Her Burning Desire
Chapter 48

Melony

I heard Theodore take a deep breath right after we said we would like to know the gender. I could feel his emotions through our bond and I knew how much this meant to him. After a few seconds, the doctor turned back to us smiling brightly.

"Congratulations Alpha and Luna. It looks like you are going to have a little boy!" She beamed.

My eyes instantly filled up with tears and my heart thought it was going to explode out of my chest. I was going to have a precious baby boy. Theodore squeezed my hand. I turned my head on the pillow to look at him, he looked so handsome and I think I fell in love with him all over again. His eyes were glossy with unshed tears and he gave me a proud smile, "I'm going to have a son." I nodded yes to him, smiling and biting my bottom lip hiding my emusement. He jumped up to hug me, "We're going to have a son!"

I started to laugh at him with happiness. The doctor sat there amused by everything surrounding her. Until she cleared her throat. "I am so sorry to interrupt your happy moment, but I believe there are a few things we should all discuss. Please, Luna, I will give you a moment to get dressed and I will come back to talk to you both in a few minutes." She bowed slightly in respect and took her leave.

I rolled myself up off the table and started to get dressed. While I was putting my pants on, I felt an overwhelming sense of guilt hit me and I knew it wasn't mine, but Theo's. "Theo, are you okay?" I walked over and placed my hands over his, taking the seat next to him. He raised his head and rubbed his fingers through his hair.

"I'm sorry Melony, I just feel super guilty. If I am being honest, I wanted a healthy baby in the beginning. I didn't care about gender. After replaceing out about the prophecy and the doctor asking us if we would like to know the gender, I couldn't help but replace out because a part of me was hoping that it would be a boy. I actually really wanted a boy at that moment. I even prayed to the moon goddess. I couldn't imagine having a daughter grow up to be a Lycan and have to rule over all werewolves. I feel like I let you and our baby down with my selfish prayers." I knew he felt this way, but I didn't blame him. I imagine any father would feel the same about their own daughter. Mine felt the same when they found out I was the White Wolf. Heck, they hid me away for 19 years! I don't blame him one bit.

"I know Theodore, I felt all of your emotions just before we said yes to her. Don't feel guilty babe. Look at my father, he hid me from the world my entire life because he was so scared. I think it is a natural instinct to want to protect your daughter so fiercely. I wasn't worried, I knew we were having a boy though. I could just feel it. I had no doubt in my mind." I felt I needed to tell him the other part of my feelings as well. If I was correct with this, I had a feeling I was going to be right about the next thing. "Also Theo, I know our son is the Lycan pup." I watched as his eyes widened and he looked at me with surprise. "I mean I can't confirm it 100%, but I feel it inside of me, Harper senses it also." Theodore nodded.

He relaxed back in his chair, resting his head against the wall. "I know.... Jackson feels it too." Now I snapped my head back to him in surprise. Theodore leaned up and gave me his guilty face. "In our meeting with the Elders, Jackson told me the pup was going to be the Lycan, that him and Harper could feel his power."

My mouth was hanging open now, "Why didn't you tell me??"

He grabbed my hands in his, "I didn't want to worry you, at least until we had a plan to handle everything. That's why I had to have the meeting right away. I figured I would feel more relaxed about the idea as long as we had a good plan of action to follow it." I just smiled at him and nodded, giving him the confirmation that I wasn't upset about any of it. I didn't have time to further discuss the issue because the doctor had walked back in. After about an hour of talking with her about the baby and making a birthing plan, we all had seemed to come to an agreement. She told us her concerns and we expressed how much we confided in her during this experience. She told us about the baby's development and how big he is. We should expect him to arrive within the next 4-7 days. If he doesn't come on his own within 10 days, they are going to induce my labor, afraid he will grow too big for me to birth, which would create major risk of giving birth. Theodore seemed to be tense with that information. He wasn't a fan of putting me at risk during this. He wasn't satisfied until we scheduled a day to be induced before we left.

As we walked hand in hand back to the packhouse, I made light conversation with Theodore. "You know, my mother was only pregnant for 3 months and she thought that was too fast. I have been pregnant for only a couple of weeks and I'm about to deliver a baby any day now! You think it will be like this for all of our children?" I glanced at him, while he seemed to be in thought.

"I really don't know, but I hope not. I enjoy the perks of you being pregnant." He smirked at me.

I rolled my eyes at him. "I think you just like that," as I waved my hand under my breasts.

He gave me a guilty shrug, "Well, obviously, those are a definite benefit, but I also enjoy all the snacks you bring to bed with you. Even if those are my favorite." I slapped his arm as we continued our walk. That night we were all sitting around the dinner table talking and eating.

"Sooooo, did you replace out the gender?! I'm just so jealous that you are about to have that little one any day now and I have just barely started to show I am even pregnant." Olive whined.

"Well, we can't all be made of super hero blood, Olive." Mark answered her with a mouth full of food.

"I am not made of super hero blood Mark." I scoffed at him.

"Yeah, okay Luna, and I'm not the most gorgeous man to walk this planet." He rolled his eyes at me.

"First of all, you roll your eyes at me again and you won't have eyes to roll ever again. Secondly, you aren't the most gorgeous man to walk this planet, big head." I was pointing my steak knife at him, shaking my hand.

Mark slowly stood in his seat and reached around my hand to take the knife from me. When he turned his attention to Theodore, "Can you get that baby out of her? It's making her a threat to society.

I stuck my tongue out at him, and he did it back to me. When I heard Theodore start laughing, "Okay children, let's just eat our dinner."

"I would but SOMEONE," I pointed a look at Mark, "took my knife for my steak." I stuck my lip out in a pout.

"Here." Theodore reached over and cut up all my steak for me. I gave him a quick peck on the cheek, thanking him. Then I turned my attention back to Olive.

"Anywayssss!" I exaggerated. "Yes. We did replace out the gender of the baby today." Theo and I shared a loving look at each other.

"EEEKKKK! You have to tell us!" She was clapping her hands and jumping in her seat.

I linked Theo, 'Go ahead, you tell them'. I nodded my head in the direction of the others. He gave me a smile.

"Well, at our appointment today we found out that Baby Nix is going to be a boy." I could see the love, gratitude and excitement in Theodore's eyes and face. Everyone was clapping and so happy for us, we were getting congratulations all the way around the table. When I heard a glass fall, it made a big thud sound on the table. I looked up to see Theodore's father starting at us both with shock.

We looked back at him concerned, when he finally spoke, "I'm....I'm going to have a grandson?" We both shook our heads up and down, saying yes. I saw the unshed tears pool at the bottom of his eyes when he broke out in a big smile. He whispered something to himself before he repeated those same words again. "I am going to have a grandson." I reached over and took his hand to squeeze it. I know this meant a lot to him, considering this meant that the bloodmoon pack would continue to be led by the next generation of Nix's