Chapter Eleven

Henry Michael Clearwater…Braden Michael Clearwater… I can't decide on names and Dante keeps on insisting in the name Beatrice Sue. I have no idea why, but she's stuck on the name Beatrice Sue. When I ask her, she just giggles and tells me to look it up. Crazy woman, I already know it's a boy, you talking about girl names isn't going to throw me off. My crazy, beautiful, wonderful, sexy woman.

Today, Mom is throwing a surprise baby shower for Dante and I am supposed to lure Dante over to Mom's house. (Alice and the Cullen's are throwing a separate shower next weekend.) Which won't be hard; a puppy dog look directed Dante's way makes her putty in my hands.

"Seth!" Dante calls out for me in the bathroom, "Seth!"

"Yes?" I call back from the kitchen.

"Come here please!"

I sigh and make my way to the bathroom; she's sitting in the tub with a razor in her hand. Her round belly pokes up from the water and she gives me a pretty smile. "Will you help me please?" she says holding out her leg and twirls her foot.

"What do you need help with?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"Shaving my legs silly goose!" she replies laughing, "I don't want to cut myself and if we are going somewhere I want to look nice. Can you also paint my toes?"

I laugh and grab her foot and kiss it, "I will shave your legs for you and paint your toes. I can't have my woman walking around like a hippie."

She laughs and gives me the shaving cream, "I didn't think you'd mind."

I smile at her and carefully shave her legs. When I finish she sighs and kisses my cheek, "I'm so glad that I got laser hair removal on my cooch, I couldn't imagine how wild those hairs would be right now."

I tilt my head to side and as she steps out of the bath, she's right; there are no hairs on her mound or anywhere really.

"You know what is so sad, I haven't noticed that," I state reaching out to touch her.

Dante laughs and brushes my hand away, "You aren't touching my cunt with dirty hands, Seth Clearwater. You probably didn't even notice that I had my clit hood pierced either. My handsome but oblivious boyfriend."

I perk up and look at her cunt closer, there is a little barbell going vertically. I really am oblivious. I guess I wouldn't notice those kinds of things because we are always frantically ripping each other's clothes off to have sex. There is no such thing as foreplay in our relationship. Dante is always hot and ready for me by the time I get her drift that she wants to have sex.

"I definitely didn't know," I say standing up and watching her brush her wet hair out.

Dante laughs, "I had my belly button pierced at one time, but I took it out."

My darling is such a wild child and I got wonder when she did all of this to her body. She basically reads my mind and responds, "I was sixteen when I first did all of this. I was with Ben at the time and he convinced me it was sexy."

I hiss at his name, he really is my enemy, "How long were you with him?"

"On and off for about three years," Dante states and dries her hair, "When we first met Seth, I lied to you when I told you I wasn't monogamous. I've only been with two men my whole life. I wanted to impress you. You were so handsome that I thought you would have been with tons of girls by the time I got to you and that I was just another conquest."

I wrap my arms around her and look at her in the mirror, "Well, we both that's not true. I love you with my whole heart, mind, and soul."

Dante smiles beautifully and kisses me gently, "Still standing or Blazing Red?"

"Blazing Red, my dear, Quil taught me how to paint toenails," I respond with a cheeky grin.

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"SURPRISE!" everybody shouts as we walk through the doors. Dante jumps back into my arms and shrieks loudly.

I laugh and whisper in her ear, "It's a baby shower, behave."

She elbows me in the ribs and I chuckle as she rubs her elbow. She's wearing my Oxford button up shirt with sleeves rolled up, black leggings, and what she called ballet flats. She looks beautiful and most importantly she glows with happiness. I wish I could drag her away and do wicked things with that piercing of hers. I push Dante closer to my mother and my Mom envelopes her into a hug.

"I'm so excited to be a Grandma!" my Mom cries wiping away little tears from the corners of her eyes.

"I'm excited too," Dante says and tries to escape my Mom.

Alas, my Mom has her in the mom-hand-holding mode and Dante is chopped liver. She'll never escape. I snicker underneath my breath as I grab a beer from the fridge, better that it's Dante than me. She's got tough skin, she'll survive. I get pats from the back from the guys and hugs from the wolf-girls. Dante is passed around the room where people touch her tummy and envelope her with hugs. She glares at me and I laugh at her.

It was dinner time when I noticed that Dante escaped from the chaos and a deep seated fear rushed through my blood stream. I looked around frantically for her. My skin crawled and I felt slightly nauseous. In the depths of my soul I knew she was in trouble.

I looked around the house and in the backyard, before real panic set in.

Suddenly, I hear a high pitched scream from within the depths of the forest. I don't even look back when I rush out of the yard, hauling ass to get to her.

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My brothers were in my head, shouting directions and fanning out to search for Dante. I reach her first. She was covered in blood and out cold when I reach her. Her heart slowly beating but steady.

I watch as five coyotes with lightening fast speed and agility ripped a vampire to shreds.

I nuzzled her with my snout and before I knew it five coyotes were growling at me with such ferocity. I don't give a damn who these coyotes are, they aren't getting near my child and mate. I growl back but Jake's voice rings in my head:

Stand down, Seth!

I growl as they get closer to Dante.

I said STAND DOWN!

I growl at them but back away slowly, until till they get too close, and I lunge.

SETH!

And the pack is on me, I tear at them, but they are too fast for me alone.

I can feel my pack getting closer and Jake is shouting directions at all of them. I tune the pack out, I have to protect my mate.

"Seth!" I hear a weak shout and I am paralyzed.

From the corner of my eye I see Dante looking straight at me, I phase out and the coyotes are still biting into my flesh. I shake one loose as the others let my flesh go. They scream at me as I run towards Dante. My flesh heals with every step I make towards her.

"Baby," I cry and go to her side, "What happened?"

"Vamp attack…my Dad has been tracking for a while… I just went out for a walk… to clear my head," Dante wheezes and clutches her side.

I hold her close and I cry, "I have to get you to hospital."

"The baby," Dante whispers and grips her belly, "Something is wrong with the baby."

"I'll take Dante from here," I hear a raspy command as I pull on my shorts.

The four other are still actual coyotes, but one, an older man stands in front of them. I growl at him, he isn't taking my mate anywhere.

I pick up Dante up gingerly and hold her close to me, "Fuck no."

Thankfully at this point in time the fourteen other werewolves show up and surround us. I look for Jake and he nods at me to get out of here.

The other coyotes phase out; I notice Kahlil and Frank immediately. Bastards.

"Mike," Kahlil states reaching out to the older man, "He is just protecting her."

I snarl at the man named Mike when he gets closer and Dante clutches on to me tighter. Blind rage courses through my veins as Carlise shows up.

"Give me my daughter," the man growls out and I hold Dante closer to me while growling deep in my chest.

Dante whimpers in my arms as Carlisle gingerly approaches us.

"Seth," Carlisle coos, "Dante is hurt, let me examine her."

I look down at Dante and she nods towards Carlisle, she looks so very sick.

I set Dante gingerly back down on the ground as Carlisle looks at her, the man snarls and is shaking. He looks murderous. Jake barks at him when gets too close to Carlisle and I.

"I have to get her to my house, she's going into labor," Carlisle states calmly, "Do I have permission to pick her up and bring her back to my house, Seth?"

I nod dumbly as Carlisle picks her up, "Follow us."

I phase, trying to save my ratty shorts, and follow Carlisle with Jake running at my side and two coyotes behind us. The overwhelming fear of dread settles in.

It'll be okay. Carlisle will help her.

How can you be so sure?

He saved Bella and Nessie.

I phase out when we reach the Cullen's house and Esme wraps a comforting arm around me. In silence we wait for Carlisle to come out of the room with the news.

I cry and she holds me, rocking me like a child.

After a couple hours, Jake pulls me out doors and we face the coyotes. They are pacing in the lawn like angry predators. The Cullen's look on from the balcony with worried faces; Alice looks annoyed, she probably straining to see the future. Jasper looks strained and his perfect face is twisted in agony, he feels all of our emotions and I suddenly feel sorry for him.

I approach the pack and they stand defensively shoulder to shoulder. Mike, the one who first attacked me, looks on at me with disdain.

"What do you want?" I bark out.

The older man marches up to me and shouts, "I want my daughter! I want her back in Montana where she belongs!"

"She belongs with me," I state with finality.

"She belongs to our tribe! She doesn't belong with you! You can't even take care of her and protect her! You brought my daughter to a house full of vampires! What the fuck are you thinking?"

"I take care of her! I love her! I pieced her together when you disappeared and she was sent to her mother's! She came to me abused! I am her other half, she can't live without me! And I brought her to Carlisle because I want her to survive! He is the best doctor around here," I snarl shaking as Jake puts his hand on me. It's an instant calming effect.

"I don't give a damn if he's the best doctor in the whole fucking world! You brought my only daughter to a mosquito! This proves that you aren't a good mate! I knew when Jazz told me you were with Dante, I couldn't trust you! You knocked my daughter up and let her get sick!" the man shouts.

"I don't appreciate you talking like this to us," Jake says calmly, "We are all worried about Dante and there is no reason to take this anger out on each other."

"Easy for you to say, your girlfriend didn't come back pregnant with another man's baby," Ben jeered.

"She isn't your girlfriend," I yell, "She's my mate and I don't want you laying another fucking finger on her."

"Seth," Jake says pulls on my arm, "Stay calm."

"Seth," I hear Carlisle voice calling me and I run back to the house.

I barge into the room, "Is she doing okay?"

"She's doing fine," Carlisle states with a sigh, "But I don't know if your son will make it."

My heart plummets, why can't I have my happily ever after?

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AN: So! Thank you to all those who have reviewed, have added this story as a favorite, and alerted this story! I promise this isn't the ending, not by far. I am going out of town until the 30th, so I won't have frequent access to my computer to update. Until next time!

IOAS