A small smile formed at the corner of my lips as my hand brushed over my belly. My eyes caught my own in the reflection of the bathroom mirror. And I couldn't stop smiling, just the mere thought of our pup was enough to fill me with a hint of joy. Plus Landon was alive and he was okay so knowing that only made everything better.

It had been a couple days since everything that happened. There's a constant fear nagging at me telling me to be cautious about the consequence. I've tried not to think about it and when Landon is home I don't. But, lately he's been distant which came off as a major shock to my wolf and I. We would think that with the pregnancy he'd want to be as close as possible.

Or maybe it was just us that wanted to be close as possible to him considering what just happened. I almost lost him and every night I'm reminded of it by horrifying nightmares. Landon usually has to wake me up from them just so I can see that he's here. At first I felt so awful to be waking him up but, he didn't seem to care. As he'd give me probably a million kisses while waiting for me to fall back asleep.

Other than helping me with my sleep and kissing me goodbye before he leaves, he hasn't been spending as much time with me as I'd like. I want to ask him about it but, then I realized that he died and that quite possibly could take a toll on someone.

I jumped out of my thinking when I felt sparks go up my arms from Landon's hands, "Hi baby." he whispered in my ear, trailing his hands to my belly, "I guess you too." he kissed my mark with a chuckle.

My eyes playfully rolling as I lightly pushed him away, "Hi." I smiled and he cupped my face to bring me towards him.

Our lips connected in a sweet kiss, when he pulled away I sighed in content, "I missed you so much." I whispered against his lips, grabbing a fistful of his shirt.

His lips lifted into a grin before leaning down to kiss me again. It was longer this time, filled with pleasure and sparks. One of his hands dropped to my lower back to bring me into him. His body heat and scent engulfed me, Mia basked in having our mate so close. I felt at ease now that he was here, no more constantly thinking about the consequence.

He pulled away slowly, putting his forehead against mine, "I missed you, my love." his thumb caressed the side of my jaw and I leant into his hand.

"I feel better when you're here with me." I closed my eyes, relishing in this time with him before he has to leave for something.

"What's wrong?" I opened my eyes at his question, "I can feel how relieved you are, did something happen while I was gone?" he growled at the end of his sentence and tugged me closer.

I sighed in content at his possessiveness, "No." I shook my head, "I just miss you a lot when you're gone." I laughed a little feeling like maybe that was too clingy.

He frowned, "Baby, I miss you too and I'm sorry I've been so busy." he said sincerely.

My hands tightened their hold on his shirt, seeking for some comfort, "It's okay, I know that you have alpha duties."

He growled once more, his dark brown orbs boring into mine, "You're more important." The pad of his thumb caressed my chin softly.

I smiled at that and I felt my heart speeding up. He pulled away, lacing our fingers together before leading us out of the bathroom. I felt so full of happiness having him with me. I squealed when he turned to me, his hands flying to my hips to lift me up effortlessly. My arms hooked around his neck, our laughter meshing together.

"I really have missed you love." I giggled when he gently laid me down on the bed, laying kisses everywhere on my face.

Then he trailed them down to my belly where he lifted my shirt. He placed his big warm hand against it almost over taking it. I smiled down at the sight and his grin was bright as he placed a soft kiss against my belly for our pup.

"And I've missed my pup." his thumb caressed my skin his eyes looking back up to me.

He has no idea how much we've missed him.

Landon certainly lived up to his statement about me being more important. He's been around a lot more, giving me his utmost attention and affection especially our unborn pup. But, even though he's been around, he's been acting different, strange. And when he does have to leave it's so suddenly and for hours. I've also noticed he's been gone at late hours of the night.

I didn't know what to think, "Hey, you."

"You?" I questioned, tilting my head at the simple term he used.

His eyes narrowed and I caught a sense of irritation coming from him. I turned the tv off, leaning forward to set the remote down on the glass table. Before standing up to turn to his form in the entry of the living room.

"Are you okay?" I questioned, slipping my hand to my belly as I approached him.

"I'm fine." his orbs were focused on my not so big belly, his fingers brushing against the fabric lightly.

The energy he was giving me wasn't right I could feel it. And whatever it was seemed to be nagging at him a lot. It was that same energy I felt when he would act strange then leave. I didn't like it, neither did Mia and we wanted to do everything we could to help him.

My hands went up to cup his jaw to lift his face to me, "Are you sure?" he closed his eyes and raised his hands to grab my wrists.

He pushed them away from his face and it hurt me that he didn't want my touch, "Yes I'm fine." he reopened his eyes with a sigh, the color flashing a bright hazel.

Then he rubbed his eyes and brushed past me to the stairs, I sighed turning around to follow him. There was clearly something wrong and I hate that he's not talking to me.

"Landon-"

"I said I'm fine!" he spun around quickly, his voice booming off of the walls, it made me involuntary take a step back.

The pounding of my heart in my chest was all I could hear. I placed my palm against my belly where I knew my pup was just to find some stability. Landon locked eyes with me, his flashing between black and a golden hazel. They settled on a somber light brown, his eyes widening a bit and it was his turn to take a step back.

"I-I'm." he breathed in quickly, shaking his head, "I'm sorry." his eyes roamed everywhere, panic set on his features.

I shook my head, "It's okay." I breathed, I know that, that wasn't him.

Something must be incredibly wrong if he's acting like this. Him yelling shocked me and took me by surprise but, I'm not scared of him, I never was. I walked towards him and straight into his loosely open arms. I looped my arms around his neck, pressing my face into his shoulder. His stiffened body relaxed and his strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist tightly.

He dropped his head into my neck, breathing in my scent before pulling me into him closer, "I'm sorry baby." he kissed the side of my head and I just shook my head, standing up on my tippy toes to press myself further into him.

My hand caressed the back of his head, feeling his soft hair beneath my palm, "It's okay, I promise." I kissed the side of his neck then his mark, "Just talk to me."

He pulled his head from my neck and I lifted mine to lock eyes with his glossed ones, "Not right now, I just want to hold you." he wrapped his arms around me again, lifting me up with ease, "Please." he mumbled in my hair.

I allowed him to carry me upstairs to our bedroom in complete silence. When he laid us in bed, his hold on me never loosened. His words confused me because, I most definitely didn't need to be held right now. I glanced down at his form. His head was rested against my chest and his hands were gripping my hips while his body lay between my legs.

My eyes gazed at his resting form and my fingers brushed through his brown hair. Every once in a while he'd grip onto me and I'd wrap my arms around his shoulders, running my hand along his back. It seemed to bring him immense comfort as he buried his face into my chest more. My hand going back up to touch his hair, repeating this cycle whenever I felt his discomfort.

"Don't leave me." he mumbled, grasping at my sides once again.

I rubbed his back, leaning down to kiss the top of his head, "I'm not going anywhere." I mumbled.

Mia cooed at how cute and in need of comfort our mate looked.

We gave him all of the comfort we could possibly give. I didn't know what was wrong or why he was so frustrated that he'd lash out. All I knew was that I wanted to be here for him despite what's going on. One thing did run through my mind about what he said though. When he told me he wanted to hold me.

He didn't, he wanted me to hold him and I would for as long as he needed.