Devaney POV

Uncle Asher and Aunt Nila are at the house watching me, Zoey, Ruby, and Drago. Drago and Zoey love playing together. They are so cute. Little Drago even tries to impress Zoey all of the time. A three-year-old player?

All of a sudden we hear Zoey yelling.

"We don't like you, you hurt Julian. Go away!" Zoey yells.

"So who are you, one of those bitches miserable pups!" I hear Danielle say to my little sister. That woman is going to get it. That's when I hear Zoey scream, and I run to the door. I get to the doorway and see Drago standing in front of Zoey. He is creating little flickers of flame. In a different situation, I would think this was way too cute.

Asher comes from around the corner, apparently he heard Zoey scream, too. "I suggest you leave before my sister comes home and beats your ass!" Asher hollers.

"I'd like to see her do that. Miserable whore!" Danielle sneers. Danielle just won't take a hint.

I've had about enough, so I step out of the doorway and walk towards Danielle. "What the hell are you doing here lady? You messed Julian's life up once, you're not going to do it again." By this time, I am standing between Danielle and the rest of the kids.

"And what do you plan to do about it?" Danielle scoffs. I guess this woman is crazy.

I am getting so upset that I never noticed that the drinks from everyone's cups are starting to come out of the cups.

"Dev, the drinks." Zoey calls out.

That was all the distraction Danielle needed to charge me, which caused her to run into a force field. I look over and see mom standing at the side of the house. The pack must have seen the commotion and called mom and Julian.

Mom doesn't hold the force field up long before she's on the ground screaming in pain holding her stomach.

"Mom!" I scream running for her. "Julian!" I bellow, and he is behind us in a snap.

"What the hell happened, Dev?" Julian asks concerned.

"Mom was protecting us from Danielle with a force field, and she just collapsed." I explained.

Julian's eyes turned pitch black, and he started stalking towards Danielle.

"Julian!" I hear someone command in an alpha tone. It must be Scarlett. "Get Eva to the doctor. I will handle this bitch." Scarlett commands.

Julian comes rushing to mom's side and picks her up. He uses his speed to leave, and all I can do is rush back to get my sister. Asher is taking us to the pack hospital. Something is wrong with mom, and I plan to be there when they let us know what. Losing one sibling was enough for a lifetime, I certainly hope that I don't lose these two.

"Asher!" I cry out.

"Yes."

"Take us to the pack hospital. I want to be there."

"Of course." He answers, and we wait for little Drago to come running back to us before we take off for the hospital.

Scarlett POV

"Warriors!" I yell. "Take this woman to the cells. Now!" I command. It's time for this woman to leave my territory - permanently.

As Grant, Mariah and the other warriors drag a yelling Danielle out the door, my son Drago comes running up to me, looking conflicted. I know he's become quite attached to Zoey, so he probably wants to go with the rest of Eva's family to the hospital.

"Go on baby, you can stay with them. Dad and your sister will meet you there shortly."

I poke his forehead affectionately and he crinkles his nose adorably, just like his father does when he scowls. He nods and runs off after Zoey and the others as I turn on my heel to head towards the cells, my soft smile replaced by my 'pissed Alpha face', as Raphael calls it. I have had it with this bitch.

Entering the prison, I head down to the lower blocks, the stone damp with water. It's not surprising that whenever it rains too much, this place floods...at least the very bottom floor does...which ironically is where Danielle is being kept.

Reaching the bottom, I can already hear the stupid bitch's yells and demands to be let out, claiming that we couldn't keep her here like a prisoner. Allow me the greatest pleasure of being the one to burst her bubble.

"You can't keep me here like-!!"

"Shut the hell up whore."

She jumps at the sight of me, good, she should be afraid.

"Danielle, Danielle, Danielle. You never learn do you?" I chide. "This time you not only messed with the Beta family, you threatened their lives, but you caused Eva to go into preterm labor." I comment. This bitch only laughs.

"Really? That's your response. Well, two of the kids with them are my son and daughter! You threatened my son and daughter!" I fume. I've had enough of this girl, this was the last straw.

I reach through the bars and grab her throat, catching her completely off guard. As much as I want to crush the delicate neck in my fist, I can't...not at this time anyway, so I settle for squeezing hard enough to keep her quiet and leave an ugly bruise. I feel the fury turn my eyes from their usual reddish brown to a bloody crimson...glowing like the devils. She gasps as much as possible with my hand around her throat, and for the first time there is actual fear in her eyes.

"Now listen and listen good little girl, cause I don't like repeating myself."

My wolf's voice echoes with mine, the alpha tone ringing loudly and making the warriors on guard duty stand at attention, and Danielle starts to tremble.

"As much as I want to crush your neck right now, I can't. The werewolf code is deeply against causing harm to humans without validation, which means I can't kill you without a good reason. For now, I can only hold you here."

My fangs bear themselves in anger, and I take a deep breath, trying to keep a little control.

"However. If anything happens to any of those babies or Eva, then that will be a different story. By werewolf law, Julian will have the right to choose to either destroy you himself...or choose the person who does. And you should know if that happens, I wouldn't mind being the one who ends your miserable life."

I can't tell if the muted horror in her eyes is from me choking her, or the idea of dying...but I honestly don't care. She got the message, and she's terrified. I release my hold on her throat, and she falls to the floor with sputtering coughs.

"So you better pray that both Eva and the babies turn out okay, because your life depends on it."

I walk out the cells quickly, planning to join my Beta at the hospital. I pray to the Goddess everything will turn out fine, because she knows that those to have suffered enough for three lifetimes.

Julian POV

I am rushing my angel to the pack hospital as fast as I can. I scramble through the doors and take no time making demands.

"Get the doctor in here NOW!" I bellow at the nurse up front, as I take Eva to a room and lay her down. She isn't waking up.

"Please Eva. Don't leave me. We just started our lives together." I plead.

The doctor hurries in.

"Julian what the hell happened?"

"Danielle is what happened!" I yell.

"Ok. But what happened with your wife?" He corrects.

"Eva was apparently protecting the kids with a force field." I explain.

"She was using her powers this late in the pregnancy?" He asks.

"That's what I said." I respond hatefully.

"No need for the attitude Julian. Eva knows how dangerous that is. It takes a lot out of her just to use her powers in the first place. Let me check on the babies."

He checks quickly, but soon yells at the nurses. "Get the OR prepped NOW!" He bellows.

"What's wrong doc?" I'm scared.

"The babies are having a few problems. We need to do an emergency c-section and get them out now."

"Are they healthy enough?"

"They should be. With your beta blood, her alpha blood and her powers they should be just fine."

The attendants rush in.

"Can I be there?"

"Certainly. Just let the nurse prep you, and then you can come in." He reassures me.

I kiss Eva's head. "It will all be ok angel."

Not long after, I am escorted into the operating room. Eva is already prepped and the doctor is making the first incision. The nurse directs me to sit in a chair next to Eva. A short time later the doctor asks. "Are you ready to meet your children?" Hell that's kind of a dumb question, but I just nod.

He makes the final incision and before long, he is pulling one of the babies out.

"It's a girl." He lifts Selena up so that I can see her, and then he hands her off to the nurse for them to take her to be cleaned.

Not long after, he is pulling the second one out. "It's a boy." He lifts Sebastien for me to see, and then the nurses complete the same process.

Finally the last little prince makes his appearance. "It's a boy." He lifts Sevrin for me to see, and passes him to the nurses.

"Congratulations Julian." He calls to me, but at that moment, I am actually focused on Eva.

"When will she wake up to see the kids?" I ask concerned.

Eva's monitors start going off, and I'm rushed out of the room. What seems like a lifetime later the doctor comes out.

"I'm so sorry Julian."