Page 57 of Mated into the Mob

“Why didn’t he shift?” I asked as the guy groaned and passed out.

“His shoulder shattered, so the same for his beast.” Uncle shifted and howled, a sound so haunting, I’d never forget it. He shifted back. “They’ll have heard the gunshot and now my warning, so Flint and the others will…” His voice trailed away, and his pinched expression didn’t give me hope.

“Will what, Uncle?” My belly tightened, and I took deep breaths while grasping his arm.

“I’m going to take you away from here. Flint and the pack will deal with this.” He steered me toward our vehicle.

“No, I can’t leave when Flint and everyone is in danger. I am the Alpha Omega and I will not run.” I bent over as another cramp took hold of me. Please stay where you are, little one. My baby was safer inside me tonight than out.

“Shift, Uncle.” He had his wolf, and I grabbed the gun so I also had a lethal weapon. I coated myself in the injured guard’s blood and lay on the lounger, writhing. I wasn’t pretending. Our baby wanted out.

Footsteps padding through the forest announced the bodyguard’s wolf’s arrival. I peered at him through half-closed eyes.

He shifted. Big mistake. “What the fuck?” Uncle Arnie’s wolf leaped at him and took him down as two other wolves arrived and finished off the bodyguard.

“Tony, where are you hurt?” Rudy examined me.

“Not my blood. But the baby is coming. Where’s Flint?”

Rudy’s eyes filled with tears, and I saw my life as a single father, just like Dad.

“He’ll be here soon.” Rudy and Hunter helped me onto the ground, and my father-in-law removed my clothes. Poor Rudy, I was gripping his hand so tightly with each contraction, he winced.

Pain tormented my body as it cramped and pushed the baby lower. I wanted Flint here, and he might never meet our child. Pain clogged my mind as a scent washed over me.

Tears spilled over my cheeks until a voice said, “I’m here, love.”

“I thought you were dead!” Sobs wracked my body.

“I’m not going anywhere.”

“They pretended the baby was coming… to lure you here…” I gasped and gritted my teeth as my belly got hard. “But the stress of everything… it just…brought on labor.”

“It’s all over.”

“No,” I yelled. “The baby’s not here, and you’re covered in blood.” I was too.

Rudy wiped my face with a wet rag, while Flint breathed with me through the cramps, mumbling he wished he could take the pain away.

Minutes and maybe hours passed. I had exhausted my strength. Did I have enough energy to push the baby out? I was small and my mate… wasn’t. Maybe our little one was too big.

“I’m so tired.”

“You are the strongest person I know, love. You won’t give up on our baby.”

“Easy for you to say,” I hissed.

“I can see the head,” Rudy shouted.

Hunter and Uncle cheered, and I urged my mate to watch our child being born. Humans shifting into animals was amazing but nothing was as miraculous as pushing our baby into the world.

Using my last bit of strength, I pushed, and Rudy said the baby’s head was out, covered in matted dark hair. Then shoulders and… and…

“It’s a girl.”

We had a little girl. Flint cradled her, and I kissed her before he held her up to the moon.

“You are the newest member of La Luna Noir.”

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