Luara's POVA few gasps were heard as we all stared at the young boy, holding onto my belly gently. He stood staring at me fiercely but not in anger, but adamant that I was carrying his mate.I looked up at Bryan, who was staring down at Melvin intensely before staring back at me, just as confused as I was."How is this possible?" I said out loud, a question that was swirling around my mind again and again.My daughter began kicking which made the young boy hold tighter, moving his small hands to follow her kicks."No." Bryan stated, staring down at Melvin."Mine." Maverick repeated."No." Bryan demanded, his voice tight and insistent. His eyes splitting into slits as he stared down at the young boy as Melvin's expression echoed his.Bryan lowly growled in warning, from the look on his face he could kill. His anger showed, and I moved to stand up as Melvin mother who I now realised was Prince's mate, grabbed him, pulling him besides her."Have you told your son to do this?" Bryan snar
Luara's POV Maxwell and Lucas had both arrived along with a few wolves they brought with them and we were all currently sitting in my father's dining hall as his office was too small to hold the meeting due to the amount of wolves who had arrived with each Alpha.The atmosphere felt extremely tense, and with so many Alphas in the same room, it was almost too overwhelming.Maxwell took a seat next to Bryan, with me to the left of him. My mom and dad had both sat on the same side of us while Prince, Elena and Lucas sat on the opposite side facing us.Bryan informed me this morning that he had phoned Maxwell last night and had explained the situation we have regarding Melvin.Maxwell was cautious and made it very clear. "So I've heard that a certain young Alpha is my granddaughters mate." It sounded like a question but came out like a statement and it was aimed at Prince, his eyes glowing.Like Bryan, he was concerned that this could be a trick and it wasn't something they were going t
Luara's POV Time had been passing by quickly, it had been nearly a month since we came home from my father's territory.I was a few days from being in the 13th week of my pregnancy, meaning I only had three more to go.To say I was petrified would be an understatement but with Bryan and Melvin by my side, it was easier.Melvin had been staying on our territory a lot over the past few weeks.Our arrangement with Prince and Elena was that we would have him on our territory from Monday to Wednesday but it always seemed to be an up-hill battle every time it came to him going home.He would throw a complete toddler strop, kicking up a big fuss until Bryan lost his temper.It was a complex situation as it was only going to get worse the longer it went on and with our daughter yet to be born, Bryan was beginning to get even more frustrated.We were all concerned that it would get to a point where they would have to stay together constantly, just like the mate bond intends. We were due to sp
Luara's POV I felt my body wake yet my eyes stayed glued shut unable to open, all I could hear was people frantically moving around me until a hand began to stroke my face gently and I unconsciously moved into the comforting hand. "Luara, can you hear me sweetheart?"Lopez's comforting voice surrounded me as I laid there still and feeling numb. My whole being felt heavy, as if a house had fell on top of me.I moaned in pain as I opened my mouth a little needing air, my airway feeling constricted."We need to get her to the infirmary." Lopez cried as she kept stroking the hair out my face as I continued to struggle to open my eyes, deciding it was best to keep them shut to not waste any energy I might have."I'll pick her up as gently as I can, you go get Bryan." Luke ordered, Lopez was frantic and was unable to think clearly.His hands carefully go underneath my body, one arm supporting my back and the other my legs. I was engulfed in Luke's scent as he slowly picked me up into his
Bryan's POV I stood up, swiftly catching my daughter as Luara lost her grip, her muscles going limp as she lost consciousness.A pack nurse immediately rushed over, reaching out to grab my daughter from my hands as I carefully placed her into her arms.My chest felt heavy as I stared down at my mate in panic, my heart beating rapidly as I grabbed the standing heart monitor that was monitoring Luara's heart rate.Her heart beat was rapidly losing strength as her chest began to rise and fall slowly, the sound echoing through the room, her heart's rhythm slowing and weakening with each agonizing second that went by. My head swung to the side at I glared at the pack doctor, "Do something, bring her back!" I growled frustrated as I began walking towards him.He backed away, trying to move from my line of sight as he quickly moved round the hospital bed. "Alpha, you need to calm down." He ordered weakly, his hands making vulnerable hand gestures as he tried to defuse the situation."Yo
Bryan's POV By the time I had finished explaining as much as I knew to Torey, he was wanting to rush over here with Eva, both concerned about their daughter.Not knowing fully what had happened made it difficult. We would all have to wait until Luara woke up to know the whole truth.Like me, Torey was furious and his wolf wanted blood.It was late, and in the early hours of the morning when I phoned him, I had barely slept as I went back and forth with visiting the pack infirmary. I managed to get a small amount of sleep the next evening.It was nine o'clock according to my laptop, as I stayed busy in my office. I had phoned numerous packs surrounding my territory informing them of the situation.I had delegated my pack wolves with searching the territories on all sides in case Mac was lying, trying to protect his mate.Lopez kept coming into my office trying to force fed me food which I continuously turned away, my appetite clearly not apparent. It was something she did often."Brya
Bryan's POV Torey turned to look at me smirking slightly, "They won't be expecting this." He concludes as we all sat down in my office going through the plan.Torey and Prince both agreed that it would be best to attack them in the unclaimed territory, it would provide more protection for our wolves since Melinda and Alec were hiding between mine and Prince border.Prince frowned when I had shared the information, my trackers still observing out of slight while keeping tracks on both wolves providing me with information every few hours.They had informed me that there were around forty rogues who were in and out of an old abandoned warehouse located deep within the woods, they had overheard them speaking about Alec attempting to take my Alpha title. I chuckled darkly, amused at Alec's deluded ideas.After hours of discussion, we had all agreed that we needed to attack first as thankfully we had the element of surprise.Maxwell was due to arrive soon, we wanted to attack within the n
Luara's POVAll that could be hear was Lopez's gasp as she looked at her son, and then to Bryan.Her eyes were full of worry as she stared at my mate, everyone deadly silent for a few moments as tension began to fill the air.Andrew had an impassive expression and he was now hiding his emotions yet his eyes showed exactly how anxious he felt. His chest rising and falling in quick succession as we all waited for Bryan to speak.He didn't, and it was Lopez who brought him out of his trance. "Bryan?" Lopez said, as she moved around the table to stand next to him, her hand linking around his arm. Bryan's closed look turned into a questionable one.He knew exactly what everyone was thinking as his concentration turned from Lena to Andrew."I'm not going to kill your mate Andrew." He confirmed, his voice low.Bryan was known to be merciless when it came to rogues, and we had all experienced or heard the stories about how he would brutally kill them with no compassion or kindness.Lopez look