Surprise[Unedited]

Five

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The sound of his feet dragging on the floor was the only sound as Tucker Bailey neared his dying sister's room. The door creaked and hissed as he shoved it open. His eyes were immediately on Claudia's sunken, pale and still face. She didn't deserve what he's done to her, especially this..

Tears fell down his cheeks as his feet carried him to her side. His wolf was pained to see the little life left in Claudia's appearance. He dropped to his knees and he slid his finger tips across her cool face. It took everything in him not to recoil his hand and to just kill himself for what he's done to her. His wolf growled at the thought and forced his hand to go to her well rounded stomach. Then he relized the only thing that has kept her heart beating was the little wolf fighting for his or her own life.

There was a small part of Claudia fighting to live long enough to keep her pup alive, but it wasn't her wolf. Her wolf was deep in hibernation, rejecting the well noticed touch of her mate. He has hurt both of them too great to just let him backin their life. He was their brother, the one male that was supposed to fight for her at moment, and their mate whom was supposed to be there for them for eternity, killing anyone who threatened the lives of his new family.

For the first time, Claudia moved. To his shock, he jumped back. Her face moved and her eyes fluttered open.

"Why are you here now?" she growled, voice raspy. "I just want to die. Leave me alone to. I'm not perfect enough for you, I get it."

He stared at her dumbstruck, "I never said you weren't perfect Clau," he got close to her again. "Belive me, you're the most beautiful woman out there even though your my sister. I know I said that this isn't how it shoud be but it happened and we've got to make the best out of it that we can."

"You're lying," she turned away, a tear slipping from her eye.

"I'm not Claudia. Yes you're my sister and I have to play my brother role, but you're my MATE and that's a bigger role... You're carrying my pup and thats an even bigger role than being mates, and both of us have a role beyond that- being parents," he said, taking her hand in his.

"But what if-"

"Enough Claudia. We are making this solid tomorrow. I don't care if we have to have a ceremony in here but we are getting married.. For the sake of us, and our pup " he climbed onto the bed beside her and nuzzled into her neck. "Why'd you ever think you weren't perfect?"

"What else was I supposed to think Tucker?" she replied, still looking away.

"I don't know, but I wish you hadn't done this.." he whispers, his lips brushing her neck.

"I-"she started and turned to finally look at him. "Sorry. You just hurt me so bad that-" he took her frail face in his hands an kissed her.

"That?" he whispers, his forehead against hers.

"I wanted to die, and I almost did...by the looks of it you almost did too."

"I tried but last minute, I was compelled to come back here.." he admits.

"I'm glad you did. I might've stopped fighting," she says softly.

"Well I'm glad I came then. We both have so much to live for," he says.

Claudia opens her mouth to reply but she can't. Her heart monitor starts to skip beats and she goes into shock. Tucker panics and flys down the stairs, bursting into the dinning hall. The King and Queen stand up fast, followed by his parents.

"She's awake but her heart-" he pants and his mother tears towards the room, followed by everyone in the dinning hall.

The pack doctor was rushing around, trying to calm Claudia's convulsing body. They injected her with medicine that was complicatedly spelled and her heartbeat went normal, unlike the murmer it was at moments before. Tucker thrust and shoved his was through the mass of bodies until he was nearly ontop of Claudia.