| ZEV

"Twins..." Kaleb trailed off shakily. "How do you know?"

"The simplest and most obvious explanation is that your stomach has developed far too quickly over such a short period of time for there to be only one baby." She explained. "That and I've been doing this longer than you've been alive. At this point I just know these things."

"So when he threw up this morning..."

"Morning sickness, it shouldn't get much worse the first few weeks. The closer he gets to labor, it should pick up a bit. As you can see, it doesn't last very long." Samira explained, grabbing a chair and sitting a few feet from us. She also grabbed a clipboard and began jotting down notes. "Now, a typical werewolf pregnancy is around two months or three months, however, tiger cubs develop within three to four months. Since I can't tell which you will be having, I can't tell how long the pregnancy will be." she said looking up from her board. "I would also like to mention, that if you do intend on being sexually active, to make sure it is not overly stressful for Kaleb's body."

Kaleb's face turned red, but he was frozen in shock. In a way I understood. It was a lot to take in.

"Are you alright, Kaleb?" I asked rubbing his arm comfortingly. I was beginning to get worried that he didn't actually want this. He may have said otherwise earlier, but that could have been his heat talking. Did he regret this?

"No! I don't regret it!" He exclaimed out loud, turning in my arms. His cheeks were flushed as fresh tears wet them. "I could never regret this," He threw his arms around my neck exuberantly, burying his face there.

"Careful, now." I said softly, a smile of my own nearly splitting my face in two. I rubbed his back gently as he pulled back a little beaming. I wiped the tears from his cheeks.

"We're gonna have pups!" He squealed. I couldn't help but kiss his cute button nose. I was so ridiculously in love with this little wolf, it didn't make any sense. Kaleb giggled scrunching his nose before pecking my lips. It was hard to wrap my head around the fact that Kaleb was not carrying one, but two babies. I was concerned that it would be too much his little body. I didn't linger on that thought for long, Kaleb was practically vibrating in my lap. "We're gonna be dads!" Kaleb exclaimed, damn near bouncing.

"Yeah, we are," I agreed cupping the side of his cheek tenderly. I don't think I could be any happier than I was in this moment. The rest of the world faded away as I stared into my mate's large grey eyes.

However, our bubble of happiness was popped when Josh ran into the room looking shaken. Kaleb tried to get off my lap, but I wasn't having it. I growled, causing him to whimper as he stopped his attempts.

"Josh, are you okay?" Kaleb asked his friend.

"I- you need come see this." Josh said quickly, before rushing off.

I got up keeping Kaleb in my arms before following in Josh's wake. Samira was close behind as we made our way to the front door. I knew I wasn't going to like what I saw on the otherside of the it. Kaleb placed his hands over his stomach as he pressed himself as far into my chest as he could.

Josh stood by the door, refusing to look out of it. His fists were clenched and his eyes were filled with anger as well as some other emotion I couldn't place. I could smell the blood in the air as a sense of deja vu washed over me. With a clamped jaw, I set Kaleb on the couch before beckoning Josh over.

He was at Kaleb's side in an instant, careful not to get too close to him though. I was glad. I'm barely keeping it together as it is and I would hate for Darren to have to pick up dismembered peices of his mate.

"Darren, is outside." He said his voice strained.He still refused to look at the door and I could sense the anger he was suppressing rolling off of him in waves. It was my guess that Darren had ordered him inside. I nodded, turning to walk away just as Kaleb caught my wrist.

His legs were pulled up to his chest as his other hand covered his belly protectively. He looked up at me pleadingly.

"Zev..." he bit his lip, worry evident in his eyes. I pulled away gently even though I wnted nothing more to scoop him up and hide him away somewhere. I cupped his cheek before kissing his forehead.

"I'll be right back," I promised softly as I pulled back. Kaleb whimpered as tears spilled down his cheeks and my desire to maim and kill something increased. I looked at Josh. "Make sure no one touches him," I warned. I was torn between keeping him by my side and keeping him away from danger. I stifled a growl, not wanting to stress, my mate any further.

We should have just taken him that day in the clearing. My tiger snarled angrily. He was on the verge of taking over but I pushed him down. A small part of me agreed with him, but I didn't let myself linger on it.

I didn't wait for a response before walking out the door and what I saw made my blood boil. Right in front of the house were dismembered bodies arranged to spell one word.

Kaleb.

I came to a stop next to Darren who looked like he wanted to rip out somebody's ribs one by one. Without a word he handed me a bloody piece of paper, looking down at the bodies with a hard expression.

You've stolen my favorite toy and my little Luna.

I'm coming for them both.

Enjoy your time while you have it.

I crumpled the paper in my fist as my vision turned red.

"Whose bodies are these?" I seethed.

"Not ours. He slaughtered his own men for this." He spat, disgusted. "We caught and killed the rogues the were sent to do this. When we asked for Jared's location they said they didn't know and begged for mercy." His voice was blank and cold and I could tell his grip over his wolf was tenuous. "Should we hunt him down?"

"Kaleb is pregnant, I'm not letting him out of my sight and something tells me your mate wouldn't appreciate this course of action." I wasn't going anywhere while Kaleb was pregnant, it would be a miracle if I even let him go to bathroom without me after this. Darren nodded in agreement. He crossed his large arms, turning his gaze to me.

"We let him come to us then, how long do we have?" He asked, although he didn't sound too happy with the idea.

"He's still regrouping, it's going to take a while for him to rebuild his forces to their original strength." I pointed out. Darren growled darkly. I agreed wholeheartedly with his frustration. He took a deep breath, but his shoulder's were still rigid.

Darren called over an enforcer, who came over immediately. "Nickolus, get some of the other enforcers to help clean this up, inform them that we'll be doubling border patrols." The tall man nodded. He was large, roughly as big as Josh and slightly taller. He had curly light brown/ blonde hair and brown eyes. I assumed that he was Darren's new beta. "When you're done meet me in my office. We need to figure out how these rogues came onto our land in the first place."

"Yes, Alpha," He said before walking off.

"You should go be with your mate." Darren said, moving to follow his beta. "I'll take over patrols for tonight."

I frowned. "I trust Josh to watch over him for the night. We have a lot of work to do."

"I can't ask you to be away from Kaleb right now, you just found out he is pregnant," The Alpha argued.

"I wasn't asking permission." I said. Darren sighed, shaking his head a small smile pulling at his lips.

"I'll send some wolves to guard the door and below the window of the room" He said. His arms fell at his sides as his fists clenched. "He won't touch them again."

"Agreed." I said.

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