A/N: So glad that you guys liked the last chapter. Since this Fic is now getting extended I have come up with a way to keep it going. Hope you guys enjoy it, because honestly I have had a really great time writing this one.

Had some time time to kill before my shift tonight, so I wanted to post this one now. Leave me reviews, I like reading them in work. It gives me something to do while I'm testing things in the lab! Lol

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Chapter 20: Bloodline

Revolution Nightclub

For the last hour, Lauren had been showing Bo where everything in her new Clinic would go. The succubus couldn't help the laugh that escaped her, seeing her wife so happy was a nice thing to see. Things were actually going in their favour for once, although they still had Malakai to deal with.

But the blonde had gotten word to her Great Grandfather and told him to meet them here, she was so ready to tell him that she didn't need him. She wanted to see the look on his face when he found out that he wasn't wanted.

One thing that Lauren was worried about though, was how he would react to the news that she was pregnant. On the way here, she wracked her brain trying to figure out a way to mask the baby's scent. Or the scent of her change in hormones, but she came up empty.

Bo didn't want to hide it, she didn't think that they had anything to be ashamed of. Yes it was a surprise, and a heart stopping shock that they were now having a baby. But they were happy about it, and they shouldn't have to feel bad or afraid. She would do anything to protect her family, even if it meant taking on an ancient Werewolf with a bad temper.

"So what do you think?" Lauren asked. Her wife's opinion was important to her.

Bo looked around the dance floor, thinking back to the time when she found Lauren here with no memory. Ah, good times. "I think, that you have a lot of work on your hands for someone in your condition" she looked at her seriously.

She wanted what was best for her, but the blonde had already been through so much stress these past couple of months. They both had, she didn't want her to take this huge thing on if it meant that hers and the baby's wellbeing would be at risk.

Lauren sighed, she knew what Bo was getting at. "I know that you're worried babe, and rightfully so especially with everything that has already happened. But it's not like I will be doing the renovation myself. I'll hire people" she said.

"But the baby—" The succubus was cut off as her wife grabbed her hands.

"Is fine, I heard the heartbeat and she is one hundred percent healthy. She's tough, guess that means that she must take after you" the blonde chuckled giving her wink.

"Let's hope not. I don't really have the best track record in life, I would like to think that she will at least inherit your…" The brunette tried to think of one thing that she hoped that their daughter would get from Lauren. But then she realised that one trait wasn't enough. "… Well, everything actually" she smiled.

"You don't give yourself enough credit you know. I mean, if it wasn't for you finding me when I was here…" The blonde pointed to the room. "… Then we wouldn't be here right now, and there would be no baby" she said. She hated it when Bo sold herself short.

"I never thought of it that way" the succubus smiled. She didn't know how, but Lauren always had a way of making her feel amazing by just saying a few words. She couldn't imagine being with anyone else.

"No, because you never think that you deserve anything good because of the things that you've done in your past. Yes, you've killed people. But so have I, so have a lot of people. But those ten years of killing doesn't define you, you have done so much good since then" the blonde said.

"Does that really balance it out though? Like you said, I've killed tons people. That's ten years worth of victims. The good that I've done doesn't even come close to making that right" the brunette sighed sadly. She understood her wife's point. But she would always harbour guilt got the people that she had killed. Nothing would ever change that.

"Maybe not, but you have the rest of your long life to add to it. Come on, no more feeling sorry for yourself. This is the start of something new, and from now on we are going to be positive" the blonde made it clear. She had no time for negativity.

Bo laughed, she could do that. "Alright, positive it is" she gave her a gentle peck.

"Am I interrupting something?"

Both of them pulled away to see Malakai standing there, and as always he was in a suit. "Do you have any other clothes. Or do you always dress to go to a funeral?" The succubus asked, looked at the Werewolf's dark navy suit.

Malakai looked down at his attire, he didn't care for that remark. But he was going to be civil. "There is nothing wrong with being formal" he smiled.

"Of course not, so did you find the place okay?" Lauren stepped forward, she didn't want to beat around the bush. She just wanted this over and him gone.

He nodded, "Yes, I just handed the address that you gave me to my driver…" He paused when she took a whiff air. He could smell something, something odd. "… What is that?" He frowned.

Lauren's expression dropped, he couldn't have smelt the baby already. How powerful was he? "What's what?" She asked.

Malakai followed his nose, walking forward until he stopped right in front of his granddaughter. He looked down at her stomach, that was impossible. He kept his eyes on it, focusing his hearing. Then he heard the fast paced thumping of a heartbeat. "You are with child" he said looking at her.

Lauren placed her hand over her stomach protectively, as Bo moved closer to her. She had her dagger tucked into the back of her jeans just in case, and she was ready to use it if she had to. "Do you have a problem with that?" The succubus asked.

Malakai shifted his gaze to the brunette, "I am taken aback by the shock. But what bothers me most is your tone at this precise moment" he kept her stare.

Lauren didn't want a fight to break out, that was the last thing that she needed, she stepped in between the two of them. "Stop it, both of you…" she ordered. Both of them took a few steps back as she requested. "… I didn't ask you here to tell you about the baby. I asked you here to tell you that I will have to respectfully decline your offer" she said.

Malakai held his posture, that didn't work for him. "And if I told you that your answer doesn't sit well with me?" He asked.

"Then you and I are going to have a bigger problem" Bo moved in front of her Wife.

The Elder laughed. "Forgive me, I am just not used to being threatened by children. Let me be exceedingly clear about this, asking you to join me was merely a courtesy. I may have forgotten to mention that you have no choice" he said.

"I'm not one of you. Which means that I don't take answers from you either, so if you would kindly leave my establishment and get the hell out of my life!" Lauren yelled in his face.

Malakai smirked. "You have such fight in you, you have the potential to go very far in this world. And you forget, that you are one of us. My blood runs in your veins, and more importantly in your daughter's. You know what? Perhaps I should let you think it over a little longer…" He turned around ready to leave.

"She doesn't need to think it over, you heard her! She wants nothing to do with you!" Bo called after him. This wasn't going how they had planned.

The Elder spun on his heel, giving her an evil smile. "… Yes, I did hear her. Clearly. But never the less I will give you the night to rethink the situation. Perhaps you could even find the time to brush up on the history of your ancestors. And the laws that they created" with another mischievous smirk, he left.

Lauren caught onto what he was saying, it was a hint. There must have been some kind of Wolf law that refrained her from refusing him. She had to find it. "Renovations are going to have to wait. I have research to do" she sighed, turning to her Wife.

The Dahl (1 Hour Later)

Bo had called Trick in advance to tell them about what had happened with Malakai. And to be honest he wasn't surprised. Especially given the way that the Dark Wolf carried himself when they spoke.

Lauren was very angry, and if due to the change in her hormones she was finding it very difficult not to wolf out and rip someone apart. She wasn't going to stoop to her grandfather's level. She could be calm and collected if she tried hard enough.

As they entered the bar, Trick had already laid out a bunch of old dusty books on one of the tables. He didn't know what kind of information that the blonde was looking for so he just got any book on Werewolves that he could find. He just hoped that they could find the answer that they were looking for in one of them.

"Thanks for doing this Trick, sorry for making you close up early" Bo apologised as they took a seat at the table.

Trick waved his hand. "Family comes first, I just hope that your answer lies somewhere among these texts" he picked up one of the books, giving it a scan.

"So do we…" Lauren did the same, skipping the chapters until she saw one about the Laws of a Pack. But unfortunately the one that she had picked up had nothing to do with Laws. It was on combat. She didn't need that. She picked went through two more before she found the one that she was looking for.

"… Here it is! Pack Law…" She opened the book. Checking the index, she saw that there was chapter named 'Blood Laws'. That didn't sound good. She skipped ahead, the chapter only consisted of four pages. And thanks to her super genius brain, she retained information quickly.

Bo could tell by the look on her Wife's face, that whatever she was reading wasn't good. "What does it say?" She asked, terrified to hear the answer.

Lauren sighed, closing the book and pushing it away from her. "It says that if a Werewolf is underage, and is disobedient that the oldest of their bloodline has the power to overrule them" she slumped back into her chair.

"Why is this bad news? Last time that I checked, you are a grown woman" Trick said, he didn't understand why the blonde looked so defeated.

Bo understood why Lauren was acting this way. She was overage yes, but the baby wasn't. "That's what he meant didn't he? He said that his blood runs in your veins and hers, which means that he has control over her. And by default, you too" she said.

"Who is, she?" Trick asked, he was so lost right now.

Bo turned to her grandfather with a huff, "We didn't want you to find out like this but, I guess we don't have a choice right now" she sighed, she couldn't believe that this was happening.

"Find out what?" He was starting to worry now.

"I'm pregnant" Lauren said.

Trick blinked a couple of times, he didn't even know that was possible. "How did… How are you… Umm" his think tank was bone dry as of this moment. He couldn't form a proper sentence due to the shock.

"We don't really know how it happened ourselves. But Angela sensed it, and it's a girl" Bo gave him a small smile. She still couldn't believe that they were having a girl.

Trick' heart warmed at the thought of his family extending, but now he knew why they were so frustrated about the information. "And Malakai has dominion over you because of the baby?" He asked.

Lauren nodded, "I bet that he is just loving this" she ran a hand through her hair.

"Trick? Please tell me that you know of a way around this. We can't let him use the baby against us" the brunette pleaded. There was no way that her daughter was going to be someone's slave.

The Blood King let out a defeated sigh. He had no clue what to do, this was not his area. Werewolves had been hunted throughout the ages. So there wasn't much written about them. "I wish that I had an answer for you Bo. Maybe you should talk to Angela, she knows more about Pack Law than anyone" he said.

Bo turned to her Wife, "What do you think?" She asked.

The blonde rested her head in her hands, "I think, that we don't have much of choice at this point. Can you call her? I need to use the bathroom" she asked before getting up off her seat.

Bo nodded, taking her phone out of her pocket. She noticed that her Wife looked a little pale, she really hoped that all of this wasn't affecting the blonde badly. "Are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah, I just need to splash some water on my face. I'm fine, promise…" Lauren assured her with a smile as she walked off to the back.

"Should we call the others?" Trick asked, he didn't know if his granddaughter wanted to involve the rest of their friends.

The brunette shook her head, "No, I don't want to worry anyone. I'm gonna call Angela first, who knows. Maybe she will know of a loop hole and then all of this will be over quickly…" She brought the phone to her ear.

Angela answered quickly. "Hello?"

"... It's Bo, look we have a problem with Malakai. Is there any way that you could get down to the Dahl, as soon as you can?" The succubus asked.

"What has he done?" Angela should have known that he would end up doing something. "Did he threaten your child?" She asked, that would be the last straw for her.

"In a way, yeah he did. Can you come down here?" Bo asked again.

Angela sighed into the phone, "I'll have to bring Oliver with me, Noah is at Basketball practice. Let me get him ready and I will be right over" she said.

"Okay, thank you" Bo hung up the phone.

Trick began to take the Books back to his lair, on his way down the stairs he heard a small thud. It was coming from the bathroom. "Lauren?" He knocked on the door gently. He had no answer. "Bo!" He yelled.

Bo ran down the stairs a couple of seconds later, and from the looks of it she knew what he was going to say. While she was up in the bar, something took her breath away. And she had no idea what it was. "Lauren? Are you okay in there?" She asked knocking on the door.

Like her Grandfather, she had no answer.

The brunette told him to stand back, she had to get in there. She brought her leg up, striking the door with her foot. Once wasn't enough, she kept kicking it repeatedly. Until finally, she broke a part of the wood. Clearly the doors were made of a stronger type of wood, so she couldn't break the hole thing down.

The succubus could see inside the bathroom, and she was currently looking at her wife who was laying on the floor unconscious. She teased her hand in, feeling for the lock. Once she found it she pushed the latch to the side. "Lauren?" She rushed over to her, lifted the blonde's head gently.

"Come on babe, wake up" Bo shook her gently, after a few seconds Lauren's eyes fluttered open. The brunette sighed in relief, she really thought something was wrong. "Are you okay? What happened?" She asked.

Lauren sat up slowly, looking around and remembering where she was. "I uh… I was looking into the mirror and then I turned the water off ready to come back upstairs. And then I must have fainted" she said.

"It's all this crap that's going on, it's made you stressed. Which was the one thing that we agreed that we wouldn't let happen" Bo hated this, she was utterly powerless right now. She wished that she had a power to take away stress, but life wasn't that simple.

"I know…" Lauren got to her feet with the help of her wife. "… Don't worry, it was just a lapse. I'm fine" she assured her.

"Hmm, I swear that I have heard that somewhere before. Where was that? Oh yeah, upstairs before you fainted" Bo huffed.

"Bo, I promise you that I am fine. I think maybe I just need some water or something, trust me" the blonde said. She didn't want her to be overbearing and worry about her constantly. That would just drive them crazy.

Trick decided that he should try and offer a solution, "Maybe some tea will help, I'll make a pot…" He smiled before walking off to his lair, he still had books to put away.

"See? Trick's tea solves everything" the blonde joked.

Bo shook her head. "It's not funny"

Lauren rolled her eyes, she knew that Bo wouldn't let this go. At least not for a while. "I know, but you need to try and stay calm. Because with the mating bond in effect, your worry is my worry and it's not getting us anywhere" she said.

"Yeah, you're right. But from now on, please tell me if you feel weird or anything. Promise me" Bo said. The safety of her family meant more to her than anything.

"I promise. Come on…" Lauren pulled the succubus out of the bathroom and back up to the bar. Where they were instantly met by Angela and Oliver. "… That was fast" the blonde took a seat back at the table.

Angela smiled, taking her son over to the back couch and sat him down. "Alright sweetie, Mommy will be right over there. You just continue your colouring okay?" It was better for him to be distracted. That way she could focus on her daughter's problem.

"Okay" Oliver grinned, opening his colouring book and scribbling on it quietly.

The Alpha made her way over to the table, taking a seat. Trick was in the middle of pouring four cups of tea. Although, Bo wanted something a lot more stronger. "So, would anyone care to fill me in on what my wretched Grandfather has done now?" The older blonde asked.

"He is using the baby against us…" Lauren said. "… He's invoking the blood laws of the Pack. Since the baby is a descendant of his bloodline and she is underage—"

"He intends to use the technicality to control you" Angela finished for her. Her daughter nodded. She couldn't believe that he would stoop this low, to use a child that hadn't even been born yet in order to control another.

"What I don't understand is that this stupid blood law is for Packs, Lauren isn't a member. So how can he control her and baby?" Bo asked, that was one thing that was confusing her.

Angel leaned forward, "You are correct, Lauren isn't a part of the pack and she is currently old enough to make her own choices. But the baby isn't... A werewolf is placed under the protection of the pack until they come of age at eighteen. It is at that age when they can either choose to be part of the Pack, or refuse and be shunned" she explained.

"So basically, you're saying that there's nothing that we can do?" Lauren was nursing her tea, she felt like if she held the cup any tighter that it would shatter in her hands.

"While your odds are not great, there is always another way around something. We just have to find it" Angela reached over and touched her daughter's hand.

Oddly enough, the feeling of her Mother's hand was calming her down. But even with that, she needed to know something very important. "I need to ask you a question, and I want your honest answer okay?" She looked at her seriously.

"Alright" the Alpha nodded sitting back.

"Does he have the right to take our baby away from us once she's born?" The doctor asked, already knowing the answer but she needed to hear it anyway. Bo's ears perked up at that sentence, she really hoped that the answer would be no.

Angela let out a sad sigh. "Technically, yes he does. He has full authority over his own blood. And though your daughter will be different from the rest of us, he may still feel the need to take her" she wasn't going to dress it up. Lauren asked for the truth. This was it.

"Well, there's no way in hell that we're letting that happen!" Bo yelled, she couldn't believe this. Lauren placed her hand over her wife's trying to calm the succubus.

"She hasn't even been born yet and already someone is after her. I guess that she is destined to inherit our bad luck" Lauren smiled sadly, she couldn't hold it together any longer. The blonde began to cry, falling forward into her Wife's arms.

"Shh, it's okay. Everything's going to be okay, look at me…" Bo lifted the blonde's head, "… I'm not going to let him take her, I promise you" a tear rolled down her own cheek. They didn't deserve this, they deserved to be happy.

"There has to be something that we can do" Trick turned to Angela. He couldn't stand back and watch people that he loved be in pain.

"I could try and speak with the other Pack Elders. My Grandfather is the highest, but they still have power. Perhaps I could get them to abolish the Blood Law. Then he wouldn't have any power over either of them" Angela's suggestion was the best option. But it was a risky one.

The other Pack Elders had been loyal to Malakai for centuries. She didn't know if they would stand against him for her, or for Lauren. But seeing her daughter in her current state, broke her heart. And she wanted to whatever she could to make it right.

Then she realised something, Oliver. There was no one to watch him, and she could take him with her when she spoke to the other Elders. "I can't take Oliver with me" she stated.

Bo looked up, seeing the little boy sitting quietly on the couch as he scribbled away on his book. "We'll watch him. He'll be in good hands, I swear. Just please, fix this" she said. She had practice with kids thanks to Tamsin's rebirth. She could watch over him if it meant them getting answers.

Angela nodded, she didn't doubt that they would keep her son safe. He stood from her chair, "I'll call and leave a message for Noah, telling him that Oliver is with you. He should be by to pick him up in an hour or so, I hope to be back by then though. I will make this right…" She walked over to Oliver.

"Maybe we should take Oliver back to the house, let Trick open back up?" Laure offered, she was all cried out now.

"It's no trouble for me" Trick said, family came first no matter what.

"No, she's right. I think it's better that we take him back to the clubhouse. There's more stuff for him to do there. Come on, we'll call you later to check in. And uh, sorry again about your bathroom door" the succubus smiled sheepishly. She still felt bad for that.

Trick waved a hand and chuckled. "Believe it or not, I have spares in the basement. It's something that happens often" he laughed, bars could get loud and sometimes very crowded. It wasn't the first time he has had to replace something.

Bo and Lauren made their way over to the sitting area. Seeing Oliver hug his Mother goodby. "Now remember, you are to be on your best behaviour for your sister. Okay?" Angela asked her son who was grinning at her, he could be very mischievous from time to time.

"Okay Mommy" he nodded.

Angela got to her feet, giving Lauren and Bo one last smile. "I'll try to be as quick as I can" she said.

"Thank you for doing this" the doctor smiled sincerely.

"I owe you this much" The older blonde tapped her daughter's arm gently. Her relationship with Lauren wasn't amazing, but she wasn't going to let her Grandfather's actions stop it from ever becoming something more than civility. Angela made her way out of the bar, leaving Bo and Lauren with Oliver.

The small boy was looking up at them curiously. He had already been in their presence once already. And he knew that Lauren was his big sister, so he was doing pretty well.

"Okay…" Bo clapped her hands with a smile. "… Shall we head home?" She asked.

Lauren nodded, turning to Oliver. "Can you pack up your stuff? You're going to come back to our house" she smiled. Oliver nodded, going to pack up his little Scooby Doo back pack.

Once he was all done, he held out his hand for Lauren to take. He liked holding hands with people, it made him feel safe. She had done all of this with Tamsin, but she wondered what it would be like with her own daughter. The blonde took her little brother's hand, following Bo out of the bar.

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A/N: Let's hope that Angela can work her Alpha magic. Remember to leave me tons of reviews. Can't wait to read what you think of this one. Much love xoxo