jumped up from the chair and knelt beside me.

Worry lines appeared on his forehead. Clenching my teeth, I held back the scream that became lodged in the back of my throat. Pain spread over my stomach, and I thought something was wrong. When I felt a sudden rush of liquid, I knew that I was going into labor.

“Did you have to bring this up now?” I asked through clenched teeth.

“What is it?” Caleb looked from my face to my stomach and back again.

“Call Lucus.” I demanded.

Caleb didn’t hesitate as he quickly stood and moved to the phone on his desk. “What is his number?” He asked with panic in his voice.

“Are you kidding me right now?” I groaned.

I was the one in labor, so why was he acting as if he couldn’t find the difference between his head and his ass? If anyone should be panicking, it should be me. I didn’t know if something was wrong, but I don’t remember experiencing this much pain when I gave birth to Kalen and Ryleigh.

Concentrating on my breathing, I ignored Caleb as he asked me what I meant. I shouldn’t be the one telling him he can use mind-link to contact Lucus. Not only was Lucus a member of the Pack, but as Alpha King, he could connect to every werewolf through a mind-link. It was a special gift that the Alpha King received upon becoming Alpha King.

“Oh, right.” Caleb said before his eyes became hazy.

In and out. In and out. I told myself with each inhale and exhale. I tried to sit up to get out of the chair, but the moment I did, the pain became unbearable. Lifting my knees, I spread my legs apart while leaning further back in the chair. That seemed to relieve some of the pressure.

Barely a moment later, Rex rushed into Caleb’s office, with Samantha following close behind. I knew Rex had felt something was wrong with me without Caleb needing to inform him. Rex and I had a strong connection that had become stronger over the last six months.

Every time I had even the slightest discomfort during my pregnancy, he was the first to respond. Granted, I thought his reactions were a little over the top. Even if one of the babies kicked me, he thought maybe I was going into early labor.

“Now?” He asked as he did every time I had a false labor in the past.

“Now.” I confirmed with a slight nod.

“Finally!” He yelled excitedly as he lifted me out of the chair and carried me out of the room.

“I just called Lucus!” Caleb yelled as Rex took me from the room.

“Since you are a first-time father, I suggest you take a deep breath.” Samantha stayed in the room and stopped Caleb from following us, as he was still clearly panicking. I could feel the shift in his energy and knew if he didn’t calm himself, he would lose control over himself. Even if he could control the power inside him now, he had moments where he had nearly lost control when he wasn’t calm.

Rex was likely more panicked than Caleb as he ran down the hall, turned the wrong corner, and entered the wrong room. When he retracted his steps, and we went down the correct corridor to the Pack Clinic, Rex nearly dropped me when we almost collided with Caleb as we turned the corner.

“I got her.” Caleb said as he held out his arms.

“Do you?” Rex asked, but it didn’t seem as if Rex had any intention of handing me over.

“Yes, now hand her over.” Caleb ordered.

“Are you sure you won’t lose your cool and freak out?” Rex asked.

“I am fine. Kyra is my mate, and she is carrying my child. I will carry her.”

“Well, she is my sister, and they are both my nephews.”

“I know, but she is my mate. I can handle taking her to the Pack Doctor.”

They continued to argue. I loved that my brother was highly protective, but this was too much. Neither of them seemed to be interested in giving in to the other. I tried getting down, but Rex was unmovable and didn’t seem to notice.

The pain I had felt earlier was no longer an issue, so I didn’t know why Rex was even carrying me. The contractions had hurt, but now that I wasn’t in pain, I felt fine. Looking between Rex and Caleb, I tried to get in a word to have Rex put me down.

Samantha was standing nearby and was clearly amused by the situation. I tried to get her attention so she could help me, but her focus was on the two idiots trying to decide who would carry me when I didn’t need to be carried. I tried talking over them and insisted they let me walk on my own, but both men ignored me.  

“How about I carry her since both of you want to argue?” A familiar male voice came from behind Rex.