The last thing I remember is laying across Winston's back as he ran back to their den. I passed out halfway over and started to see a bright, white light with a figure standing in the middle of it. It looked like a wolf, getting closer and closer.
"Cody, listen to my words." she said, voice echoing. "Who are you?" I asked, scared. "My name is not important. All you need to know is you are not going to die...if you can find your reason to return to the living world."
"How do I do that?"
"Look deep inside yourself...Find what is most important to you and what you want to live for the most. Every hour you are here is one day in the living world. Every hour you slip closer and closer to death."
I was scared but had to find my reason to live...I started thinking. "What's the most important thing in my life?" I knew I needed something...powerful.
Quick Switch to Lilly's POV
I couldn't believe I might have cost Cody his life! He was with Eve and she was trying to stop the bleeding completely, but it was still running out of his neck in some spots. I knew he was getting closer and closer to death, but couldn't let that happen.
"Cody, if you can hear me, please don't leave us...I love you...I can't live without you...Our kids need a father!" I cried into his chest. His heart was still beating and his breathing was normal, so I knew he was okay for now. But how much longer...
"Lilly, you need to go outside for a minute. Take a deep breath and calm yourself down. I know you didn't mean to hurt him, but what's done is done. I promise you. He. Will. Live." Mom said, rubbing my back. I nodded and stood up, taking one last look at him before walking outside. I sat down near the edge and looked out over the pack territory. Everybody was going about their day like nothing was wrong. It started to anger me, but I realized everybody couldn't stop their day just because someone was injured.
"Hey, Lilly..." Kate said, walking up next to me with Humphrey. They sat down and she said "He's going to be okay. You know that, right?"
"I know...I'm just mad at myself right now!" I said, getting angry at my own stupidity. "Lilly, it was an accident. He knows that and so do you. Don't be mad at anyone." Kate said, hugging me. I started crying on her shoulder.
"What if he doesn't make it, Kate?" I asked, crying like crazy. She rubbed my back and said "That's not going to happen. He's a very strong wolf. Just give him some time to wake up, okay?"
I nodded and said "Thanks, Kate...Where's the pups?" "They're with their friends over by the pond." Humphrey said. I was starting to feel better, but tired now. "I'm going to go get a little sleep. Thanks for cheering me up, guys." I said. "No problem. See you two later." Kate said as they walked off together. I went back inside and laid down next to Cody, closing my eyes and falling asleep.
Back to Cody's POV
It's been one hour since I first saw the wolf figure, or one day in the living world. Everything was starting to gradually get brighter, telling me I didn't have a lot of time left.
"Could you at least give me a little help?" I yelled. The wolf figure simply said "No, I can't." I was getting angry and said "Who the hell are you anyway!?"
"I told you, my name is not important, but I'm someone who cares for you...very much." she said. "I don't know what my reason is...Maybe I don't have one. My pups are grown and getting married and Lilly will probably find someone else..." I said, starting to cry.
I sat there crying and thinking for another hour (or day). Everything was almost pure white and starting to fade into the light. I couldn't let my family live without me. It would just kill them if I died, especially Lilly. I'm the only wolf she's ever loved like she loves me and she's so shy around new wolves. My kids aren't ready to live without a father. Then it hit me like a slap to the face!
"It's my family! They need me and I need them. I can't leave my pups without a father or Lilly without a husband!" I yelled. Everything started to darken and fade to black, scaring me. "No, No, NO!" I yelled, voice fading away into the darkness. I felt myself falling into nothing. I knew I was about to die...I suddenly felt myself stop and could hear people talking. I could feel the pain in my neck.
I slowly opened my eyes to see Lilly pressed against me, keeping me warm and crying into my chest. Eve and Winston were outside and Onyx and Krystal were on my other side, talking. "I'M ALIVE!" I thought.
My heart rate was going extremely fast and my breathing was in short gasps. "L-Lilly..." I said, voice not there. She didn't hear me so I moved my paw to her face. She felt me touch her and looked up at me, tears flowing down her cheek. I weakly smiled and started stroking her cheek, comforting her. She crawled up to my face and started licking my cheek like crazy and crying.
"I thought I lost you..." she wispered. I slowly shook my head and put my forelegs around her neck, pulling her to me. Onyx looked over at us and saw my eyes were barely open. "DAD!" he yelled, getting up and coming over to me. Krystal shot up and come over too and hugged me. Her and Onyx started crying, so happy I was alive. I tried to talk, but just couldn't.
"Don't...Your neck is hurt pretty bad. You probably won't be able to talk for a few days." Eve said, running over to. She put her paw to the side of my neck, checking my heart rate. She smiled and said "You were almost dead a few minutes ago. Your body was getting colder by the second."
"I'm so sorry for what I did! I never meant to! Can you forgive me?" Lilly asked, crying. I mouthed "Yes...I love you..." She burst out crying and said "I love you too!" She buried her neck in my chest, crying into it. I put my paw around her, rubbing her back. I looked over at Onyx and Krystal and they were crying as well. I slowly rolled over and pulled Onyx to me, hugging him.
"I missed you, Dad..." he said, crying. I felt my eyes tearing up as well and mouthed "You're not getting rid of your old man" He weakly laughed and said "Nothing is." I felt myself falling asleep and closed my eyes. Lilly rolled me over and said "You are NOT going back to sleep! Wake up, dammit!" I slowly opened my eyes to see her standing over me, glaring at me. I smiled and mouthed "I'm tired...I need to sleep."
I closed my eyes and pulled Lilly closer to me so our bodies were touching and she could feel my heart beat. I fell asleep after a few minutes and dreamed that Lilly was pregnant again...
Two Days Later
I was just starting to get my voice back enough to talk. Lilly never left my side, even to eat. She was always worried I wouldn't wake back up. I tried telling her I'm fine now, but she wouldn't listen.
Today was no different. Lilly was laying next to me, resting her head on my chest. "Lilly, you should really go out for a little while. I promise, I'll be here when you get back." I said, voice raspy.
"I don't care. I'm not leaving you until you can walk again. Then I'll know you're not going to die on me." she said, determined. I sighed and layed my head down. A little while later, Krystal and Jake came inside and over to me.
"How're you feeling, Dad?" she asked, sitting down. "I'm okay. I just want your mother to go have some fun or something. She can't stay here all day long." I said. Lilly looked at me and said "I'm NOT leaving." Krystal laughed and said "Come on, Mom...Dad's going to be fine. Why don't you and I spend a little time together and Jake can stay here for a while."
"I don't mind. We've been walking all day, so it'd be nice to relax for a while. I'll keep watch on him, don't worry ma'am." Jake said, sitting down. Lilly looked at them and then at me. I nodded and she sighed, saying "Alright, fine. If you die while we're gone, I'm gonna kill you." We all laughed and I said "You have my word. Now go have fun." They walked outside, talking about what they should do.
"Thank you for staying here, Jake." I said, sitting up. "No problem. Like I said, I'd like to relax for a while. Krystal has been making me walk with her all day everyday. Good thing about is she stays in awesome shape!" he said, laughing. I chuckled and asked "Do you know if she's pregnant yet?"
"Not yet. It's only been a couple days, so hopefully sometime soon. What about Lilly?" he asked, smiling. "I have no idea. I've been out, remember?" I said. He laughed and said "Oh yeah...You should ask her when she comes back."
"I know. I'm going to get a little more sleep." I said, closing my eyes and driting off to sleep. When I woke again it was early morning. "Slept all evening..." I thought, yawning. I looked to my side and saw Lilly next to me again. I smiled and slowly sat up and walked outside.
"Where do you think you're going?" Eve asked, walking up behind me. I turned around and said "Just to get some water." She pushed a bowl with water in it over to me and said "Here. You're not quite ready to be going anywhere yet." I nodded and drank from it. A few minutes later I walked back over to Lilly and was about to lay down when she woke up.
"Morning, babe..." she sleepily said, sitting up. I licked her neck and said "Morning." I noticed she was looking a little sad so I asked "What's wrong, love?" She sighed and said "I'm not pregnant..."
"Are you sure?" I asked. She nodded and said "It's been four days so far. If I'm not by now then I don't think I will be." I pulled her into a hug and said "It's okay...It happens sometimes. Are you still in heat?" She shrugged and I put my paw to her belly and she felt burning hot. I chuckled and said "I think you are...We can try again if you want." She looked at me and said "No, not right now..."
"Why, love?" I asked. She looked me in the eyes and said "I don't want to have pups again right now. Maybe next mating season, okay?" I nodded and said "Whatever you want to do." She licked my cheek and said "Thanks, babe. What do you say we go home?"
"Sounds good. I need a bath anyway." I said, smelling myself. She laughed and said "Yeah, me too." We walked out and towards our den and eventually got the to the creek. I hopped in and started washing myself. Lilly was laying on the back, constantly shifting around.
"Are you okay, love?" I asked, worried. She nodded and said "Yeah...yeah, I'm okay...I'm okay." I got out and went over to her and said "No you're not. What's the matter?" She started to tear up and said "The heat is driving me crazy!" I laid down with her and said "I know...Why don't you get in the water for a little while? Maybe it'll help." She nodded and got up, walking over to the water.
I happened to look at her rear and her juices were flowing out and running down her legs. I looked at where she was laying and saw a small puddle. She jumped in and laid down in the shallow water, letting the water run over her body. She was wimpering and squirming around, trying to ignore it but couldn't. I walked over to her and sat on the bank and said "Still bothering you?"
"Yeah...real bad." she wimpered, tears running down her face. I got in with her and laid down next to her, comforting her. "Calm down, Lilly...Just relax...I'm here." I said, rubbing her back. She arched her back up into my paw and said "You're just making it worse..." I stopped and said "I don't know what else to do..." She licked my neck and said "Don't worry...I can handle it..."
"Are you sure?" I asked. She nodded and said "Yeah...Just give me a few minutes to relax." I nodded and kissed her, getting out. I shook off and went inside to lay down. I was keeping an eye on her, making sure she was okay. My eyes started to close and I rolled onto my side to get comfortable, falling asleep.
I wasn't dreaming, but thinking about how I could help Lilly without getting her pregnant. I was only asleep a few minutes when I felt something on me. I opened my eyes to see Lilly standing over me, nuzzling my neck.
"Lilly? What are you doing?" I asked. She looked up at me and said "I NEED relief! I can't take it anymore!" I moved out from underneath her and said "Lilly, you said you don't want to get pregnant right now. If we mate, you will." She started to tear up and said "I know that! But I can't take the burning anymore! The water doesn't help at all...It just makes me think of when we did it there."
I sighed and sat next to her, hugging her. She laid down and started crying, torn between getting pregnant or suffering more. I didn't want to see her suffer so I rolled her onto her back. She was surprised and said "Wh-what are you d-doing?" I didn't say anything. Instead I moved between her legs and started licking her, making her loudly moan. I was started to get hard, so I turned around so my wolfhood was over her. She started licking me, making me groan in pleasure.
She was soaking wet and the fur around her womanhood was matted down and turned a light grey from her juice. I licked around her, cleaning her fur and she started sucking me. She kept at it until she was out of breath and panting from pleasure.
"Ooohhh...How are we going to do this without me getting pregnant?" she asked, breathing heavily. "I've got an idea...Just let me take care of you." I said, pushing my nose into her. She squealed and threw her head back onto the ground. I got off her and turned around so my wolfhood was right above her folds and started licking her neck, making her purr loudly.
I pushed into her all the way and she screamed in pleasure, crying lightly. I immediately started pounding her as hard as I could and she was moaning with each thrust until her orgasm started to hit her. When it did, she pulled me into a kiss and I pulled out, letting her spray everywhere. Her hips bucking up at me in a frenzy. She was moaning and sighing then entire time. When she finished, she laid her head back, hyperventilating.
"Wow! That was amazing!" she said, licking my neck. I smiled and pushed back into her and started pounding her again until I felt mine coming. I was panting and grunting, telling her I was close. When it hit me, I pulled out and hovered over her stomach and started kissing her as I released onto her. She was moaning and I was panting heavily for a couple minutes until I finished.
"Lilly..." I weakly said, kissing her deeply. She smiled and said "Did you just...on my stomach?" I nodded and said "That way you won't get pregnant...Feeling better?"
"Much better...Thank you, Cody!" she said, pulling herself up to me and kissing me. I smiled and said "Anytime, love...I think we should wash up real quick." She looked at her stomach and said "You go ahead...I need to rest a minute." I nodded and kissed her real quick and went to the creek.
I jumped in and let the water flow over me. I looked over at Lilly and she was licking my seed off her stomach. I laughed and said "Enjoying yourself?" She blushed and came over with me and said "Maybe...Problem?" I smiled and said "No...Really like that taste, huh?" She nodded and jumped in. We lay in the shallow water together, pressed against each other.
"I'm sorry you had to do that if you didn't want to." she said, nuzzling my neck. "Don't be sorry...You were suffering and I wanted to make you feel better." I said. She giggled and said "Well, you certainly did! Hopefully it won't bother me again for a while." I smiled and said "Hopefully...I'm not going to complain if you need "relief" again."
She leaned onto me, resting her head on my shoulder and said "I love you, Cody...You always know how to make someone feel better." I laughed and said "I love you too...You can make a grown adult act like a puppy around you." She giggled and closed her eyes. A few minutes later, we got out and shook off. We laid down on the bank and I fell asleep, watching the water flow by.