Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Are you alright, Riviana? You look a little pale.”
“I just got the shit scared out of me Joaquin, of course I’m pale.” I laughed at him. “I was too focused on the food that I didn’t smell anyone in here. Some Luna Queen I am.” I was trying to turn my flub into a joke but I was still very embarrassed.
Following that I was led to the front of the room. I needed to greet everyone that was here as part of my duties as Luna Queen but thankfully I managed to get them to come up in groups. That would make the whole process that much quicker.
After the greetings were done we ate the food. It was delicious and made my heart sing. Ahh, yummy food always makes me happy.
Following lunch there were some babyshower games. One of which included how many sheets of toilet paper would it take to wrap around the expectant mother’s belly. Poor Acacia, her belly was so big. I don’t know how she managed it.
Following the games there were the gifts. Given how many there were I thought I would be opening them later. Nope, I had to open them now. I enlisted the help of the others when they ran out of their own gifts. Combined there were probably a thousand gifts if not more. And most of them were for me.
The baby shower was great, and everyone had a wonderful time, myself included. It’s just that I was so tired by the time it was all over. When the guests left and it was just me, Joaquin, my family, and the other expectant mommies I decided to share the wealth.
Acacia, Emmalee, Elle, Rawlynne, and Juniper were all going to take what they wanted from the mountain of baby supplies. There was more here than I could use for a dozen babies. But sharing it was a good option. When I was fully prepared and they didn’t need anything more I would donate whatever is leftover to the women’s shelter.
I was happy though. Everyone here took the time to show me just how much they love and care about me. My family, my friends, my pack, they were all wonderful people.
I was walking up the stairs with Joaquin, really wishing that I had taken the elevator like I joked about earlier and just contemplating having him carry me when everything went dark. I even felt like all the muscles in my body went slack and I couldn’t stand.
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Joaquin
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Following the surprise baby shower for Riviana and the others I was walking up the stairs while following my wife. She was talking animatedly but I could still tell that she was really tired. She was dragging her feet a little as she went up each step.
Just seeing her this tired had me worried. I had noticed over the last few days that she was more and more tired each night. It probably didn’t help much that I had not been around a lot over the last several days. I had been busy getting the nursery ready.
As I was walking and listening to my Little Bunny tell me how happy she had been with the babyshower I noticed that she just suddenly stopped talking. She had cut off mid sentence and didn’t seem like she was going to talk again.
“Riviana-?” I was about to ask her what was wrong when I noticed how pale she was.
It all happened so fast. She swayed for just a moment after she had gone silent. As soon as she swayed I caught her in my arms. Her whole body went limp and her eyes closed.
It just looked like my Little Bunny had fallen asleep in my arms. She looked so peaceful and calm.
I knew the truth though. I knew that she was not asleep. I knew that something was wrong.
The moment that I caught her I started calling out to her. My voice was louder than I had planned for it to be but I couldn’t help it. I could feel my heart pounding in my throat as I called out to her repeatedly.
“Riviana? Riviana what’s wrong? Talk to me, Little Bunny. Come on, open your eyes. Riviana please.” I felt the tears begin to sting the back of my eyes while I called out to her.
I must have screamed louder than I thought because I could already hear the sound of footsteps running toward me. In a matter of seconds Mom, Noah, and Vincent were racing up the stairs.
“What happened?” Mom called out to me, panic in her eyes.
“Riviana?” Noah looked like he was about to fall over from shock.
“Joaquin, what happened?” Vincent sounded just as worried when he saw the sight of Riviana laying limp in my arms.
“I don’t know, she just stopped all of a sudden and collapsed. Call Griffin, now.”
Vincent had his phone out and was dialing the number as soon as the command was given. Mom had finished climbing the stairs and was looking at Riviana as if she was trying to assess her for damage. Noah was still leaning against the railing just staring at the woman he considered a sister.
Griffin had apparently answered right away, that was good. The moment Vincent told him Riviana collapsed he apparently wanted to be put on speaker.
“OK, Joaquin can hear you now.” Vincent told him.
I was still crouched on the floor holding my limp wife in my arms when I heard Griffin’s voice coming from the phone.
“Joaquin, explain exactly what happened to me. Do not leave out a single detail.” There was an urgency in Griffin’s voice that scared me.
“I don’t know what happened. We were walking up to our room following the babyshower and she just stopped all of a sudden. She had been talking one second and the next nothing. After that she swayed and instantly collapsed into my arms.” I looked down at her while I spoke, afraid that something was going to happen if I looked away from her.
“How has she been for the past few days? Has she seemed normal?” Griffin didn’t sound like he knew what was wrong.
“For the most part, yes. I noticed that she was a little more tired but I thought that was just normal for women who are pregnant.” I hadn’t known many pregnant women but everyone told me that pregnant women got tired easily from having to carry all that extra weight from the baby.
“Yes, reduced energy can be common. Did anything happen at the baby shower? Anything that I should be aware of?” Griffin wasn’t happy with my assessment I guess.
“No, it went great. She seemed just like her normal self. She ate the same foods I did, nothing out of the ordinary. She had really seemed like she was enjoying the surprise.”
“Surprise?” That seemed to catch Griffin off guard.