I never wanted to be his mate.....

A new alpha

it was two weeks after nick and i had been chosen as the new alpha pair, because of the death of my father.

everyday i had to deal with the guilt of killing him, so i threw myself into patrols and alpha duties trying to get my mind off it.

that night, my nick came up to me and started stroking my shoulder.

'you are tense sweetheart, what's wrong?' he asked me.

i hid my face so he couldn't tell i was lying,' nothing, just tired that's all.'

nick sighed,' i know you better than that Grace, so don't even try it. i think we ought to take you to the doctor, because i heard you vomiting this morning and that's not like you.

and it was true. i had vomited and i almost never got sick.

i looked up at him. ' ok nick, whatever you think is best'.

so we both went to bed and i lay there, nestled in his arms listening to his soft heartbeat until i eventually fell asleep.

the next morning i woke up, and i ran to the bathroom, my hand covering my mouth. i vomited and nick came up behind me, stroking circles on my back and holding my hair back as i finished.

'this has gotten worse' nick said.

i nodded, still feeling sick.

he grabbed his phone and called the pack doctor harry.

'i need you here right away harry, i can't stand her being this sick.' nick said.

'i will be there as soon as i can,' harry responded.

5 minutes later, i heard harry's sedan pull up out the front of the cottage. i was laying curled up on my bed, hugging a pillow, telling myself that nothing was wrong with me.

'yes, i am looking after her, but no i don't know what's wrong with her...' i heard nick tell harry near my room.

they both came in and harry said,' hello grace, i heard you were feeling sick? good news, i think i know what's wrong with you. bad news, i need you to come to my office to check'

i lifted my head,' really? ok i will come now.

Harry, Nick and myself got into Harry's sedan and we went to his office. nick carried me in and laid me on the bed so i could get checked out.

harry started speaking,' listen you two, i know this might be a tad awkward under the circumstances, but have you two mated yet?'

my cheeks flamed bright red. 'yes we have,' nick said ,'but what has that got to do with anything?'

i leaned over and grabbed his hand.

harry smiled ,' i think that Grace is pregnant nick, but i need to do an ultrasound to make sure my assumptions are correct.'

i gasped. i might be pregnant? but i we had only mated once. surely it wasn't possible?

Hharry lifted up my shirt to show my midrift and he started the ultrasound.

harry went pale.

nick quickly noticed. 'what's the problem doc?' he asked.

harry turned and faced both of us. ' Grace, it would appear you are carrying nine children.'

i spluttered out,' w-w-w-wh-at?'

nick quickly jumped to a conclusion. ' will this hurt her? and will the kids be werewolves like us?'

harry replied,' i am quite unsure, but i do know that the kids will stay as pups until the age of seven, the age grace was turned, when they will become proper werewolves.'

i was in shock. i couldn't believe this. me. pregnant.

no. frigging. way.

then one second i was looking at my mate, the next i was staring at the roof before i slipped into darkness.

i woke up back in my bed, and Nick was asleep next to me. i rolled onto my back and gasped.

my stomach was huge. it looked like it had five fully grown babies in there, but i knew it had yet to get bigger.

how long was i asleep for?

i nudged Nick gently, and he woke up and looked at me.

he saw my surprise. ' it's ok babe,' he said, pulling me close ,' your body couldn't cope with the stress, so you have been asleep for two months.'

my jaw dropped. two whole months? i started crying.

nick started getting tears in his eyes. ' you didn't miss much baby, eanything is exactly the same. but doc said you should change into your wolf form, as your human body isn't capable of carrying our children much longer. your wolf form was made to have that many pups.' he told me.

but then i looked at him.

'you have been frozen in time' i whispered.

he nodded his head sadly.

'I'm sorry darling, but after you have these pups you will too.' he said.

i shook my head. ' this cannot be possible. will i still be able to have more pups?' i asked him.

my nick nodded his head, tearing up too much to speak.

i whispered to him,' when will i have these pups?'

he cleared his throat and answered,' a week, maybe two. it would be best if you shifted now.'

then he started crying. i knew how hard this was for him.

because i might not survive this.

he kissed me for the last time in my human form, and then i shifted.

my wolf form was sad, but my list was duller than ever. i curled up into my nick and went to sleep.

i woke up, but nick was gone. i got up but i had to walk slowly, as my huge stomach wouldn't allow me to go fast.

i saw someone move near my door.

i growled at them and started crouching as low as i could which was quite hard thisdue to my large belly. i prepared myself to attack, when i heard them say ,' hey Gracy how are you?' and i went up and rubbed against him, realising who it was.

Sam.

My first friend who i hadn't seen since i got told i had to mate with nick. my childhood bestial, who was there through everything.

'i see you have yourself in a bad situation' he murmured.

i whimpered softly and laid down at his feet. he crouched down and stroked my fur.

'guess i will have to get nick' he whispered.

then he left.

i whimpered and whined at the pain in my stomach. and then i shifted to my human form.

i didn't do it. my body shifted by itself.

i was scared.

nick walked through the door.

just as i screamed as my water broke.