Chapter 17
Jamie POV
I wanted to go after her, I hate that we fought, I didn’t want to her. She proved to me that I am gaining some of the goddesses powers when I was able to keep her pinned down. I thought it best to stay here and get some work done and give Ash some time to cool down too.. we both needed to, things got heated and I scared her, again.
You need to watch your temper with our mate. Cried my wolf.
Gee, thanks for the advice bud, where were you when she wanted t punch me in the face? He huffed at me and went back to sitting in silence.
My day went on as normal, I went to check on Ash and found her sleeping. I didn’t have the heart to wake her, even though she should be eating.. I just want to hold her. I took in her scent and left her sleeping. I decided to check the territory lines, at least I could do something right for a change.
It took me a while to get around the boundaries, check on the wolves guarding them and make adjustments. Just before I began my trip back the house I found myself feeling unwell. I shook it off and began to run back when another wave of sickness hit me and then again. Mate cried my wolf.
I started to run for the pack house when Kelly mind linked me ‘brother, come to my clinic. Ash is here, she has gone into shock’ I raced to the clinic shifting in the near by trees and ran inside. I could see pack members waiting to be seen, I followed her scent to another room. Thankfully Kelly had the forethought to keep her away from the other males. I burst through the door to find Ash sitting on the bed. Staring at nothing.
“Ash, are you ok? Baby, talk to me, I know we fought this morning and I was wrong to yell at you… please babe” she just starred though me like I wasn’t even there. she looked at Kelly and nodded.
“Jamie, Ash wasn’t feeling great after she slept so she wanted to get checked over, we took some blood and it turns out that she is pregnant.” I turned to look at my mate now carrying my pups. i grabbed her by the waist and pulled her to me. “oh, baby, that’s wonderful news” i was over the moon with joy, yet somewhere inside of me I could feel it, sadness.
Ash POV
He just kept looking at me and waiting for me to say something, but I couldn’t. Kelly told him to take me to our room and put me to bed, keep me calm and hydrated, that I might be in shock. Jamie picked me up, carrying me bridal style through the clinic, to the yard, through the pack house and into our room. He placed me on the bed and I rolled away from him. I couldn’t face him now, I know he could feel my sadness and that it wasn’t fair to him. I just cant seem to wrap my head around being a mother at 17. I will be 18 before my pups come, but im still young and want to do so many things. I know it sounds selfish, Jamie has done nothing but support me, we are fully mated, he has taken care of me every time I got hurt or was scared… He has saved me in every way I can imagine.
“Jamie…” I whispered, he raised his head from the edge of the bed to look at me. “can you, can you give me an hour?” he looked at me puzzled, nodded his head and left the room. I picked my self up, for the second time today and walked into the bathroom, turning in the hot tap and climbing into the shower.
‘can you… I need you’ I called
‘where are you?’ I sobbed a little.
‘I’m in the shower.’ I waited and I cried.
Kelly POV
“well, just maybe you could actually use your brain and find a target that wasn’t triple your size and one of the packs best warriors?” I used my mocking tone on a newly turned wolf. He smiled at me with his cocky grin and saundered out of the clinic. I hate training days. There always ends up being way to much work for the few of us that are here.
‘hey hun, are you in the clinic right now’
‘yep, just dealing with wolves and there egos on training days, whats up?’ she sounded slightly breathless
‘im on my way to see you, im not feeling great ad I don’t want to worry Jamie, I will be right over.’
‘too easy, see you in a flash’ I cleared some space in my office, I didn’t need 50 men starring at the Luna, just imagine Jamies reaction if he walked in and they were all gawking at her.
Within moments she was here and not looking great at all. She was clammy and pale, she was out of breath and holding her stomach.
“you look pale.. have you thrown up?” I ran over to my desk and grab my charts.
“yes, three times and only today, I also have some tightening around my stomach. Otherwise, I feel as healthy as a horse.” i took some blood from her and gave her a tea to drink while we waited for her results. i sat down with my new chart, looking over my findings, when I felt the colour drain from my face. ‘she doesn’t need this right now’
“oh no, what is it? Am I really sick” her face was full of worry
“Ash, your pregnant” I told her.. she went into shock, I could see her eyes moving from thought to thought. Her body was jolting around every where.
‘Jamie, cant you feel her? She needs you!’ I almost screamed at him.
‘WHERE IS SHE?”
‘clinic.’ Within the minuet he was here. He came racing in and dropped to his knees in front of her. He spoke to her in a soothing tone, she didn’t respond. She didn’t even seem to realise that he was here until she looked at me.
‘do you need me to tell him?’ all she could do was nod.
“Jamie, Ash wasn’t feeling great after she slept so she wanted to get checked over, we took some blood and it turns out that she is pregnant.” Jamie turned to look at Ash.
“oh, baby, that’s wonderful news” he was so excited, how could he not tell that she wasn’t?
Ash didn’t move, she didn’t speak. I told Jamie to take her back to bed and let her rest, that this is a shock to her system. He picked her up and carried her away.
So much, she has been through so much. Unlike Ash, I knew what happened the day our fathers died. Craig made it very clear to me what he had done and why I would be staying in their pack. At 14 I had no choice, but I was never treated badly, he always made sure I was well tended too.
I was a first hand witness to how Ash was treated and all because she wouldn’t sleep with the Alpha. She was strong. I would see her in my clinic every other day with different injuries, but not often in tears or lost for words. It was a shock for me to see her tremble.
‘can you… I need you’ I could hear the pain in her voice
‘where are you?’
‘I’m in the shower.’ I moved at fast as I could, not drawing to much attention when I made it to the door to their room. That’s where I found Jamie, he was sitting against the door, almost guarding it. I got a little closer and he snapped at me.
“don’t even! She needs space” he hissed the last word. It was breaking my heart to see my brother like this,
“Jamie, she asked me to come.” I said moving closer. As my words sunk in I could see his heart break even more. Why cant these guys catch a break? I wondered. Before I could say anything else he stood and opened the door allowing me access, I walked into the room, I could hear the shower running so I made my way to the bathroom, Ash was sitting exactly like Jamie, she was crying so hard I thought she would make her self sick again. She was fully clothed, I considered turning off the water, but I don’t think I could mover her own my own, so I got in the shower with her, I held her and let her cry.