A Runt Luna
Chapter 45

"They are the last of their packs, taken as hostages." Rory explained softly.

"Georgia, lan help get the children to the house." Kole demanded. "Let's go home." Kole scooped her up in his arms, and followed the others to their house.

All too soon Rory was sitting in their house, surrounded in a blanket. She was touched by the worry of her friends and family, but was quickly overwhelmed by the hugs from them. Ian had attached himself to her side, as if afraid she would disappear again, and she did all she could to reassure him.

Tea was made, and everyone was sitting in the living room. Titus was sat in a chair, Josh and Alex standing behind him anticipating him to try to escape. Peter stood in the doorway, his eyes falling on the three children who were siting on a different couch. Georgia and lan were on either side of her, and Kole sat in the chair next to the couch they were occupying, eyes fixated on Titus.

"What happened?" Kole demanded. "You went for a run and then you were just gone."

Rory nodded and explained all that happened over the two months that she had been captive, but ghosted over the torture, and explained that Titus had truely helped them.

"If he was so helpful, why did it take him two months to get you out of there?" Georgia asked, a look of anger on her face, one Rory had never seen before.

"My mate was being threatened, Franklin killed her, which is why I decided to intervene and get Rory and the children out of there." Titus said. "My mate was with cub too, and I wasn't about to let Franklin end another life before it began."

The room went silent, and that was when Rory realized that Kole still had no idea about the baby.

"A baby." Kole demanded, shocked and angry all at once. "You are pregnant?" He asked looking at Rory, his eyes flickering to her stomach.

"A little over ten weeks along." Rory nodded, and it was that look of paleness that washed over Kole that she knew exactly what he had thought before she had told him how far along she was. He thought that she became pregnant while being captive.

The silence was deafening, before Georgia stood. "I think its time to leave you two alone. I am going to help get the kids cleaned up."

Soon Kole and Rory were left in the room, and Rory stood and walked over to the chair that Kole was sitting shell-shocked in.

"Kole?" Rory questioned, slipping to her knees to be able catch his eyes. "Are you ok?"

"Am I ok?" Kole gave a single laugh, "I should be asking you that." He pulled her gently into his lap, his hand hesitating over her stomach.

"It's ok." Rory said pulling his hand to her stomach and holding it there, she knew it was too soon to feel any movement, but he would be able to feel the roundness of her stomach as it expanded.

She wasn't sure how long they sat there but she was starting to feel gross from being in the cell.

"I'm going to be a father." Kole stated, before giving a nervous smile.

"You are." Rory smile, moving to stand. "Now, I am so happy to be here with you, but can I get cleaned up and get some real food." She teased, but needed to get the cell dirt off of her.

"Oh fuck." Kole stood, eyes wide at the thought of her not having been properly fed. "You need to eat. What do you want? I can run and grab you something, or I can make you е something." He rattled off, obviously bothered that he hadn't considered her being hungry before.

"Kole, take a deep breath. I want to get cleaned up first, and then eat." She

smiled, before pulling him into their bedroom.

"Oh right." He nodded, running his hands through his hair.

"You're not going to make me shower alone are you? I don't want to be far from you." Rory said suddenly nervous about being too far away from him. "Of course not." Kole said.

It wasn't until they stood under the running water of their shower that Rory let herself sob into his chest.

"I missed you so much."

"I know, I missed you too." Kole said kissing her.

Rory was distraught to learn that during her time in captivity, the pack fell apart. She knew that it was hard on Kole when she was missing, but she never thought that he would lose sight of himself and the pack. The pack had disbanded when Kole failed to continue his leadership and many were unhappy that they were forgotten in the time of chaos. Only about 12 wolves remained.

It had been four days since Titus had returned her to the Kole and her

pack, and sing

pack, and since then Kole wasn't

letting her out of his sight. At first she thought it was sweet, but now she was about ready to lose her mind. She needed some space. She could easily see how Kofe had been too distracted and not been able to lead the pack like he should have- regardless of her missing or not. So much had changed while she was away and she didn't like it at all.