Chapter 20 Forgiveness

Luther POV

Drake drives the four of us back to the cabins. I am dying to know what Laura's idea is about George and why she needs to talk to me. She seems preoccupied and worried. I pull her close to me and hold her as we ride. She occasionally looks up to me and smiles. She is so beautiful.

Drake and Emily look happy. I think those two will definitely make it as a couple. My father would have loved her. Mother probably would have found something wrong with her. I wonder where shit went wrong with mother and why she couldn't have just left to be with George. Our father practically raised us anyway. She could have left and went to be with her fairy. If she loved him so much and loathed us, she should have just gone. I will never be that kind of father. I will never interfere with any member of my pack's love life.

Laura leans up and looks at me. "Luther, I do not feel so...., " she starts to say and then passes out in my arms.

"Laura, Laura, Laura," I say her name over and over, trying to wake her. I shake her and grab her face moving it back and forth. She will not come out of it.

"Drive faster, Drake," Emily says. Emily turns her focus to Laura. She holds her hand and rubs the top of it.

"Maybe she is dehydrated or stressed from all of this," I say.

Emily looks at me oddly. She knows what is wrong with her. "What is going on with her?" I ask Emily.

"Get her to the doctor now," Emily says to Drake.

Drake drives as fast as the truck will go. I cannot take anything else today. If there is something wrong with her, I will just lay down and die. "Laura, Laura," I say her name over and over.

Laura opens her eyes for a moment. She looks at me and smiles, then her eyes roll, and she is back out of it. Emily takes Laura's hand. She flips it over and starts pulling from her palm.

"What are you doing?" I ask her. Emily ignores me at first. "Please, Emily, what are you doing? Is she okay?" I ask her again.

Emily continues to pull at Laura's palm. "I am checking her light," Emily says.

Drake pulls into the fairy cabins. I get out of the truck and carry Laura into the cabin where the fairy doctor is staying. "She is sick. Something is wrong. She passed out and is not responding to us," I say as I take into the back room and lay her on a bed.

The fairy doctor comes into the room, and he looks Laura over. He, too, looks at her palm and checks her light. He smiles at Laura and me. That is odd. She is sick, and he is smiling. Bido comes over to me after examining Laura.

"She will wake soon. I will give you two privacy," Bido says. He is still smiling. What the hell just happened.

I sit with Laura, waiting for her to wake up. I hold her hand and watch her. Finally, she opens her eyes and looks around. "What happened?" Laura asks.

"You scared the hell out of me. That is what happened," I answer her.

Laura sits up in the bed and looks around. She looks confused. "Am I okay?" she asks.

"Yes, Bido says you are fine," I answer her.

"Did he say anything?" Laura asks.

"Not really. He was smiling like a jackass and left the room," I say to her.

"So, it is true," Laura says.

"What? What is going on with you?" I ask her.

"Luther, can you please get Bido for me? I have to ask him something in private," Laura says as she touches my hand.

I am not happy about this, but I get up and leave Laura. I look for Bido. I finally find him sitting outside smoking a pipe. "Laura would like to speak to you, alone, Bido," I say to him.

Bido shakes his head and leaves to speak with Laura. Drake and Emily are sitting outside waiting with me while Bido goes into the cabin. I stand there watching the two of them. Emily smiles at me occasionally.

"You know what is wrong with her, don't you?" I ask Emily.

Emily shakes her head and laughs. "Yes, Alpha, I do, and No, I will not tell you. This is on Laura," Emily says. I stare at her and Drake as I wait. I think she told him too. I am the only one who does not know what is going on with my wife.

Bido comes back out. "The queen will see you now, Alpha," Bido says.

I walk back into the house and go straight into the room with Laura. "Okay, since everyone knows but me, what the hell is going on with you?" I ask her.

"Sit down, Alpha. We need to talk," Laura says, seriously.

I am terrified. I sit down in the chair beside Laura. She takes my hand. " Emily told me something, but I was not sure if I should believe her. I wanted Bido to confirm it before I told you," Laura says.

"Okay, my love, what is it?" I ask her.

"Before I tell you, I want you to know that if you are not happy or if this upsets you at first, I am okay with that. It shocked me too," Laura says.

I move over to the bed and sit on the side of it, waiting for her to tell me. "No matter what, if you are happy, then I am happy," I say to her.

Laura touches my face. She pulls me to her and kisses my lips so softly. She opens her eyes and looks deeply into mine. "Alpha Luther, we are going to have a baby," Laura says.

I sit on the side of the bed in shock. I have no idea how to react. "Are you okay, Luther?" Laura asks me.

"Yes, I am happy. I am in shock. I love you, Laura," I say to her.

"It is a little different with fairies and even more complicated since this baby is a hybrid. I am pregnant. Fairies can tell at conception. I just did not know what to look for, it was not exactly something I was worried about with everything going on, but I am guessing the night of your ceremony is when we become pregnant," Laura says.

"How long until the baby comes?" I ask her.

"Bido is not sure. A fairy pregnancy only lasts six months, but since the baby is a hybrid, it could be sooner," Laura says.

"I will take care of you every moment of the day," I say to her.

"You will not. I can take care of myself. You want to make me happy, then make a place for us here and let George live in the tribe lands. That will make me happy," Laura says.

"You are giving George the tribe lands?" I ask her.

"His life in the tribe lands was stolen from him. Any fairy that wants to live there or wolf is free to go there. I want to be here with my wolf and my child. I have to stop fighting destiny. I do not want a chaotic life trying to make the wolves and fairies co-exist under us. I want the fairies to be free to do as they choose. I choose the pack. I am surrendering my crown to be your Luna," Laura says.

I pull Laura close to me. I kiss her as I hold her. " I love you, Luna Laura," I say to her.