Rejected at First Sight

Chapter 14

My heart stopped. "What do you mean we are at war? I thought the whole reason you were gone was to make sure this didn't happen!" Ash sighed. "I tried so hard but at every turn they were a step ahead of me and the team. I don't get how they new some of the plans but they did." I could see the stress he carried in his shoulders. I sighed and I gave him a big kiss. "We will get through this, we've been through a lot. Nothing will come between me and you and our family." He took me into his arms and we just stayed there like that for what felt like hours. It was complete bliss.

An hour later we both untangled from our warm cocoon and went down to dinner. I went to go get the twins ready first and Ash went to go make sure every guard was in place. After everything was settled we met for dinner. It was a very quiet and heavy dinner. No one said a word besides the twins asking the occasionally question like most toddlers do. My parents had the knowing look on their face and my brother was brooding. Naomi just looked nervous. I huffed "Alright this is enough! Yes, we are at war, but this is not going to change anything. I am not going to let this affect our family." They all looked up at me in surprise. "I'm pregnant and this baby needs as much safety as the twins do. I want everyone to make sure this doesn't affect the way we act towards one other. We have never gone through a dinner and not spoken. We are a family. Families talk about everything. I get we are all scared but we need to talk about it as a family." After I got done ranting, I looked at Ash who was looking at me proudly. "You're right sweetheart. We're sorry we just didn't know what to say." My mom spoke up. 

After dinner finally was over I felt a relief. I knew everyone was scared but it felt nice to hear everyone talk about their worries.  I gasped as I realized that I just blurted out that I was pregnant. I hadn't told anyone besides Ash. Well that would definitely explain why everyone was looking at me. I stifled my smile because honestly, I was relieved that secret was out. It was sounded a little twisted but maybe word getting out that I'm pregnant might help get this war over with.  I was about to head around the corner when I get stopped. I huffed "Viktor I swear to god if you don't get out of my way I will skin you and then throw your intestines out to the bear!" "Whoa that's a little violent don't you think?" "No I don't think. When am I going to get through that thick skull of yours?" "Honestly probably never but that doesn't mean I can't have a normal conversation with you." I laughed at that. "Oh really? Viktor since you saw me for the second time you have non stopped tried to get with me knowing I had a mate and was pregnant with the twins. Now here I am again pregnant. I don't love you and I never will!" He sighed. "I know this but that doesn't change that you are and will be my only mate, even though the rejection is final and you are mated to someone else I still feel like I have to protect you, it's my wolf, no matter how much  hate it I have to live like this." And with that he sauntered off. 

After my somewhat clarifying talk with Viktor, I was kinda surprised by how honest he was with me. I shook that off and continued on with the task I had set my mind too, My baby was due in 10 weeks and I need to make sure we had enough room for one more, maybe even two if somehow a miracle happened and I was pregnant with twins again. Secretly I was hoping I wasn't. I loved my twins and I wouldn't change anything about them, but the day of the coronation got me thinking when it did come down to ruling the kingdom after Ash and I decided to step down. 

After I felt everything was perfect for the new pup, I went to our bedroom. Ash was already in the room getting ready for bed. I looked at him and he looked at me. There were no words between us and we knew exactly how each other felt. We didn't even need the mate bond to know. I sighed and he pulled me in close. I felt his warm seep into my body and I relaxed. "Ash, what are we going to do when we step down?" He shrugged. "I have no idea, we will figure something out. When push comes to shove we will do the research and see if there's anything that could help us decide, instead of having to feel that we chose one child over the other." I looked at him and gave him a deep kiss. "This is why I love you so much." He smiled and hugged me even tighter. 

After our talk, I got ready for bed and just laid there. Ash was already asleep, he always fell asleep so fast, I'm so jealous.  After about 30 minutes of lying there I gave up and decided to go get some milk from the kitchen. I walked down the stairs and I hear one of the twins crying. I go into their room and Shay is sitting up. "Baby, whats wrong?" She looked at me with her wide little eyes and said," I had a bad dream." I picked her up and consoled her. I rocked her back and forth until I felt her relax and drift back off to sleep. I then continued on my quest for milk and that's when I heard a noise I never thought I would hate. 

I heard glass breaking and I jump out of my skin. I ran to the twins' room to make sure they were safe. After I saw both of them, I ran to see if Ash was ok. When I got there, my world turned upside down. He was gone and the window has been smashed open. My heart was pounding and my wolf was howling for her lost mate. I screamed and continued to scream. Dean came running down and he saw what I had discovered. He tried to calm me down, but now all I could do was scream "Where is he? Go find him!" I screamed it over and over again. Naomi led me away from the scene and hugged me really tight. I cried until I had no more tears. I continued to tell them to look for him. Wasn't just at dinner time that I said everything was going to be normal? That felt like a lifetime ago. Dean came into the living room and I heard him say, "That scent...", but before he could finish, I felt the worst pain I had ever felt in my life. I screamed even louder then before. It wasn't just in one place it was everywhere. I could feel my heart pounding a mile a minute. At first I thought I was losing the baby, only then I came to find something just as bad had happened. My mate bond with Ash was broken and that could only mean one thing. He was gone.