The Love of a Lycan

When a woman was bearing the child of a lycan, they would have a different gestation period from normal human pregnancy.

It would only take roughly five months for them to bear the child into a full term until the delivery.

Therefore, when Hope was four months pregnant, she looked like a nine months pregnant lady that even her petite body couldn't cover for it.

Well, it was predictable, since she was carrying twins. And so, it was expected.

"I can't see my toes…" Hope complained when she sat down and her vision was hindered by her own tummy. She frowned hard. "I can't cut my nails."

Kace, who was cooking dinner for them, smiled and then approached his mate with a big wolfish grin etched on his lips. "I have cut your nails just two days ago, they still look good."

Hope was not happy when she heard that. "But, I look like a big ball," she said. "Next month, I don't have to walk, but roll to move from one place to another."

This statement made Kace laugh really hard and tousle his mate's hair, kissing her forehead.

"I look fat, right?" She asked the obvious. There was a time when Hope felt really insecure with her body and appearance, though Kace had never said anything about it.

Of course, because he never felt there was anything wrong with her. Hope was carrying his children, there was never a single complaint that ever crossed his mind. "You look pregnant," he corrected her.

Hope pouted her lips and caressed her stomach, but then a soft smile appeared on her lips. She liked it when she felt a movement or two from her babies.

Kace was very excited when he heard that she was pregnant with twins. He thought; he had beaten Torak in this aspect, because Raine got pregnant before Hope could. Therefore, at least he got more children before his brother. 𝐟𝙧ee𝔀e𝐛𝓃𝐨𝚟𝑒𝗹.c𝗼𝚖

Well, it was a ridiculous way of thinking. Hope rolled her eyes when she heard this, but the happiness that emanated from Kace's blue eyes was something that made Hope happy as well.

Happiness was contagious and Hope enjoyed the first three months of her pregnancy. She was able to eat everything and asked for random food when her cravings got beyond weird. Kace had never complained during that time and Hope could justify her actions, shoving all the blame onto her pregnancy.

However, when she entered her fourth month, she started to feel her body was too heavy to walk around the room and the feeling of exhaustion was coming to her too easily.

"Yes, 'looking pregnant' is the right phrase," Hope grumbled, as she took the glass of warm milk that Kace handed to her. "We will eat dinner, but you gave me this. No wonder, I'm gaining weight so fast."

Kace chuckled. "You are the one asking for a glass of warm milk before dinner since five days back, but tonight I brought it you before you asked for it," he pointed out the obvious and laughed when Hope grumbled, but she drank the milk anyway.

"I will become fatter than I'm already," Hope said, while putting down the glass and licked her lips.

"So, do you want to go on a diet?" Kace teased her. Recently, Hope started getting terrible mood swings. She would be happy in one second and then get mad or feel insecure in the next second. Well, Kace had taken care of her since she was only a day old, thus this was nothing to him. "You don't want to eat?"

"Of course, I want to eat. The babies will be starving if I did not," Hope said with a glimmer in her eyes, happy to smell the food that was almost done.

"I know you will answer like that," Kace said, winking at her and then prepared their dinner.

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It was late at night when Hope woke up all of a sudden and let out a muffled scream. She grabbed Kace's hand, who was sleeping beside her.

It didn't even take Kace two full seconds to become fully awake and realize that something was wrong with his mate. He bolted up and sat down, then looked at Hope's wrinkled forehead, as she grimaced in pain.

"What happened?" Kace asked, anxiousness dripped from his voice, especially when he saw Hope holding her stomach painfully. "What is it? Tell me." He could feel panic wash over his being upon seeing what was happening as his head started spinning at the thought of worst case possible.

"I think… I think the babies are coming…" she said, stuttering. "But, it is not the time… it is too early…"

It should be two weeks from now for Hope to give birth, therefore it was too early for it, added that to the fact that they were their first borns. Since they didn't have any? experience in this, their panic just got multiplied.

"We have to go to the hospital!" That was the first right thing that Kace could think of right now.

The lycan immediately took the bag that they had prepared ahead of time if an unexpected situation were to arise and then carried Hope in his arms to their car.

Kace tried his best to make her feel comfortable as much as he could, but it seemed there was nothing he could do to ease her pain at all.

After Kace put down Hope carefully, he bolted to the driver seat and drove the car like a madman, yet he made sure that his mate was secured beside him.

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Sterling was the first person that Kace could think of calling during that chaotic situation and he came with Ethan to the hospital very fast.

At first, Hope didn't want Kace to accompany her into the delivery room because he was too stiff and panicky, but there was nothing she could do to change Kace's mind.

However, Kace finally felt a little relaxed when Sterling came and helped him calm down, saying that it was normal for having a baby ahead of time that his deceased wife also experienced the same thing when she carried the twins.

Realizing that Sterling was in the same situation many years ago, made Kace trust what he said.

After a few minutes of talking, eventually Kace relaxed a bit and this calmed Hope as well. Therefore, when it was time, Hope agreed for Kace to accompany her.

"It will be okay, we just have to have hope," Hope told him when Kace bent down and pressed his lips against her forehead reassuringly. He then nuzzled his nose against the side of her massive bump.

"Yes," he whispered. "We have made it so far. I will be right beside you."

Hope knew he would. Kace would always be beside her during thick and thin or anything.

Kace knew that his life was not perfect, he was still dealing with the insecurities that he always felt in the past, especially after the second war and he had to lose so many people that had been dear to him.

Being separated from Hope for years was worse than anything else, but now she was here and they were soon going to welcome the new members of their small family.

Thus, slowly but surely, Kace would improve himself for his mate and their children.

Their journey was not over yet…

Hope was all they needed…