I sighed as I woke up, not seeing Kieran next to me was weird and because my head hurt. I've been waking with headaches for the past week.

By the time I got out the shower and dressed it was almost eight, a low burning in my abdomen coming and going. And I felt nauseous.

We invited Katrina and Solomon to stay with us for the week in order to form an alliance between our packs.

I walked downstairs, greeted by my new friends and family who ate breakfast together.

"Want some eggs or pancakes love?" Elise asked me as she stood over a skillet.

"No thank you, I don't have much of an appetite. I think I'm still sick with the flu. My head is pounding." I said.

"Come here darling, let me see you." Elise said as she walked toward me.

She gripped my face, staring into my eyes.

"It is not drink that causes this darling. For your heat has begun." She said placing her hand against my forehead.

"It's baby making time." Alina said grinning as Kieran walked in.

"Can I ask you something privately?" Elise asked, directing me into the pantry.

I watched as she shut the door behind me quickly.

"Did you mate last night?" She asked quickly.

My blush gave away my answer.

"Did you use contraceptives?" She asked.

"No..." I said quietly, knowing what may possibly happen and I could feel myself freaking out inwardly.

Holy shit. My motherfucking egg could be fertilized. There could be a baby forming as we speak. This had me freaking out.

"Come on. Honey you don't look so good." Elise said.

"I can't have a pup, I'm not ready. Please keep this to yourself until I know for sure. Please don't say anything to Kieran." I said.

"Honey calm down. Come on let's get some food in you." She said gripping my hand and walking me out the pantry.

I could hardly manage to take care of myself, how could I care for a baby. Kieran Lupin's baby. I didn't even know if Kieran wanted pups at all, because right now I was definitely having second thoughts.

I needed some fresh air.

I stood from the table I hadn't even realized I was seated at, I walked out the house quietly, ignoring the questions sent my way as I exited.

I sat on the porch quietly, staring off into the territory as children of the pack ran by with their mothers, laughing and smiling as they passed.

Was I ready for that?

I focused on the line of the horizon as I gathered my thoughts, squinting my eyes when I saw what looked like figures approaching in the distance.

I didn't move when I felt Kieran sit next to me, his focus trained on me.

"Who are they?" I asked, diverting his attention off of me and onto the oncoming trio of tall figures.

"The only reason they would be here is because something has happened that they don't approve." Kieran said quietly.

"Who are they?" I asked.

"The Council.He said as he stood up. They were the enforcers of our kind. They made the laws that were to be kept by us all and were some of the most well respected and wisest of our kind.

"I'm going to go get our fathers. Something's up Kieran." I said backing inside as the strangers grew closer.

Just as I walked inside Daniel, James, and my father were striding towards me, eyes locked on our new guest as they neared Kieran.

I watched Elise in confusion, trying to read her facial expression.

"Why would the Council be here?" I asked quietly.

"I have no clue, but it mustn't be good." Elise spoke as she began moving towards the door.

I followed quickly, freezing when I saw one of the Council members, a tall raven haired man with fierce blue eyes holding the tip of a long blade against Kieran's neck as they both growled.

I cried out when the man pushed the tip into Kieran slightly, a small trickle of blood making its way down Kieran's neck.

"Please don't. Please." I said coming forward, putting myself between Kieran and the man.

"You're his Luna." The man stated as in disbelief.

"Yes, if you have a question, you can ask me." I said gripping the blade and slowly bringing it down.

I sighed in relief as the man nodded and put the blade into its sheath.

"We hear your mate hides a female shifter. We demand to see her and do not take us for fools. We do not wish to harm." He said.

I knew I couldn't lie.

Kieran growled at me, recognizing the look of defeat on my face.

"It's me." I said.

The man's eyes shifted down, analyzing my frame.

"Prove it." He said.

I breathed in deeply, focusing on my shift, but my wolf howled inwardly at me.

I tried and failed again.

"I can't right now, I don't know what's wrong." I said quietly.

"How about a little help?" The man said.

I screamed in pain when I felt electricity course throughout my body, my skin feeling as if it were on fire, a growl ripping from my mouth as the pain ripped from my core. It was over in seconds

I fell to the floor, body still taught as my muscles contracted, but something didn't feel right, I felt sick and began cramping immediately.

Elise dropped to the ground next to me, splayed out over my stomach.

"You were carrying, we need to get an emergency sonogram." Elise said.

Kieran was frozen, eyes trained on my stomach, then looking back up to the Councilman.

Kieran launched himself at the man, and I couldn't bring myself to look, already knowing what the man's fate would be.

I knew there was no point in doing a check up. I could feel it. I looked down, seeing my jeans soaked at my inner thigh, my pelvic region burning with a sharp stabbing pain as I moved.

This couldn't be happening.

I ran inside, feeling myself beginning to spiral out of control.

This couldn't be happening.

I barricaded myself in the bathroom, stripping my self as I turned on the hot shower, standing under it, watching as the water ran crimson red down the drain.

I cried, seeing and feeling the life as it was drained from me.

I didn't know what to do, what to feel.

If I even felt at all.

I felt broken, like I had lost a part of me that I didn't even know I had, a part of me I didn't know I wanted.

I shut the shower off when the water finally ran clear again.

I stepped out the shower, crying when I saw Kieran seated on the edge of the tub, hands and shirt covered in the dried blood of the councilman.

He looked up at me, tears stained his face.

I choked back a sob at the sight of him.

"I'm sorry." I whispered.

"Shh, darling, you are not to blame." He said as he took me in his arms.