Aidan's POV

why the fuck didn't we use protection? i have condoms in the bottom drawer. yeah, they barely work for werewolves but they could have still prevented this. it's obvious that he's gonna be pregnant, we fucked him twice each in the space of a day, felt amazing and he absolutly loved it but we shouldn't have followed our instincs.

fucking werewolf instincs, i blame them.

Nathan nudges me, shut up, he needs our suport right now, he needs to be held close so he knows we are here for him, not for you to get annoyed at this, it's still beautiful, he explains and i let out a breath, my body temperature as high as it would be if i had a fever.

he's so adorable

i smile at my brothers coments about our mate, he's such a kind and loving and caring person, he always has been, he always knows what to say when someone needs to hear something good, while i know what to say when someone needs to hear something for battle. we have our roles and we never fight over them, if one of us is holding Raden, don't get jealous, well we don't, mainly because i can feel what Nathan feels so when he's holding Raden, i feel his warmth and conection through Nathan and when it's like it is now, oh it feels nice.

i pick up Raden's small frame in my arms and carry him over to the bed, i lay down next to him while Nathan pulls the duvet over all of us, coming over and holding little red too.

Nathan is thinking about the possibility he most likely is pregnant with everything, but we couldn't possibly know, and we wont go to find out until Raden is calm enough to go down to the infermary. it's devistating just how bad it is for fox's, no wonder he hid it and then with his mum, i will protect him with my life, wether he likes it or not and if he is pregnant, no matter if i wanted them now or later i will love them all the same... i need to do some research.

Nathan? we need to research about all of this, a fox shifters pregnancy

i look down at him and i hear Nathan sigh a long with his thoughts.

yeah, we do, we need to know as much as we can about this all, i mean, where does he even give birth through?

i laugh at my brother, but he is right, he's never really wrong about a lot of things, we need to figure this shit out quick.

i let out a loud sigh and sit up slowly, moving Raden so that he's cuddled up close with Nathan, everything in me wanting to go back to cuddling up with him, but i get up anyway and move to the closet, i open a draw and pull out the laptop. i take it to the bed and give it to Nathan who sits up a bit, Raden snuggling up to us, wrapped up under the duvet to the point you can just see the top of his head poking out of the top, i smile.

so cute, he's so fucking perfect, Nathan

i say and Nathan brushes his hand over Radens hair, to which he shivers at, subconciously moving closer to Nathans touch. Nathan pulls his hand away and begins typing and clicking on the laptop while i give Raden my attention.

well this isn't complicated at all

i look up and see a page full of muddled up writing, i squint my eyes to try and see if it streightens out but nothing, i sigh and sit back, knowing it's useless for me to try and read.

geezus, that's gorey, his dick splits in two

my eyes widen when i look up at him, he's slightly pale.

painful

he breaths a laugh.

well, unlike werewolves, where we can't shift during this, it's actually advised among fox shifters to give birth in fox form as the baby is normally already in fox form before labour, it also means his dick wont be split in two and it's also a lot safer for the pups to be delivered this way, it's also less painful

he lists everything that's good about it and i relax, knowing he has a better option.

i says that a lot of fox shifters decide to stay in fox form during the whole pregnancy, it says they find it easier to find a safer place to stay as they are smaller and fit into smaller spaces in fox form, obviously, but it helps with large preditors who may want to eat them, and being is fox form is easier to escape too and easier leading up to labour as it can put stress on the baby when shifting, but it also says that they shift automatically into their fox form, half way through the pregnancy to proect their child

fox shifters are smart, like, they are so fascinating, he is so fascinating. i look down to him and he's looking up at the ceiling, he lean over and kiss him, snapping him from his deep thoughts that look like they are causing him a bit of madness. Nathan turns his head to Raden and kisses him too.

"we'er researching you!" I say to him but he just keeps staring up at the ceiling like he's genually lost in his own thoughts.

oh shit, they can give birth to one to twelve pups

i look at Nathan with wide eyes.

but the normal is around four to six

four to six... four to six, oh shit i think i'm going light headed.

wait, what if it's different for fox wolf hybrids?

i ask and he clicks a few more before reading, his face goes even paler.

same, just a quicker and more painful labour wether he's fox or human form

i put my hand on my fore head when i feel Raden move, i pulls the laptop from Nathan and clicks a few buttons, typing a few things, i turn my head to look at the screen, 'fox shifter abortion' i slap the laptop shut and Raden just looks shocked, i stare at him in disbelief.

"No!" i snap and Nathan holds him tightly.

"we will get through this, theres still a chance your not pregnant!" Raden begins to sob, despite Nathans reasurance.

"i can't do it-" he curls up with his knees to his chest, "I'd know if i wasn't because i'd be still hurting!" he cries and i drag my hands down my face, "i'm sorry, i was just curious, i know abortion is fround upon dearly for werewolves, even more so to Alphas, i also know it's dangerous for me, i was just curious!" he sobs and i move over, sitting up and crossing my legs, i place him on my lap and hold him close.

"i shouldn't have reacted like that, i'll be more careful, i'm just scared!" i say, my heart hurting and regret flooding through me for upsetting my mate, he holds onto me tightly.

"what about school? i'm going to be fat and they will all laugh at me!" he sobs as i hold him tightly while Nathan quietly continues his research while i calm him down.

"no one will laugh at you and if they do..." i take a deep breath, "i'll try not to kill them!" i say and he breaths a small laugh which makes me smile, "and if it gets out of hand then i'm sure everyone wouldn't mind a bit of history and biology lesson about fox shifters!" i say softly and he shakes his head.

"i don't want people knowing about me!" he wines and i let out a deep breath, hurt by his sadness.

"they already know about you, Raden, how about you go until you start to show?" i ask and he takes a deep, shakey breath.

"no, half that, i'll go for a month!" he reasons and i breath a laugh.

"two months!" i bargin with him and he sits up, looking up at me.

"a month and a half!" he says, looking me dead in the eye.

"deal!" i say and shake his hand, he curls up into another one of his tight balls, "how flexible are you?" i ask curiously and he looks up at me.

"as flexible as i want to be!" he answers and i raise a brow, "depends on what i need!" he says, snuggling into my shoulder.

"and how flexible can you be?" i ask and he sighs, he jumps up and walks over to the middle of the floor, i looks down as if he's looking over his body and he scrunches his face up.

"this is uncomfortable!" he mumbles to himself before he lifts his leg up and pulls it around his back to his oposite shoulder, he bends down to the floor and does the same with his other leg, i stare with wide eyes, his joints sticking out slightly as he pulls himself through, i hear a pop and i flinch, why is he showing us this much? he could have just done the first part. he continues to pull through until he shakes his legs about, hearing his joints crack, "now stop asking!" he growls at me and i just nod my head.

"yes sir!" i say, soluting him as he sits at the end of the bed and crosses his legs, i takes a deep breath, looking as if he really enjoyed what he just did, looking like he just came out of the spa. i narrow my brows.

"what, it's been a while!" he moves his head about, "it's like when you finally get to stretch your body out after you sleep, feels amazing, it's also healthy for us!" he gives a small smile, his eyes still slightly red from crying. he stands back up and walks towards the bathroom.

when the door shuts i look to Nathan with wide eyes, he's looking just as shocked, "what the hell!" i say, putting my hands on my head.

"i didn't know they were that bendy, i thought they were just aple to sit down with their legs streight and touch their chest to the floor or something!" he gasps and i shudder.

"he tide himself to a knot and just pulled through!" i shake my body out when i hear the door open and he comes out looking slightly pale, "what's wrong?" i ask and he glares at me.

what did i do? did i upset him? Nathan, i did something wrong!

i panic but he just sighs and lays down at the end of the bed, "so what now?" he asks and i sigh.

"we go down to the infermary to get you checked out!" Nathan answers and Raden sits up too fast.

"What!? NO!" he shouts and we both just look at him, i growl and he looks to me and then looks down.

"no one can hurt you here, your their luna remember?" i ask and he sighs, wrapping his arms around himself, "better safe then sorry!" i say and he just begins to cry again....

he keeps crying....stop crying Raden