Declan's P.O.V.
It's only been a day, and I can see Cleo starting to break. Her having to just sit in bed all day is taking a toll on her. I walk up the stairs carrying Sweet Tea and Cinnamon Rolls she asked for. I stop outside our room, and listen as she talks on the phone.
"Honestly P, it's boring as Hell. Just laying around, waiting for something to happen. Once it does happen, I won't be home for an extra day or so. Just to give myself and Declan some extra time to grieve." My face falls into a frown as I hear her shakily try and keep up the plan.
"Miss you too, P. Wish you could come visit, but I don't think that would be a good idea. With the state of things, it's too risky." I lightly push the door open, then walk in and set the Tea and Cinnamon Rolls down on the table next to her. Looking up at me, Cleo lightly smiles, but it doesn't touch her eyes.
"I'll call you later, to tell you goodnight. Love you, Parker." Cleo says, then hangs up the phone. She sets her phone next to her, I watch as she begins to tear up. I sit next to her and wrap my arms around her and pull her close.
"I hate lying to him. None of them deserve to be lied to like this." I rub her right shoulder and peck her forehead.
"Believe me, I hate lying to them, just as much as you do. But, it's for the safety of the two people I have in my arms right now." I hear Cleo sniffle, then she lays her head on my shoulder.
"Protecting everyone, doesn't always mean keeping things from them. They won't trust us again, when they find out we were lying to them. Your asking me to keep up with this lie, when I'm still grasping the truth." I feel my eyes go wide as I hear Cleo's frustration.
"I know it's hard, and I'm sorry to have you keep this a secret. But, I promise you, it is for the best. We'll be safe because of it, and so will the baby." I watch as she rolls her neck, then pops her shoulders. I move from next to her, and position myself behind her, then lightly begin to rub her shoulders.
"I just don't see why, Julian and the twins have to be in the dark. Parker was the first one I told about being pregnant. Julian and Axel both helped to save me, and have both of us make it." I shake my head as I continue to rub her shoulders.
"As far as we can tell, it's believed someone was trying to assassinate the two of you. We don't know who it could have been to do this. So, until we find out who tried to take you both out, or sometime after the baby is born, you being pregnant will have to be kept a secret between us and my mother." Cleo lightly shakes her head and keeps it down as I continue to rub her shoulders.
"I know it's unfair, sweetheart. But, things will work out. For now, we just have to go through this rough patch." I hear Cleo sigh hard, I put my lips to her ear, and lightly kiss down her neck.
"No one ever said marriage was easy, especially a marriage like ours." I lightly laugh as Cleo leans back into me, and rests her head on my chest. Cleo goes quiet and I feel her go rigid.
"Believe me when I say, things will work out. Please, eat your Cinnamon Rolls." I grab the plate and set it in her lap. She lightly picks up a Cinnamon Roll and picks at it, until she gets to the gooey center of it. I watch as she eats piece after piece, she looks over toward the table, I pick up the Sweet Tea, then hand it to her. Lightly she sips on the Tea.
"This is not how I imagined this going. Having to lay in bed all day is boring. Staring at four walls, it's only been a day, and I already feel as though I'm going crazy." Cleo sets her Tea on the table, then moves the plate away from her, pulls her knees up to her chest, and wraps her arms around them. I get off the bed, stand next to her, then pull the covers off of her. She gives me a curious look, I wrap one arm around her back, and the other under her knees. I pick her up and hold her to my chest, then walk us out of the bedroom and down the stairs.

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The Pack Rebel
Manusia SerigalaBOOK 2 in "The Outcast" series!!! Three months after Cleo Sanders former true Beta of the now nonexistent Silver Crescent pack, ran off into the woods on the Blood-Moon pack estate, she's back. She feels her time away helped her, but others believe...