Chapter 32
Eva's POV
Torey crouched down in front of me, his chest rising and falling in fast motion, his wolf present in his eyes, anger, and fury still there and some of it was focused on me.
I understood why; I had endangered myself but also Luara's and unknowingly his unborn child. I risked the lives of our pack wolves who had fought hard to protect my family and could have risked the life of my daughter.
He was sieving with anger but pulled Luara and me close, his hands surrounding us as he held us protectively to his chest. He didn't say anything as he continued to hold us for a few minutes.
"I am furious with you Eva, but I am so glad you're both safe." He mumbled a low growl into my ear, and I nodded, whispering.
"I know and I'm sorry." He let go after that, pulling away to assess us both.
He froze and went rigid when he noticed the scar on Luara's cheek, making his whole body tremble as his posture changed. His wolf appeared within his eyes; they were pitch black as he shook with ferocity.
A snarl ripped from the back of his throat and I quickly rubbed my hand up and down his arm, forcing Torey to look at me.
"Don't do that, you're going to frighten her." I told him as Luara whimpered in my arms.
Torey took a step back and turned around, taking in deep breaths before helping me up and taking Luara out of my arms, cradling her in his and kissing her forehead as she cried. His wolf was no longer at the surface as he took in her scent, breathing her in and knowing his daughter was safe.
I rubbed Luara's back for a minute before Torey took my hand and pulled us out of the cell and up the stairs. Torey stared at the bodies as he guided me out, I kept mine forward not wanting to see.
He led us to the cars, where most of our wolves were occupying, the ones that were badly injured were within the cars, as the others prepared to run back to our territory.
Luke and Jason were there, and both rushed over to check on Luara and me. I hugged them both and they soon left, needing to get their wolves back, some needed urgent medical care.
Once Luara and I were in the back seat of the car, Torey kissed my head and told me he would be back in a minute. I knew exactly where he was headed, and what he was going to do, the presence of his wolf told me that he wanted to rip the two dead bodies in the basement to shreds for what they had done to his daughter.
Pack members kept checking up on Luara and me as we waited for Torey to come back. Luara had fallen asleep in my arms; she was exhausted and needed to rest. She would be examined by the pack doctor the moment we arrived home.
Torey soon came back, through the car window I watched as he approached the car, his body stained with blood as he wiped it off with a black t-shirt before throwing on a clean one. He hopped into the car, my back leaning against his chest as he wrapped us tightly to him, motioning for Sam to start driving.
The car ride was quiet, no one speaking as we all allowed Luara to sleep, keeping our thoughts to ourselves as we drove back to pack territory. Once we had arrived home, Mike was waiting for us, Torey had contacted him through the pack mind link.
The pack infirmary was full of injured wolves, pack nurses tending to their wounds as Mike focused on us. He had assured us that the bruising would fade within the next couple of days but the scar on her face was permanent. She would have to live with that scar on her face, there was nothing we could do to change that.
We were all devastated by the news. "She will always be beautiful, no matter what." Torey whispered in my ear as I held onto him and sobbed. I nodded, unable to speak. Mike left us for a moment, tending to other wolves.
Luara laid on the hospital bed, her eyes closed as she slept. I stroked her hair, my fingers trailing gently down her face, kissing her on the forehead. Torey repeated my action, then we both sat down, watching over her quietly.
"Luna, I need to check on you now." Mike said, interrupting the silence.
I nodded at his request, following him into another room with Torey in pursuit. Torey ordered two wolves to stand guard over Luara as she slept.
Mike gestured for me to sit down on the hospital bed, once there he began his questioning. I answered with yes and no answers until he mentioned a blood test, he needed to know how much silver had poisoned my blood.
"Right, so we need to have a blood test and check that the silver hasn't flooded your system too much. I will then dress your wounds and see what else we will need to do."
I felt stuck in limbo, I knew the moment Mike got the results of my blood test he would know that I'm pregnant. He would notice the presence of the hormone HCG. I nodded my acceptance to Mike as he entered a needle into my arm.
Torey noticed the look on Mike's face and approached him, looking at his pack doctor with confusion and worry.
"Is something wrong?"
Mike shook his head at Torey and spoke.
"No Alpha, it seems to show that our Luna is pregnant."
"What?" Torey's eyebrows furrow into a deep frown, confusion echoing across his face, then turned to me.
"You told me that you took a pregnancy test, and it came out negative."
I swallowed the lump in my throat, I was guilty of lying to him and his expression made me want to crawl into a ball.
"I had to come with you Torey, I had to make sure my daughter was ok." I whispered.
He shook his head, his eyes staring at me with betrayal.
"You knew you were pregnant the whole time?" He growled; my heart was hurting from the anger my mate was reflecting onto me. My wolf pacing anxiously from her mate blocking her out.
"You lied to my face, and then put yourself and our daughter in jeopardy. While also endangering the life of our unborn child, who you took no consideration for." He shouted, his voice getting louder and louder with each word he spoke.
"It wasn't like-" I began but was cut off by Torey.
"It wasn't like that," He finished for me. "You didn't once think about the child you're carrying."
I was sobbing by the end of his sentence; it wasn't my intention to harm our baby. All I wanted was to protect Luara, just like I had when it was just me and her. I'm her mom and she needed me.
"I just needed to know she was ok Torey."
"Do you not have any trust in me as your mate, as Luara's father to protect her? You put everyone at risk and had no consideration for anybody Eva. You risked your own life including your children's. You could have cost us all our lives; you could have lost your own life." Torey was shaking his head with disgust and animosity written across his expression.
His fists were clenched tightly, balled beside him as he paced up and down the room.
I tried to reach out for him, but Mike was still checking me mean while Torey pulled away from me, refusing my touch making my heart sting as he put distance between us.
"Torey, I didn't…I-"
Torey lowly growled at me.
"Don't. I don't want to hear your apology. I told you I was going to get our daughter back and for you to stay here on pack territory yet-" He huffed and shook his head, not finishing his sentence.
"I'm so furious with you; that I don't even have the effort to shout."
The calmness in his words scared me, I wanted him to shout and yell at me, I wanted him to show me his emotions, to show that he still cared but he instead stood closed off and appalled. I understood his reaction.
"Torey, please. I never intended for this to happen; I wasn't thinking straight at the time. I was so focused on getting my daughter back. I couldn't fathom the thought that she was scared, alone, and terrified. She needed me, I'm her mom."
"And what am I, Eva?" He growled furiously, his temper flaring again before the calmness in his voice appeared.
"I told you to stay here and you couldn't even do that, you selfishly put everyone in danger, and I have nothing else to say to you right now."
His words hurt; I knew he was her father, but I couldn't help how I felt. She was my baby, one I had raised on my own, and it wasn't that I was holding it against him. It was simply true.
"I'm sorry."
He didn't acknowledge my apology but came to stand beside me.
"We should check that the baby is ok." He muttered, his request immediately clicking with Mike as he dragged over the ultrasound machine.
I pulled my top up to my bra, my stomach on show, already prepared for the warm jelly to be placed on my lower abdomen. Mike then began moving the ultrasound across my stomach, the sound of a strong heartbeat filling our ears as we all watch mesmerized by the baby on the screen. Their heartbeat was powerful and healthy, causing relief throughout the room.
Torey was taken aback by the scene in front of him, he had never experienced this before and the excitement in his eyes showed. He had made it known that he wanted quite a few children, he hadn't been able to be there for the birth of our first child, but he wanted to for the rest.
He looked down at me with a huge smile, his hand reaching down to hold mine. I knew he was still angry with me but for now, we were happy and that was what was important.
That our children were safe and protected, that our family was whole.
"Did you want to know the gender?" Mike asked his own smile wide, excited for the next Alpha pup who would be arriving within the next three months.
Torey looked at me, he desperately wanted to know but was waiting for my reply. I nodded my head at Mike before he grinned, uttering the next three words.
"It's a boy."
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