When We Were Younger

Corvin

After breakfast, Arthur and Lilly found their way to a doctor's office to get Lilly checked out. Sure enough, the doctor confirmed her pregnancy. Arthur and Lilly were quite excited and posted a letter to be delivered to Darach ar an gCnoc about the good news. After their appointment and getting some medicine for Lilly's morning sickness, they headed back to the hotel to prepare for their four days journey to Orkney. Once they were all packed up, they left the city with their wolves in tow.

During the first day of the Morgan's journey, they ran into several packs of werewolves but quickly cut them down and burned the bodies. Lilly quickly became suspicious about the sudden amount of werewolves coming their way.

"Do you think Dian knows we're comin'?" Lilly asked her husband.

"I don't know, but we should keep our eyes and ears peeled," Arthur replied.

By nightfall of the first day, they arrived in a small village called Pitlochry. There were no hotels or inns but an elderly couple offered them a night's rest in their house after realizing who they were. The next morning, the couple and the wolves thanked the man and woman for their hospitality before heading back out. During their travels that day, Lilly and Arthur ran into more and more werewolves. By the second day's end, they'd killed at least thirty two werewolves.

"I don't like this," Lilly said as they started a fire near a cave. "How many werewolves are goin' to keep showin' up?"

Arthur began poking at the fire with a stick. "I don't know, but we have to keep goin'," he said.

Lilly chuckled a little. "I'm surprised at you, Arthur."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm pregnant. You're not being overprotective like you were the first time around."

Arthur laughed as he got up from crouching and walked over to Lilly, sitting down next to her. "Well, there's no use in arguin' with you about stayin' safe, and now you're a powerful woman and a werewolf. I'm pretty sure you got things covered."

Lilly giggled and nestled up close to Arthur. "You're damn right I do."

He put his arm around her and kissed her temple, chuckling at her. They both watched the fire, smoke rising up in swirls as the flames crackled. James and Brian were laying on the other side napping against each other. Lilly shut her eyes for a few moments while she basked in the glow and warmth of the fire as well as the presence of her husband.

"Mo chuisle?" she said.

"Hmm?"

"Do you think we'll have twins this time?"

Arthur laughed. "Maybe. Why?"

"I'm kinda hopin' we don't."

Arthur looked at her with a raised brow. "Why's that, mo stór?"

"Because havin' a litter of babies was painful as fuck."

Arthur cackled loudly and threw his head back. "I'll bet it was."

"You better be there for the birthin' this time, Arthur," Lilly warned.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

X======================X