Chapter 48.-1
Rhyson
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Water splattered on the floor between Kiana’s legs, and she stared at me in horror. “Troy isn’t here.
He should be here for this.”
“Troy is not my concern right now. I thought you were still a month out from your due date.” I would have never fucking let her come along if I thought she was going to give birth in the middle of
everything.
“I am.”
I roared again, and everyone came running. Lunessa took one look at Kiana, paled, and disappeared. Irene and Janelle coaxed a stressed Kiana out of the kitchen and into the living room. while Nyx raced around getting supplies.
My wolves stared on, a look of horror on each of their faces, and I was pretty certain that it mirrored my own. “Uh, what do we do? Juniper?” Duke asked in a strained voice.
“You did not just ask me because I’m a woman,” Juniper snapped. “Do I look like I’ve had a kid?”
“No, it’s just…” Duke tried to backtrack but Nyx raced through, arms full of towels and blankets.
“Out of way!” she yelled. “Why isn’t anyone boiling water for sanitation? Even I know that, and I’ve been kept in a locked room for most of my life.”
My eyebrows rose as everyone immediately raced to the stove, all scrambling to be so helpful that they were practically knocking themselves out.
Was this because they wanted to help Kiana or because Nyx had asked them?
A minute later, there was a popping noise and Lunessa, Troy, and Saul all crashed into the kitchen. ” Lunessa,” Troy growled as the kitchen table buckled under him and crashed.
“I’ve been popping all over the place,” she snapped. “You’re lucky I got you here at all. A thank you
wouldn’t be remiss.”
Troy was already scrambling away, practically pulling the healer behind him. It was pandemonium.
Pulling out a chair that wasn’t broken, I sat in it and waited. Kiana’s cries of pain could be heard
throughout the den, punctuated by Troy’s own growls. Everyone had drifted that way except me.
Eventually, Nyx made her way back to the kitchen. She was as pale as a ghost.
“Everything all right?” I asked her in a steady voice.
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Chapter 48 1
“That’s going to be me in a few months,” she whispered as she slid to the floor and cradled her belly. “This baby is going to have to come out.”
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“That is usually how it works,” I agreed in an even voice as I studied her closely. She looked like she was on the edge of a panic attack. This woman had been horribly abused most of her life, and she’d faced down death multiple times since we’d been on this mountain, but apparently Kiana’s labor was about to send her over the edge. “We’re just sitting here being in the way. We might as well go check out Gideon’s camp.”
Her eyes brightened. “Yes. We absolutely need to do that. Everything seems to be progressing
normally with Kiana, so there’s no reason for us to stay here.”
“No reason at all.”
“You get the others, and I’ll meet you at the entrance.” As Kiana’s cries rose throughout the den, Nyx practically ran in the other direction. I didn’t blame her. The baby was always in the back of my
mind, but it was an unborn child. It was Nyx that needed protecting. When it was born, there would
be a whole different ballgame.
I was the king. He’d need a bodyguard detail. Training. He’d need to learn pack politics without
actually being part of a pack. I’d need to raise him right. Keep him safe. Prepare him for the world.
I should have been afraid. Being a father wasn’t part of my plan, but strangely, I knew that it would
be fine. I knew that Nyx would be an amazing mother. Sure, she was panicking right now, and she
hadn’t been raised right, but I knew that she would put none of that on our child. She was calm under pressure. Compassionate. Fierce. Protective.
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