Lost & Found

Chapter 12

*Hope's POV*

"Are you sure?" Carli ask.

"Yeah." Julie says.

"I'm sorry." I say.

Julie just shakes her head and I see her turn to wipe the tear that runs down her face. I go over and pull her into a hug.

"Is this what set Mal off, does she know?" Carli ask.

"Yeah, I wanted to tell her myself but she found out before I had the chance to." Julie says.

"How far along is she?" I ask.

"At the most two months at the least a month and a half." Ali says.

"I don't want you doing to much and at some point your going to have to come out of school. Telling the pack is up to you." I say.

Julie and Ali leave my room and I plop on the bed laying on my back. Carli comes and gets on top of me and puts her head on my chest.

"When the hell did everything get complicated?" I ask.

"Babe life is complicated." Carli says.

We lay here until Jill calls me downstairs. I let Carli stay in the room and I meet the council in the basement.

"So what's going on with her?" I ask.

"In previous years the protector has never been hybrid." Jill says.

"We know what's going on with her but then again we don't." Shannon says.

"What Shannon means to say is her body is trying to combine both sides of her into one." Abby says.

"But we don't know all of the side effects of this process." Christie says.

"So what do we do?" I ask.

"At the moment we keep her contained." Becky says.

"We don't know how long this is going to take." Lori says.

"So until we figure all of this out only you are allowed down here." Whitney says.

"You need to make that clear to your pack." Amy says.

"What about Julie?" I ask.

"Her mate needs to be monitored at all times." Lauren says.

"She's right I've never seen someone with a connection as strong as theirs." Jill says.

"So its settled then, these rules aren't allowed to be broken unless there is a direct order from us or you Hope." Abby says.

"If you do give someone permission to come down here Hope you damn sure better have a hell of a good reason." Christie says.

I just nod and leave the council with Mal, to say the least she looks like hell. I go into the kitchen and am met with looks from the pack. In our pack there's kind of an unspoken rule about the basement. There really shouldn't be a reason your in the basement on top of that our basement is sealed so you can't hear what's going on from outside of it. I grab a plate and call the rest of the girls that aren't down here yet. Everyone comes to the kitchen and sits down.

"Now I know we're all worried about Mal but nobody and I mean nobody is allowed it go down there. This isn't only for your protection its an order from the council. Do not break this rule you will face harsh consequences, understood." I say.

Everyone agrees to what I say and we continue with the day. The girls get ready to go to school.

"JJ are you not coming?" Syd ask.

"No." JJ says.

"Why not?" Alex ask.

"Um guys I need to tell you something." JJ says.

The girls get a worried look on their faces so I walk out onto the porch and stand next to JJ for support.

"When Amar took me some guy raped me and he got me pregnant." JJ says.

I look at the girls and they have a mixed expression on sadness and anger.

"Now as a pack we're going to be here for JJ while she goes through all of this. Not only that but we need to look out for her at all times. Because JJ is Mal's mate something might happen, we don't really know yet." I say.

"We're here for you JJ." Alex says.

"Yeah we are." Crystal says.

"Forever and Always." Morgan says.

"Thanks you guys." JJ says.

They all do a big group hug which makes me smile.

"Okay now get to school we'll talk more when you guys get home." I say.

They all take off and JJ and I go back inside. Julie goes to sit with everyone in the living room. I made sure they were listening when JJ explained what was going on so she wouldn't have to say it again. I take Carli upstairs with me and we get back in the bed.

"You know for a hybrid you sleep a lot." Carli says.

"Who said I wanted to go to sleep?" I ask.

"Hope Solo are you trying to get in my pants?" Carli ask.

"Absolutely." I growl in her ear.

Carli starts nipping at my neck, leaving marks as she goes.

"Is my baby a biter?" I ask.

"Hell yeah." Carli says.

I smile and place my lips on hers. Let's just say, I really love the days I get to spend alone with Carli.