Innocent Little Runt

Chapter 72

Goal: 3 goats (yes goats)

Please try to bare through this chapter those of you who don't like lgbt+

We're almost at the end guys!

Zay's POV

I stared around at the pack. Everyone was rushing around, trying to do whatever they could. Those who couldn't fight went to the shelters while everyone else tried to find weapons or something that could help them in battle. Even those who fight mainly in wolf form knew weapons could help. At this point, anything could help. My eyes dart the a blonde woman with purple highlights and a baby in her arms running towards me.

"Lesa! What are you doing out here? Get inside!" Lesa was a great and gifted fighter, especially in human form. Her dad had taught her well but she wouldn't be fighting today. Her only job today would be to protect her son.

"I was out visiting a friend when the sirens sounded. I got here as fast as I could." Wesley started to cry in her arms, his pale cheeks turning red. She cooed him and bounced him, trying to calm him down but the sirens that were still going off weren't helping. His hearing was a bit sensitive after all.

"Well either go to my office and lock yourself in or go to Xavier's and Celeste's room. Celeste has extra security measures up there as well." She nodded and ran off into the pack house. I sighed and looked around, trying to find my mate. The last time I saw her was when we had breakfast this morning but I hadn't seen her since. "Kaleshia," I whispered to myself. "Where are you?"

"Zay!" I snapped my head towards the opposite direction I was looking and sighed. My eyes met the completely blue ones of my mate, my nerves calming down a little. I ran up to her, wrapping my arms around her. "I've missed you too my love but right now you should be getting to shelter. You can't be out battling, who else will help the injured when we win?" I smiled at her optimism and yanked her into the pack house with me.

"I just wanted to see you first. Please stay safe my darling." She smiled at me and leaned down to kiss me gently but then she pushed me back.

"Get to safety and I'll see you when this is over." I nodded and went upstairs to Celeste's and Xavier's room. I could look for her up there. That's why Celeste is up there as well. Lycer knew she would want to help and with the barrier Kaleshia created she'd be safe from things outside of the pack house. She also wouldn't want to be somewhere that she couldn't see Xavier when he arrived. I don't know how long it will take for them to get here but I know they won't beat Malum and his experiments.

I nodded to the guards when they saw me and they opened the door. As soon as I was inside they shut the door. There was two more guards inside but they were near the balcony that Xavier uses to look over the pack. I walked towards them and saw Celeste on the balcony, a bow in front of her and a thing of arrows on her back. There was two more of the things of arrows on the floor beside her along with about ten throwing knives on the table that was out there.

"Celeste?" Her head snapped up towards mine. Her eyes were wide with fear and her hands were kind of shaking. "Are you okay?"

"Y-yeah. I'm just worried." I pulled her back into the room and sat her down on the bed.

"Go ahead and rant," I told her calmly. Some times all people need to do to get rid of nerves is let it out so it isn't pent up inside their minds, trying to make it's way past their throat and out their mouth. I think it gives them a clear airway.

"Lycer." There was a pause as she tugged harshly on her sleeves. I took her hands in mine, trying to comfort her. "He uh. . . He has all these scars on his back, like I do but multiplied by a hundred and far worse. I've seen what Malum can do and I know he can do worse. His experiments are awful too. Lycer says most of them are soulless. And Xavier and almost all of the warriors aren't here. What if the people I love get hurt? What if at some point Xavier does make it back to only bodies? I can't leave him alone! And Lycer! Malum wants him! No, he wants to know how to be immortal. Such a stupid wish," she mumbles. "He's going to try and kill every last one of us just to figure out how to be immortal. We don't even have enough people with us. Almost all the warriors went with Xavier. No one knows how many experiments Malum has, not even Lycer! And Lesa just had a baby awhile ago and what if he gets hurt?"

"Take deep breaths," I said when her hands started to shake more. I pulled her into a hug, brushing her hair back like my mother used to do for me when I'd have nightmares. Sometimes I would do the same thing for Kaleshia. She has lived so long that her bad memories sometimes replay in the form of a nightmare. It seemed to work for Celeste as well as her hands stopped shaking. "Everything is going to be okay."

"What if it isn't?" I smiled sadly at her. I felt tears gather in my own eyes as I thought about the possibility of my mate not kissing me good morning anymore. I blinked them away and moved my hands back to hers so she wouldn't rip off her sleeves.

"I don't know but you are going to be fine. So is Lesa, Xavier, Delian, and everyone else."

"Zay, can I tell you something?"

I smiled with a nod, "Of course you can."

She took a deep breath and looked into my eyes. Her eyes were still teary but not as much as before. She hands started to shake again but it wasn't very much. I squeezed her hands.

"I'm pregnant."

So. . . What do you think?

Did y'all watch Scott and Mitch's new video? THEY DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTION!!! Okay, let's be real. They're not dating but almost everyone wants them to be. They did say if they reached 35 they'd be together and it's just a little over 10 years away so you never know what could happen. But congrats to Kirsti on the engagement!!!

This book is coming to an end soon. . . How are you guys feeling about that?

Please don't be sad. I was telling @jayidk1 earlier that I have about 8 stories in my drafts, one (soon to be two) of which are fantasy and the rest are either teen fiction or romance. I have one of the fantasy stories in my head but I don't know how to start it and the other day I had the perfect beginning but I forgot it and now I have to either remember it or think of a new one but the beginning is always the most important part of a story in my opinion.

I'm off to read now! (by the way I'm reading "10 Death Seekers [Book 2]" by @DarkShadows5 and I like almost everything about the series besides the fact that I've already almost cried once and the fact that there was a love triangle for the entire first one but it was good enough that I dealt with it. This chapter is dedicated to her so you can read them easier if you want.