The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Chapter 160

Ethan

My family is gone.

I watched the clock through the night, waiting for confirmation from my spies that Jane and the kids landed safely in the Dark Moon pack. I sent a contingent of agents to the territory as soon as I purchased the plane tickets, ensuring my people would be on the ground before my family arrived.

I’ve never had permanent spies in the Dark Moon territory before, but I certainly will now. I may not be able to be near Jane and the pups, but I need to know they’re safe, I need to know how they’re doing. My spies will allow me to watch them from afar, to live vicariously through their reports.

Living without them seems like an impossibility, but then again living without my mobility is never something I imagined happening either. I always àssumed I might die in battle, and part of me wishes I had instead of having my wolf permanently trapped inside me. It’s not that I think losing my legs is the end of the world, but for a wolf, the ability to transform is everything. A trapped wolf is bound to go mad eventually, especially without a mate. I know my future is terribly bleak, and I don’t know how much tỉme I truly have before the balance tips and I become incapable of logical thought.

If I’m lucky I might be able to hold myself together for a few years, and I have to make the most of the time I have left. The pack can’t find out about my condition. If it were suddenly to lose its Alpha with no plans or successors in place, the power vacuum could destroy the entire territory. 1’ve got to figure out some way to hide this from my people so that I can put up a good front and make preparations for the eventual transition. I’Il tell my Beta, Matthew, the truth. I’ll make sure he knows to look out for the signs so that he can put me down if I start to truly lose it and begin harming the pack. I’ll find a protégé to train to eventually take my place as Alpha, and trust Matthew to take my boys under his wing when they grow up.

Making these plans, even as vague as they are, helps me avoid thinking about all I’ve lost. I don’t regret any of it, because my sacrifice means that my family is safe and sound, but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t break my own heart to lose them, or to see myself brought so low. This is not the ending I envisioned for myself, and it’s going to take a long time to come to terms with it – if I ever can. I’m afraid that being away from my family will make me lose my mind faster, but I can’t bear the idea of them seeing me that way, of saddling Jane with caring for me in that condition.

Maybe I am more prideful than I admitted to Linda, and that may be something I confront in the months to come, but right now I simply have to figure out how I’m going to pull this off. I put in a call to a medical think tank and research scientist in the capital, requesting an immediate consultation.

They arrive at the hospital in record time, no doubt out of deference to the man who finally rid the Kingdom of Aimon. I brief them of my situation, letting my surgeon explain the details and listening on with feigned disinterest as I try to ignore their sympathetic gazes. I don’t think I would mind the pitý, if it wasn’t a reminder of all the things I’m desperately trying to put out of my mind.

“I need some way to stand, to appear mobile.”I explain to the gathered specialists. “It’s imperative to the security of my pack that I appear strong, at least until a suitable successor can be trained and take over. Right now there is no one to take my place, and if I go back like this…” I trail off, shaking my head.

èxpresses gently, “I’m so sorry to learn

need for that.”I tell her, trying not to sound too gruff.

would allow you to stand.” My surgeon suggests, “but I must

him, “So it doesn’t really matter if

also wouldn’t allow you to move – it would be very difficult to use them in any

He adds.

The doctor from the think tank jumps in, looking excited. “If you can fit him with the proper braces, I think my robotics lab might be able to

I exclaim, not quite believing there’s

be very important for hiding the condition and

my surgeon. “I mean you said it was a possibility down the road, but talk to me about likelihood – what

heart sinks when the surgeon averts

made in cases like yours, but these things normally don’t happen on a timeline that a shifter of your

mean?” I

recoveries in some cases like yours after years of physical therapy and -good luck, but the shifters who have experienced those Successes have been able to retain a

you’re saying the stronger the wolf, the faster you

the only way for you to burn off all your excess

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