ROBBED FIVE YEARS

Grace

I stood up on shaky feet.

“Mummy where is your clothes?” Faith asked. When I turned to heck wither my kids were ok I saw that Otto had turned back, to face away from me.

He was just so adorable.

Before I could reply, someone placed a coat over me, covering my nakedness “Grace, where have you been?”

I knew that voice anywhere and the electricity that passed through me, there was no denying it.

I turned to face him, the man that made me run away in the first place.

Declan.

But looking at him now, I did not know what to say… my mouth opened and closed repeatedly with no words coming out of them.

For years, I had tried to convince myself that I felt nothing for him, that running away was the best option for me, and for my kids… but just tell me why looking into his eyes right now, in this very moment, there was a feeling that maybe, just maybe things would have been better only if I never left.

“It has been five years Grace tell me why you ran away from us”

Us?

“Declan I -”

I was cut off the moment I heard the two identical screams of my children. I turned back suddenly and the sight that I saw broke me.

Otto and Faith on the floor writhing in pain.

This was not the first time this had happened t any of them but this was the first time that they were in this condition at the same time, it hurt me that there was no way for me to take the pain away from them.

I rushed over to my children and knelt beside them “Otto, Faith calm down Mummy is here I will help you I promise”

“It hurts Mummy” Faith’s cries were louder than Otto.

“You have children?” I could hear the surprise in Declan’s voice “are they ours?”

Again with the ‘ours’ talk.

I knew that there was no way that I would be able to hide this fro him, their resemblance was uncanny, and there was the little detail that the very second he locked eyes with them, his wolf would call out to them in a way that no other could, bringing out his will to protect his pups.  

 I looked up at him with tears in my eyes “I will explain later, but please… you have to help me”

“Mummy!!!”

Otto’s loud voice made me turn back to him “I am right here baby, Mummy is not going anywhere ok?”

“What is wrong with them should I call the healer”

I shook my head “no, they need a bath” I said.

“What are you even talking about Grace they are hurting!”

I turned to him “please just trust me”

He hesitated for a bit, I knew that look. How could he trust me when I was the one who ran away?

He nodded his head “let’s get them inside”

He picked up Faith while I picked up Otto... he would not let anyone else hold him.

Once we got into the pack house, Declan led me to a room… it was overwhelming with his scent, I pushed that thought away and rushed into the bathroom filling the tub with cold water.

“Make it stop Mummy please”

I put my hand into my hair and removed the little pen that I kept there… I always Carrie wolvesbane on me because of my children.

I doused a little into the water and stripped them of their clothes before dropping them into the water.

They settled down almost immediately and closed their eyes relaxed.

“How do you feel?” I asked.

“Better Mummy” they answered immediately.

This twin telepathy thing, I always thought it was a joke… that was until I had twins of my own, sometimes it was like they shared the same mind sometimes.

“What did you add to the water?” Declan asked.

He knew that smell all too well, he just wanted to hear me say it. My shoulders slumped “wolvesbane”

He glared at me “Are you fucking crazy-” I covered his mouth with my hand and forced a smile at my kids “you guys stay in the water for a minute ok, I’ll be right outside with him” I said.

Otto opened his eyes “is he our Daddy?”

Faith sat up at the same time “Daddy?”

I smiled at them, “you both should just be in there for another minute once you both are all good we will talk later, I promise.”

I took Declan’s hand and dragged him outside “you will not use foul language around my children please Alpha” I said.

He scoffed “you are so damn selfish Grace, you know that?” he asked.

I just shrugged.

I could not say anything… Even if I wanted to, I did not even know what to say.

“What is wrong with them?” he asked.

I shrugged “I wish that I knew” I said.

He scoffed “you left knowing fully well that you were pregnant with our children and you could not even take proper care of them”

That was when I snapped “I am doing the best I can ok! My children are my life”

He scoffed “you still don’t get it, do you?”

“Get what?”

“They are not just your children… You robbed us from the first five years of their lives, and for that I do not think that I will ever be able to forgive you”

I choked on a sob, maybe he was right and I running away was just my selfishness. But now that I had Faith and Otto, it was not just about me…. I would do anything for them.

“I don’t know what you want me to do” I said.

“Exactly!” I jerked at the loudness of his voice “you will do nothing, first thing tomorrow morning the healer will be here to check up on them… All of this wolvesbane, it will be a miracle if you don’t end up killing the kids with your own two hands” and with that he stormed out.

I wiped my tears and walked into the bathroom.

“What happened Mummy, why was Daddy raising his voice?”

They were already calling him Daddy now, so soon?

“If he doesn’t like you then I don’t like him either” Otto said seriously.

I bent down in front of the bath “things are really complicated and I will explain later as soon as you get proper rest”

“But you said after we have a bath we will talk” Faith said.

“I did but you both have been through a lot so later”

“But-”

“Don’t be stubborn Faith” Otto said and she just nodded “okay”

“Let’s get you both out of the water before you get pruned”

Even as I toweled them dry, I could not let go of this feeling… was I stalling because I was worried about them, or was I just scared.