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The betas voice was barely audible as he looked at the ground.

“What do you mean you don’t remember?” I asked incredulously. “How is that even possible? It’s only been a handful of weeks since you had to hide it away.”

Tony looked up at me a little guiltily.

“I set it off accidentally.”

I felt like I’d just had the wind knocked out of me. Why was this happening quite a lot recently?

“What?”

Tony scratched the back of his neck in embarrassment. “I’m pretty sure my future-self was in this body and hid it somewhere.” Tony looked at me as if he’d done something unspeakable. “I’m really sorry.”

“What did you see when you went forward? How far did you go?” I fired off my questions in quick succession. Then I askedthe one question most important to him. “Did you see Rose? Was she OK?”

“I went six years forward,” Tony revealed. “And no, I didn’t see Rose. The entire time I was home, taking care of a-a—” Tony's face reddened. "Newborn.”

There was a momentary warmth in my chest at the knowledge that six years from now, my brother would have a family.

“Yours?” I queried, wanting to make sure my assumption was correct.

Tony nodded. “I can’t really tell you more than that. I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. It was like a complete out of body experience. I couldn’t believe this was my life in the future.”

Even though I would have loved to sit with my younger brother and help him hash through it all, there were more pressing matters at the moment.

“We have to try to find the artifact.”I was adamant. I had to find it and make sure Rose would be OK.

“I’ve already tried looking for it,” Tony confessed. “I wanted to hide it in one of the caves a few hours away from here. I went back and spent a great deal of time combing through the likely hiding spots. It wasn't there. We could go back and double check but I don’t think you want to waste time doing that, Aiden. Go be with Rose. Eventually, she’s going to start feeling nervous about the delivery, you need to be there for her.”

I felt like an idiot. Tony was right. I needed to be there for Rose. Even right now, I should be with the person whose life was on the line. I sped home to find Rose right where I’d left her. Sitting in the rocking chair in our baby’s nursery, lovingly holding a fuzzy pink blanket up to her cheek.

“The longer my werewolf has been repressed,” Rose spoke softly, her eyes landing on me, “the longer it’s been taking meto heal from small injuries. I think this is normal Aiden for half-humans. Once I have the baby, it will all be fine.”

But there was a tone of uncertainty. As if she was just saying it in hopes of making it true. I didn’t argue. I just went over and held her in my arms, praying to the moon goddess that everything would be all right in the end.

Chapter 69

“True love stories never have endings.” – Richard Bach

Aiden's POV

The morning of Rose’s induction, I combed back her hair once she’d gotten out of the shower. I twirled a drying strand of curls around my finger listlessly.

“Do you remember how we always said we wanted a lot of kids?” Rose asked fondly, cheerily, looking at my reflection in the mirror. I looked back at her and swallowed. That had been a time when I wasn’t worried that my mate’s life was in danger because she was carrying our child.

The room was oddly silent in the face of Rose’s poignant smile.

“Bite me?” Rose asked into the desolate quietness. “It’ll make me feel better.”

“I don’t think I physically can,” I spoke in a suffocating voice. “I’m so worried about what’s going to happen today…to you.” My voice broke on the last word.

Rose turned to look at me defiantly.

“Everything is going to be alright, Aiden. We’re going to go and have a baby and then we’re going to bring little Elena home.”

“Elena?” I repeated the name.

It sounded…nice. I’d been so caught up in my worry for Rose, I’d stopped discussing possible names with her. But it seemed that Rose had found one, a really nice one.