Bite Till It Bleeds (BoyXBoy/Mpreg)

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Ethan-

In the end of the day, Ian was weak. He used brute force to get what he wanted but didn't have the intelligence or leadership to do anything more than childish games. With his pack cornered, he attacked with nothing but desperation so it wasn't difficult to get the upper hand. Finally, I had him down on the floor and acted before he could move.

"You forget who's the fucking alpha." I took a knife and pierced into Ian's shoulder and pinning him to the ground. He screamed out bloody murder and cursed me out as he bled.

I felt tempted to rip his heart out right there but knew I needed to get back to Ren. If I killed him, I wouldn't be able to face Ren as a killer, even if it was Ian.

"Ethan!" A guy from one of the other groups ran up.

"I'm fine. Have him tied him up."

"It's not just that. Ren, he's in labor."

"What? Now?!"

"Dear god. Hurry to him."

"Why? Is something wrong?"

"No, not that I know. But, someone sent a message back that you had died and he's inconsolable. He won't let himself be treated."

"Fucking shit Ren. I'm going right away. Take care of things here."

I ran back as fast as I could without shifting again as it would be too draining with my wounds.

"Where is he?" I bursted through the crowd still covered in dirt and blood. Emily spotted be and looked shocked at the sight of the blood.

"Ethan! Are you injured?!" She squealed.

"I'm fine, the blood's not mine. Where's Ren?!" She sighed and looked on with upturned eyes.

"He, he went into labor early. He's in the medical tent with Rebecca."

My heart stopped for a second. Without another word I sprinted towards the medical tent.

When I got there, a nurse I recognized from the clinic was outside and said -slightly horrified- if I needed help to go to the other tent but I ignored her and went inside.

I saw Ren laid on his back on the bed with Rebecca placing a washcloth on his forehead. He was writhing under her hand in pain and didn't even notice I had entered.

"Ethan, thank goodness." Rebecca seemed both relieved and stressed.

At the sound of my name Ren opened his eyes and frantically looked around.

"Ethan..." He breathed as he saw me. I went next to him on the bed and saw he was drenched with sweat and completely flushed. He could barely focus his eyes on me before wincing once more in pain.

"I-I though you-" He suddenly bursted into tears. 

"Shhh, it's okay. I'm fine. I'm here, alright?"

I quickly went to soothe him with the palm of my hand, stroking his bangs back, before turning to Rebecca.

"What's going on? Why...why is he like this?" I frantically asked.

"Yes, he went into labor early while you were gone. He was refusing to let anyone touch him before you came back. We got news that you had been killed."

"From who? God, Ren, why are you so reckless?" I sighed.

"Why is he like this? How long has he been in labor?" I continued asking.

"Several hours. Things are going extremely slow and I'm scared he may be anemic. Not only that but someone stole all the drugs from our supply. We have no way of giving him pain relief and we aren't sure if he can handle it through birth."

"Well what the hell are we gonna do?!" I desperately asked.

"Relax. The last thing we need is to panic. We already sent people to get more drugs."

"It's too far! They'll take too long!"

Rebecca sighed.

"I know. We didn't expect this, alright? We are going to do all we can for now. Right now, though, Ren just needs you here to support him. If time comes, we already set up to give birth here."

"What about his anemia?"

"We don't have any drugs to treat it. We will just have to be weary of blood loss." Rebecca seemed to take on a more cautious tone.

In my heart I felt panicked. So many things that could go wrong at this point were racing through my head. I knew if Ren became too anemic during labor, he could have too much blood loss and...

No, I can't think like this.

I looked back down at Ren who was now lying with his eyes closed. He still looked to be conscious but was clearly in a lot of pain, grunting and crying out occasionally.

"E....than..." I heard him breathlessly mumble once again. I soothed his forehead once again.

"I'm right here." I reassured him. I then saw Ren cry out into tears as he grasped onto my arm.

"I'm right here Ren. I promised you didn't I?" I said and kissed his hand.

"Where's Basel?" I then asked.

"He went to find Akihito or someone with a similar blood type in case the drugs don't get back in time. "

"Ethan..." Ren continued mumbling as he gripped onto my hand, tightening with every new wave of pain.

"His contractions are getting closer together. We are going to have to start soon." Rebecca stated.

"I'm here!" Akihito bursted through the curtains equally bloody and dirty.

"Have we heard of sanitation?!" A nurse yelled.

"Thank god. You didn't lose too much blood did you?"

"No. Why?"

"Your going to stay on standby after if Ren loses too much blood."

"Of course. How is he holding up?"

"NNGH!" Ren groaned loudly at another contraction, tightening his grip once more.

"Just breathe, okay? Shhh..." I stroked his hair, slightly wincing in pain at his grip.

"Both of you need to step out now. We need to prepare Ren. And get washed and changed, please!"

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