Chapter 40

Derek’s POV

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The last thing I remembered before I slept was I was holding my mate in my arms and Stacey snuggling closer to me, but in the middle of the night, she just not untangled herself but almost threw me away from the bed forcefully. It wasn’t that she was strong like a hulk, and I was weak as a kid. It was just that I was not prepared for that, and her attack was all of a sudden. Because I could have understood anything, Stacey ran toward the washroom, and the sound of her puking followed after that. I quickly recovered from my state and ran to check on her.

Just like the other day, I saw her kneeling in front of the toilet, her face in the toilet bowl. I took a few steps more and kneeled by her side, and caressed her back, whispering soothing words in her ear.

I knew this was not going to help, but at least it would make her feel good, knowing that someone was by her side. When she was done, I cleaned her up instead of letting her do it on her own. I couldn’t share the pain and suffering that I could stand by her side, right?

I carried her in bridal style back to the room, making her sit on the bed and look at the t-shirt that she was wearing. It got wet as a result of the water that splashed on her, so I took out another t-shirt for her.

It was not that she didn’t have her clothes with her but among all the dresses in her bags. I want to choose my clothes for her, that’s my favorite as well as her. She loves staying in loose clothes.

I crouched to her height and kissed her forehead.

“Let me change your clothes.”, I whispered, to which she smiled.

“You know that I’m not weak, right? A perk of Alicia’s presence.”

“I know, but that doesn’t mean I can’t pamper my mate. It’s not that just you’re pregnant, baby. We both are pregnant. I can’t share your pain, but I can walk by your side to make to feel that you’re not alone.”

She didn’t say anything else after that. I tossed away that wet t-shirt and looked at her. She was sitting completely naked in front of me, but I knew this wasn’t the right time to stare at my mate’s figure. I had my whole life for that. I made her wear my other T-shirt first.

“Do you need anything? I mean, anything to eat or something?”

“No. I don’t want anything. I might just throw up again. All I want to sleep a little more.”

“Sure. But not before drinking water.”, I said before passing a glass of water toward her. Immediately I remembered something. Mom had said that she had packed different types of perfumes, which would help Stacey during her nausea. I walked toward my bag and checked for the same and finally found three pouches of the perfumes.

Combat nausea

To reduce the nausea

To prevent nausea

“That smells nice. What are those pouches up of?” Stacey asked.

“Mom packed these in my bags. He said that it would help you.”, I responded, bringing all those three pouches. “And as for now, you should try these combat nausea pouches. You will feel better, I guess.”

“Hmm. All of them smell nice.”, She muttered with a smile, but she took the one which I forwarded toward her. Opening the pouches, she found three different types of perfumes in them. One was made up of ginger, the second was of peppermint, and the third was cardamom.

In the same way, to reduce nausea, there were three different types of citrus scents. And to prevent nausea, there were the perfumes of lavender, chamomile, and rose.

“Remind me to personally thank her for all of these tomorrow.”, She smiled, feeling good.

“Sure, baby. Now, have some rest.”

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After a few hours!!

When I woke up this time, I saw Stacey sleeping beside me peacefully. I smiled, thinking that this was going to be in my daily routine now. She was snuggling close to me and her face in the crook of my neck, and her legs in between his. I spent plenty of time admiring her, watching her sleep.

Immediately I felt something bugging my mind. I opened the mind link to check who was the person who was disturbing me this early.

‘Good Morning, Derek.’

‘Morning Dad.’

‘I hope I didn’t disturb you.’

‘No, you didn’t, but I’m sure that you didn’t mind linking to talk about it.’

‘Oh yeah! It’s Scarlett.’

‘What did that little devil do now?’ I asked, getting worried.

‘No. Not the junior one but Sr. Scarlett.’

‘Is she fine? Did her bleeding..’

‘Alpha, will you please listen to me first because getting worried for Scarlett?’, My dad said sarcastically. I could see that he was mad at me, but at the same time, he couldn’t snap at his own Alpha.

‘Fine!’

‘She wants to go back to the human world and spend her last day of life with her parents.’, He said. However, I wanted to stop her and keep her under my observation. I knew she was right at her point. There was no meaning in hurting her in any way, and I knew she would feel hurt seeing me with Stacey.

‘All right, dad. But ask someone to keep a close eye on her. So that I will have all her updates about her situation.’ I said with a thought that it shouldn’t be the situation that when she would be taking the last breath of her life, I would have no idea about it. She would always be a part of my life, and what if I couldn’t stand by her side as her lover or mate now? But I would always be there for her as a friend.

‘Do you think that Stacey will be fine with you keeping updated on your ex-mate? She is already pregnant and stressing over all these things…I don’t know whether this is a good idea or not! On the top, she is Alpha female; her jealously would be a lot more than normal werewolves.’

‘I know that dad, but at the same time, I also know that she knows I’m not someone who would marry someone else when I would be in love with someone else. And a little jealously in the relationship is healthy.’

‘Okay, if you say so.,’ Dad said, and I closed my mind link. When I looked back at Stacey, she was staring at me with concern.

“Is everything all right?”, She asked in a sleepy voice.

“Yes. Everything is fine.”, I muttered, kissing her forehead. “Dad had mind linked me to inform me about Sr. Scarlett, that she wants to leave the pack and move to the human world to stay with her parents in the remaining last few days of her life.”

“I remembered you saying the same before and now again. What happened? What is wrong with her?”, She asked, getting worried. I knew the topic of Scarlett wouldn’t be easy for Stacey as well, but she was not acting like a jealous mate.

“Actually, she’s got Meningioma.”

“Okkkaaayy!! What is this Meningioma? Can you speak normal terms in which I can understand instead of talking like a science student.”, She muttered, furrowing her eyebrow.

“Yeah! I was coming to that point. Meningioma, also known as a meningeal tumor, is typically a slow-growing tumor that forms from the meninges, the membranous layers surrounding the brain and spinal cord.”

Tears started brimming in her eyes when she heard. “Please tell me that she will survive this?”, She asked hopefully. I wish I could say YES, but there was no meaning in lying.

“No,” She gasped, slapping her hands over her mouth and starting sobbing. I had no idea how to calm her down when deep down, this news was disturbing me on my own.

I just hugged her tightly, hoping this to work because the mate bond acted as a balm to mate. Tears started brimming in my eyes as well, thinking about all the possibilities of the future.

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#TBC