Hunter POV ( a few minutes prior)

I sat on the chair outside, opposite Jake and his mate. Every inch of my being feeling nothing but dread at what I had done. When I had called David, he came rushing to the hospital along with Jake.

Jeremy let David inside to calm Drew down, because he kept on having panic attacks and fits while they operated on him. They wouldn't tell me why he needed an operation so all I could do was wait.

I got up, when I couldn't handle the anxiety any longer and stood by the glass. I could see Drew moving around in his sleep as his father held the sides of his head, with his eyes closed, deep in thought.

He must be watching his memories, probably trying to figure out what happened to him.

I knew I should have been feeling some kind of stress at the thought of his father seeing what I did to him but all I cared about right now, was if he was okay. And not even about what they would do to me once they found out. And yet, somewhere deep down was the voice that told me he was not okay.

I looked away and sat down, when I heard his shrieking screams and wails. I darted up along with Jake . I stood by the glass and watched as he screamed and thrashed around, screaming for someone called Andy as he sobbed. He grabbed onto the blankets and gripped them as tears poured out of his eyes as he screamed and cried.

Who was Andy?

I felt that tugging inside of me and pushed the door open, wanting to wrap him in my arms and heal the damage I had caused. He lifted his head, his teary eyes locking with my own. His lips trembling as tears poured out of his eyes and down his beautiful face.

"Get out! Get out! You killed him!" He screamed with so much pain and rage, it shook the entire room. The power of his voice and pain had everyone completely silent. Even me.

I stared back at him in shock, unable to respond to what he was saying. I had no idea what to say or even do, how to atone for the horrible thing I had done. All I could do was stand there and stare at how broken and destroyed he was. At how much I had broken him.

I caught sight of my father that looked devastated as well. He walked toward me and nodded to one of the nurses who came forward guiding me out of the glass room. I didn't have it in me to fight and allowed her to lead me out.

Jeremy came out not long after that and closed the door behind him, looking absolutely heartbroken.

What the hell was going on??

"I'm sorry Alpha." He said and put his hand on my shoulder and looked at me, with tears in his eyes.

"It was a miscarriage " he said with his eyes lowered.

Miscarriage?

" He suffered from severe internal bleeding, the result of a rupture in his womb. We had no choice but to remove it. It was the only way to save him. I'm sorry Alpha, but due to the internal damage, he won't be able to have anymore children. " Jeremy said, and left giving me time to let it all in.

It took a moment for his words to sink in and everything around me just went blank. I couldn't think anything that made sense. It was like the everything was just caving in. It felt so hard to breathe in that moment, like I was being suffocated.

I hadn't even known he was pregnant.

I slumped against the wall and let it all out. I didn't care if it made me weak. If it made me look like less of an Alpha, I cried my lungs out and in the midst of my cries, I heard him screaming again. I bolted up and rushed to the glass, the sight alone was enough to break me apart.

He was clinging to his father and holding his stomach while he cried. He kept asking where his baby was as he cried. He kept on asking why his pup left him as he screamed and sobbed and apologized.

His father followed his gaze and met with mine. I could see the boiling rage through his tear filled eyes. He walked towards me and grabbed me by my neck, slamming me into the wall with a crack. I didn't even put up a fight because I knew deep down this was nothing compared to what I had to him, and our child.

"You fucking bastard, how could you do this to him? Do you know what you've done! Do you have any idea what this will do to him! Do you!" He said as he slammed me into the wall over and over again. He pulled me forward and slammed his fist so hard into my jaw that I actually fell down and yet, I couldn't look at him. Nor could I look at him when his boot collided with my rib cage. All I could see was Drew's lifeless eyes as he stared at his stomach as if he was waiting for death.

"Almost killing him wasn't enough? He fucking protected you for years you bastard! He endured pain from you just to keep you safe from us and this is what you do!" His father yelled said as his fist connected with my jaw again. I felt a stinging pain as it throbbed, but I just stood there letting him do what he wanted.

After he slammed a few fists in my face and side he spat on the floor and said.

"You're a sorry excuse for an Alpha."

He turned around and went to his son. I sat up and leaned against the wall about to get up when the door slammed open and Elliot walked in, his eyes so wide like the mouth of a hungry lion.

"Drew, I'm so sorry" he said as he wrapped his arms around him. It tugged at my insides to see someone else holding him and comforting him for the pain I caused him but Drew just sat there, even as Elliot held him, he just looked ahead and stared into nothing. It was like he was completely numb.

"I think you should leave" Henry said, standing behind me.I didn't have to turn around and look at him to know that he was just as angry with me as the others. I could hear it in the venom in his voice. I nodded and looked at Drew one last time, before I walked and closed the door. I slumped down against the door and sat on the floor.

What had I done

I sat there for I don't know how long, when I heard the door opening. I looked up through my tear filled eyes and saw my father coming out, with David behind him. They stood in front of me and waited for me to stand up.

I got up and faced them, ready for whatever was to come. I, however never expected to feel the powerful blow to my face from my father's hand. In my eighteen years of life, it had been the very first time he had raised his hand on me and I knew I had no right to even be remotely angry by that. Instead I lowered my head in shame.

"You've broken a sacred pack law, and harmed one of your own in an extremely unacceptable way. As Alpha of this pack, you are meant to be a protector, a savior. Someone we all look up to. More so your Mate. You have disregarded everything we stand for." My father said looking ast me with so much disappointment and anger. I was so certain that if he had his way, he'd have snapped my neck then and there without a second thought. I kept my head lowered waiting for him to finish.

"We've decided to strip you of your Alpha title in addition to a far worse punishment.." I looked up with my heart pounding, and not due to my birth right being taken from me, but rather due to something I knew deep down they were going to do. I had seen it in my father's eyes.

"We're separating you from your mate. We've s spoken to Drew about it, and he agrees. From this moment on you're not allowed to see him under any circumstances. We are well aware that we cannot break the bond nor can we separate you permanently from him as you have mated him, but for the time being, you cannot see him until we figure a suitable way to protect him from you ans keep you away from him." My father said and turned around.

"Dad wait.. no.. please. I'll do anything you want.. just please... don't take him away from me" I said as I sobbed in my hands and dropped to my knees begging him.

"That's the way it has to be. There can be no atonement for what you've done Hunter." He said and turned around, leaving me there. With not only my heart, but my soul shattered in pieces..