Tears of the Wolf

Chapter 1

"Your pregnant Scar congrats," said as he stared at me, my mouth hanging wide open. "Go tell the other lucky parent before I have to clean up drool," Malloy laughed and tapped my bottom jaw which was hanging wide open."Oh and no shifting," he chuckled at me.

Standing up I walked out into the waiting room, Jax coming over to me. "Whats wrong Scar?" Tilting his head he looked at me a bit worriedly. "Umm? Can we...Talk about this when we get in the car?" My voice was an octave higher than normal, stating my nervousness.

Jax nodded and grabbed me by my arm and lead me out to his car that i still thought wasnt worth the price he paid. The corvet had yet to win my attention even though it was my favorite .

"Please tell me whats wrong Scar.." Jax asked me even more worried than before. Smiling i showed him his fears about me being deadly sick were wrong. Grabbing his hand I lowered it to my stomach. "See. Nothing wrong," I said very quietly, watching his reactions as i spoke. He looked confused at first. "Lets just say that we are going to have another member to add to our family," grinning at him as shock and suprise crossed his emotions.

Suddenly he shouted his glee, loudly in the car causing me to wince. "Calm down Fido," I laughed at the dumb nickname for my wolfman. "I am not supposed to shift much," My face scrunched up.

"Well you could hurt the baby if you shifted to much, specially since you use alot of energy going to your furred form and back," He pointed out and gently rubbed my tummy, gaining a rumble of approval from me.

"I think we best go tell the rest of the pack fore` they have a cow," Rolling my eyes i gestured toward the road. "Because im pretty sure its only a little while longer before they start calling," I snorted, not wanting to talk to the others.

Jax gave me a long look before nodding. He started the car and drove toward are ranch house in the middle of the forest.

I thought about what my life would be like for the next couple months. A wolfs pregnancy was alot more difficult then a normal humans. You had to be careful about what you did and made sure you arent stressed, alot of things could lead to miscarriages.

Sighing i gazed out the window and seen we were almost at the ranch. Foliage blocked us in on all sides but we loved it this way. Everyone got privacy when they wanted to run in their wolf forms.

"We need to gather a pack meeting and we can go running afterwards. Only if you feel up to it," Jax glanced toward me then back to the gravel drive. "Doc said I am at least one month pregnant Jax, I can still walk let alone run," I rolled my eyes again.

Jax rolled his eyes too and pulled behind one of the many cars at our house. I eyed Jax. ".?" Shaking my head i looked out at all our packs cars. "Today was the pack meeting anyways. Just another reason to celebrate though," He smirked, that little scoundrel. I crossed my arms over my chest. He turned off the engine and hurriedly went around to help me out of the car.

"Jax..." I whined at him. "Im not helpless. For crying outloud the baby is going to get stressed out if you keep up this damned act," I bit out, annoyed at him. Shaking his head he answered out of pure stubborness, "I cant and will help you in this delicate state, Scar. You are too precious to me!" He nuzzled the top of my head and lead me to the porch stairs.

I accidently tripped, my foot hitting the top step. Instead of flying toward the ground, strong hands gripped under my arms heaving me up. "Be careful Scar," He frowned and shook his head. "You are going to need alot of protecting...Including from yourself," Sighing he led me toward the door making sure i didnt 'accidently' kill myself in the process. I giggled at the thought.

My mother stepped onto the porch before we could open the door. "How is she Jax?" My mom was the only one who could litteratly scare the pants off my mate Jax. "Thats what we are going to announce Miranda, just hold off on the questions until i get Scar sitting down," As we turned to walk in mom stopped me in my tracks. "Scarlett Belle Cosett! I am your mother! You can and will tell me what is wrong first or you will spend the rest of your life wishing you did."

I swallowed hard and whimpered. "Mom," I groaned and shifted slightly making sure Jax had a good hold on me. "You need to be quiet," I lowered my voice and glanced toward the windows and shut door. "Well tell me what is wrong?"

"Nothings wrong Miranda," Jax assured her with a simple gesture. "In fact we are still quite suprised and yet you havent noticed your own daughters symptoms of pregnancy. He clucked his tounge. "Of all people i thought you would know." I elbowed him in the ribs and looked at the expression of shock jar up her face. "Mom?" She looked...astounded there was no other word to really explain it. "Your pregnant? My God thats amazing!" She grinned and clasped her hands together. "We must go tell everyone!"

Grimacing as she pulled me toward the door i looked toward Jax for help and didnt find any. In fact he looked amused. Scowling i flipped him the bird and let my mother pull me into the most embarrassing meeting i think i ever saw. She pushed me to the center crowd and layed one hand on my shoulder. I glanced at everyone around me, some looked worried others looked...statisfied? Had they heard of conversation?

"My daughter has something to tell you," Pushing me foward she gestured for me to go ahead. "Umm...Well?Mmmm...I...Well I am... Pregnant," I admitted with a flushed face.

...4 Months Later...

Panting heavily, not just from the run but from the extra weight from the pups i carried in my belly. Two to be exact. We were going to suprise ourselves and wait until they were born to see what the genders were. I was begining to wish our pregnancies were even faster than 6 months. The little guys were making a fuss in there.

I dropped down to a walk, wondering if Jax had even waited on me. He had become very protective in the last couple of months. Almost attacking his best friend once. I shook my head as i thought about that then my thoughts veered off as i looked around. Where was everybody? Dropping my head low to the ground i began to sniff. A scent hit me then and caused me to stiffen up. Humans? On our property? Hunters I bet.

Growling, I lowered myself close to the ground. The bottom of my rounded belly brushing the ground every once in a while and causing me to bark softly in frustration. Twins. I snorted, shook out my ruff, and went off to find Jax.

I glanced around for the black pelt that could only be Jax`s. Instead i caught sight of one of the human hunters. 'Oh Shit!' I thought to myself as caught sight of me. I studied the gun for a moment and noticed it wasnt really a gun, gun. But a tranquilizer. I looked over him closer and the idiot honestly had a name tag on. Joshua. I snorted and growled.

Bareing my teeth at him i stood my ground. If he hurt my pups i would tears his entrails out and rip out his throat. That traq, could not be good news. Not at all. The guy honestly had the courage to be afraid. His fear reaked in the air and made me even angrier.

I watched his adams apple bob in his throat as he tried to take aim at me. His grip was deffinetly unsteady on the gun. He fired the first round and I jumped left, missing the dart by only a little bit. My hackles were raised as the guy took aim again then paused. "Fat little bitch arent you," Joshua sneered and the gun wavered. "That lab is going to pay a good fortune for you and those little whelps!" He laughed, a fowl dark sound to my ears.

How could he know? And what about a lab? He wasnt going to hurt my babies. And if this little SOB caused me to miscarriage i was going to kick his ass all the way to china and back five times in a row.

"Why dont you just give up and then no one will get hurt. Your pretty pathetic for the alpha bitch," He smirked at me and the gun lowered an inch.

lunging foward i snapped my teeth a few inches away from his thigh before he hit me with the butt of his small gun. It didnt hurt but a blow to the face caused me to stumble and really get pissed off. If this 'guy' new so much about me then maybe he would have saved himself an issue and already shot me with that crappy gun of his. Athough i really needed to find Jax before something bad happend.

Deciding not to waster my time I quickly shot past him but turned before I was all the way around. I caught his scent of fear again along with the suprised expression at how quickly i could move, right before i sunk my teeth in the back of his thigh and jerked my head back and forth. My teeth cut through his skin as easily as a humans would tearing out his hamstring i released my bite on him and backed away. His cry of pain rendered me to stop for just a moment as i watched blood squirt from the wound. The feeling of bloodlust rose as i watched.

I realized i needed to get out of there quick in case more humans were on there way. Looks like Joshua wouldnt live long with the blood lust, but i had a great feeling after watching him suffer... Like i was all high and mighty and nothing could tear me off my giant golden throne.

My gait wasnt smooth. It hadnt been for a while since i had been pregnant, but that didnt stop me from running. I tried my smoothest lope, trying not to injure the two unborn pups. It would be such a relief when they were born. It was all i could take now just to keep up this speed without passing out. And besides the point? This was my first time in my furry form in quite awhile. That damn Doc said things tend to be a little difficult for pups during their shift inside my stomach.

I was actually a lucky one in fact. Most females have more offspring at times than i have now. Sometimes we can have up to six pups. I shuddered at the thought. You would have to stay in your shifted form throughout the whole pregnancy. Damn mother nature and her odd ways.

Our wolf self is alot bigger than normal wolves, another fact that we have to be careful about where we show are selves. Like back there with that man Joshua. How did he know about us? I heard about wolf hunters before but not human ones. Vampires. They were usually the ones for that kind of thing.

I grimaced. In my wolf self, the skin around my muzzle pulled back to bare my teeth.

I slowed my pace down. I had to be on the look out. Brown and gray wolves tend to hide better in broad daylight (In the forest), than me and my black fur. Jax, not only was his fur black as well but he had a crescent shaped moon along his chest. All wolves have their own distinguished markings. Mine? Mine are odd. A think trail of white wraps around three of my legs. Both front and the left back. It looked as if white string was wrapped around my legs. At the end of the white trail though my paws were a silver color. They reflected off quite of few things. On my right hip is a crescent moon like Jaxs, only the fur is a light brown color. Odd isnt it? I shook my head silently.

Most people though i was a beautiful wolf. Others think I am Luna of the moon. Now that is an interesting fact. For one. Just because im an Alpha and I have the crescent mark doesnt just make me and Jax, royal. But we all are Children of the Moon. We can breed in between with humans, vampires(which is uncommon), witches or sorcerers, and the Fae or Demon marked.

I sniffed again and headed back toward our cabins, figuring Jax might be there. Specially if hunters were on the loose. I decided to worry about that later. My mate was perfectly fine at handling himself. But that still didnt stop me from panicking. Gosh Dammit! I thought to myself furiously. If i kept thinking about him i would certainly get stressed out. Then Jax would nag me saying i needed to be careful, blah,blah,blah. As if i wasnt already careful, but the sudden giddy feeling overwhelmed me and i shot forward without thinking. What if Jax is hurt? Where are you Jax? I pleaded with myself silently.

My lope quickly became a sliding stop when i seen the next image. Are cabin was surronded by...