Filed To Story: Their Bullied and Broken Mate by Teri Petry
“Franz, stop my son!” I heard a voice in my head exclaim. Franz glanced up, fangs still in Jackson, and saw Ruby. He instantly released and stepped back, and collapsed to the ground. He instantly shifted back to my form, and I could feel myself dying. The last thing I remember before everything went dark was telling my mom to help Riley.
The darkness was the darkest I had ever experienced. I wasn’t fully dead, but somewhere in between. I could hear Franz whimpering, and a soft female voice speaking to him. “My sweet boy, I warned you how dangerous this power was for you to use. All of your lifetimes it has never been necessary. I never thought there would be a time you would need to. You were correct in using it now.” she whispered.
“Who’s there?” I called out. “Mom? Riley? Where am I?” I said. The ethereal woman picked up Franz, and brought him near me and laid him down. “You are in the in between, not yet dead, but closely approaching the end. I am here to give you a choice,” she said.
“Who are you to give me a choice? A choice of what?” I asked. She smiled and rubbed my hair. She stared down at Franz, and then looked at me. “Dear Maddix, I am Selene, the moon goddess. I am giving you a choice, and it is an important one. You see, tonight you will not die. You have a son to meet. However, Franz will pass on so that he can be reborn. You made a request not long ago, about your friend Jack’s wolf, Dakota. I would be willing to pass on Dakota to your son. He is a good strong wolf. However, I would also be willing to allow Dakota to live on with you, Maddix. Franz took on too much of his own poison, causing him to basically cause himself to die. He will be reborn, and will stay in your family. I will gift him to your son, Sterling. If you chose to still want Dakota for your son, then you would be left without a wolf, and Franz would have to wait for another one of the Young family heirs,” she explained, and she stood up.
“The choice is yours, my child. It needs to be made quickly though, your son is about to arrive in the world,” she continued. I looked at Franz, and he was still holding on. I asked him if he would like to be with Sterling, and he blinked his eyes. I took that as a yes, and looked at the moon goddess.
“I will accept Dakota, as long as Franz is guaranteed to Sterling. If this is the only way we can have them both in our family still, I accept.” I told her. She bowed her head, and a light surrounded Franz. Then he was gone. I started to cry, and she came down on her knees beside me. A light red wolf that I recognized came up beside her. The only difference was he was bigger, and his eyes were a brighter blue like mine. He nuzzled his nose into my neck, and I rubbed his head.
“You remember me? I sure do remember you,” I asked. He nodded his head, and I asked if he was OK with being my counterpart. He again nodded his head. He laid beside me and licked my face. Another bright light came and enveloped Dakota and me. My eyes started to open, and my mom and Alette were standing over me with their hands holding my arms tightly. They were healing me, or should I say healed me.
“Mom? Lette?” I whispered. Their eyes flew open, and my mom nearly crawled on top of me crying her eyes out. “You’re alive!” she cried. I told her she was hurting me, and I looked around the room. We were no longer in the cabin, but back in the Spirit Mountain Pack Hospital.
“Riley? Is she alright? Has she had our baby?” I asked. My mom and sister glanced at each other, and then looked at me. Alette took my hand and said, “Yes, she had him. He is a strong boy, Maddix. He is in the NICU right now. Just for observation. He is doing really well, but with him being early, it’s just a precaution.” That told me about my son, but nothing about my wife.
“What about my wife, his mother, Alette?” I started to panic. Mom told me to calm down, that Riley was fine. The birth just took a lot out of her. They ended up having to do a C-section because she was knocked out for the first part, and when she came to, he was way too big for her to push out.
“She is resting, Maddix. There is one more thing, and I hope it’s alright with you in the long run. Riley was perfectly fine with the decision,” she started to say. I told her to spit it out, and could feel my anxiety rising. “She had to be given blood because of her blood loss. Your dads were a match, so Loki gave her some of his. There is a chance, of the wolf gene in his blood turning her,” she finished.
*Riley POV*
The contractions are getting closer, and I can tell that this time they are the real deal. The asshole is forcing me to eat, but the pain is so bad that I just want to throw up. I asked him if I could go to the bathroom, and he had Shaggy take me. I learned his name was Ronnie, and their other partner in crime was Monty.
Maddix had linked me right before I was able to go, and told me that they were close. Just waiting for reinforcements. He asked how many were with me, and I quickly replied that there were 3. Once in the bathroom, I was able to quickly link him to let him know about the contractions. I wasn’t given much time before Shaggy started to pound on the door. I flushed the toilet and washed my hands. I sneered at him as I exited the bathroom, and he jerked me by my elbow.
“Sit your ass back down and finish eating. I can’t have you getting sick because your pup is hungry,” Jackson barked. I did as he said, and picked at what was left on the plate.
I pushed the chair back and doubled over in pain. I let out a loud painful moan, and Shaggy was right there by my side in a flash. “Are you alright?” He asked? I shook my head no, while breathing through the contraction. As it passed, and I sat back up, I felt my water break.
“Did you just fucking piss yourself, girl?” Jackson bellowed. The pain had returned and I couldn’t answer. One of the other men answered for me. “I don’t think that is piss, Jackson. I think she’s having that kid right now.” Jackson started to pace and cuss up a storm. It’s not like I could control what was happening to me.
In a fit of rage, Jackson picked up the small kitchen table and threw it across the room. He was in my face screaming at me that I had ruined his plans. The other two started to throw ideas at him about how to get me help, and he refused them all.
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