Second Chances

Chapter Six: Good News

Ember:

It's been several weeks since I met my mate. We have been getting more intimate every day. We spend every free moment we have together. He is the kindest man I have ever known. He is always coming up with ways to amaze me. He likes to make things for me, little presents that he makes with his own hands. He also enjoyed cooking new things for me and treated me to massages and what he calls spa days. He is always pampering and attending to me. I wonder if all my mates are like this. He seems to really love me. I love him as well. He is my everything, which is something I never thought possible. I never thought I could feel this way about someone, but here we are. 

It's been a change having another person in the house, but it's been so convenient with things that we struggle to do. Things that other men in the village would take care of from time to time for us. Now we had my mate, and he had been a great aid. He had done everything that my mother asked of him. Some of the things are dangerous, but he never complains. I can tell that mother is weakening to the idea of having him around. She has been letting us stay together at night, and she knows she can't keep us apart. Damien and I mate every night. We can't keep our hands away from each other. The pleasure of mating is something that I thought I would never know. It has become something I need now. I crave his touch when we are apart. I have learned so many things from him, and I learned so many ways of pleasure that our nights are reserved doing them all.  

 Mother and I have been spending time together, without my mate as well. She doesn't like him around when we train or gather herbs and food. Mother doesn't like my mate leaving the land, and he hasn't been able to meet anyone around the forest. I know she doesn't like that we are mates, so we don't press the issue. I have been helping him send letters to his father and cousin using stamps that enchanted him to find the address written on the note. He seems happy with this because it means he can keep in touch with people outside our wards. He let me read the letter when they came to him. He wants me to know his father and cousin even though I will never know them. His cousin seems sweet like him.

On the other hand, his father seems like the Alpha that I have heard about. His letter is full of angrier and rudeness. Sometimes, this seems to bother my mates, and I know he misses them. 

This morning I woke to feel sick. I thought nothing of it and keep going about my day. I had breakfast with my mate and mother. My mate had cooked for us again. I was so hungry that I ate more than I usually did. This didn't make me feel any better, but I had things to do, and so did my mate. My mother had him working on something today, so I knew we couldn't spend today together. I kissed him and headed off. I went about my day usually. 

I was walking through the forest when I saw Cherry and her sister. They were gathering herbs on our land. They know they are meant to trade for those. It was against the rules. 

"Cherry, what do you think you are doing?" I said, approaching them. They jumped at the sound of my voice and turned to me with grins on their faces.

"We need some herbs. I didn't think you would mind," Cherry said, smiling at me. She knew better than this. This wasn't the first time she had been caught either. You would think that she was a criminal mastermind with all the rules this little fairy broke. 

"No, I do mind. You know you can't come on our land and gather things without trading for them," I said, standing my ground. I was so over her, thinking she could do anything she wanted. 

"We are doing all the work. Just let us have them please," Cherry begged, holding her hands together. 

"No, Cherry. You need to trade for them or leave them and get off our.." I started to say before I couldn't hold it in any longer. I doubled over and started vomiting out my breakfast. Cherry rushed to my side and gathered my hair in her hands, holding it back as I violently vomited, releasing my breakfast on the forest floor. She started to massage and pat my back, and she was trying to help me. She even followed as I fell to my knees. 

"Ember, are you okay?" Cherry asked. I kept vomiting, and I was unable to stop. I was unable to move. Cherry was right there helping me. 

"Ember, are you pregnant?" Cherry asked. I wasn't; I couldn't be. It was so soon for that. We had only been together six weeks. It takes a long time for werewolves to impregnate their mates. It can take years for that to happen. It was way too soon. 

"I can't be. It's too soon," I said, trying to catch my breath. The vomiting stopped as soon as it started, leaving my throat aches and a foul taste in my mouth. I was dizzy too, and I couldn't move. 

"It's not too soon, are a witch, and you are the most fertile of all supernaturals. You get pregnant quickly." Cherry said, reaching for my stomach. She placed her hand firmly on my stomach and closed her eyes. I could see her hand glowing for a moment. 

"You are pregnant, omg," Cherry said excitedly. No, I can't be. It was too soon. We have only been together for six weeks. This can't be happening, and I can't believe it. How was my mate going to react? I didn't know if this would make him happy. My mother, omg. She doesn't like my mate a bit. How would she react? 

"I can't be, it can't be," I said over and over again while Cherry rubbed my back. She was supporting me, and she was a friend. I couldn't believe it, and I was going to be a mother. I was going to have a child. A child was growing inside of me. It was so soon after we met that we would have a child together. I didn't know if he would be happy with this. I was making him a father so soon after we met. 

"Don't be upset. This is great news. There will be another child of the forest. Everyone will be so happy. Your mate, your mother, and everyone else. This is such happy news," Cherry said, helping me to my feet. I felt so weak at this moment. This was the first time that I was afraid. I didn't know how my mother and mate would react to this. Cherry was being naive to think so positively. I was going to be a mother. Shock rushed over me. I was going to have a child. My mates and I were going to be parents. 

"Don't worry, and your child is strong. He will be like his father," Cherry said. I was shocked. I was having a little boy. How could she know that so soon? 

"It's a little boy?" I asked, looking at Cherry. She simply nodded her head. I was carrying my mate, a son, and a little boy was swelling inside of me. Tears fell from my face, and I couldn't believe it. I was going to have a son. I needed to see my mate, and I needed to tell him. 

"Can you help me back to my house? I'm not feeling well," I said, looking at Cherry. She was still holding me close. She knew I needed the support. 

"Of course," Cherry said. I didn't care about the herbs any longer. I needed to see my mate. I needed to tell him the news. Cherry and I started to walk back to the house, and she was keeping me on my feet. It was a long walk, even longer because I felt so unwell. I was afraid of what they would say and how they would react to this. I was going to be a mother, and I was worried about what kind of mother I would be. I was sure that my mate would be a great father. He was so loving and kind. I wasn't sure of myself. I never thought of having a child so soon. I thought it would be a few years before this happened. I had time to prepare myself. And now I had months before it would happen. 

"You are going to be a great mother, your mother is great, and you will be just like her, "Cherry said; that's what I like about her. She always knows what to say to make me feel better. 

"You think so?" I asked. 

"I know so, Ember," Cherry said with a smile.