Lucas Pov,

I just watched my son shoot a man because I failed to protect him and his mom. I felt a surge of pride course through my veins, but also at the same time I felt guilt and anger going through me at the same time. I was proud because I knew he would do anything to protect Rayne, but I felt ashamed because it's my job to protect him and his mom. I walk over to them as Rayne is looking Dante over. As I reach them, she is telling him how proud of him she is. I look her over, and she has a nasty gash on the side of her head and, of course, that stupid bullet wound, but one thing I can't believe I missed is she has a piece of glass sticking out her side. She looks at Dante and then kisses his forehead and starts to sway. I rushed to her side. "Woah, are you ok, Amore?" I ask, and she collapses in my arms.

"Rayne! Amore, please open your eyes. I turn to face Dante, who is now crying. "Son, she will be OK. Uncle Korey ought to arrive shortly. I say this, and as I am picking up Rayne, the boys run over to join us. "We must take her to the hospital right away." As the ambulance arrives, I say. I start sprinting to them instead of waiting for them to get to us. Not even the stretcher is taken out of the ambulance by them. I sprint inside and carefully place her on the bed as I get to them. As they begin examining her, I move back. When I turn to look around, I see Dante sprinting and ambushed by a paramedic.

As both of my belongings are taken by the two ambulances, I watch. I let out a sigh and turned to face my father and the other men. I snarl, "I want Maxim, and I want him now," to everyone. I stare at Nikola's lifeless body lying on the floor. Son, please settle down. Thought rash, I can see why you are offended. Says my father to me.

I giggle as I glance at him. "UPSET! I am quite agitated. That nasty automobile contained my son and my girl. I believe I am done being upset. With resentment, I turn to face Korey's car and follow him inside. After he climbs into the driver's seat, we make our way to the hospital.

We arrive at the hospital, and I rush inside. I ran past the receptionist desk and ran down the hall and into the waiting room. I see Dante sitting there in the chair, and he is looking worried as ever. And I see everyone else walking around or leaning against the wall. I walk to Dante and sit next to him as Tina walks over to me. "Any news?" I ask, and she shakes her head no.

As we sit here waiting for news, Dante looks at me. "Dad, I want to learn how to fight like you." He says I look at him in shock. "I know what you guys do. I have heard you talk to Uncle Frank a few times about selling guns. And about killing the guys who hurt momma. I want to help keep Momma safe." He says. I smile and kiss his forehead. "We will talk about this later; let's focus on school right now, ok?" I say. He shakes his head okay and goes back to playing on Korey's phone.

I get up and walk to Korey. "What did the doctor say about Dante? Is there anything I need to worry about?" I ask him. "Nothing, just some bumps, a few cuts; the one on his forehead needed a few stitches, but he will be ok, they said." Korey answers, and that makes me feel so much relief now I can focus on Rayne.

After a couple more hours, I see the doctor walking out of the O.R., and I stand up before he could even speak. "Are you the family of Rayne Wilson?" He asks, "Yes, I'm her finance," I say, and he smiles.

"Everything went well; they will be ok." He says, and I look at him in shock. "They?" I ask, and the doctor smiles, "Yes, sir, your fiance is about 9 weeks pregnant. The glass missed the fetus and all major organs and arteries. I will recommend bed rest for a few weeks after she is released just to be on the safe side. We want to keep Ms. Wilson here for a week also to monitor her and the baby." He says, smiling.

All I can do is just shake my head and listen. I'm in too much shock to process anything. She is pregnant. I'm going to have another child. "Do you have any questions?" The doctor asks, and I shake my head, and he smiles again. "She is going to be in room 222. You can see her once she is out of recovery. Congratulations." He says and walks away.

I turned to everyone still in shock and also relieved knowing that she was going to be okay. "What did he say? Will she be okay?" Dante asks me as I walk to him. I smile and get down on my knees in front of him. "Yes, they will be ok." I say the same words the doctor just spoke to me.

"They?" Dante says and looks at me confused. I can see him thinking, and when it clicks, he smiles, "They, you mean I'm going to be a big brother." He asks excitedly. I shake my head and answer. "Yes, you're going to be a big brother. Now your mom doesn't know, and I want to tell her once she wakes up." I say, and he says okay and hugs me and lets out a sigh of relief. I kiss the top of his head and tell him to come with me, and we will go see her. He smiles, and I tell everyone goodbye and head to her room. We are going first so I can get Dante home, plus I need to see my girl.

I walk up to the door and peek inside. I freeze when I see her lying there with the wires and the IV's all hooked up to her. I felt like the ground moved from under my feet, and I almost lost my footing and fell. I probably would have, had I not been holding my son's hand. I felt a small squeeze on it, and I glanced over at him.

"She is okay. Remember you told me that already, Dad? The doctors would not lie to us about that." He smiled at me. My son actually smiled at me. Not to mention is starting to call me Dad, not Luke or Lucas. When did that start happening? I was going to have to figure that out at a later time.

I nodded my head to him and smiled back at him. I did not know how she managed to raise such a smart and strong young man by herself, but it definitely went to show how strong my Tesoro was. "You are right, sorry, son. I just got stuck in my head for a moment."

We both turned our heads quickly back towards her room when we heard her soft, weak voice call out. "Lucas? Dante?"