Taming the Beast

The next morning, it was just Keegan and I in the bed. I didn't move for a long time. I just lay there. I didn't want to move, I was in mourning. Keegan rubbed his hand on my back gently and just let me wallow. After hours, I was finally able to speak. 

"He didn't get to see his first grandchild born," I said hoarsely. The thought brought another round of tears to my eyes. Keegan didn't say anything. He only kissed my head and rubbed circles on my stomach. He hadn't said much since last night and I understood. He needed time. Without a word, he stood and left the room. I sat up and watched him. In all of this, I never thought how Keegan must be feeling. He was strong for me when I needed it.

Keegan, please don't push me away again, I begged through mind-link.

Nothing.

He must have heard me and closed off the link. I went downstairs to see the guys all staring at the blank TV. I snuggled into the couch next to Aiden and Trevor. Aiden wrapped his arms around me and tried to comfort me.

"You okay?" he asked softly. I shook my head before I rested it against his chest. He sighed and rubbed my back gently. Trevor held my hand tightly as Greg stayed close to his mate. "If Keegan sees you here, he's going to kill us," Aiden said. I shrugged.

"I'd be surprised if he even cared," I muttered. Aiden pulled back to look at me.

"He cares, Caroline. He would give his life for you, but this is a hard time for him, remember that," Aiden said. I sighed and closed my eyes as I snuggled back into his chest. As much as it was helping, it wasn't Keegan. I ended up falling asleep in the silence that surrounded us.

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Getting back to normal was harder than I thought it would be, and I already thought it was going to be really hard. Graduation passed in a blur. It was amazing I even graduated with my absence record, but I guess they chalked it up to senioritis. Keegan eventually let me in again, slowly but surely. Lena holed herself up in the house obsessing over Karma and Keegan for the sake of something to do. Sometimes I would catch her sitting on the floor of Wes' study, just crying. It broke my heart seeing her so heartbroken, but I knew that it was the price of having a mate.

sucked if you

normal human babies. That was definitely not happening in my pregnancy. I looked way bigger than six months. Our baby was almost full term and we still had a textbook three more months. Another anomaly was that she moved a lot. And yes, I said she which was odd because according to Keegan, all firstborn babies of Alphas are male. I was constantly sick and constantly dizzy. Aiden or Keegan were always by my side because it was common for me to faint. I was also eating enough for an entire army. Well, I had no idea if that

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Danny. I sat up confused to see that I was in my room. This

I asked sleepily. Danny sighed and held my hand

brought you here and Keegan said something about a boarder patrol," my brother explained. My stomach

squeezing it. I panted as I tried to crawl out of my bed. "Is Aiden

and I yelled out. "Caroline!" Aiden said louder, coming to my side. Beads of sweat started forming on my skin as I

the baby

to bring you to the house, he said. Aiden was already listening. He scooped me up and ran with me, placing me in the car before speeding off. I groaned as I held my stomach and my chest. Aiden scooped me up and ran with me inside. He took me straight to the basement where Keegan and the doctor were waiting. They immediately hooked me up to the machines and did a sonogram for the baby. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It looked like our baby was shifting inside of me. I screamed as another kick was placed to my back. A liquid released from my lower regions and the

not possible,"

possible?" Keegan asked

knew that. Secondly, your baby is shifting inside of you. Werewolves normally don't shift until they are 16; maybe 15 at the youngest. And thirdly... she's going into labor. We have to do something now or they're both going to die,"

induce labor or something?" Keegan asked, panicking

babies. Right now, your bay is a wolf pup. The pup will

Aiden asked. I screamed out in pain and gripped on to the