Weakling

Alpha Henry's pov:

Screams flooded down the halls of the pack house as my mate pushed to bring our second-born child in to this earth.

I sat outside.

Hearing her struggle made me feel like I was losing my mind.

Like I was losing control over my wolf. I always hated this part of pups.

Everything within me just wanted to storm in there and hold her tightly.

And pray to the moon goddess to take away the pain and give it all to me.

However, the pack doctor made it very clear that I was not to come back until they said otherwise.

They asked me the dreaded question.

“Baby or the mom?” A question that no man on the face of the earth ever wanted to awnser.

But my wolf jumped ahead and answered for me.

Jack was never one to follow orders and stay put. “mate” he growled, and the doctor nodded at our awnser.

“is mommy going to be ok?” my two-year-old son asked curled up in my lap, tears streaming down his cheeks.

What was I supposed to tell him?

How could I be so certain?

“Mommy is very strong, Eli. If anyone could get through this, it’s her. We just have to wait for now.” I answered, trying my best to sound strong for my son.

Praying to the moon goddess to bless our family and protect my mate.

To keep her safe and alive.

To not take her away from us just yet. I wouldn’t be able to handel it.

I wouldn’t be able to live without her. My every bone.

My every drop of blood and cell only worked and survived for her.

Another ear wrenching scream echoed down the hall.

Making Eli shiver at it. I held him tighter, trying to calm him down.

Suddenly, a baby’s cry followed the scream and a flash of hope lit up the pack house.

I stood up and waited to see the door swing open. And so it did, revealing the doctor.

His hands covered in my wife’s blood. He removed his mask and nodded.

Making a single tear of joy and relief fall down my cheek. I run into the room.

Seeing my exhausted mate spread across the bed.

Her chest falling and rising as she tries to catch her breath. She looked so disheveled. But she also looked so alive.

And I thanked the moon goddess for that.

I put Eli down on his feet. And I ran over to my mate.

I kissed every part of her face, feeling relieved as my mate’s skin touches mine. Feeling calm. feeling at home.

Soon my mate fell asleep and i just brushed the hair out of her perfect, beautiful face.

I watched as my son laid there in his mother’s arm looking peaceful and innocent as he sleeps beside her.

An image that would burn into my memory for the rest of my life.

The two people I loved most in this world. I closed them both with a blanket.

“Alpha Henry,” the doctor whispered, as he didn’t want to wake my mate and son.

I quickly followed him and he lead me to an incubator hooked up to many machines.

I had known my wife went into labor fairly early, but I was not aware that it was this early.

I looked inside the incubator and there laid my daughter. So small and fragile.

A little one that would break by a slight gush of wind. She was weak.

The doctor sighed as he looked at the child that laid before me.

Pity was the only thing this little one could accomplish.

I knew what the doctor was about to say.

I also knew exactly what I had to do.

“Her prognosis is not great, alpha, and even if she makes it past two weeks of age.

There will be disabilities that would follow. She could be blind. 

She could also be mentally disabled, or she could never move or walk on her own.”

My heart broke at the news, but there was nothing I could do. It was beyond my power.

I nodded and called in my wife’s omega Eliana.

She was easily in her forties and would always help my wife prepare.

Whether it be her hair or her help with her dresses.

I looked at the omega, knowing that this was the only person I could trust to help with the dirty works and keep the secret.

She had loved my wife as her own daughter. She would do anything to protect her and her family. She had proven this a multitude of times.

I looked at her.

Her eyes went glossy with tears threatening to fall.

Maybe she had already known what I was planning.

“Take the child to Richard. He will sort out the issue and bring me another child.

If I am not mistaken, a few different babies have been born in the past week.

Bring me a girl and the youngest you can find in the pack. preferably closer to the border, so that we can blame the rogues for taking the child.

More important, make sure she has the same blue eyes.”

The omega nodded and her tear never broke past her eyes barrier. But I could tell that this was something that was difficult for her to do.

thirty minutes later, she came back with a child triple the size of the previous one.

A beautiful girl with blue eyes.

"This is our daughter". I said using my alpha tone. the doctor nodded, and the omega bowed.

letting me know that their silence was promised.

Guilt did wash over me as I placed the child in a crib.

But I knew that this was a secret that would stay with the three of us.

We would take it to our graves.

I would protect my wife from the heartache of losing a child.

And the family name from a weakling.

It was a win.

But this was my first win that filled me with grief.

Knowing that child wouldn’t last long outside of the incubator.