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~Lou Storm~

When I woke up it was pitch black outside. It was the middle of the night. A glance at the digital clock on Arian's bedside table told me it was 11:43 p.m. So it was quite late, but where was Arian?

I didn't hear any noise in the bathroom, so he wasn't taking a shower either.

"Arian?" I asked through the mindlink. It seemed a lot easier to ask for him that way, then I didn't even have to get up and look for him. It was exhausting anyway to walk around with a marble in front of my stomach.

"Babe, you're awake!" , came a reaction a little later.

I was almost worried about him, but he seemed fine. Even though Arian was good at taking care of himself, I often worried that something might have happened to him when he wasn't with me.

"Where are you?" I asked anyway. He should come back to bed. I had a hard time sleeping without him.

"Just clearing up a small matter ," he replied.

What matter? And why in the middle of the night? Can't he do that tomorrow?

"Where are you Arian?" I asked again. Something in me made me feel that he is a little further away than I thought.

"Don't worry. I'll be back at dawn." He dismissed my question.

What did that mean? Surely he's not a stranger to me? No, I would feel that, and I actually trust him blindly now, but what else does he do on a night like this, when I even turned him down during sex the night before?

My heart contracted a little painfully. I trusted that it wasn't what I'm thinking right now.

Rejection, a broken heart, I forgave him all of that, but cheating? That would be our downfall. But Arian wouldn't do that. He was way too happy after we finally got together.

However, why did I always have a bad feeling about it?

" Please tell me you're not in bed with a strange woman?!" Now if Arian hated me for even asking that, I was sorry, but I just had to make sure.

When there was no answer from Arian, I became more and more restless. And suddenly it wasn't the questions Where is he? What does he do? Or why just tonight? that were floating around in my head. No now it was What if he cheated on me?

After a quarter of an hour he still hasn't answered after repeated questions.

I sat up in bed crying.

He's no stranger to me. He's no stranger to me, he...

A knock interrupted my mantra. Without waiting for an answer, the door was thrown open and Sebastian stormed the room.

He immediately looked around the room and his gaze finally landed on the empty half of the bed.

"FUCK!" he cursed. "It's a trap!"

what was a trap

His gaze finally settled on my crying face.

"Did he say where he's going?" he asked me angrily, something like hope flickering in his eyes.

I shook my head. I was just totally overwhelmed. What did it all mean? Did he know more than me?

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" he continued to curse.

"Where i-is he?" I stuttered out. Did I even want to know the answer?

"He got an invitation for today from an alpha from a rival pack. He wanted to meet him alone at the border. Arian is confident he can defeat him in battle, however I just learned from our border guards on this site that Alpha Maddox has his wolves scattered around the area. In a radius so large that Arian cannot perceive them. He wants to surround him!"

"WHAT?" I jumped off the bed much too frantically and had to hold my stomach when it hurt slightly. But I ignored further pain. First I had to help my mate. "What are we waiting for? We have to help him."

Sebastian didn't move.

"He just answered me through the Mindlink ." He suddenly started talking. "He was just like ' Watch out Lou'."

"Yeah, and what's the problem now?" I snapped at him and was already halfway to the outside. "Come on, you have to follow!"

"I'm supposed to take care of you! He said that as alpha order. I can't move far from your side. That's why I'm not going yet!" Sebastian ran a hand through his hair in exasperation. He wanted to help his best friend as much as I did, but he couldn't.

I looked down at my bulging stomach.

Did I really have to choose between puppies and mate now? I used to say mate right away since it's the man I love, but now? Now I was pregnant with my own flesh and blood. A product of Arians and my love.

I couldn't lose it.

"Lou, we have to help him." Sebastian addressed me and then followed my gaze. "Oh," he uttered in understanding.

Was it already the end between Arian and me? that fast? We haven't had much time together yet. But Arian would be safe with my decision...

NO.

I can't lose either of them.

"Drum the warriors together, let them come!" I said to Sebastian, who immediately informed everyone via Mindlink.

I grabbed my stomach again. "You have to stay strong, okay? We've got to get your daddy out of there now." I said to my unborn before indulging in a transformation.

Today I would not lose my puppy or my soulmate. Today is not a day to mourn.

A little later you saw a large group of wolves. Leading the way, directly at the front, several meters behind the group, me. My white she-wolf just shone between the dark furs of the others. By my side, the tan beta wolf.

Arian, my love, here I come.