After five minutes they had managed to push me back into a chair. My legs were bouncing nervously as I eyed the door to the room. Charlie and Cyrus were on either side of it, with Maxon and Theo sat beside me with Cole pacing in front of us. The mood was tense. Lottie was in one room while Reynolds was in the other. We didn't know anything about either of them. "If it was Ellie in there you'd want to be with her." My eyes stayed on the door as I spoke the words quietly. "Eleanor, Hayley, Lena." "Don't." Maxon is the one that replies, his voice apprehensive, no doubt as he thought about Ellie and his own pup that he had just found out about. "If we were in the position you were, you would be where we are." Taking a deep breathe I lower my head into my hands trying to relax. I knew I couldn't be in there but I just wanted to hold her in my arms and know she's ok. I tried not to freeze when I heard Riley tell Lottie not to move. She was awake. I felt all the guys eyes move to me, trying to figure out if I had heard it. The next words I heard were Lottie's. She wanted me and I snapped. I couldn't sit here anymore. I pushed forward off the chair and instantly I was tackled back to the ground. Charlie and Cyrus didn't move from their guard on the door but the others were holding me to the ground. I heard my mother's words trying to reassure her but I could feel Lottie, she was confused and scared. Struggling harder in their arms I called out to her, letting her know that I was here. Lottie yelled again as I was crashed back down into the coffee table that was in the waiting area. I groaned at the pain that coursed through my back but I felt a rush of adrenaline as I heard Lottie's pained scream for me again. The connection between Lottie and I started to dull down and I knew Riley had stuck to her words of sedating her. Cole moved to push me back down but I pulled my arm from Theo's hold and punched him in the jaw as hard as I could. The others were stunned and their holds loosened on me long enough that I could get to the door. Before I got close enough though I collided with a strong wall of muscle. Arms wrapped around me stopping me from moving. "Let go of me." I seethed meeting my father's eyes. He didn't say anything back he just tightened his hold as I struggled in his hold. "She could die. My pup could die your grandchild. I can't lose her." I hadn't even noticed that I had started to cry until my voice cracked over the last few words. My father swallowed deeply and gave me a single nod. "I know son. You can guarantee your mother isn't going to let anything happen to her or the pup." We could both hear my mother's words in the room. I flinched when I heard her tell her about the pup. That should have been me. I relaxed in my dad's arms and resisted the urge to drop my head to his shoulder and seek some comfort. Luckily he let go of me and he looked away as an awkward silence filled the waiting area. Stepping back I fell into the chair. My eyes moved to Cole first who was rubbing his jaw that had already started to turn red with the extra blood flow. All the others were out of breath but Cole was the worst. "Sorry." He nudged a bit of the broken coffee table with his foot before he sat down across from me. "I'll get you back for it. Don't worry." After another twenty minutes Riley comes out the door followed by Eleanor and another two nurses. Eleanor gives me a soft smile before she runs to Cole as she spots him holding his jaw. Riley had pulled scrubs over her clothes, Lottie's blood was on it and the sight made me gag a little. "If you can keep calm you can come in." She looked at everyone in the room before she furrowed her eyebrows at the broken table. Nodding at her I stand up and follow her into the room. Lottie was asleep on the bed, her breathing a little more rapid than normal. A sheet had been pulled up to her waist and she was just in her bra but there was something strapped around her stomach that was connected to a machine that was registering a heartbeat. My mother moved aside so I could move up next to Lottie's head. "The pup's fine." Riley starts. "She was bleeding from trauma to her bladder. I've put in a catheter to drain it but she has to stay here overnight so I can watch her." "I can stay with her?" I ask pushing her hair back. Riley nods at me and shakes her head as move onto the bed and pressed my naked torso to hers. My eyes flicked to the monitor of our pup's heartbeat as Riley excused herself from the room. "She had to do an ultrasound to check for the bleeding." My mother said as she sat down on the end of the bed. "She decided to check the pup and it's all fine, perfectly implanted. Perfect size for how far along she is. Just perfect." I smiled at Lottie and pressed a kiss to her forehead. My mate was safe and my pup was safe. My hand pressed to the small rise of Lottie's stomach that could have been passed off as a big lunch but it was our pup. "Are you going to check on Reynolds?" She nodded her head at me and rubbed my leg before she got up. "I love you mum." Her smile grows and she repeats the words to me before she leaves. One hurdle down, one to go. Lottie was going to be emotional when she woke up. THE END