Chapter .40.

We are made of all those who have built and broken us -atticus *** The weeks came. They fell away from me as I watched each day come and go. Each hour, minute and second a racing clock that acted like a final countdown now. A timer that was waiting- ticking slowing away. There seemed to be no physical change. Orion was disappointed in that. He wanted the full belly and roundness that showed his future joy. My work as a warrior and Alpha made it so that my body could not betray me. It did not seem like I was with child. Just that I was sick. Unwell. The signs all pointed to some sickness, but I don't think the pack had a grasp on what ailed me. Something of stress -of lack of leadership and strength in the new position of Alpha. Something like that. The sickness showed well, but it was a cover that I wanted them to believe. For once I wanted them