Malachi POV. It has been two weeks since the incident with Griffin and the unknown female ninja assassin. Dahlia has finally begun the grieving process about our pup. She has lost weight; she doesn’t eat or sleep. I have even found her at night in the living room in the main area of the packhouse. Looking out of the window. She only cries when it’s just us, but with Harrison she smiles and I know she is doing it to show him everything is ok. But when it’s just us, she cries and I hold her, whispering words of comfort to her. But today she seems different. She is training today. Well, I say she is training. She is being beaten. She doesn’t even defend herself. She just gets back up and waves the warriors to go again, and I know she is doing this to feel a different pain. “This isn’t healthy.” Hyde says as I watch her get slammed to the ground and pummelled. “Ok, enough all of you. Dahlia, fight back.” I say to her as I move to help her off the floor, but she just stares up at me wi
Dahlia POV.I awaken in bed; I stretch and feel the delicious tightness of my muscles and I look to the side of the bed. And it’s empty. I yawn and look towards the window. Oh, it’s still daytime. I must have slept maybe for an hour or something.I decide I need a shower and climb out of bed, remembering what we did. The love I felt from him erasing the pain and even though I will never forget my first pregnancy or our little peanut, I know I have to look forward. But right now I don’t want any pups. I’m not ready to even think about having another one.“We will always remember our peanut, Dah. What you were doing wasn’t healthy.” Celeste speaks in my head and I smile at hearing her voice. I know she was right. I found myself a few times in the middle of the night searching for alcohol to numb the pain but never found any so I decided that the only way to numb the pain was to get my ass beat.The pain from the beating wasn’t enough and I know now I was going about it all wrong. The on
Dahlia POV.The relationship has taken a turn, and the strain is clear. I moved out of my bedroom and into a new room away from him. I can’t look at him, let alone speak to him. I have even shut out Celeste. I have ignored the words of the doctor about bedrest. I may be coming off as a heatless cunt, but it is my body and I am not ready at all.I checked all the laws, and the doctor was right, it is against the laws. This time I haven’t said a word to anyone about it. If I don’t acknowledge it, then it isn’t happening. Stupid, I know, but it’s the only way for me to get through the day, when I’m not vomiting my guts up.The only one I really acknowledge is Harrison, but the rest I ignore. It has now been three months since I was told I was pregnant and that there was nothing I could do about it. I have had slight bleeding, but nothing to report on.I don’t want this pregnancy at all. Or do I? I don’t even know anymore. I don’t even look at my belly in the mirror and I wear baggy cloth
Malachi POV.I wake up to the smell of damp and look around and see I’m in the dungeons. Oh, this is outstanding.“You fucking prick. Did you have to speak to her like that? You’re lucky she only knocked your ass out and didn’t have you killed for the words that spewed from your vile mouth.” Hyde is straight on the case like a damn dog with a fucking bone.“I know. I was angry and alone. I didn’t mean any of it.” I tell him and he scoffs in my head.“Well, you better play nice because here she comes.” I look towards the door and it opens and her scent hits me and I breathe it in greedily like it is my lifeline, which I suppose it is, and right now she holds not only my fate but my heart in her hands.I stand to greet her and I notice she has a medium-sized box in her hands. The warrior moves and brings her a chair, and she sits down on it. She thanks him and he stands back.I gulp and she waves her hand, and the warrior steps forward with a bottle of water and I thank him as I take it
Dahlia POV.“Isn’t daddy silly mommy?” Harrison giggles as he dances around the bedroom with Mal. I stand there smiling, rubbing my belly.“He sure is. Harrison, why don’t you show your daddy your moves?” I say and he looks at me and nods his head and I wink at him before smiling as Harrison begins to dance.“Come on mommy, join in.” I chuckle as I move towards them both, and Mal takes my hand in his and gently spins me under his arm and back again. I crash into his chest. Looking up into his eyes, my hands move on their own up his chest, around his neck. His hands move to my waist and we sway gently.“I could get used to this,” He says to me, not breaking eye contact and I blush furiously at not only his sultry gaze but his words.“So could I.” I say to him as I move up to my tiptoes and kiss his chin. A giggle brings me back to my senses.“You two are so cute.” I chuckle, pressing my forehead into Mal’s chest. I look at Harrison and he is sitting on the end of the bed with his legs
Dahlia POV.I would usually do this kind of thing online, but it’s never the same. You may find something you didn’t know you needed. And I was right. Not only do we have neutral colours in clothes and blankets. We also have pink things.“Harrison, you know you wanted a little sister?” I say to him as he sits in the shopping cart as I push it and Mal has his own, too. Yes, ok we have started to go a little bit overboard with all this, but it is needed. Well, that’s the excuse, anyway.“Yup.” He says sucking on a lollipop. As I reach for a cute little sleep suit.“Well, buddy, did you pray to the Goddess for a little sister?” Mal says, coming to my side with his half full cart.“Every night. I know she will answer me.” I raise an eyebrow at his cute little statement.“Oh really? And why is that?” I ask him looking for different sizes, being practical not to buy everything the same size. Alpha pups grow quickly so she will be out of newborn things with in a couple of weeks.“Because one
Dahlia POV.The thing about being pregnant means it is difficult to get comfortable in bed. No amount of pillows can help. In my frustration. I have thrown them on the floor. Malachi, however, is snoring beside me and I have the overwhelming urge to smother him in his sleep.It has been a week and no matter what I do I can’t get comfortable, but him as soon as his head hits the pillow, he is out like a damn light.But I know what I have to do to make myself feel better. I climb out of bed. My claws have extended, and the feral need to create something is all I can think about. Driven by my primal baser instincts. To nest.I waddle over to the walk in and begin to rub myself on his clothes. Cel purrs in my head and I start to feel better. The fabric is soft against my skin I begin ripping things off hangers and move into the bedroom with it all.I go into the bathroom and sniff out his clothes he wore today and take them from the hamper and take them back into the bedroom. Grabbing any
Malachi POV.Well, I never would have thought I would have ever said that I need a break from sex, but damn, I need a break. Since Dahlia built her nest, we haven’t stopped. I’m beginning to think that she may be on a mission to break my cock.I know some would say suck it up, but trust me, I am. She has finally come out of her nest, but every female that comes closer to me, even if it is to walk past she is foaming at the mouth. Destinee has had to step in to help her a few times to get her baser instincts to eliminate the threats under control. So far, having her mother close to her has helped, so I’m praying it gives my cock some time to rest.Titus told me that Destinee was the same and that one point he thought she had broken him. That didn’t help matters at all. But it is nice to know that I was not alone in this. Apparently, most of the males who are mated to higher ranked females who have been pregnant faced the same challenge.“We need to discuss Dahlia’s Alpha of Alpha’s cer