Snow Princess

Chapter 37: Fallon and Gabe

"What did you just say?" I quaked at her, fully knowing what she just said but I needed to hear it again just in case my ears deceived me.

"I am not repeating it, nope." She shook her head looking slightly panicked.

My eyes grew softer. I walked over to where she was sitting and wrapped my arms around Fallon and genuinely gave her a hug. I saw her struggling internally from what was happening and although we couldn't stand each other I wasn't unsympathetic.

She didn't return the hug back, just stood in place, tense. "Luna, why are you hugging me?"

I let go reluctantly. "You don't have to worry. You have us to help take care of the baby. We are able to do that for you. You may not want to talk about it but when your ready to, if your ever ready to, just know I am here."

Fallons spirit seemed to have left her body because after hearing that her whole body physically sunk into her bed and she looked drained.

"Don't judge she said." After a few minutes of silence.

"Wouldn't dare." I said, which I wouldn't. She was good at judging better than I was but I wouldn't ruin the moment by saying that to her.

"My ex disappeared. I'm sure you already all about that. His name was Leonardo, Leo for short. Before he disappeared he told me he didn't love me, that I was better off without him, that I needed to be with my mate and not him, etc. I found out that day he found who his mate was. She was human and he wanted to so desperately be with her but what he told me, about not loving me, was all a lie. I was miserable when he left and I couldn't be with Gabe because of it. It wasn't fair to Gabe that I was in love with someone else. Our wolves screamed for each other but I screamed for someone else.

No one knows this but I go to the field of flowers every night and I had waited for him in sorrow. Unhealthy fursure, but I couldn't get him out of my heart. The thing was, we moved right after he disappeared and I couldn't go back here by myself but I didn't have to because I had found him in West Virginia. I found out his human girl was in with the drug cartels. The daughter of a drug lord. Can you believe it?

Eventually, I started buying to keep tabs on him. I didn't realize how much trouble that would get me into.  I started smoking, using here and there because the information they were feeding me hurt my heart. They told me all kinds of things. From how he was going to be there next King, how he was using, how he was in bed, etc etc. Apparently his mate didn't care who he slept with. I was furious.

So one night, I followed one of the dealers back to Leo. I snuck in and faced him face to face. That night I said my goodbyes but we ended up having sex. We both couldn't help it but he wasn't sorry for disappearing. He was just sorry he ever said he never loved me. That was that. That was a month before we left to move here. I'm about 3 months pregnant." Her eyes dropped down to her stomach, wrapping her hands onto it.

"I can't go near Gabe, look at him, be around him. I know he will reject me just as I had once rejected him. I knew he would eventually smell so I disappeared for awhile but now, now I can't hide it. I'm due in 3 months. Werewolf pregnancy's last only 6 months. I'm scared and because I'm growing a baby inside me, all I want is my mate to comfort me. Gosh I'm growing soft." She groaned hearing her own words come out of her mouth.

Her story made sense now to me. All the nights she snuck out to meet someone, buy drugs, or smoke. The type at the airport when she was sick. Her mood swings and hurt feelings. It just all made sense and for the first time I felt connected with her. Like for the first time, I actually hurt for her.

"You could just talk to him." I eventually said. "I feel like your not giving Gabe as much credit. I'm sure he would understand."