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Story: Three Mates & A Tribrid
"Guys!" I screamed again, staring wide-eyed at the blood seeping through my gown. My vision started going in and out as tears blurred my vision.
"Rose!" Atticus yelled back. I could hear my mates running and yelling to get help, but I felt frozen.
It's like my brain decided to check out as I sat on the daisy covered forest floor. I vaguely noticed that the daisies dulled to their natural color as my magic dwindled inside of me.
"Rose, baby breathe. We're taking you to the pack doctor," Everett's voice filtered into my hazy thoughts, making me take in a shaky breath.
I blinked my eyes, looking at Axel as he picked me up and began to walk with me to the portal Atticus opened up.
Axel ran into the small building sitting on the outskirts of Everett's pack. I was quickly ushered into one of the patient rooms where doctors and nurses flocked me on all sides. I sat, staring dead-eyed at the mirror sitting across from my bed.
I watched silently as the nurses hooked me up to various machines.
My breathing got quicker as I felt heavy with equipment weighing me down.
I could distantly hear voices trying to calm me down, but I couldn't. I felt trapped.
Trapped in my own mind and body. Like I did with the alphas, like I did at the council headquarters, like I did now.
I watched as blood trickled down my nose, out of my eyes, and from my mouth. I looked like a monster. My breathing intensified as I heard voices shouting in the room, but never once did I break eye contact from the mirror.
I blinked once, shattering the mirror into a million pieces before I felt a prick on my arm, making everything go black.
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"No! That's not fucking happening!" Axel's voice punctured through the deep sleep that I was currently in.
"There has to be something else we can do," Atticus said in a much quieter tone than Axel.
I cracked my eyes open, blinking away the remaining darkness. We were still in the same room I was taken into, but something was off. All three of my mates weren't looking at me, but at a nurse.
Axel looked frightened and wide-eyed as he continuously ran his fingers through his hair. Atticus looked somber as he talked quietly with the nurse, while Everett looked straight at the floor with tears in his eyes.
"We can't make that kind of decision without Ro-" Atticus's voice cut off as he made eye contact with me across the room.
"Make what decision?" I asked in a scratchy voice. Axel and Everett's heads whipped over to look at me. However, it wasn't in relief, but in despair. My poor mates looked so heartbroken and speechless, and I didn't even know why.
"Can we have a minute?" Axel asked the nurse, although he never took his eyes off me. The nurse nodded her head, giving me a brief smile before she left the room.
"Hey, baby girl, how are you feeling?" Everett asked, coming up to the right side of the bed.
"Come on, big man. Quit bullshitting me, what's going on?
" I asked, still noticing the trace of tears on his face.
Something serious was going on and my guys weren't telling me.
"It's the babies...isn't it?" I asked, my voice cracking at the end.
I felt it without them even having to say anything. Something was wrong.
I looked between the three of them who could hardly meet my gaze. Axel glared at the floor while Everett shifted uncomfortably. Atticus gulped, looking between the guys before his saddened gaze met mine. "The babies have to be delivered by tomorrow."
I blinked in confusion. I don't understand what the big deal is. Yeah, sure, I still have a little less than a month before my due date, but lots of babies are able to survive that.
Everett shook his head, tears forming in his eyes again. "You don't get it, baby girl...they might not survive."
I felt the air rush out of me and my blood go cold. "No. No...then we'll keep them in until their due date."
"We can't. The nurses said that one of the babies is sucking the magic out of you. We can't take that risk., Roe," Atticus said, rubbing my face as he searched my eyes for a reaction.
I shook my head hard, my breathing picking up. "No, there has to be something we can do. Maybe there's a spell or something. What if they all die?!"
"Damnit, Rose! They're killing you!" Axel yelled, standing up abruptly, making me jump. It wasn't until Axel looked at me that I noticed just how heartbroken he truly was. Tears lined the corners of his eyes as he spoke quietly, "I'm not fucking losing you."
I felt my heart crack open at the absolute despair written across my mate's faces. Even though I never thought I'd be able to have kids, it doesn't mean that I never wanted them.
"I don't want to lose them," I said quietly, the weight of my decision was weighing on my chest.
A big part of me would rather choose to save my children and die trying, but I know my mates wouldn't let me do that. For all we know, it could all be for nothing. The babies could die regardless.
"What do you want to do, Princess?" Axel asked, squeezing my hand in comfort.
"Bring the nurse in."
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I was currently walking down the cobbled pathway leading to the daisy fields. I inhaled and exhaled as I dragged my fingers across the tips of flowers as I passed by.
I walked towards the small headstones that were reserved for my sweet pups that never got to experience the fresh air of the woods or the beautiful animals running through them.
I stood in front of them with tears in my eyes. "Hello, little ones," I said, smiling through my tears.
"Rose, baby, you were supposed to wait on us," Atticus said, appearing by my side.
I smiled up at him as I heard Axel and Everett bickering behind us. "And get stuck with those two as they argue how accurate Twilight is?"
He chuckled as I listened to Axel complain about the movie, "I mean, the dude sparkles! Like what the hell is that?" He immediately shut up when Everett elbowed him and inclined his head towards me.
He cleared his throat before coming over to me and kissing my forehead. "How're my boys doing?"
I smiled sadly up at the sky. "Hopefully they're doing amazing."
"I brought some lunch. I thought we could have a picnic all together. You know, as a family," Everett said, holding up a basket.
I smiled brightly at him, "That'd be great, big man."
The guys have been very respectful since I lost the babies. I know it hit them pretty hard, but I was downright devastated at the time. If it wasn't for them, I don't think I could have made it. I was reminded every day of the pregnancy by the slowly diminishing stretch marks.
We sat down as a family and ate together six months after I was declared Luna. The pack, coven, and clan have been extra supportive during these hard times. This is the happiest I've been in a while.
"Ready to head home?" Atticus asked, holding his hand out to help me up. I looked back one more time before walking through the portal and heading home.
"Oh good, you guys are back!" Lindsey, Everett's beta, yelled once we walked through the front door.
"What's wrong?" All three of my mates asked, rushing towards the kitchen. I rolled my eyes but followed behind them.
"Seriously?! Margo Jax Maxwell! How did you get food all the way up there?" I asked incredulously.
I looked at my adorably cute baby girl who was currently sitting in her high chair and eating food. Well, most of the food somehow ended up on the ceiling.
"Don't be mad at her, momma. She didn't mean to," Axel said, picking her up while Everett wiped the food off of her mouth.
I shook my head. "Wow, my own mates are turning against me," I said around a smile.
Atticus cleaned up her plate while grinning. "Don't be jealous. You're still our number one girl."
I looked at my three amazing and loving mates as they played with our only child who was more like her mother than she'll ever know.
It was then that I realized that Atticus was wrong. She has definitely replaced me as being their number one girl...and I was okay with it.