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Without further ado, I give you...

Chapter Three: More Surprises

We phased into human form again, went back inside, and got dressed so we could finish talking to the girls.

"So, what happens now?" Renée asked.

"Well, technically that's up to you girls. It is the job of a wolf to be whatever his Imprint needs him to be, so the ball is completely in your court, Ladies." I assured them.

"Well, I can't speak for Renée, but myself, I am sort of in a tough spot. This couldn't happen at a crazier time. I haven't even had a chance to tell you yet, Billy, but I went to the clinic yesterday for a routine check-up, and they told me that I'm due in six months. I guess relaxing about it and not worrying as much as we had been has paid off. Though the timing couldn't be worse now and I really don't know what to do here." Sarah said, looking at Billy while she told him, then glancing apologetically my way.

I smiled as Billy started to freak out. "Wait a minute...Sarah...what are you saying? Are you saying that we're…? Are you…? Does this mean…? We're pregnant?" He stumbled.

"Yes, we are. I was going to surprise you and tell you in a few days, once I figured out the perfect way to announce it and I planned on taking you out to a special dinner and everything. But I can't very well wait now. I figure you need to know now. That all of you needed to know now. And if...with Renée and the imprint, if you don't want me to…well if you don't want it, I'll understand." Sarah whispered that last part and I growled instinctively, knowing that she was hurting at the thought.

"Nonsense!" Renée gasped. "Sarah, I would never expect you to… that would have never even crossed my mind. And I'm fairly certain it hasn't crossed Billy's or Charles' minds either, right boys?"

"Never!" Both Billy and I exclaimed at once.

"Listen, Sarah. As I said before, the ball is in your court. That fact is not going to change now that we know you and Billy are bringing a life into this world. This baby, when it is born, will be a symbol of a love that has been in existence since long before this imprint took place. I know that when I watched you and Billy stand up in that church and say your vows, you surely meant them. I don't personally see any reason those promises have to end unless you want them to.

"As far as the baby is concerned, it will have for its parents whomever you choose. Whether that is two, or three or four of us, that is entirely up to you, Sweetheart." I comforted her, as best as I could.

"Four. I can't decide entirely what the dynamics will be because it's all of your lives too. But as far as parents, there will be four. Whether that turns out to be two moms and two dads, or two parents and two step-parents, or even just two parents and two Godparents, time will tell. But I definitely want all of you to be a part of this baby's life, provided you're willing." She smiled, brushing away a single tear.

"I can't speak for these two hunks, but I'm definitely taking you up on that, Sarah." Renée smiled, holding Sarah's hand in comfort.

"And you know I'm not going anywhere." I smiled, locking eyes with her. It wasn't just that because of the imprint I couldn't leave her now, even if I wanted to. It was more than that. Billy and I are brothers. Even if I didn't have any involvement with Sarah, this baby would be my family.

"Yeah and after everything that you and I have done to try and conceive, there isn't any way I'm taking off now that this is actually happening. I can be involved as much or as little as you three decide you want me to, but I promise you I will be involved, Sarah." Billy assured her, and I could see the happiness in his eyes with this news.

I think we each had a lot of questions, and we were all just getting ready to start asking some of them when someone started pounding on the front door. I was the closest, so I got up to answer it. When I opened the door, Suzie Clearwater flew through it.

"Oh, thank heaven you're home! There's an animal in my backyard and I think it's hurt. I can't get it to come out from under the bushes and Harry isn't home! I need you boys to come and help me get it out so I can get a better look at it. With my medical training, I might be able to save it. But bring a shotgun just in case. I think it's a bear." She hurried, all but pulling us out of the house after her.

Billy brought his gun and the girls trailed behind us as we all followed Suzie down the lane towards her house. She pointed us to the correct bushes but wisely didn't get close. We approached cautiously and as soon as we could see the animal, we knew it wasn't a bear. But he was unconscious by the time we got there, so we couldn't coax him out, we had to carefully haul him out, trying not to injure him further.

He was indeed injured as we could smell the blood from his wounds and even see it through the fur. Suzie gasped when she realized what she was looking at and I think at that moment, she also realized all the legends were true.

"Good Lord!"

"Who is it?"

"Do you know?"

"Can you tell?"

"Is he alright?"

The girls peppered us with questions, one after the other.

"I have no idea. Suzie, where did you say Harry was?" I asked, taking my shoes off.

"He went into the woods to pick berries over an hour ago. He should be home soon. Unless…dear God! You don't think…?" She gasped.

"Only one way to find out. I'm going to phase and see if the mind-link works even while he's unconscious. If it does, I'll try to get some answers and then I can tell him to stay phased until we know the extent of his wounds." I said, stripping down completely. "Billy, keep our girls out of harm's way. Suzie, can you start to clean the wounds and find out how badly he is hurt for us please?" I asked before becoming wolf.

I could hear them complying with my instructions, as I approached the unconscious wolf. This is your Alpha. If you can hear me, I want you to respond.

Yes, I can hear you. What is happening to me?

You are unconscious and injured, whatever you do, you need to stay wolf. If you try to phase back to your human form, you could make your injuries worse, so you can't do that yet. Now tell me, who are you and who did this to you?

Judging by its smell and it's cold, hard, pale skin, I'd say it was definitely a Cold One. It's me, Harry. Where is my Sue, is she okay?

Yes, she's fine, she's tending to your injuries. I want you to stay still, even if you do wake up so that you don't hurt yourself further. Before you passed out, did anything seem like it was broken?

Not that I can recall. I played dead after it attacked me, and it left the area thinking it had killed me. I tried to get up once it was gone and that's when I passed out from the pain.

You were very lucky it left or you would have been more than 'play-dead'.

Yeah, no kidding!

Okay, Harry, I'm going to phase back and let the others know what is happening. After that, I'm going to leave Billy here to guard the area and our Imprints while Suzie heals you. I'm going to follow that bloodsucker's trail and try to find it. I'll keep my distance from it and keep you and Billy informed through the mind-link. Once you are healed, you can protect the girls while Billy and I end the creature the same way I ended the last one. Now that it knows to be wary of us, I think it'll definitely take two of us to kill it.

Sure, Chuck. Sounds good. And tell Sue not to worry, I'll be fine now that I have her taking care of me, I know that without a doubt.

Yeah, I think so too, Harry. I'll tell her. Now, remember to stay still and stay wolf for now, until I tell you it's safe to do otherwise.

Yeah, got it. Thanks, Chuck!

Don't mention it, Buddy.

I changed back and pulled Billy aside first. I asked him to phase and showed him my conversation with Harry through the mind-link. Then I phased back to human long enough to talk to the girls and explain the situation while Billy stood guard in wolf form.

I got a kiss from both of our girls and a warning from them to be careful, which raised an eyebrow from Suzie, but she didn't take time to comment and continued diligently working on Harry. Then I ran off after the Cold One, leaving Billy to keep the girls and Harry safe so that Harry could heal.

Billy's POV

I was left in charge of the scene at the Clearwaters' place when Chuck took off after the vampire. I was really hoping he'd catch the leech and that there weren't any more of them in the area. And I was also really hoping Harry was going to be alright. Sue nearly had a breakdown when she found out he was the wolf she was treating, but somehow she kept it together.

"Sarah, can you please get me some hot water, cloths and rubbing alcohol? And a razor so I can shave the fur from these areas. Renée can you get me my medical bag, please? I need to check his vitals and depending on the rate of his accelerated healing, I may still need to stitch these wounds." She urged, taking charge of the situation. The girls hopped to as if they'd been spanked on their bottoms.

Harry, it's Billy. Can you hear me?

Yep, Billy, you're coming in loud and clear. How the hell are ya?

Ha! I should be asking you that, Harry. I'm sorry we weren't there to help you with that leech. We had no idea there was another one in the area. We haven't had a chance to set up regular patrols yet. We both just started phasing and there's been a whole other shit storm going on today that we were dealing with. Not that it's any excuse.

I showed him the memory of imprinting on Renée and of Chuck imprinting on Sarah.

Holy shit! No wonder you were so busy! What's that all gonna mean for you guys?

I dunno man. Chance I might lose my wife. Chance it might be me marrying Renée instead of Chuck. Chance we might end up taking advantage of that new law. Chance anything could happen, really. All I know is, whatever Renée wants is what I need to give her. That's the nature of the imprint and I know Chuck feels the same way with Sarah. But I also know that my wolf is going to be protective of Sarah too because of the baby, so until we know what the girls want, it's sort of like feeling split in two directions.

At that point, I heard another voice in my head. Now that was totally surreal. Like a conference call with telepathy or something.

Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, but I've chased it into Idaho and it seems to have a nest in the area. I don't think it's traveling with any others, but it seems to be stopped in the area for now. I've been keeping my distance and staying downwind so that I don't run into trouble. The scent has some similarities to the one from before, so much so that I'm thinking they might have been mates. That would explain why it came to the area, so soon after the other one, if it was trying to find its lost mate. I'll keep you posted if anything changes. How's Harry doing?

Sue's been fixing him up,

I replied, showing them images of what she had done so far and how the girls were helping.

He's healing pretty quickly and she doesn't think there is any internal bleeding or broken bones, so it's just a matter of stitching him up now and letting his body do the rest.

Okay, let me know when Sue thinks he's ready to wake up and if he hasn't woken up naturally by then, I can use an Alpha command to revive him. It'd probably work better than smelling salts anyway.

Thanks, Chuck, will do. You be careful out there, okay?

Yeah, you guys too. There haven't been any other scents back home, have there, Billy?

Not a one, thankfully. I think it was just the one, hopefully.

Yeah, no kidding. Alright, well let me know if Harry wakes up. Otherwise, let me know when he's ready to. Harry, get better, okay? That's an order.

Hmm, we'll see if it works that way, Chuck, but since he's healing anyway, it probably will. Hard to say if it would have worked if he were much worse off, but who knows? I grew up in the know with all of this and it still confounds me.

I sighed, shaking my head. I didn't know if any of us would ever truly understand the magic, but we were trying. I said goodbye to both the guys and phased human briefly so that I could talk to Sue.

"How's it coming?" I asked, leaning over Harry's limp form to get a closer look.

"Almost done the stitches. Then I think we can give him another half-hour to wake up on his own before we try waking him up.

"Alright, well Chuck has said he can give him an Alpha command to wake up if we need him to. That might actually work best. He also gave him a command to get better, so there's a chance he may heal even faster now." I explained.

"Alright, well, why don't you do that perimeter patrol you wolves do in the meantime, just to be safe? Then once we're ready to wake him, I'll yell for you to come back," Sue suggested.

"Sounds great. Thank you, Sue. You'll keep an eye on the girls for me and yell if anyone needs anything?" I asked and she nodded. So I kissed Sarah and Renée, phased and took off into the woods on four legs.

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