Fate Decides

Chapter Nine

"What?" I say in a calm voice, directly contrasting with what I am feeling inside.

"Jenny is pregnant, Liam," Erik tells me, matching my tone. He and his brother are sitting on the couch across from me. Both of them are trying to project an outward appearance of calm, but the way they are constantly clenching and relaxing their hands tells me how agitated they are on the inside.

"H-how could this happen? How far along is she? Haven't you guys ever heard of a condom?" I question, a million thoughts racing through my head. I cannot believe this is happening. The person who made my life miserable would now be having my mates' baby. My heart is aching. I know I cannot have children for them, but that did not make this hurt any less.

"Yes, Liam, we did use a condom, but I guess it didn't work. I don't know how far along she is, but you could always ask her yourself," Ethan says, motioning to Jenny who was sitting next to them on the couch.

I turn to look at her and raise my eyebrows. She quickly glances up at me before returning her gaze to the ground. "Luna told me that I was about ten weeks, give or take a couple of days." Shock and apprehension flow throughout my body. She is not acting like a typical ten-weeks pregnant werewolf, but I keep my thoughts to myself.

Shakily, I nod my head and glance at my sisters playing with their toys over by the window. Their laughter and baby babble are the only things grounding me right now. I feel as if my heart is being ripped apart and I have no idea how to stop the pain.

"She is going to be living here from now on," Erik says, voice never wavering.

"What? Why?" I say, breaking my gaze away from my sisters and looking over at Jenny. She does not say anything; she just continues to look at her feet.

"You can't honestly expect us to not have her live here while she is carrying our cub, Liam," Ethan says. I flinch as he says that, wrapping my arms tighter around my body as if that will stop the ache in my chest.

"She is living in the pack house, that isn't too far of a walk. I don't see why she has to move in here. We don't really have that much room." I look up at them.

"She'll just move into the spare bedroom. We will just move her mattress over here, and all the extra stuff can be moved into the girl's room or into the garage," Erik says, finality in his tone. "She will be living with us, Liam, and you need to deal with it somehow."

I look away from them and do not watch as they walk out of the house. Tears start to overflow, no matter how hard I try to hold them back, and I do not even try to wipe them away.

"Liam," I hear Jenny whisper. I turn my gaze over to her, and notice she is also crying. "I am so sorry." Her voice wavers and she comes to sit next to me. "I never meant for this to happen and I am so ashamed of myself." She looks up at my face, gently lifting her hand to wipe away my tears. "I know I was horrible to you, and I hope you can forgive me, someday."

I continue to stare at her, unable to say anything, and I cannot tell whether she is telling the truth or not. My mind keeps telling me that this is all wrong, something is not right. She warily reaches her hand towards mine and twines my fingers with hers. I try not to flinch away from her, but I cannot hold back the shudder that comes over my body.

Looking at me, she continues with what she was saying before. "I keep thinking about what my mate will think of me, if I were to ever find him. Will he abandon me because I had another person's baby? Will he still love me?"

I stay silent, not able to find my voice. She is rubbing me the wrong way, but I do not want to blow this way out of proportion and have my mates be mad at me. I already did that once when I thought they were cheating on me. This time I need to stick it out.