The Alpha Prince And His Bride
Episode 38

I turned to everyone around me without actually seeing them . ” W-why?” I asked, my voice sounded alien to my own ear. “Why isn’t she waking up?” I asked them in a broken voice .

No one answered me, in fact the entire forest was filled with dead silence, not a sound … not even from the trees around us.

I turned back to my unconscious mate in my arms. “Lucy . . .” I said in a hoarse whisper, hoping that she would get up and respond to me. A cry wrenched from my soul when she remained completely still in my arms.

I felt a sharp pain that travelled straight through my heart as everything I’d put her through since she’d entered my life raced through my mind, haunting my memories … I was a disgusting pathetic excuse of a mate, of an alpha . . . I was nothing, nothing without Lucy. I felt my inner strength begin to falter, I didn’t know how much longer I could hold onto my sanity … I was losing my mind. The longer Lucy stayed unconscious in my arms, the more I lost a bit of myself.

I threw my head back and let out a loud roar, the agony that rushed through my veins completely replaced the flow of b***d there. I couldn’t live no more, not when Lucy wasn’t by my side, I felt dead inside … I would never be able to live pass all the guilt. I needed Lucy more than I needed anything in my life, I wished I’d known this before I completely made a mess out of my life.

“Lucy . . . ” I cried as I my face against her neck. ” I’m so sorry baby . . . I’m so so sorry for everything I did to you, I hate myself . . . I hate myself for what I did to you . . .I didn’t know . . . I swear to God I didn’t know baby and I know it’s not an excuse but God I DIDN’T KNOW . . . I’m so sorry . . .so sorry.”

The more I let out, the more angrier I felt. Angry with myself for everything I’d done. Angry that I was so blind all along. I should have been able to see all of the signs, they were all there and yet I’d chosen to ignore it.

What did I do?

I froze as I felt her stir in my arms , I hastily pulled back and watched her while I held my breath . Her eyes slowly drifted open , she looked around at her surroundings before her eyes settled on me and as if suddenly remembering something her hands immediately flew to her stomach almost protectively . The look of horror in her eyes had my entire body going into a state of worry . Something was wrong … was she in pain there ?

“My babyyyy !” She cried out , her voice echoing throughout the forest .

I stopped breathing , Lucy’s words leaving me completely dumbstruck .

B-baby?

Lucy was pregnant ?

With my baby ?

And I didn’t know ?

How?

I felt all the b***d drain from my face .

“AUSTIN!” She screamed . ” MY BABY ! PLEASE SAVE MY BABY… PLEASEEE.” She cried even louder , her terrified screams breaking through my shocked daze and bringing me straight back to her . I stared deep into Lucy’s teary eyes , taking her face into the palm of my hands .” I swear to you Lucy …. NOTHING , absolutely nothing would happen to our baby … I swear to you!” I promised her , I would never allow any harm to come to our baby … NEVER!

“I’ll get the car ready !” Lucas announced before I could say anything , he shifted and raced out the woods .

I pulled Lucy into my arms and held on tighter than I needed too as I lifted both of us off the ground . I leaned down and laid a k**s against her forehead before I started running through the narrow pathway that leaded to the roadway .

Nothing … nothing would happen to our baby .

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As soon as I got out the car I raced into the doctor’s office , he took one look at Lucy bleeding in my arms and immediately started giving out orders to the nurses around him . During our ride back she had gone unconscious again , exhausted from crying out for our baby , she was scared and it drained all the energy out of her until she couldn’t take it anymore . It was very hard to see and even more difficult that I didn’t know what condition our baby was in .

“Please .” I begged the doctor . ” Please save our baby .”

I carefully followed his orders and laid Lucy onto the patient’s bed .

“I’ll need you to step outside with everyone else Prince Austin .” He told me . ” Please , allow me to do my job .” He added before I could respond . I didn’t want to prevent the doctor from starting his examination and so forced myself to leave even though everything inside of me was begging to stay with Lucy .

I dropped to the ground in defeat , my heart racing and feeling as though it was about to explode any second now . I pulled at my hair as I felt tears form in my eyes as I pounded my head against the wall … I didn’t remember the last time I’ve ever cried , didn’t even know if I ever did before . It hurt , both my baby and Lucy was put in danger because of me … it burnt like f*****g hell . A wave of depression crashed down on me as the tears poured out my eyes like a river .

I didn’t know how long I was waiting for before the doctor came out , all I knew was that it was the longest minutes of my entire life , each second that I didn’t know what was happening inside the doctor’s examination room felt like a second closer to my very own death .

Everyone waited impatiently for the doctor to say something , my anxiety had reached the sky and I didn’t know how I would take the news he was about to give to us .

” Both Lucy and the baby are safe from any harm .” He announced with a bright smile .

The tension in the atmosphere around us was immediately reduced . Happiness and relief exploded within me at his announcement … My mate and my baby were both okay , it was everything I could ever ask for , in fact I didn’t think I would ever wish for something ever again after this day as they were all I would ever want in life from this day forward , after everything I’d put Lucy through , having both her and our baby in my life healthy and alive was the biggest blessing I could ever wish or ask for .

I knew what I had to do now , I had to beg for Lucy’s forgiveness … had to beg that she gave me another chance to show to her just how much she meant to me , to show to her just how much I loved her and just how much I loved our baby . To show to her how sorry I was for not recognizing her sooner , to show to her that I would never ever let another tear come to her eyes because of me again … there was so much I wanted to say and do for her , so much and I couldn’t wait to do it all … I only hoped that Lucy would let me back into her life , let me into our baby’s life .

Our baby .

I loved the sound of that , God Lucy was actually pregnant with my baby , the happiness that suddenly engulfed me at that thought was more than I had ever felt in my entire life .

And they were both out of danger , the two most important people in my life were completely safe and in my life … after everything , after all I put the love of my life through … how could I still be so lucky to have been blessed with such happiness ?

Happiness that I owed all to her , I’d given her the world of pain and instead she’d only given to me happiness upon happiness . What had I ever done in life to have been blessed with someone as amazing and precious as Lucy ? I still couldn’t believe that she had come back to save us , if Lucy hadn’t returned with her brothers there was no way my pack and I would have survived that attack by ourselves … she had saved us , when she didn’t have to . Lucy had shown time after time again the love a mate should have for their own , without even knowing about werewolves Lucy had somehow been a better wolf that I had ever been .

“Can we see her now ?” I asked the doctor .

He took a look around the room and realized it was filled with people waiting to see Lucy , from my family to Lucy’s family and even the pack members . The office was packed to say the least , in fact there were more outside .

“All of you can’t at the same time , but immediate family can see her first , then the rest could see her in turns .”He answered , motioning for me to follow him . ” She’s already awake and I explained to her that the baby is out of harm’s way just to make sure she didn’t go into a shock again .”

I nodded but before I could step forward her father placed his hand on my shoulder . ” Please , let me talk to my daughter first .” He told me with pleading eyes .

I took a deep breath and nodded , the desperation in his eyes was enough to persuade me , whatever he had to say to Lucy , it had to be important .

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LUCY’S POV:

I had almost lost my baby … it was the only thing on my mind right now . My precious baby was almost killed even before I could have met him or her . I clutched my stomach before rubbing it gently … my baby , my sweet sweet baby .

“If I had lost you a part of me would have went with you … thank you for staying strong for mummy , thank you my little angel .” I whispered .

I was deep in my thoughts when I felt the presence of someone in the room , I looked up with surprised eyes to see that it was my father . I didn’t know why but tears immediately begun to form in my eyes as I openly stared at him .

“W-why? ” I asked him in a broken voice . ” Why did you give me up and why did you act like I meant nothing to you only to show up to help when I needed you the most … WHY ?” I demanded from him .

My father’s entire face softened at my words , in fact he looked like I had broken through some sort of barrier and like he was finally ready to spill the whole truth . His eyes watered and he finally was looking at me in the way a father would look at the daughter he loved and cared about … the daughter he couldn’t live without .

“I’ve always loved you Lucy , from the moment I first laid eyes on you … you were my baby girl . I never wanted to give you up-“

“THEN WHY DID YOU!” I cut him off in pain , I hadn’t even seen my baby’s face yet and already I knew I would never be able to give him or her up … so then how could he have done that to me and claimed that he loved me… how?

“I’ll tell you the whole truth … from beginning to end , I’ll tell you it all. It’s time that you knew Lucy , it’s time that they all knew .”

What?

What was he talking about ?