Erin came back a few hours later just like she had promised me. Today I told myself I was going to go out and take care of the weeds and dying flowers in the garden in front of the house. James never let it get this bad, I didn't want him to be sad about his flowers up there. I walked out the front door and placed my hands on the ground feeling happy thoughts, happy memories I had shared with James. Like the day we got ice cream at that place he was always talking about.

I felt a happy feeling cloud my mind as I felt magic slipping through me and into the earth. I opened my eyes to see the flowers were filled with life again, the weeds were covered in healthy soil, it was so amazing it made me temporarily forget about all the pain in my life right now. But then again it was only temporary.

"Good job, girl." Said Erin taking a seat on the ground next to me.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go see Dr. Lana, about the baby?" She asked me giving me a sad look.

"Maybe in a few days, I'm not really feeling up to leaving the house. Especially if Lincoln sees me." I frowned.

"You know what? No. We are going to go now." She snapped grabbing my arm and pulling me up. "You can't live like this, away from everyone alone it isn't right or healthy."

"You lost James just like Lincoln you are both messes right now that need each other." She complained. It was a short walk to the pack hospital I tried to convince Erin to turn back but she refused.

She walked right through the check-in area and straight back to the rooms.

"Did you mind link Lana?" I asked her and she just nodded in response.

We walked into a room before she practically ordered me to sit down.

Not even five minutes passed when Lana walked in with a weird looking machine.

"Hello Luna." She spoke, her eyes holding looks of pity.

"We are going to do a quick ultrasound, this gel may feel a little cold alright."

She rolled up my shirt and squeezed the gel onto my stomach. She then placed a probe looking thing over my belly and began moving it around slowly, while watching the monitor.

"There is a heart beat Luna, congratulations your pregnant." She spoke to me happily. I felt tears run down my cheeks, I didn't know if they were happy ones or sad ones.

(Werewolf pregnancies are shorter than human ones in this book, typically you wouldn't hear a heartbeat until around 6 weeks...)

"Wait, I think I see something...nope never mind that's likely nothing." She grabbed a towel and began wiping the gel off.

"Where is the Alpha? Should he be here with you right now?" She asked me putting everything away.

"Lana, Luna and I have to go now, but thank you for your time."

"Of course, good bye ladies, oh and Brielle don't forget to come back in a few weeks for another ultrasound, alright?" I just nodded my head and before I knew it we were out the door.

"Lincoln's walking here to check on the hospital, we need to leave." She spoke cursing under her breath.

"He can smell me Erin." I panicked. "Oh my goddess, he's going to kill me, and the babies." Tears we're running down my cheeks like a waterfall.

"Stop talking like that! Of course he won't kill you!" She squeezed my hand reassuringly while assessing the hallway to see if we were in the clear.

She suddenly shoved me into the middle of the hallway and there he was. Lincoln was staring at me with wide eyes at the other end of the hallway. His eyes were all red and puffy. His hair was a mess, and he looked like he hadn't shaved since James passed. I began hyperventilating as I looked at Erin who had a nervous look on her face. I slowly began backing up before making a full sprint towards the other end of the hallway. He just watched me like I was a ghost, Erin's eyes then glazed over before she hurried towards me.

"Brielle, deep breaths." She spoke softly.

"You did that on purpose." I mumbled wiping violently at my eyes in hopes to stop the tears from falling down.

"Brielle..."

I didn't give her the chance to finish as I shoved the doors open and left the pack hospital. I hated this.

Lincoln's POV

2 weeks earlier (day after the funeral)

"Lincoln, you can't blame Brielle for what happened." Spoke Brent sadly. "This is hurting her just as much as it's hurting you."

"I mean think about it man, you have us helping you through this, she has no one with her right now, you won't let us go check on her how do we even know she's okay?" Spoke Jake.

"She was stupid enough to walk into that building after being hurt to help us! We didn't need help! My dad went back in to get her! She wasn't even strong enough to lift the beam off of him!" I screamed at them throwing my glass of water across the room, Brent and Jake took all of my alcohol.

"I don't want to see her and if I even catch her anywhere, I will fucking throw her in the dungeons for murder." I snapped.

"That's an abuse of power Lincoln and you know it!" Snapped Brent.

"She's hurting too, don't you understand that! Imagine if you didn't have us helping you through this! That's exactly what she's going through!" Jake Yelled rising from his seat.

"I don't care."

"You are destroying everything Lincoln." Spat Brent before leaving the room, Jake gave me one last disgusted look before leaving as well.

Brielle was my mate but, she was to blame for this and I don't know what they expected to hear.

I could feel an immense sadness wash over me but I think it was from the mate bond not from me. Maybe I should check on her? No I can't what am I thinking. She deserves to feel this way. I laid my head down on my desk hoping to get a little sleep when the sadness washed over me again. I groaned and sat back up. I walked out of my office and out of the pack house all together. I got close enough to the cottage that I could partially see in through the windows; I didn't want to get too close so she wouldn't see me. I figured she would have been here since she had no where else to go.

That's when I spotted her. She was curled up in a ball on the couch rocking back and forth as tears rushed down her cheeks. Her nails were digging into her arms so hard it looked like she might draw blood. She then began screaming and it dawned on me. She was having a nightmare. A really bad one. I wanted to go in there and comfort her but I couldn't. I wasn't ready to see her, so I turned around and headed back to the pack house. I noticed than Erin was training at the training field on my walk back so I jogged over to her.

"Alpha." She greeted and stopped her push ups.

"Erin, can I ask a favor of you?"

"Of course." She spoke.

"Can you check in on Brielle tomorrow for me? She doesn't look like she's doing good and could use a friend." I told her feeling guilt creep up on me.

"Um that's a very different mission than I'm used to, but she did save my life so I owe it to her. Besides I want to be friends with her anyway not because you told me, with all due respect."

"Thank you, Erin." I spoke before leaving and heading to bed. I need to figure everything out. A part of me wants to go get Brielle and hold her right and never let her go. But another part of me blamed her for James dying, blaming her for not letting me get closer with him, blaming her for all the regret and guilt I felt right now.

A/N

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