Born a Rogue

chapter 25

Derek's POV

"The Luna just left the territory alpha, should I go after her?" I get in mindlink. "No, I know where she's going, she'll be ok," I reply.
I know she's just needs some space right now, she'll be be back when she's ready.
It's been a week since she left, she's not answering any of my mindlinks which tells me she can't hear them. I can feel she ok though, so that's all that matters, even though Tyson is dying to go to her. I don't go.
It's now going on two weeks she should be home by now, Lexi is due any time now. I'm starting to get worried, I could feel the other night that she was in pain but it wasn't a pain that raised concern because it was gone fairly quickly.
Tyson finally has enough and forces me to change and head to where our mate is. Two weeks away was enough for him.

Lexi's POV

It's been almost two weeks since I came back to my tree, Lola is loving the fact we can hunt again, she misses our babies at home, but knowing that they are being cared for so they are safe.
I'm out on a hunt when I feel a familiar pain, knowing what is happening I get back to my tree and lay there. After some pain the first pup is born and after it doesn't hurt as bad anymore. After all my pups are born, I clean them up and they nurse. After they are done nursing, I rest for awhile, still highly alert to any danger.
After they wake back up they nurse again and then I make them go potty and they go back to sleep. I get up as Daisy comes back from her hunt. Knowing she'll keep them safe, so I go hunt for myself. I take down a deer and eat my food on the spot. I eat what I can and go back to my pups just as they start waking up. I lay down and they nurse and I fall asleep after they go potty.
The next day I make sure they are safely tucked away in a safe place and go for a hunt. I bring down a deer and eat it. On my way back I sense that a wolf is near my home, I run back home and there is, instead of thinking I attack the wolf.
I will protect my babies at all costs. The wolf didn't even see me coming and I attacked from behind. The wolf fights back, but I am ready to kill. We fight for a few minutes before I get a mindlink, "Lexi it's me, Derek, I mean no harm, I promise." At this point I am about to deliver the death bite but I freeze. "Lexi please, I don't want to hurt you, please let me up," he says. I jump off him and run a little ways away from him and lay on my belly, worried.
I'm laying in front of the door way of my tree where my pups are sleeping. Still ready to kill, but calming down all the same.
He goes behind a tree and changes and then comes out, with his hands held up in surrender. "Please, see it's me, I'm not going to hurt you. Look at you, your still just as beautiful as ever, and your thinner," then his eyes flicker up to the tree. I growl at him, but I don't move because they are behind me safely hidden.
"Lexi baby, everything is ok, I'm not going to hurt our babies. I promise you that they are 100% safe with me." He inches closer, I growl. "Mine!" Is all I can think of to say. "Yes,yes baby I know they are yours, but they are mine to."
He doesn't leave but he just sits down, and allows me to get used to him. After awhile he inches a little closer, I allow about a foot before growling again and he stops.
I hear the pups starting to whine and my ears flick back momentarily before putting my focus back on him. "Stay." Is all I say before going to my babies. I pull them out of their hiding place and lay down to feed them. I look up and he's sitting in the door way of the tree.
I growl and bare my teeth at him. He doesn't come any closer than the door way to us. He just watches me and the pups. I'm tense and ready to attack if he comes closer to us. Which he doesn't. He just sits and waits in the door way watching and admiring us.
I know their his, but I'm not ready for him to be close yet. Every instinct in me wants him gone, but my human side wants him next to us. So I don't chase him off, but I do let my guard down enough to actually sleep.
When I wake up he's still in the same spot as before. He's looking at me, "I'm going to come a little closer,so I can see our babies better, please don't attack me again." He inches closer to us, till I can't take it anymore, and growl. I get up and put myself between him and my babies. One by one I move them further away and I lay down again, so they can nurse. After nursing I help them go potty and they fall asleep cuddled into my fur for warmth.