Alpha Nicholas I take a few minutes to try and let all of the information that I have learned in the last thirty minutes sink in but I just don't think it's possible, not on my own anyway. My mind is a fucking jungle right now and I don't know what to think or do next. I think the best way to try and start figuring out this information is by sharing it with someone and that someone is my mate. After all, this involves her just as much as me so she deserves to know what I've learned before anyone else. Only the moment I step onto our floor I instantly know that she's still sleeping. No lights are on and there is not a sound to be heard so she is clearly still in bed. And, as much as I want to talk to her right now, I won't wake her up. She needs the rest and after I tell her what I've learned who knows how much sleep she will get while we get the problem sorted out. No, I need to put her needs first right now, which means letting her rest for as long as possible. I head for the bedroom before peeking through the door and feel a tug in my heart when I look at my mate. She is lying on her back while one of her hands rests protectively over her stomach. She's also moved while sleeping and is now on my side of the bed and as simple as that may seem, to know that she's seeking my comfort in her sleep fills me with a warmth that I can't describe. After a few seconds, I make a quick exit so as not to disturb her and head for the kitchen to make a coffee only the minute I reach the coffee machine, my mind instantly wanders back to the situation and rage once again burns through me. I need to do something, anything to get rid of this anger that feels like it is turning my body to flames. Of course, the full force of this anger won't go away until the doctor is dealt with and whoever else is involved, but I at least need to try and ease some of the burn. My mate is going to need me at my strongest, my calmest, and right now I'm anything but. "Robbie, where are you, brother?" Robbie seems the best option right now as he's dealing with his own shit and maybe we can help each other. "I'm out by the small lake. Is everything ok?" "Fuck, if only! Want to hit the gym?" Aside from our regular training grounds and hall we also have another hall that is equipped with gym equipment. We've only had the gym for around two years after Tony's nagging became a nightmare to deal with and I gave in and allowed him to have the hall done out with everything that he wanted and thought others would use, and if I'm being honest, the gym has been a lifeline for more than one of my pack members on more than one occasion myself included. Not that I will tell Tony that. The fucker is cocky enough as it is without me stroking his echo. "I'll meet you there," I grunt my agreeance and close the link before quietly leaving the Alpha floor and heading for the training grounds. Thankfully I do not get stopped by anyone on the way there and it only takes me a few minutes to get there where I find Robbie already waiting for me. Goddess, that guy can run when he wants to. After a quick bro hug greeting, we head into the gym room and strip down to our shorts before heading for the treadmill. Robbie hasn't said a word to me yet but I know that he's interested in why I asked him to come here. I'm fully aware that one of my tell tail signs of being stressed or just needing to vent out my anger or frustrations whether it be actively or verbally is to ask only one of my brothers to meet with me, but it is what it is, it works for me and so that's what I do. After just a few minutes of running my whole body comes to a stop before I can control it. Running is my first go-to when I need to de-stress whether it be running in wolf form or on the treadmill but today, not even that's working. I can't stop replaying the conversation with Harriet in my head. Why would the doctor do this to me? How could he do this to me? "What's going on, brother?" Robbie's voice pulls me from the fog that is in my brain right now and it's only then I realize that he has also stopped running. I take a deep breath letting out the longest sigh before stepping off the treadmill and heading over to the bench that runs along the wall and grabbing my water and towel. Robbie follows right behind me and when he takes a seat next to me and gives me that look, I know that there's no getting out of telling him what's going on now even if I wanted to. I know I said that Bonnie should be the first to know what's going on and I still stand by that but in all honestly, I'm not even sure how I'm supposed to tell her so maybe talking it out with Robbie first will be a way of working out how I deliver the news to my mate. And if it doesn't... Well, it can't make things any worse. "Bonnie is pregnant...." By the time I've finished telling him everything that's happened including what Harriet found out his entire body is shaking with anger. "Please, tell me you're messing with me. For the love of goddess please tell me this is some fucked up dream that I'm having and I'm going to wake up at any minute." "I'm afraid not." Fuck, don't I wish that this was all a dream but it's not, it's my reality and I haven't got a fucking clue on how to stop it. "But why would he do that? Doc has been a part of this pack since before I was even born." "I wish I knew why he's doing this but one thing that is clear is that he is most definitely doing this. I have the proof on paper and while I may not know why he's doing this, you can bet your ass that I'm going to find out the reason before I end him." "Dam straight!" He growls. "Usually I would be the first one on the doctor's side but given the situation, I'll be the first one to pass you the knife that ends him! No one does this to my brother or sister, no one!" He jumps up from the seat anger rolling off him in waves and I can't help but take a moment to be grateful for how protective he is of not just me but of my mate. He has called her his sister since the very beginning and I wouldn't want it any other way. We spend a long time talking over everything and trying to figure out why the doctor would do this but we are honestly stumped. The only reason that comes to us is that maybe he's being blackmailed by them somehow. We know from previous experience that they like to use blackmail as a form of getting people to do what they want so what's to say that's not what's happening with Doc now? Either way, there is no forgiveness for what he's done, his days are numbered. Bonnie The moment I wake up from my sleep and open my eyes I find myself instantly looking around the room for my mate but he's not in here. I close my eyes and focus on my hearing but I don't hear a thing at all in the bedroom, or anywhere else for that matter. "He left a little while ago," Lexi tells me but there's an edge to her voice that has me a little worried. "Was he ok, Lex?" She lets out a little sigh as I stand up from the bed desperately needing to use the bathroom. "He just didn't seem himself but he's under a lot of pressure right now with everything that's been going on in the pack lately and even more so with both you and him. I'm sure he was just feeling a little overwhelmed and in need of a break away from everything." What she's saying makes sense but I still want to see my mate for myself, to see how he's doing face to face. As much as I want to take a shower I decide against it for now eager to find my mate and instead, make quick work of finishing up in the bathroom before heading to my closet to get dressed. Everyone thinks because he's this big strong Alpha that things don't affect him, but they do. He is just like everyone else and has feelings and thoughts, and as his Luna, my job is to be there for him but more than that, I want to be there for him not just as his Luna but more importantly as his mate.