As Marie waited to die, a loud roar made her snap her eyes open. She saw Victor fly out of the woods and catch the wolf in mid air as it leapt at her.

He easily snapped the creatures back and tossed its body away before turning his flashing eyes to her.

She felt more afraid now than when she was being stared down by the wolf.

He took a few menacing steps toward her and slammed his clawed hand into the tree trunk just beside her head. She jumped and yelped as he leaned in and growled, "What the fuck are you doing?"

Marie took a deep breath in an attempt to regain her composure as she stared up into his eyes. She screamed and pushed at him, "You should have let the wolf kill me! I know it's only a matter of time until you do it anyways!"

Victor growled and wrapped a hand around her neck, causing her to cry out, "You wanna die! I can take care of that!"

He started to squeeze, but looking into her eyes made him falter. He remembered the vulnerable cub growing within her and loosened his grip as his expression softened. Victor looked deep within her wide eyes and realized that he loved her.

Obviously, it wasn't the same kind of romantic love that you find in movies, but it was the only love a beast like him was capable of. It was a violent, frenzied, desperate, obsessive love that had wholly consumed him.

He began to release her from his grip, but before he had the opportunity to fully let go, Logan jumped out of the woods and tackled Victor, sending all three of them toppling to the ground.

Logan and Victor sprung back up to their feet as Marie tried not to concentrate on the increasing pain in her lower abdomen. She cringed as she struggled to her feet to watch the two feral creatures face each other.

Marie took a step forward, "Stop! Don't do this!"

Victor didn't want her caught in the middle of this. The cub could get hurt. He shot her a warning growl, "Back up, stripes."

She did as she was told and nervously glanced between the two of them. Logan's claws were fully unsheathed and Victor's seemed to lengthen before her eyes.

"Good to see you again, Jimmy."

Logan's shoulders rose and fell as he breathed heavily, "Wish I could say the same about you."

Logan glanced over at Marie, who was still looking as though she was contemplating interrupting their impending fight, "Stay back, kid."

She couldn't believe he was there...was she hallucinating? Had Victor killed her and now this was her own personal afterlife?

Luckily, the pain distracted her. Logan and Victor turned their attentions back on each other as they began circling each other like wild animals. Victor bared his teeth as he smirked, "Came to sweep her off her feet little brother? She is a pretty sweet little piece of ass...I don't blame you...but you missed your chance, Jimmy. She belongs to me now."

Logan growled, "We'll see about that."

They suddenly charged each other with raised claws. Logan swung his arm, but Victor caught it and struck him in the chest twice before Logan was able to retaliate by slashing him in the face with his other clawed hand.

Marie watched in horror as they traded punches, slashes, hits and stabs. Logan ended up catching Victor's bicep on his claws as he raised his hand to strike. Logan punched Victor hard in the temple, which immediately caused him to stumble. Logan soon rendered him unconscious when he brought an adamantium plated elbow down on the top of Victor's head.

After Victor fell to the ground, Logan stood over him, preparing to raise his claws to decapitate the unconscious man, when Marie screamed, "No! Don't!"

He snapped around to look at Marie, who took a couple of uneasy steps toward him. He was still panting from the exertion of the fight when he closed the distance between their bodies and quickly pulled her into a desperate embrace.

Logan held her head against his chest and closed his eyes as his chin brushed against her forehead, "Goddamit baby...I missed you...I was so worried."

Although she was in pain, Marie was so relieved and happy to see him, she simply allowed herself to sink into his arms. She didn't realize she was crying until he pulled back to look down into her face and wiped the tears from her cheeks.

He glanced at the unconscious Victor and wondered why she didn't want him to kill him...they would have to get to that later.

Logan knew he didn't have long before his brother was awake, so he took her hand and began pulling her through the woods back to his truck.

As they rushed through the forest, the pain in Marie's lower belly grew worse. She cringed and slowed down as he continued to pull her through the trees.

Marie whimpered as she skidded to a halt, "Logan..."

He turned around and looked at her concernedly, "What's wrong, kid?"

The pain intensified and caused her knees to buckle, "I cant-"

She lost consciousness and was caught in his arms. Within a few seconds, he had safely set her unconscious form in the passenger side of his truck and was speeding away.

As they drove, he picked up on the faint scent of her blood, but glancing over, he couldn't tell where it was coming from. He was soon back on the main highway, following signs to the hospital.


Victor awoke in the woods to find Marie and Logan gone. He took a few deep breaths before lifting his head to the sky and roaring out in anger and anguish. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Logan had already had his chance with her and he fucked it up.

She belonged to him now. She was having his baby.

After following her scent to the road, her trail faded. He growled in frustration and gritted his teeth.

Just as Logan had refused to give up in finding her...Victor wouldn't stop until he had her back.


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