The Wolves Den {Larry Mpreg}

Chapter 22

It had been five days since the pack meeting, the pack meeting that hadn't gone as Harry had hoped at all. At the beginning of the meeting, the members were highly skeptical of threatening a pack war. It had Harry stressed beyond belief, because going to war wasn't something he could do alone. Before his stress could make him snap at everyone, Zayn had brushed his trembling form out of the way to take over.

"It's not a definite thing..." Zayn scratched nervously at the back of his head. "But we desperately need Louis here. Harry isn't the only one who needs him, and he isn't the only one who wants him back. So we're going to do whatever it takes. We discussed the possibility of this before."

"We can't go to war, why risk everyone's life just to get this pack member back?" a woman had spoken up.

Harry had nearly snapped at her, but his eyes met Jay's, and he sucked in a sharp breath, "It's Louis, my omega. He's my other half, I physically and mentally need him. Please, I need help to get him back."

They had reluctantly agreed to start preparing for the moment the Mora Pack got in touch with them, and yet it was after that five days of waiting that they had yet to receive a word.

Harry was exhausted, and Zayn and Niall worried heavily for their alpha. The boy was skipping meals, wasn't sleeping at night, and he'd been wearing the same clothes for nearly three days straight. And yet, Zayn knew that Louis' absence would of course start to take a physical toll on Harry. It wasn't just the fact that Harry was worried about his omega, but rather the fact that Harry was missing the other half of his soulbond. Soulbonds were powerful things, if a member of a soulbonded couple died or went missing, the wolf left behind would feel as if their own soul had been taken as well. Zayn couldn't even begin to imagine what all Louis would be going through. His pregnant omega body would be relying on Harry's presence even greater than it normally would, and without Harry there Louis' body would eventually start to feel the separation effects.

On the evening of the fifth day, Harry was seated on the porch steps and angrily typing up what was most likely the fifteenth email to the Mora Pack as he debated going out to wait at the edge of the Mora Pack borders like he'd done several times before. He would have barged in, but Zayn pointed out that if he did that, they could hurt Louis and the babies, and Harry didn't want that at all.

Niall slipped out onto the porch as well, and Harry was a bit surprised, as Niall had been terrified to be in the same room with Harry alone in case Harry blew up again.

"Dinner is ready..." Niall said hesitantly.

"No thank you, I'm not hungry," Harry stuffed his phone back into his pocket. Five days, five days since Louis had disappeared, and Harry's chest hurt. It was too hollow, his entire body ached with the emptiness that he felt. Their bed had almost completely lost Louis' smell. Harry wanted him back.

"Maybe we should call in the pack doctor to look at you, maybe you're sick?" the blonde tried.

"I'm not sick, Niall."

Harry wasn't looking at the boy, but he could practically sense that the boy was deflating, "I know... I'm just worried about you. And I'm worried about Louis. If it could be me missing instead of him, I'd take that in a heartbeat. I'm so sorry we couldn't get to you two on time."

"Not your fault."

"It's not yours either," Niall inched a bit closer until Harry could sense the wolf directly behind him. "And it's not Louis'. I know what Zayn said, but I don't think it's Louis' fault. He didn't want to leave you to face all those wolves alone even though he couldn't help you."

Harry simply shrugged instead of responding, and Niall sighed heavily. After several moments Harry heard the boy walk back inside, the door clicking shut behind him. He buried his face into his hands, before running them up to give an angry tug at his hair. Sitting around and having to wait was part of what was making things worse, he wanted to go out and find his babies. He was half surprised, however, that Zayn hadn't come out after Niall. The wolf had gotten pretty upset the night before since Harry was skipping meals, upset to the point of tears, and he'd sent both Liam and Zayn out to try to convince Harry to eat. Harry had nibbled on some garlic bread just to please them, and then he went to the living room recliner to sleep. He didn't want to sleep in his and Louis' bed and run the risk of weakening Louis' scent with his own.