Already Taken

Chapter Seventeen

                     Chapter 17

  Draven ran into the house with an unconscious Eryn in his arms. "Dad! Dad where are you?!" He screamed frantically.

  "Oh my Moon Goddess Draven what happened?!" His mother asked. Pulling him into the living room, so that he could lay Eryn on the couch.

  Daymen walked in and rushed over to her, checking her for a pulse. "Some-one get the doctor. Now!" He ordered.

  "Yes sir!" Asher yelled as he ran out the door.

  "What the Hell happened Draven?!" Daymen asked his oldest boy through gritted teeth. He had a feeling that he already knew, he was just praying that he was wrong.

   Draven's head dropped down in shame. "We bound our souls together." He whispered.

  "I told you to wait!" His fathered snarled at him. He was growling deeply as he descended upon his eldest child. "Are you that stupid? Or just that selfish?! That baby will probably lose it's life now because you just couldn't wait! And look at your mate, in so much pain that she blacked out because she couldn't handle it. What the Hell Draven?! I thought that we had raised you better than this!"

  Draven growled back at his father. "I know! I didn't plan it, ok?! She started reciting the words. I tried to stop her, but she said that it was too late, she could feel her soul already responding to mine. She said that we had to finish and as long as I loved her we would make it through this." Draven dropped to his knees beside the couch and put his head on his other half's stomach, and didn't even try to conceal the tears that were running down his cheeks.

  Daymen's eyes soften when he realized that his son had tried to do the right thing. He wasn't sure what stunt Eryn was trying to pull, but she better hope that she knew what she was doing. This was an act of pure selfishness.

  He was pulled out of his thoughts by Eryn screaming and bolting upright. "It hurts so bad! Just make it stop. Please God make it stop!"

   "Eryn baby, listen to me." Draven told her, grabbing either side of her face. "Just relax, just breath. Listen to my voice. Listen to how much I love you." He put her head up to his chest. "Listen to my heart beating, only for you."

   She visibly relaxed at the sound of his drumming heart. She sucked in a few deep breaths, before looking around at everyone that was staring at her. "I feel different, almost heavier,  like I'm sharing my body with another being. Is, is that my wolf?"

   Draven smiled at her and pushed her sweat soaked hair out of her face, "It is. We are fully bound and your wolf has been formed. I'm so sorry that it was that painful for you. If I could, I would have taken all of it for myself." He kissed her forehead as she wrapped her arms around his waste.

   She brought her head up quickly and looked at him with wide eyes. "Oh no! The baby!" She grabbed her stomach and looked down, "Please tell me that I didn't hurt him! How could I have been so stupid?! I just got this feeling in my chest while we were standing there, that it was the time to do it. I couldn't stop myself. I needed to say those words, like my next breath depended on it." Fresh tears sprang to her eyes.

   Before Draven could say anything the doctor came in and knelt down beside them. "What happened?" He asked. Checking her over.

   Draven explained what they had done and her condition. As soon as he told him that she was pregnant she let out another scream and wrapped her arms around her waist.

   She felt something warm and wet run down her legs. "I'm bleeding doctor. Please save my baby!"

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