Scarred Strength

Chapter 21

Tundra's POV

Ash didn't let me go and he never left my side. He was always holding my hand or had his arm around my waist. Every time an unmated male looked in my direction, Ash snarled viciously.

"Where are we going?" I asked Ash.

"Home." He said as he rubbed my back.

We exited the pack house and Ash shifted into his wolf. I did the same and I followed him. He always looked over his shoulder to see if I was still following.

We got to a beautiful clearing with a big mansion in the middle. There was a driveway and a car out front. My eyes were wide as I shifted into my human. I chuckled lightly, obviously not making a noise.

"Ash... It beautiful!" I gasped in his head.

He was in his human form as well. He came up behind me and put his arms around my waist, his hands resting on my abdomen.

"Only the best for my family." Ash whispered in my ear.

I turned around and quickly pulled him in for a kiss. He responded immediately and held his hands on my hips.

"I love you." Ash whispered breathlessly.

"I love you too." I replied in his head.

"Let's explore." He smiled.

He grabbed my hand and lead me in the front door.

Kestrel's POV

I kicked him in the gut. "You stupid bitch!" He growled. He spit blood on me and I smile.

I wipe it off of my face and flick it back onto his. I kick him in the shoulder. "Who do you work for!" I demand.

"Stop this Kestrel! Remember those times we had together?" He asks me. I walk out of the cell and the guard locks it.

"Those days were mistakes." I whisper.

I was about 15 years old. Ash would always hangout with Reid and I'd tag along with them.

We were all sitting in Ash's room and they were playing video games. I was doodling in my little black notebook.

"Well, I got to use the washroom." Ash says. He gets up and walks away. Reid comes up beside me and looks at my paper.

It's a small doodle of the video game he was playing. Except it's kinda from my imagination. A warrior woman stands over top of the battle grounds.

Her enemies lie on the battlefield. It's a little graphic and gory, but oh well. "You should add more lines here and here." He held my hand and moved it around.

I looked up at him as he moved it. When he finished he set my pencil down and looked at me. He kissed my forehead and I blushed.

It didn't feel quite right, but I was too young to understand.

I shake the thoughts out of my head and walk away from the dungeon.

Tundra's POV

Ash walked me through each room. We walked into another room and happy tears came to my eyes. It was a nursery. There was two white cribs in the room and the walls were white. There were blue and pink accessories in a corner.

"This is the nursery." Ash stated as he rubbed my belly.

I smiled brightly. Ash lead me to another room, the final one. He opened the door.

"And this, this is our room." He smiled at me as he moved out of the way and flicked on a light.

My eyes widened and my jaw dropped. No way! It had a HUGE bed in the centre, pushed up against the wall. There was a flat screen tv, two leather couches, a walk in closet and a gigantic bathroom.

I spun around and hugged Ash as tight as I could. He hugged me back.

"Do you like it?" Ash asked.

"Like it?! I LOVE it!!" I shouted in his head as I ran to the bed.

I jumped on it and laid down, snuggling into the pillows. Ash laughed. He came over and got onto the bed as well. He pulled me close to him.

"Tundra, no words can express how much I love you and our unborn babies." Ash stated as he looked me in the eyes while rubbing my belly.

"I'm going to be filled with joy once our family is complete." He said.

"Me too." I replied in his head.

He leaned forward and kissed me. I snuggled close to him and closed my eyes, falling asleep.

Kestrel's POV

I walked back to my room where Liam was sleeping on the bed. I slipped into the bathroom. I washed off the blood.

I took off my clothes and hopped into the shower. I turned the water on and bathed in it's warmth.

The steam rose above the shower curtains and went all across the bathroom. I washed myself and turned off the water.

I hopped out, dried myself off and put on a bathrobe. I walked out of the bathroom. Liam was now awake and reading a book.

I sat down beside him and looked over his shoulder. "What are you reading?" I ask him.

"Just a book." He says. I rest against his arms and he relaxes. "Read to me." I say.

' "I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.'

He looks down at me and smiles. "That's how I feel, I'm in love with you Kestrel." I look up at him and laugh.

"'The Fault In Our Stars, Really?" I ask him. He smiles and kisses my forehead. "I have a taste for the greatest."

I smile even bigger and curl up beside him.