The Luna and her Quadruplet Pups by Jane Above Story

Ethan

Yes.” Jane confirms, looking me in the eye for the first time. I’m pregnant, Ethan.”

The room is spinning. Everything has turned upside down and inside out, and I can’t make sense of any of it. This isn’t real. It can’t be real. Jane can’t be pregnant.

History is repeating itself right before my eyes, only this time my mate hasn’t hidden her condition from me out of fear, she’s done it because I didn’t give her any other choice. The first time was a misunderstanding, but that’s not the case now. It isn’t possible. I think again. I would have known – there would be signs, symptoms. Even as I ponder this possibility, I realize there have been signs and symptoms. She never went back into heat again after the first time, she was so sick in the Southern Isles even after we disembarked from the ship, and her emotions have been so raw since she returned.

What?” I say inanely, not able to wrap my mind around this. “What are you talking about?”

“I’m pregnant.” Jane repeats, tears shining in her eyes. “I wasn’t going to tell you after you rejected us, but I can’t hide it any longer.”

“How long have you known?” I ask, my voice like gravel. I have no right, but I can’t help feeling disgruntled that she kept this secret. Another baby.

Another child I’ll be endangering if I let her stay. But another baby. I missed her first pregnancy – I never got to watch her body grow and change with the pups, I didn’t get to help her bring them into the world, to see the miracle with my own eyes. This could be my second chance, the opportunity to do it right this time around.

I suspected when we were still on the ship,” She confesses, “and I was fairly convinced by the time we tracked the pups down. I just couldn’t think about anything but getting them back.

“You kept it from me all that time?” I hiss, outraged that she was coping with this on top of everything else that happened on our trip.

“You had enough to worry about.” She shrugs, tears spilling over her lashes. And I didn’t think you’d let me help if you knew. You already didn’t want me there. Then the doctors in the hospital confirmed it…

coming to tell you when.. when you sent

on new meaning. I devastated Jane at the moment she should have been happiest, I placed the burden of raising another fatherless child

have let you help.”I say, before I can stop myself. You had no business putting

and I had to do anything possible to rescue them.” She

about the child in your belly?” I demand, “you

didn’t even know if it was real!”

else do you think I waited so long to find out?I couldn’t do what was necessary

should have told me!” I growl, pacing ferociously. “You should have come to me the first moment you suspected you

expression. “Do you even care that I’m going to have a baby, or just thatI

I care about the baby. I want to shout. Instead, I scoff. “And you wonder why I

not, Jane is saying, wrapping her arms protectively around herself. “I was going to wait until I was clear of the first trimester. I thought it would be hard enough explaining where babies come from..

seeing her so timid and fragile. This morning I didn’t think I could possibly feel worse than when Jane offered to sacrifice her freedom to me, but it seems I hadn’t yet learned the true depth of my despair. What kind of Alpha does this to his mate? I shouldn’t be allowed to be anywhere near her or

exactly why we can’t. My wolf insists. She shouldn’t have to do it

we’re no good for her, and one day we might be able to be near

we’re well there’s no stronger Alpha. My

realize, far too late. All this time I’ve thought being the toughest wolf automatically made me worthy of my mate, but now I see that safety isn’ t worth anything if she’s perpetually heartbroken, Just look at what

this news has made me realize just how right my Beta was – though for very different reasons. I have to do whatever I can to get better, but not so that I can bring my family home. My initial instincts were right, as much as I abhor the idea, I have to find Jane a new mate, someone she’ll be safe and happy with and who can be the father my pups deserve. if I can find a cure then I can watch over my family from afar; I can give them a better life than they would have had if they stayed with me, and I can keep them

me now, and this love feels deeper and more true than before. In the past I never would have considered parting from her, but