I starred at the white stick in my hand. I hadn't turned it over to read it yet, I couldn't bring myself to do it. That stick could be about to change my life, forever. Such a big change depending on one particular reading. Negative, or positive?

It had been about 4 months since Casey had proposed to me. We weren't married yet, though. Things kept coming up which forced us to keep pushing the date back. The first thing was joining my pack and Casey's together. There was a lot of work that had to be done and we had to buy more land to fit everyone in. I also made my number one priority to make a bigger, better orphanage. I had a conversation with Casey and explained to him that I wanted the children to have their own rooms which would be decorated however they wanted it, I wanted them to all go to school and we elected a few people out of the pack to care for the orphans. Casey also volunteered to train each one of them as they came of age. It took a lot longer to set up the orphanage than I expected but eventually, my dreams were reality and the children now knew they were loved and cared for.

We were stronger than ever. Since we joined the two packs together our land had doubled, as did the packs size and we were now the largest pack on the continent, if not the world. This did come with the disadvantage of more rouge attacks, none of which were successful. We were the pack to be feared, people wanted to take us down. 

On a positive note however, Jace had finally found his mate, Kyla.  Casey also promoted him to be his third in command. With the rising rouge attacks we decided we needed to focus on our strength as well as our size. We needed the pack to run as though the alpha and Luna were present, even when we weren't. So Jace and Zed ran the pack together when me and Casey were out of town. The rouge attacks decreased since we did that, but we were still getting more than considered normal. 

This brings me back to my previous dilemma, the white stick in my hands. These attacks made this even scarier for me as I didn't know for certain how safe the pack would be for this. I took a deep breath, and turned it over, slowly. I finally locked my eyes on the little digital screen in the middle of the stick. Positive.

I gasped. "Oh shit" 

I felt myself sway on my feet. I leaned my back against the bathroom counter to steady myself. I shook the stick,closed my eyes and opened them a few seconds later. The word didn't change. Positive.

Casey must've felt my anxiety through the bond and knocked softly on the door. "Belle? What's wrong?" 

I stuttered out a "N-nothing I-I'm fine" I placed the stick onto the counter and sunk to the floor.

"Holy shit" I mumbled. 

I took a few moments to compose myself. I took a few calming breaths and exited the bathroom, white stick in hand.

Casey was doing something on his phone in bed. He saw me walking out of the bathroom and put his phone down. He smiled and threw the covers back for me, like he did every night. He frowned at me. 

"Hey, what's up? You look like you've seen a ghost" he chuckled lightly but then his eyes landed on the stick in my hand and his face dropped. 

My stomach clenched in fear. Oh no, he was reacting like I thought he would, would he think it's too soon?

"I-um-I" I couldn't get my words out, I was speechless. I sat on the bed and handed him the stick, face down, instead of mumbling out an explanation. 

"Is this..?" He trailed off but I knew what he was trying to say. 

I nodded.

He turned the stick over and starred at it for a little while, like I did. "Oh my- Holy shit!" he suddenly said after a few moments of silence. 

"Oh wow!"

I frowned, that wasn't the reaction I was expecting, I turned to look at him. 

"We're going to have a baby!" He cried, over joyed, tears welled in his eyes. "I'm going to be a dad!" He grinned. 

My eyes welled up too. I nodded and my previous fears melted away. "I'm pregnant!" I cried in disbelief, my tears flowing freely now. 

Casey chuckled, a few tears leaking from his eyes and he pulled me into a tight hug. "I love you so freaking much!" 

"I love you too" I smiled wrapping my arms equally as tightly around him. 

He unexpectedly pulled me into a passionate kiss, I returned the passion and one thing led to another....

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The next morning I picked out a beautiful, baby blue maxi dress and matching pumps. I pulled them on and wondered down to the kitchen. Casey was in the shower and I was starving so I decided I'd make us breakfast while I was waiting for him. 

I put some music on the radio and swished around the kitchen as I made some oatmeal for us both. 

"Good morning, someone's particularly perky this morning" Jace laughed at my hyper mood. 

I heard Kyla chuckle. "Yeah what's gotten into you?" 

I shrugged. "Just in a good mood I guess" I smiled at them both and slid some coffee to them both across the table. They muttered a thanks and chatted amongst themselves for a little bit. 

I looked up at the cupboards and cursed Casey for keeping the bowls so high up. I rolled my eyes and climbed onto the counter to grab them, fighting against the mass of fabric my dress had. My finger tips had just touched the cold crockery when I heard a manly gasp. More specifically, Casey.

"Belle!" He scolded me. "What the hell are you doing?!" He wrapped his arm around my waist and plucked my off of the counter. "What if you fell?!" 

I inwardly groaned. Right. Over bearing, Alpha Daddy mode. Oh joy. 

I huffed and rolled my eyes. "Oh come on it was barely 3 feet from the ground, I've fell from trees before" 

Jace and Kyla were both watching us with a raised eyebrow. Then suddenly Kyla's face lit up like she knew what was going on . I quickly motioned to her to shut up. I hadn't thought about how I was going to tell everyone yet, but this definitely wasn't the way I wanted Jace to find out. He'd surely go into over protective brother mode.

We sat down and ate our breakfast together with the others and after debating the thought, I finally decided it would be better to tell Jace sooner rather than later. 

"So..." I started, taking a sip from my tea. Strict orders from Casey to avoid coffee. Torture. 

Kyla and Jace looked up from their bowls. "What's up?" Jace could sense something was off.

"I'm not really sure how to tell you this so I'm just going to say it. Just promise you won't freak out. Okay?" 

Jace looked puzzled. "Okay...?"

I looked at Casey and he smiled, instinctively wrapping his hand around mine. 

"I'm pregnant" I grinned. 

Kyla squeled. "I knew it! Oh my goodness, I'm so excited for you guys!" She laughed.

I chuckled. "Me too!"

"Wow" Jace breathed. "That's amazing Belle, I'm so pleased for you both" He hugged me and Kyla did too. 

"Well that went better than expected" I smiled.

Jace shook Casey's hand. "Congratulations guys! Oh! I'm going to be an uncle!" Realisation finally dawned on him.

I shook my head laughing.

"I have to admit. I'm really worried about the timing" I looked down at my belly, where my son or daughter was currently growing, unaware of the dangers of the world. My hand instinctively rested there.

Casey pulled me into his side. "Hey, don't worry, okay? No matter what I will protect this child with my life. We all will" He threw a look at the others and they nodded eagerly. "I promise you, no harm will ever come to our baby" 

I nodded. "I guess we should plan this wedding so we can announce this pregnancy, hey?" I chuckled. 

"That sounds like a perfect idea" He kissed me forehead. 

I smiled and wrapped my hands around my belly. I never knew it was possible to be this happy.

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