The delivery
“Paul’s pregnant wife…Martha.”
The sound of the name alone drained the blood away from Kiara’s face.
‘I told you; there’s no point in telling her since she won’t agree to come,’ Cian scolded his wolf, Fionn, before continuing to speak to Kiara.
“It’s ok. I understand perfectly if you can’t come. I will make sure alpha Lucas doesn’t know about it and I’ll speak to…”
“No, it’s fine… I can handle being around her, besides… it was just a stupid kiss…. I’m sure she’s probably forgotten about it by now.” Of course, she would, she’s expecting a baby, Kiara would be the least of Martha’s problems now.
Cian didn’t miss the way her voice stuttered.
“Are you sure? I mean…”
“No, seriously, its fine. I can’t keep running away when I’ve already apologized for what I did, besides everyone makes mistakes.”
She was missing the point; Cian didn’t care about Martha or the kiss, he cared about Kiara. He didn’t know if she’d be able to handle seeing Martha birth her mate’s child. He knows something like that is not an easy thing for any wolf to handle.
“Are you sure you’ll be able to handle it Kiara?”
Kiara saw the worried look on his face, and assured him again.
“Don’t worry about me Cian. I will be able to handle it. Thank you for your concern.”
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Early the next day, Cian, Kiara and Nani set off in two trucks stacked with supplies. Cian and Kiara drove in one while Nani and one of Filip’s wolf guards drove in the other. They reached the camp by evening and Martha had already gone into labor, she’d been there for hours but the strong wolf baby didn’t want to come out, causing the mother unbearable pain. Martha screamed at the top of her lungs and her screams already told Nani and Kiara in the direction they should run. Cian and the wolf guard who carried a few supplies for the baby; towels, blankets and herbs, followed behind them.
One of the refugees and Martha’s friend, Sarah, ran up to Nani as soon as she saw her and Kiara coming closer.
“Thank goodness you’re here! We’ve tried to hold on until you came. The little wolf doesn’t want to come out.”
“How is she?” Nani asked.
“She’s holding on, we hope the goddess grants her a safe delivery!”
“Let’s go!”
Paul walked slowly out of the tent, glancing towards his wife again and nodding in Kiara’s direction. She nodded at him too before he disappeared, and then she heard Nani call her name.
“Kiara!!!”
“Yes, Nani.”
“I need wet towels, lots of them.”
“Ok Nani, I’ll get right on it.” Kiara nodded and proceeded to collect the supplies from Filip’s guard, who was outside with Cian. She entered back into the tent and dropped the supplies with Nani before going back to the truck to collect as many dry towels as her hands could carry and finding a water source to wet them. Thankfully, Filip’s men had dug a well near the camp so she wouldn’t have trouble finding the nearest river.
She came back with the towels in a bucket and handed them to Nani, who was giving Martha some medicines to ease the pain. She collected them from Kiara and muttered her thanks, placing one of the towels on her abdomen. Kiara then went to Martha’s side and held her hand, comforting her and singing those songs the way Paul did before.
And then, Nani gave the order.
“PUSH!”
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Came Martha’s scream.
After a few more screams, the cries of a newborn he-wolf were heard.
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