Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 130

Peyton’s POV

B***d Rose pack

I wake up and I cannot wait to get the day started. I hop out of bed and go grab my shower. I get wrapped up in my fluffy robe from last night and wrap a towel around my wet hair. Today is the day that I become Mrs. Percy Wright. And I could not be more excited about it. In our culture, it is acceptable to mark and mate. The mark, and your scent, tells everyone that you are mated, and unavailable. Marriage is a full extra step that most don’t even bother with. But even though it is not necessary, it makes me so happy that Percy wanted to claim me in as many ways as he could to show the world that I belong to him.

I had a good time getting some one-on-one time with my mom. She was also the first person to hear that she was going to be a grandmother. She could barely contain herself and I could tell from her excitement that she wanted to tell dad as soon as she got to him, but I begged her not to. I hadn’t even told Percy yet. I was just so excited about it, that I slipped up. I went to the pack doctor just yesterday as I have been really tired lately, and he confirmed it. I asked him not to say anything, as I wanted to tell Percy first, but before I could do it, Gabi pulled me away from him after dinner. I didn’t want to tell anyone but him first, but while mom and I were talking I slipped up when I mentioned that I was glad my dress still fit. It was a corset top, and it had been a little big on me at the waist anyway, so it just fit perfectly now. I was a few days over a month and a half pregnant, and it looks like Percy got me pregnant on or around the first try. But with all the stuff going on, I really didn’t notice that my being tired was staying with me until Isobel called our training early yesterday. I was going to argue with her about it until she smiled and told me to go to the doctor, before looking pointedly at my stomach. She can see into the future too, and she already knew. She just wanted me to go get tested so I could tell Percy for sure, and not in a vision that I was pregnant.

So, I went to the pack hospital, where not everyone knows who I am, and got the tests run. I was crying with happiness, I am hoping that Percy will be happy too. I know that he had originally planned to wait for about a year before having babies, but I wasn’t on birth control yet when we first got together. We were just using condoms for the last month but hadn’t used anything the first few times. I am hoping that he will see that this was the Goddess’s will. The doctor did an ultrasound and he could tell where I was at in my pregnancy. It also looks like our pups and Dawson and Sloan’s pups will be about a week apart, and will probably be more like siblings, than cousins. I am bouncing with excitement at getting to tell Percy today. I am hoping that he will be as happy as I am about it. I am also glad that we didn’t know about this when I got kidnapped. Percy would have probably killed them all if he would have known before we could have calmed him down.

I head into the main room and see a covered tray and Sloan already sitting there eating a big breakfast. We greeted each other and were grinning at each other with silly smiles on our faces. It is our wedding day, and we are both really excited about it. I lift the lid off my tray of food and I see eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes. I have coffee, and orange juice served with it. I go ahead and grab a cup of coffee not even thinking about it and take the third sip of it before I make a sound and grab my phone on the table. I don’t think I am supposed to be drinking coffee. I check on it and breathe a sigh of relief, I am not really supposed to have it, but a little will not have hurt them. I see Sloan looking at me, and the smile that creeps across her face getting bigger and bigger tells me she already knows what is going on. I try to just look down at my food and ignore her, but I can’t stop the smile that grows across my face too. But I cannot say the words, I have to tell Percy before anyone else officially knows. Sloan gives me a knowing smile when I do glance back up, but she says nothing. I know that she will keep the secret, but with how this is going, I need to focus and keep my mouth shut until I can tell Percy.

I am struggling with if I need to even tell him today. Will he be unhappy that we didn’t get that year together that he wanted us to have before we started having pups? I know we didn’t plan for this to happen, but I also don’t want to upset him on our wedding day either. This is hard, and I started to cry, I don’t want him to be angry with me. I honestly don’t know what to do. I cry silently as best as I can and then feel arms around my shoulders hugging me. Sloan is standing next to me and pulled me up to give me a tight hug, letting me know that she loves and supports me while I cry these stupid tears. I knew I had been crying more lately too, but I just assumed it was because of the k********g, Jasper, and the trial being overwhelming. I have not put any thought into it being anything other than that. Sloan just pats me on the back and tells me, “It is going to be just fine Peyton. Percy loves you and he will be ecstatic.”

She knew exactly why I was crying. Percy had told his plan to them as well over dinner before Stephanie, Jasper, and Cassidy’s trial started. He wanted us to take a month-long honeymoon, as he hadn’t taken over Ever Green yet, so we could have some alone time. He also wanted me to get my Luna training done with Von, and Gabi, so I was prepared to help him lead the pack. He just wanted to be able to get some time alone with me, and I didn’t want to ruin it. Now I am worried about what he is going to say about this. He didn’t discuss children, he just discussed wanting to wait just a little bit, like a year, before we got pregnant. That is not going to work now, because we now have about 3 months, give or take a few days before they are here. I will have to stay quiet about this as I cannot ruin this day for him. He was so happy about marrying me, but I don’t want him to think that I am trapping him by having our children too early. I guess I need to speak to him.

Sloan pull a chair next to mine and holds my hands in hers as she said, “What do you want to do? Are you going to tell him? I can see what you are thinking, and you are just getting yourself more and more upset. You cannot allow yourself to stress over this. Can you just try to look into the future to see? Or be able to tell the best way to go about it? I think that he will be happy. I really do Peyton. I know how happy he was with hearing that I was pregnant, and my babies will just be his niece or nephews. He may just be wanting to wait because he thinks that you want to wait. He was giving you an out, and you didn’t say anything to the contrary to him about it, so he might think that you don’t want pups just yet. Don’t panic. I can always link Dawson to feel him out. Dawson knows Percy better than anyone else. They share a bond, and I think that you would feel better about it. This is YOUR day too. I can already tell that you’re overthinking is sabotaging your happiness. This is your special day, do not let doubt mess it up for you. I cannot imagine anything better than a miniature Peyton to hug, k**s, and spoil.”

The floodgates really opened hearing that, and now I am sobbing uncontrollably. She is right, I will not be able to enjoy this day not knowing. I am going to ruin my makeup with my crying when I get made up if I don’t deal with this first. Good or bad, I just need to know. I didn’t want anyone to know before him, but it looks like there is no way around it now. I feel arms coming around me, and I look up with tear-filled eyes to see Gabi hugging me and crying herself. When did she enter the room? I never heard her come in.

“I heard Peyton, I am sorry, you two were talking when I came in and I heard before I realized it was a very private conversation. Percy loves you so much, stop worrying, I will go handle this myself. Dawson does have a bond with him, but so does his mother. I can read Percy like a book. I already know. Let me handle this for you, OK? Will that be acceptable to you honey? Because I really don’t want you to be upset. I know how those pregnancy hormones are. You will be upset all day, and I want smiling happy photos. I know what he said, but I also know that he is incredibly jealous of his brother over having pups on the way. Is it OK if I step in? I wanted this day to be perfect, and as far as I am concerned it now is with more grandpups on the way for me. I am positive that Percy will feel the same way, I also know you want him to know before anyone else finds out” Gabi told me, and I nod my head at her. She is right. My whole day will be ruined by my stressing out about this. We need to get it straightened out because I don’t want my special day ruined either. I don’t want to look back at our pictures and see a stilted smile or remember that I was not truly happy on what is supposed to be one of the very best days of my life.

Gabi heads to the door and stopped before opening it, and said, “I will be back soon. Don’t open the door to anyone else. They will take one look at you and know that something is wrong. I will send everyone down to get their breakfast. I wanted you two to have a calm morning, so I just had your breakfast brought up. It is going to be fine Peyton. The Goddess has smiled on you both. My grandpups will be like brothers and sisters to each other they will be so close and I agree with Sloan. What could be better than having a miniature Peyton? I will tell you, having a mini Peyton, and a mini Sloan for me to spoil.” She then gives us both a big smile and heads out the door. I hope that she is right because with the weight that I feel on me right now, I just can’t imagine this day turning out good for me at all.

Percy’s POV

I can tell that Peyton is upset. Very upset, and I can’t go to see her and comfort her. It is hurting my heart because I can feel everything that she is putting out there, and I am really worried about her. She wanted to marry me just last night, but I can feel doubt, she is doubting marrying me. She is doubting that I want her. I have never loved anyone more than I love Peyton, of course, I want her. She is crying pretty hard right now because I can feel her anguish. It is coming off of her in waves and what she is feeling is enough for me to decide that I have to go see her. She needs me right now, and I won’t let her suffer alone. I know what mom said, but I can’t leave her alone with her feeling this way. I will just call her through the door, she won’t technically be able to see me, so it will be fine. I just know that I can’t stay here and let her worry and stress over something when I can fix it for her. I don’t think that even mom will have a problem with it, as I will be basically still not seeing Peyton. I don’t know why mom is taking this so seriously, when as far as I am concerned this is just icing on the cake. Peyton is already mine in the eyes of the Goddess.

I stride to the door and throw it open only to stop in my tracks because my mother is standing there about to knock on my door. Wow, she got her fast, she must be coming to talk about what is wrong with Peyton. I open the door wider as I step back to let her enter my room. I know it is bad when she shuts the door behind her and then motions me to the chairs in the seating area. Did Peyton change her mind? Does she not want to marry me now? Did something happen to Peyton? Mom needs to start talking now, but she sits there just looking at me with her head tilted like she is trying to figure something out. I am sorry but I don’t have time for this. I need to get to Peyton, so I stood up and told mom, “I need to go check on Peyton. I will be back in 5 minutes. Something is really wrong, and I just need to make sure that she is OK.”

“That is why I am here son. We need to speak about the wedding and Peyton. So please come back and sit down” mom tells me and my heart drops. Did Peyton really change her mind about marrying me? I sat back down as she asked, but I am stunned, is Peyton calling off our wedding? Why didn’t she talk to me last night? Everything was just fine last night. I love her, and I need her with me, what in the hell is going on? I can still feel Peyton crying, and I hope that she isn’t alone. That would make it worse.

“Is Peyton alone mom? She is clearly upset. I need to go to her. I want to marry her, why is she doubting my wanting to marry her? What has got her so upset with me? I have been so patient with her, I have not pushed her into doing anything that she wasn’t ready for, so she can be fully comfortable with me. I need to know what is wrong, mom. I need to go to her” I told my mom, and I am itching to leave the room. I can’t sit still any longer. I started to pace in front of mom, and she keeps her eyes on me as my anxiety plainly shows.

“Percy, I have heard you had plans for a month-long honeymoon, and that you had told Peyton that you wanted to wait to have pups,” my mom said. What nonsense is she speaking about, is this so important that we need to deal with it right now? I head towards the door again.

“Yes, mom, I wanted a month-long honeymoon. I will only have time for that kind of long honeymoon now. Because when I take over Ever Green, I won’t be able to leave the pack for long time frames. I just wanted to spend time and get to have a little one-on-one time with Peyton now that she is safe. She has always had people after her. I just wanted to spend some relaxing time with my wife” I told my mom.

“Percy, do you want children? Have you discussed it with Peyton? Do you know if she wants pups?” my mother asked me, and I finally lose my temper.

“Mom, do we have to do this right now? Seriously? I need to check on Peyton. She is so upset, and I have to go to her. We did talk a little bit about it, but like I told you. I am trying to be patient with Peyton. I just want her to be happy. If she doesn’t want pups, I won’t push her to have them until she is ready. But it seemed like she did want to have her own children, sooner or later. I am just fine with being with Peyton until the Goddess decides that we can have them. If she doesn’t, then we can adopt. But I need to go check on her, right now mom. I love you, but I don’t have time to stay here and play twenty questions right now. Maybe tomorrow before we leave, but I want to go check on Peyton, she needs me right now” I told my mom, and this time I pull my door open to exit the room.

“Percy, I know why Peyton is upset. Please, come back in here and shut the door. I only have one more question for you, and then you can go” my mom said, and I freeze.

“If you knew what was wrong with her, why weren’t you leading with that mom? You know how to interview people. You are deliberately upsetting me, and I want to know why? What is going on? You are keeping me here, away from my mate, and for what? Why? What do you need to know?” I said to my mom. She just kept staring at me and then pointedly looking at the open door. I took the hint and then slammed the door shut. My patience is at its end, and I am so frustrated right now with knowing that my mate is sad and upset. I feel like pulling my hair in frustration, but I am really trying to fight to stay calm right now because she is my mom. I love her, but I need to get to my mate, she needs me.

“Do you want children too, Percy?” my mom asks me, looking me dead in the eye.

“Of course, I want pups mom. I want to have beautiful daughters that look just like Peyton. I want as many pups as Peyton wants to have with me, but I am leaving it up to her. She has been through enough and I want her to let me know when she is ready. I won’t push her mom, no matter how bad you want grandpups. Peyton is what is most important to me, I will not put her in a position of being under pressure from me to cause her stress again. She needs me to love and protect her. I will help build her back up so that when she is ready, we can start. I was trying to help her by letting her know that there is no rush. I will be 21 in December. I am still young, we have plenty of time. So, slow your roll mom, I love you, but this is not up to you. When the Goddess decides that we are ready, then we are ready” I tell her and head for the door again, because this time I am not coming back until I speak to Peyton. I heard mom make a sobbing sound and I stop in my tracks. Is my mom crying? She rarely cries and as I turn back to look at her, she gave me a watery smile and said, “The Goddess is ready son”

I feel the breath knocked out of me in my surprise when I finally understood what mom meant. I need to sit down. No, I need to get to Peyton. I don’t need to sit down. I need to go speak to her. I need her to know that I am so happy to hear this. I sprint to the other side of the packhouse. I need to see my sweet mate, no matter what mom said. We are not humans, we are wolves, and I want to hug and k**s my mate. I am going to make sure that she knows that I could not be happier to hear this. But when I get to their suites, the doors are locked. Thankfully before I can start to bang on the doors my mom comes up behind me with a key and said, “You can speak to her through the door Percy, but I want you to get your first look at her at the wedding, OK? Just trust me on this. If you need to you can hold her hand for a minute, but I don’t want you to miss the opportunity that I am trying to give you.”