Chapter 5

Trigger: R@p3

Lilian POV:

I smiled down at my precious baby boy as he laid against my chest, peacefully asleep in his mother's arms. Alpha... huh... what should I name my little one? I'll have to ask Alpha Jasper again which name he thinks fits the baby the best. I thought of Jaskier in honor of his father, but this baby boy looks exactly like me, soft golden hair and deep blue eyes, just like his mother. The only difference is that his hair will not be riddled with curls like mine.

Alexander and Avery both look exactly like their father, having black hair, fair skin and emerald green eyes that I miss oh so much. Katelyn was the first child that Jasper managed to put in me, it took a lot of tries but eventually it happened. He was so disappointed when he found out it would not be a boy, but he didn't look so upset when she came out and graced the world with her beautiful cries. Katelyn came out of the womb with a full head of golden curls, and precious brown eyes that reminded me a little too much of her father, she also had quite the ability to tan, just like Jasper. Unfortunately for my little ones, all that the sun gave us was sunburn. Ugly. Painful. Lobster. Sunburn.

And now there was this little guy, who hopefully had his sister's immunity to the sun. His name would be Jaskier or Lydan, maybe Kirian, whatever Jasper ultimately decided. I had named all three of my other children so I did not mind giving Jasper a couple options and letting him choose.

I looked up after hearing a thud outside. My ears perked as I listened to the sound of the guards investigating. Then I shot up onto my wobbly legs as I heard several more thuds, 'what the-'

'Lilian, get our pup to safety. Now!'

'Dahlia, What's-?'

'The guards are down, GO!!!' I've never heard her so panicked and so I went. Or... I tried to. I collapsed immediately, fear embraced me tightly as I was holding my son close to my chest. Thankfully I could think straight and I turned to land on my back. It wasn't the best decision for me, but at least the baby was okay. He began to cry and I immediately pushed him to nurse, listening to him relax.

'JASPER!!!' I cried out in the mindlink. 'WE'RE UNDER ATTACK! THE BORDER PATROL IS DEAD AND THE HOSPITAL IS BEING RAIDED!' The second part was Dahlia. I had no clue who was attacking us or why. I heard Jasper's howl of alarm nearly immediately. I struggled to sit up, to find some place to hide our pup. I eventually placed the pup, with a pacifier, inside a medical cabinet and crawled across the room to try and make it out the door. I had to find Jasper. I had to find Alexander, Avery, and Katelyn.

"Well well well~ Look what we have here~" I whipped around and found myself looking at a huge rogue, easily twice Jasper's size as far as muscle is concerned. "A fresh pup mama~ I heard the little Luna of this pack was giving birth today, so I came to congratulate her." He flashed a menacing grin and pulled a knife out of his belt. "Where's the little, Heir, babymama~?"

"I-i lost him." I lied, but it felt so smooth coming out I was worried Jasper was rubbing off on me.

"Awe, tsk. That's too bad. I was gonna make you watch me kill him, but the little things gone and died already. Well with that out of the way~" He leaned down and I could smell his disgusting breath on me. He smelled of carnage and power. "It's your turn to die. We can't have you giving him any more heirs can we?" His words made me sick to my stomach. My children wouldn't survive without me. Jasper would kill my twins and our daughter would be forced to marry some alpha she doesn't love I know it!

"Please... I have..." I stopped myself, I didn't want this man to know anything about my other pups, so I followed up with, "I don't wanna die..."

"Awe, Darling~" He traced the tip of the blade up my throat with a gut wrenching chuckle. "How about a deal then~" His blade stopped over my mate mark. "I've been told that you and Jasper don't quite see eye to eye. Perhaps I can fix that. Let me mark and mate you, let me give you everything he never could." He rambled on about the pros and cons of being with him while I belted out in my mind, 'JASPER!!! HURRY!!!'

'I'm on my way, Love! Stay calm, Alex, Avery, and Katelyn are in their saferoom!'

'Please hurry he's trying to mate me!' Jasper's growl was deafening in my head. I raised my head to the man above me, who was unbuckling his pants now. I had just given birth, surely he wasn't going to try this?! 'What happens if he ruptures something?!' In a panic induced frenzy, I kicked him hard in the groin, and tried to drag myself to the door again.

He slammed his hands down on my hips, making me yelp as he dragged me back to him. The fact that I was still in a hospital gown meant easy access, and easy access meant I was about to be raped and possibly murdered. I whipped around and struggled as much as I could with my legs out of order. He slammed inside in one brutal thrust. "Stop! STOP IT!!!" I screamed, as if this feral rogue had any inclination to listen. He pulled his hips back and I feared the worst.

A snarl so loud it shook the building was heard, and Rerin was leaping over me, his teeth at this man's throat in a split second. I howled in pain as his body was ripped away from mine. I crawled towards the medicine cabinet, reaching for it dazedly. Everything when black right when I heard the sickening crunch of bones and flesh.

When I woke up I screamed, it was raw and painful. I had no idea what was happening but it hurt. Every bone in my body felt like it was snapping and being regrown, every vein felt like fire and ice had taken them over simultaneously, and the mate mark on my neck made it feel like my entire body was dunked into the literal pit of souls in the spirit realm. I fought against the restraints holding me down. I fought against whoever was talking to me, trying to calm me. I fought and fought and fought until I completely ran out of fuel and nothing was left but pain.

I realized, when I looked around, that we were outside and it was snowing... in the middle of April? I surveyed the people around me and found absolutely no familiar faces. I whipped my head around, heart thumping rapidly in my chest as I searched for my pups. When I looked to my right in the middle of the snowy clearing was an alpha, standing over a massive puddle of blood... and... and a body?

'What is going on?'

'...'

'What the hell? Dahlia?'

'...'

'Oh no no no no, Dahlia come back!' I whipped my head around against for answers, struggling violently in my restraints. 'Why am I in a hospital bed. locked up. In the middle of the fucking woods with an unknown pack and a dead body! Where are my pups! What happened to Jasper?!'