—Alpha Leo's POV— It took everything in me not to go over to the cabin last night and demand answers from Lena, because Zeo was right, I couldn't do anything to sabotage this. Lena was our last chance, but what if the triplets were mine, what if I was their father. I went down a rabbit hole last night, Scarlett came home drunk again and tried to start a fight and I regret to say that even though I saw it coming, I fell into her trap. We had a huge fight and I left the room and spent all day in my home office because I couldn't sleep and it wasn't because of my fight with Scarlett, no she wasn't the woman that was on my mind. It was Lena that I couldn't get off my mind and her kids, I had to know if they were mine, maybe this was the reason Scarlett and I couldn't have kids. Because I made a mistake and maybe I'm meant to be with Lena and the reason Scarlett can't get pregnant is because I already have kida out there. I stayed up all night pondering this and all
—Lena's POV— I've had a long night, I barely slept. Karla woke up screaming because she was in a new place and she was scared that she had been kidnapped, after that her brother's woke up and we had lunch and when it was time to go to bed, they all slept with me and I stayed up to watch over them. So you can only imagine after driving sic hours and barely getting any sleep, I'm really not in the mood for any confrontation today but it's just my luck that she's here today. I still don't understand how or why we look so alike, it's like looking into a mirror. The only way you'd know the difference was the scar that I had on my hand and Scarlett's hair is longer than mine, but that's it. “Scarlett, I would say it's nice to see you again but I would be lying.” I snapped at her. “How dare you talk to me like that?” She snapped back. “I apologise, I didn't get much sleep last night. To answer your question, I'm here to hopefully find a cure to the illness
—Lena's POV— “Ok then, hopefully the kid is still alive.” He says. “Yea, hopefully.” I say but I don't say what's on my mind who's is that the kid is probably dead. We continue walking and I can feel him watching me, I know he has questions but he better come out and say it because I'm not going to help him. “Can I ask you something?” He asked. “It depends.” I tell him. “On what?” He asked. “Does it have to do with work?” I asked him. “No, it doesn't.” He tells me. “Then it's my personal life then, well you can ask but I make no promises to answer.” I tell him. “It’s about your children actually, is their father in the picture?” He asked me. I knew he was going to ask me this and I already prepared an answer for him. “Yes, he is. He didn't come with us because he has a big project back at work, but he'll come visit them when he has the chance.” I tell him and the lie just slips easily off my tongue.
—Lena's POV— I held my breath, waiting for Katy to give me an answer, I really did not want to dig up a little girl, yes it was necessary but that doesn't mean that I like it. “Actually, she is, but she's unresponsive, she's in a coma, she isn't getting any better it worse.” Katy explains to me. “Ok, that's good. Can you take me to her room and I'm going to need her chart.” I tell Katy. “Of course Doctor Lena, just follow me.” Katy tells me and then me and Leo follow behind her. She takes us up some flight of stairs and we enter a room that I presume is the intensive care unit. “So all these people here are in a coma?” I asked Katy. “Yes, but none are medically induced, they all just fell into it.” Katy tells me and then we get to the end of the hall and she slides open a door where a little girl who looks no older than six or seven years old is on the bed and hooked to different machines. “Is this Brie?” I asked. “Yes, that's
—Twenty Five Years Earlier— There are two families, one a poor family and the other a rich family. The first family are the Avery's, they are a family of farmers but they are also shifters and the wife is pregnant. The second family are the Windsor's, rich, influential and also shifters, the wife is also pregnant. It's morning and the farmer is out in the field while his wife is at home, she's currently on bed rest because she's so close to her due date. “My sweet, beautiful baby, soon you'll come and join me and your father. Now we may not have much, but we have enough and we are content. I can't wait to meet you my sweet one.” Alana Avery talked to the baby in her belly. On the other side was Kate Windsor who was having not such a good pregnancy experience thanks to her husband the Alpha. “I'm telling you Kate, you've disappointed more than enough times. You're a woman and you have only one job, get pregnant and give me an heir but you can't even
—Alpha Leo's POV— “Am I wrong Leo?” She asked me and I had no words because she was right. I did choose Scarlett and Lena hadn't turned out to be the doctor, I truly don't know if I would've seemed her out to apologise. “You're right, I did choose Scarlett and in that moment all I thought about was myself and how happy I was that she was back in my life, nothing else mattered, you didn't matter. But time passed and I realised how cruel I was because you didn't deserve to be treated like that and the truth is I didn't bother to find you because I was a coward, I didn't know how you would react. But when I say I am sorry, I mean it Lena, I'm so sorry for what I did to you, for rejecting you that way and for the loss of the baby.” I tell her and I hope she can see how sincere I am. She doesn't say anything for a while, she just stares at me. “Thank you.” She says as then she continues walking which I take to mean she doesn't want to talk about this subject anymore
—Lena's POV— As soon as I enter my lab, I lean against the wall and let out a huge sigh of relief. I did it, I survived spending time with him. I didn't think I could, but I did. He seemed to believe my lie about the kids also and he also seemed very sincere with his apology but it still doesn't change what he did to me. Also there was some serious tension between him and Scarlett, looks like all is not well in their paradise, I need to go home, see my kids, have a glass of wine and talk this over with Zoey. I look at my watch and it's just one in the afternoon, I can't leave now, I still have time to kill. I push Leo out of my mind and walk into the lab. “Good afternoon Doctor Everhart.” Emmett, my lab assistant greets me. “Good afternoon Emmett, did you just get in?” I asked him and I looked around the lab and see that he had already started working, he has washed all the beakers and they're currently drying while one set is getting sterilised. “Yes, I c
—Alpha Leo's POV— I couldn't sit still after my talk with Zeo, he left to go talk with Gabe and then I answered the emails that I had and signed some documents that Zeo left for me on my table. Since the whole disease he had taken over day to day running of our business in the city because all my focus had to be on the pack and finding a cure. After I was done with all of that, I still couldn't sit still, I had this feeling in my gut that something was wrong but I didn't know if I should trust it, it could just be me wanting an excuse to spend more time with Lena. I sat down for another ten minutes but I couldn't do it anymore, I got up and left the house. It had been about two hours since I last saw her and if I got there and nothing was wrong she would think that I'm stalking her so I better come up with a good explanation. I got to the entrance of the lab and her assistants car was gone but there was another scent that wasn't Lena's, a scent that I would rec
Lena's POV. “What are we going to do now?” He asked me. I stay silent for a few moments and then it comes to me. “We need fresh samples, maybe this disease doesn't survive out of the bloodstream for a long period of time. So we need to get fresh blood samples. They're monitors in the clinic already so I need you to get the microscope and every other thing that we'll need we need to get to the clinic now.” I tell him and while he runs around to gather everything that we'll need, my mind is going a mile a minute. What kind of disease is this? It's like I feared it's smart, it's really smart. If it doesn't show up outside of the body then we're going to have a really big problem finding a cure. “I have everything.” Emmett says as he comes towards me with a box in his hand. “Ok, let's go.” We take of our gowns, masks and surgical gloves and out them in the trash and then we walk through the decontamination bay before we leave the lab. “What kind of
Lena's POV. The next day, I leave the house pretty early just as the sun rises, the kids are still fast asleep in my bed, they all crawled in there last night and I can never turn them away. I give them kisses on their heads before I leave but none of them stir. I already told Zoey last night that I would be leaving early so she knows. I step out of the house and take a deep breath, the view is amazing. The sun is like a ball of fire rising out of the trees, the birds are chirping and the air is fresh. This is one thing that you can't get in the city and now that I'm here after all these years, I have to admit that I've missed it. If the lab wasn't so far from the house, I would take advantage of this beautiful day and walk but I can't do that. I already texted Emmett and he was already awake, that's why I like working with him, he always ready to tackle any situation and it also helps that he's a genius, I need those two things if I want to find a cure for this diseas
Alpha Leo's POV. “This is crazy. She must know that Luke looks like you. So what did she say when you saw him?” Zeo asked. “She looked so scared Zeo, I mean the look on her face. I was the reason she was scared, because she knew that I had put two and two together.” “I knew if I confronted her, there was a high chance that she would high tail it out of here. She would take the kids and leave and I would never see them again. They'll both be gone and also any chance of saving our pack will be gone with them. I couldn't confront her, I mean it was clear from her reaction that she didn't trust me and I don't blame her. When I saw that look on her face, I wondered why she would be scared and my mind went back to that day.” “What day?” He asked me. “That day back at the club, when she came to tell me she was pregnant and the way I dismissed her. I told her the baby wasn't mine, I basically made them bastards. What the hell was wrong with me?” I ask mostly myse
Alpha Leo's POV. I get back home and from what I can hear, Scarlett isn't here, which fills me with a sense of relief rather than worry. I've been in denial for a very long time, maybe it was because I've loved her since I knew what love meant. But now it's like the covers have been removed from my eyes. When she left me the first time to get married to someone else, I should've let her go then, but I didn't. I still loved her, which was why when she came back I took her back with no questions asked. But that right there was the biggest mistake of my life,there's a saying that goes, ‘when someone shows you who they are, believe them.’ Scarlett showed me the type of person she was when she left me and I should've believed her. If I did then my life would've been completely different. Lena and I would still be together and we would be raising our kids together. But here I am, married and miserable without kids and a pack that is being decimated by some mysterious diseas
Lena's POV. Leo walks back with us to the house and then he says goodnight to the kids, I'm so confused, in fact I've been confused ever since he saw Luke and didn't say anything. My sweet shy Karla gives him a hug, Liam hig fives him and tells him to come back the next day and then finally Luke steps up and shakes his hand, he tells him goodnight and also tells him to come by soon. Then finally, it's my turn and in my head, I'm thinking, this is finally it, this is the moment he's been waiting for to ask me about the kids. But he doesn't say anything, he simply leans down and kisses me on the cheek and then he steps back. “Goodnight Lena, I'll see you tomorrow.” He says and then he waves to the kids and walks away. “Mummy, boss man is cool, I like him.” Liam tells me as she strolls into the house. “I like him too.” Karla tells me and my heart breaks at that point, my sweet baby girl who has a very hard time connecting to people, but she had bo problem co
Alpha Leo's POV. She slowly turned around to look at me and when I saw the fear in her eyes, that made the decision for me. I treated her badly, that's the truth and she's scared of me finding out about the kids, I don't know why, but she is. Am I angry that she's kept them away from me all these years? Hell yes I am but nothing good will come out of me confronting her. She could very easily just pack up the kids and leave and I won't be able to find her. I can't be selfish, I'm not the only one that will be affected if she leaves, I have my pack to think about, if she leaves the hope of finding a cure goes with her. If I keep my suspicions to myself then at least she and the kids will be here at the pack, and I'll have the time to gain her trust back and then bring up the topic of the kids or she'll even finally open up and tell me about them. But first I need to find out if she was lying about the man in her life because the only man meant to be in her life and
—Alpha Leo's POV— “Answer me!” I growl loudly and she flinches back. “I do not have to tell you anything.” She snaps back at me and I know this is like pouring water on stone, this is a losing fight, she's never going to tell me anything. “When did you become this person Scarlett? Or were you always like this and I was just to blind to see it?” I asked her hoping to get a genuine reaction from her but she just continues to stare at me. “Fine, you do whatever the hell it is you're doing but you better make sure that I don't find out what it is and stay away from that lab and from Lena.” I warn her. “Or what?” She asks me. “You don't want to know what I'll do to you Scarlett, you've seen what I do to people that disobey me or cross me, the only thing stopping me from doing that to you was my love for you and you've done well to take that away so there's nothing holding me back now, you've been warned Scarlett.” I tell her and for the first time, I se
—Lena's POV— Shit, no, no, no. This can't be happening right now, what the hell is he doing here? There's no way the kids are going to agree to go back into the house, not when we're already outside and they've been looking forward to this walk. I currently have my back to Leo, so I slowly turn around to face him with both the kids hands still in mine but thankfully my body blocks Luke and because Karla hasn't seen Leo before she hides behind my leg but not Lian, he keeps staring at Leo. “Hi, what are you doing here?” I asked him and hoped I could get him to leave before Luke decides to make his presence known. “I wanted to talk about what happened back at the lab.” He tells me. “Oh, we don't need to talk about that, it's all good, water under the bridge.” I tell him and hope in my mind that he takesy word for it and leaves. “Mummy, who are you talking to?” Luke asks from behind me and then he walks to the front and stands by his sis
—Lena's POV— Zoey sounded very dangerous at that moment. “You need to calm down Zoey, remember you promised. Plus I'm fine, she didn't do anything to me, luckily Leo came in at that moment and even if he didn't I would've handled it myself. So please take a few deep breaths for me.” I tell her and after a few moments she takes a deep breath and retracts her claws. “I'm calm now, don't worry, I won't go off and rip off that bitch's head, at least not today.” She says with a smirk on her face. I don't say anything, because with Zoey that's as good as I'm going to get it. “So, what did Leo do?” Zoey asked. “He apologized to me and dragged her out of there, she didn't seem happy about it.” I told her. “I bet she wasn't, but what's the deal with the both of them. I thought they would be living la vida loca but it seems like something is wrong with their marriage.” Zoey finally voices out what I've been thinking. “Yeah, I think so too.” I t