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~Arian Storm~

You found her.

That was going through my head the whole time on the way to the pack hospital.

Lou is here and she's alive!

Just moments ago I released Matt from our search party because his wife Maggie was in labour, and shortly after that he informed me via Mindlink that my mate was in the hospital.

Lou, I finally found you, for whatever reason you're in the hospital...

Stirred up by my emotions, I ran through the glass door and looked around searchingly.

Where is she? What am I supposed to tell her anyway? will she forgive me

"Hey you?" I spoke to the next person I saw. It was a dark blonde haired nurse who looked at me in surprise. "Where is she? Where is Lou?"

"II don't know..." she stuttered.

I growled. Why the hell didn't she know where she was. I've got my whole pack on the lookout for her. Why hasn't someone seen her before?

I tried to find her by her smell, but I could only smell the very penetrating disinfectant that was spread on the floor in the hallway. Another nurse was in the process of mopping it up.

I looked at her sternly.

"I'm sorry Alpha. It was an accident," she said, continuing to wipe up the spilled sanitizer.

I kept walking around the hospital looking for her without finding her. I finally stopped in front of a door.

Three heartbeats could be heard behind it. But why was the door closed?

I read the sign posted next to the room. It said uncleanroom . As I took a deep breath, I knew why. It smelled like urine and I could smell a little bit of Linus smell.

My hand grabbed the handle when I suddenly heard strange noises on the other side.

"Oh yeah, baby," moaned a male voice that sounded very much like Linus. "Fuck yeah, like that."

Was Linus really having a fucking orgy in that gross smelling room? I should talk to him about not taking his bed stories to work.

Still, I pushed the handle down.

"Yes, yes, I'm coming..." I heard him again, which made me pause for a moment.

"Alpha" I turned to the voice that almost startled me.

"Matt?" I looked at him questioningly. Where the hell was my mate? I didn't even have to say those words for him to know what I wanted.

"There she is!" He pointed to the dark blonde standing behind the nurses' counter, watching me.

"Are you kidding me?!" I got angry. Everyone knew what Lou looked like. This woman looked almost nothing like her. Only the hair was similar, but that's about it. "DOES THIS LOOKS LIKE MY LUNA?"

I grabbed his throat and lifted him into the air. He had finally given me hope after over a month, only to disappoint me. If he doesn't want to die right away, then he should really think of something good.

"Alpha, please..." he croaked. "My children..." He gasped as I continued to squeeze his throat.

"Please don't." A woman cried out in desperation next to me, a small bundle in her arm. It was Maggie the mate of this man in front of me.

With a lot of effort I managed to let go of him. After that I stormed out of the hospital angry and almost devastated.

When you have new hope and it's taken away from you, it's a lot worse than it was before.

And again I was at the beginning. Without a trace of her.

Where are you Lou?

I was so frustrated that after walking for a while I just sat down by a tree and buried my head in my hands. How am I supposed to go through all this any longer? Yes, maybe Lou doesn't love me, but I love her.

Damn I love her with every cell in my body and yet I allowed such a tragedy to happen. You learn from your mistakes, my mother once said. But how can I change something when the same mistake happened to me a second time and this time I can't even get another chance. What should I do?

How am I supposed to be such a good leader? I need her. i need lou I don't care if she loves me, the main thing is that she's here with me.

"Arian?" My beta's voice startled me. What was he doing here? "I'm sure she's fine. Don't worry, she's strong."

Somehow his honest-sounding words helped, even though I didn't know if they were true. How should I or he know that?

I nodded my head lost. He offered me one of his hands, which I gratefully took to pull myself up.

I had to be strong. For her.

~Lou Wilson~

I stood in the unclean room, hugging Linus, who was holding me, trying to cover my smell. I made my mate out of the door.

It felt incredibly good to have him close to me again after such a long time, but at the same time it scared me.

What would he do if he found out I was still walking in his pack? But then why was he looking for me? Should I just stop playing hide and seek?

A noise at the door startled me. Did he come in now?

"Oh yes, baby." Linus suddenly let out a groan and I looked up at him with wide eyes.

Goddess, if Arian catches us both in here, it won't end well for us.

"What are you doing?" I asked over the Mindlink.

"Put him off," he replied, and continued. "Fuck yeah, like that."

"Linous! Do you want to die today?"

"It'll work," he assured me.

I just looked up at him with wide eyes. What is all this?

In fact, there was a brief silence on the other side of the door, but then the handle suddenly moved. Oh no! He comes in!

"Yes, yes, I'm coming..." Linus kept moaning and suddenly made very loud moaning noises.

After that it was quiet. Also behind the door. It's worked out? It really worked.

"Oh damn, was that close," I whispered. Linus immediately put a finger over my mouth, telling me to keep quiet.

Then suddenly there was a commotion in the hallway. After a few more minutes there was finally silence and the door was opened by the curvaceous little nurse.

"It's clear, he's gone," she waved us out.

"Just so I can get this straight. I don't really moan like that in bed." With that, Linus led me out of the small room, one arm hooked under my arm. He was still afraid that I was about to collapse. Really, just because I was sick earlier? He doesn't have to right now pretend I'm seriously ill I've been feeling better for a long time.

"Well I have to say that using the disinfectant was a really good idea to cover up Lou's smell," said the dark blonde, who was helping another nurse to mop up some liquid from the floor.

"Well done girls." Linus praised his colleagues. "And thank you for lying for our Luna." He looked at the warrior who was standing in a corner with his wife, rubbing his neck. He just nodded to me.

"I owe you one. Thank you.", I thanked him. Even though he almost screwed me up, he covered me up.

"So and now to you!" Linus pulled me by the arm into a treatment room. He put me down on a couch and pushed up a stool and then looked at me expectantly.

"How long have you been feeling this bad?" he asked.

"I'm fine Linus. It's all just the aftermath of being broken up with Arian." I tried to talk my way out of it.

I was here to help other wolves, not to end up here as a patient.

Linus raised an eyebrow skeptically. Great, he didn't believe me.

I sighed and leaned back on the couch. "I've been waking up sick in the morning for a long time," I admitted. "But that's probably because all the lack of sleep is killing me."

"When was the last time you had your period?"

My breath caught. I was so freaked out that I didn't even notice.

"In London..."

oh please don't I can't use this now. Not with all the hustle and bustle with Arian.

"Did you have sex with Arian?" he asked.

My cheeks flushed as I thought back to that night almost two months ago.

I nodded.

"An Vollmond?"

I nodded again.

"Unprotected?"

My heart started racing. I didn't bother with that at all. Everything came as a surprise when I was suddenly lying under him and he thrust into me until he cums.

Oh dear, that can't be true.

"That means yes.", Linus concluded and sighed. "Could you please empty your stomach? Then we can take a look."

He pulled the ultrasound device up to the couch and distributed a gel on the head of the examination device.

I just lay there in total shock. Could it really be? am i pregnant Do I want to know? And what will become of me and Arian now?

"Lou?"

"Y-yes," I stuttered, a little overwhelmed by the situation, and did as he asked.

He placed the device on my abdomen. It was cold and made me shiver a little. But maybe the excitement was what made me tremble. i mean i pregnant? A little creature of my own in my womb? That's absurd.

Linus ran the device over my abdomen a few times before he stopped and started to grin.

"There it is." He glanced at the screen of the device, which is where I now jerked my head as well.

And there it was. This little creature inside me. You could even see his head. It was amazing how small the little puppy inside me was.

My little puppy...

O goddess! I'm pregnant!

But how should it continue now?

Hormones suddenly took over and I started crying.

Out of happiness, out of desperation, out of love, out of fear. Everything was just too much for me. How should I get this sorted out and, above all, how do I explain it to Arian? How will he react?

The only thing I knew for sure was that I definitely had to talk to him now. I couldn't hide his own child from him, especially when it could also be that this child carries the alpha genes and becomes the alpha successor.

"Hey, all right Lou. You can do it. You'll see." Linus suddenly stood at my side and pulled me into a comforting hug.

And all I knew in that moment was that right now I wanted to be with Arian. I wish he was the one hugging me here. But until then, I have to make do with Linus.

But I would certainly stand in front of Arian tomorrow and explain everything to him. I just couldn't keep that a secret for long. I only needed this one day to organize my thoughts.

A day that was already too much.