A month passed after healing Clay and there was no more interactions from Alastor with either the wolves or the witches, but the team was on edge even with the growing relationship Jeremy and Bryn were deep within.
"How is it that we've known eachother for a few months but I feel like it's been years?" Bryn asked as she woke and rolled over to see Jeremy watching her, a subtle smile on his lips.
He looked down at her and shook his head, "Some connections take years to cultivate while others happen almost instantly and there is no explanation for either, but I'm glad we are apart of the latter group," he revealed as he leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"I think the happiness is going to my gut," she replied as she lifted the sheet to reveal her stomach which had begun to poke out, "You'd think with all the working out, I'd be in tip top shape," she mused.
Jeremy was suddenly curious about her comment as he reached down, under the sheets, and placed his hand on her abdomen, "How long has this been happening?" he asked, switching from boyfriend mode to Alpha mode, instantly.
Bryn shrugged, "I don't know, maybe over the last week. I was tired for the last month, thanks to all the extra training but now I'm gaining weight instead of muscle. It's strange, isn't it?" she asked.
Jeremy nodded, "Yes, very much so, but we will investigate it soon. Paige and Ruth are planning to leave today since we've heard nothing from Alastor and I need to make sure we know what to watch out for if he makes a move once their gone."
She nodded as well, "Sounds like a plan. I'll get to training for the day," she said as she stood from the bed, revealing her stomach in full, causing her to sigh, "See you later on today."
Bryn got dressed and went down the stairs to find Nick, but instead she saw Ruth on the sofa in Jeremy's office, leaning forward from a nosebleed.
"Ruth, are you ok?" she asked as she rushed forward and grabbed napkins.
She looked up, "It's the undoing, it's begun. We thought Alastor had eased away but he was just staying quiet to initiate his final plan," Ruth explained.
"What's our plan?" she asked as Jeremy entered the room, also startled by the sight, "Can we find him through a spell?"
Ruth shook her head but her attention shifted as her eyes darted to Bryn's stomach, "You're expecting," she stated, her tone confident as Bryn looked at Jeremy with confusion across her face.
"How can I be so visibly far along if I have only known Jeremy for almost four months? If I was, I would only be a few weeks at most," Bryn replied, her hand moving to her belly without thought.
Jeremy nodded, though he wasn't as surprised, "You're a female werewolf, and the first to be pregnant. We don't know how the gestation works. Wolves only carry their young inside for forty-five days, so you might be doing something in between their time and a human's time," he theorized before looking at Ruth, "How did you know?"
"I can feel it," she replied, "I could see the aura around her abdomen once I was able to focus. Congratulations, this is quite a big step in your young relationship with each other," she added.
Bryn wasn't sure how to react so she walked out of the room, outside where she began jogging to free her mind of some of the thoughts racing through it. How would she find out how far along she was because she couldn't go to a normal obgyn, not with her wolf genes.
Jeremy spoke to Ruth for a moment more before he raced out of the house after Bryn. He had to run at sprint but eventually he caught up to her.
"Bryn, slow down," he yelled to get her attention, "I know this is a lot but we will handle it," he reassured her as he caught up to her as she slowed down.
"I barely know you and we're having a baby," she replied, "Not to mention, I have no idea how long it'll last so labor will be an even bigger surprise," she thought outloud, her voice consumed with worry.
Jeremy grasped her shoulders in his hands, "We'll do this together, Bryn. There is nothing I've wanted more, in my life, then a family, one with even deeper ties then the pack and I have. Ruth offered to use a crystal to gauge your pregnancy and that way we won't be as shocked. Will you come back to the house so we can do that?" he asked, moving to grasp her hands in his.
Bryn nodded, "I don't see why not, are you sure this is something you really want?" she asked, knowing she had already fallen in love with their baby and the idea of him as the Father, the moment Ruth revealed her condition.
Jeremy nodded as he led her back to the house, pausing as they neared the front door, yelling out in sudden pain.
"What's wrong?" Bryn asked, her voice filled with panic.
Jeremy caught his breath for a moment to respond, "Go let Ruth look at you. I'm changing and I can't stop it. They may be right about the undoing affecting us too," he added as he turned to run toward the woods, leaving Bryn worried as she walked into the house.
Ruth was waiting on her, "Lie down and I'll see how things are going," she revealed, "Where's Jeremy?"
Bryn responded as she laid on the couch, shocked again by the sight of her stomach but relieved to know why, "He began to change and couldn't stop it," she answered.
Ruth nodded as she pulled out a crystal, hanging from a string, and began to swing it back and forth over Bryn's bump. Finally, Ruth spoke, "You're gestational period is six months instead of nine and you are moving into your third month which is the second trimester for you. You will deliver in three months and it will be painful," she finished as she removed the device just as Jeremy walked into the room.
Ruth repeated what she'd revealed for him as Bryn sat and mulled over the information, herself, relieved she had more then a month but overwhelmed she only had three. Her attention was brought back in the moment when she heard Ruth explain that the end of the witches lifts the werewolf curse to leave just wolves and men, some unable to change back ever again.