Fear...

That was the only feeling I could feel while I waited for news about my mother and my unborn sister.

My heart pounded hard and fast in my chest while I walked back and forth, back and forth, the whole length of the waiting room with my mate watching me with wide eyes filled with the same fear that I felt.

Everyone that had been in the meeting room was in the waiting room, excluding my mother and father, who were in the hospital room, and we were anxiously waiting to hear what was wrong with her and my sister.

Roger was off in a corner, talking to someone on the phone and talking so low that even with my Werewolf hearing, I could not hear what he had to say. his brows were furrowed with lips pressed into a thin line, and a look of concern and worry filled his eyes while he walked back and further.

"Daniel," Parker said, and I looked at him, raising my eyebrow in question. He smiled and bowed his head, nodding toward my mate. "She's been trying to get your attention for the past couple of minutes, but you weren't paying attention."

I looked toward my mate, feeling very guilty, and my heart ached when I saw the look on her face while she looked at me. "Katie?" I asked while I furrowed my brows and cocked my head while I walked over to her. "Are you ok?"

Katie bit the inside of her lip and slowly nodded. She furrowed her brows and cocked her head while she studied me, silently asking me if I was ok.

I shrugged and grimaced while I pressed my lips into a thin line. "I will be," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted on my feet. I moved a hand through my hair and shook my head, biting back a small sigh. "I am just nervous about my mom."

"I think we all are," Parker said, and I looked at him. He bit back a small smile before he tucked his head closer to his chest. "I mean, she is our Luna and will be considered our late Luna once Katie takes over her duties." He gestured to my mate, and my mate instantly tucked her head closer to her chest and blushed, biting the inside of her lip.

I bit back a small chuckle and slowly nodded while I sat down beside my mate. I pulled her closer to me and pressed a gentle kiss to the side of her head.

My mate sighed in relief and closed her eyes just a tad before she opened her eyes and looked between the two of us. 'And what will I have to do?' she asked and furrowed her brows while she cocked her head and studied me.

"You will have to help Daniel run the pack," Parker said with a small smile, and I nodded in agreement. "You will go into meetings and do a lot of stuff to help the pack."

"You will also help create the next leader to the pack," Sarah said.

"While we create the second in command," Parker added while he placed his hand on his mate's stomach, and Sarah's cheeks instantly grew red. "I can't wait for a little baby to become a part of our lives, Sarah."

Sarah's cheeks grew redder, and she cleared her throat and shifted in her seat. "Hush," she said and moved his hand away from her stomach. "Don't get any ideas, Parker. I haven't even let you mark me yet."

Parker sighed and nodded while he pursed his lips in annoyance. "I know," he said before he cleared his throat and shifted in his seat, "and I will wait until you are ready to do it. Dad will hurt me if I don't." He flashed his father a small wink, and he rolled his eyes and scowled.

"I'm not the only one that you have to worry about, Parker," Jonas said and tucked his head closer to his chest. He glanced at me before he looked at Parker again. "You have a lot of people that will protect her if you do something stupid."

Parker bit back a small laugh before he slowly nodded. "I know," he said before he cleared his throat and shifted in his seat. "I'm sure that Sarah will do something to me if I ever step out of line." He flashed his mate a small wink before he placed another kiss on her forehead, and his mate rolled his eyes and bit back a small smile.

I sighed and rubbed my mate's arm before I looked at Roger when I saw that he was walking toward us, closing his phone with something in his eyes. I frowned and cocked my head while I studied him, and Roger pressed his lips into a thin line and looked very worried. "What was that about?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

Roger bit back a small smile while he bowed his head in respect. "I am working on getting people here, Young Alpha," he said before he cleared his throat and shifted on his feet. "I am hoping that no one will try to attack us, but I want to make sure that we are as safe as possible."

"If that is the case, then I think that we are going to have to prepare ourselves," Trent said, growing serious, and all of us couldn't help but grow serious as well. He looked around at the group of people before he looked at me. "Do you want Jonas and I to start getting everything ready?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

"Please," I said, biting back a small sigh of relief while I slowly nodded. "I want to make sure that I am still here so that I can see what is wrong with my mother and if my father comes out with news."

Trent nodded and pressed his lips into a thin line. "I will contact you if someone comes here to start shit," he said, and I breathed a small sigh of relief and slowly nodded.

He cleared his throat and grew serious while he stood at attention and cocked his head while he studied me. "Have you contacted your uncle yet?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question.

I shook my head no and pressed my lips into a thin line. "I guess I should do that," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted in my seat. "However, I don't want to get him worried about anything if nothing is happening."

"I suggest that you call him, Daniel," Roger said, and I looked at him. He pressed his lips into a thin line before he slowly nodded. "Please, go ahead and contact him because you are going to need him to be aware of what is happening, especially if they are on their way to start a fight."

And to come and collect the half-breeds.

I bit back a tired sigh before I slowly nodded, knowing full well that what he said was true. "Ok," I said before I cleared my throat and shifted in my seat. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and started to scroll to my uncle's name. "Are you going to contact your sources at the place?" I asked and raised an eyebrow in question while I looked at him.

"Yes," Roger said and nodded in confirmation. He stood taller and set his jaw while he looked between the two of us. "Do you mind if I contact them now?" he asked and raised an eyebrow in question. "I would like to see if I can contact him in your office."

"You can," I said and nodded in confirmation. "I will send someone to you if there is anything about Mom before you are done."

Roger bit back a small sigh of relief and slowly nodded. "Thank you, Alpha," he said. "Excuse me."

And with that, he bowed his head and left to go to my office so that he could call his sources that were in the place that had held my mate and mother for a short while before my mother escaped and helped others escape as well.

Thank, Goddess...