Paul's POV
I went home head hanging low, Seth was such an important part of our pack we couldn't lose him. Skylar met me at the door with a huge smile on her face, my heart broke knowing I would be taking that beautiful smile off her face.I wanted to see that beautiful smile for the rest of my life, not tears of sadness like I had seen in my own mothers eyes most of my life.
" I'm so glad your home sweetheart the hospital just called, they are sending Serena home with us today." as much as my heart swelled with the news, I just couldn't bring a smile to my face as I thought of Seth laying so broken at Sams. Skylar took a step closer to me as she studied the haunted look on my face.
"What happened Paul?" She asked with concern written on her face.
"A leech attacked Seth, they don't know if he's going to make it." my voice was barely above a whisper by the time I finished.
"Wait, I thought you wolfs healed like super fast, shouldn't he be fine then?" she asked tears flowing freely down her face. I grabbed Skylar pulling her against my chest. I knew how worried she must be,Seth was her cousin.
"Can we go see him?" her voice was shaky as she cried into my chest. I kept my arms wrapped tightly around her as she cried herself out.
"Sam told me to take care of Serena right now, he said he doesn't want to have too many people around Seth right now, just in case he phases. His wolf might not understand that he is no longer in danger, all it understands is he's hurt."
"I can't imagine him attacking anyone, Emily told me of all the wolfs he has always been the calmest." I shook my head with a smirk present on my face.
"Yeah Seth has always been the level headed one, which was why I was so surprised when he phased for the first time." Skylar pulled
"When can we go see him, he's family Paul I have to make sure he's okay."
"I know honey, we can go see him after we pick up Serena. By then Sam would have been able to assure his wolf that no one there is trying to hurt him." She nodded as she pulled out of my arms wiping the tears away from her eyes.
"I'm sorry I'm being a big baby, I'm just scared for him." I couldn't blame her, From what I heard Seth and her had always been close.
"You don't need to apologize to me babygirl, I understand completely why you would be upset." I said as I headed back towards our bedroom. If she only knew it was my fault Seth had been injured. If I had been on patrol like I normally would have been it would have been me injured and not Seth, I stopped looking back at my beautiful imprint as she walked up behind me totally unaware of my guilt.
"Thanks honey, why don't you go get dressed so we can go pick up our daughter." She had called Serena "our" smiled at me as I walked back to her wrapping her tightly in my arms. "Thank you sweetheart."
"For what?" She looked up at me confused for a moment before she wrapped her arms tightly around me.
"For accepting my daughter into your life, I know a lot of woman wouldn't have done that." She smiled up at me as she leaned up and kissed me on the cheek.
"Well I'm not most women, besides what's not to love about Serena. Besides that little girl is going to need a mother in her life and I don't trust that other woman to do it." My wolf was practically doing his own version of a happy dance in the back of my head. Our imprint had accepted our pup as her own, what more could we ask for. I instantly knew what else we could ask for, as my wolf showed me an image of our imprints tummy round with our next pup. I shook the imagine out of my head. The wolf didn't understand that we hadn't been together long enough to start thinking about having a baby together. Hell we had yet to bring Serena home, we needed to get used to being parents before we could even think about bringing another child into this world.
Three hours later
I stared down at my daughters bright blue eyes, I had know from the moment I saw this tiny little girl laying cold and shivering on my doorstep I would never let anything happen to she was going home with me where she belongs. She looked back at me we with a tiny little baby smile on her face. If she only knew I didn't have a clue what I am doing. I reached down picking her up from the crib.
"You ready to go home princess?" I asked my little girl as I laid a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"I wouldn't be expecting much of an answer honey."Skylar laughed as she walked into the room carting the diaper bag, which is something she had to run home and get while I waited with Skylar.
"Figures, our first day as parents and we forget one of the most important things." I laughed as I handed Serena over to her.
"I know right, why don't you go and get her release papers while I get her settled in her carseat."
"Fine by me, I have no idea how to use that thing." I laughed as I headed towards the door.
"Well you are going to be learning fast, good thing it's not rocket science or I would have to worry about her more." I grinned at her as I walked out the door. There was no way I could do this without her, that much I was for sure of.
I didn't get too far out of the door when the charge nurse met me in the hallway papers in hand.
"Okay, all the paper you will need are in this folder, I just need you to signs a release form staying she is going home with you." I nodded as I turned back to my daughters room.
Skylar was putting Serena in her car seat as we walked in. She was right I really was going to have to learn to work that damn contraption.
"Is everything all set?" Skylar asked as she turned to me. I could see how truly excited she was for us to be taking Serene home, in a way this event would be the beginning of our lives together. After today we would not just being just imprints to be Serena's parents. After checking our wrist bands one last to make sure we matched up to Serena we left the hospital hopefully for the last time for a very long time.
Seth's POV
Everything was foggy, I wasn't sure if I was truly alive or dead. I groaned as I tried to open my eyes. They were heavy, so heavy it felt as if they had been glued shut.
I wanted to groan again as another blinding wave of pain struck me. It was then I felt something cold being pressed against my face. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't open my eyes to see who was with me. Hell I couldn't even smell them, all I could smell was the scent of my own blood. Which had my wolf even more on edge, he didn't understand who was with us or why we were hurt.
I let a small whimper escaped my lips as the pain became too much for me and my wolf.
"Shh Seth relax, you're going to be okay." My wolf and I quitted as Sam's voice pierced through the fog of pain. I almost groaned with relief as my wolf settled down, he knew Sam our Alpha was close by and he wouldn't let anything else harm us while we were hurt.
Sam's POV
I watched as Seth relaxed back in unconsciousness, poor pup. I ran my fingers through my hair in frustration. This is all my fault, with everything being as calm as it had been I hadn't been sending the pack out in pairs much. Hell I had even began think about passing the role of alpha on to someone else so I could stop phasing.
"He's going to be okay honey, you just need to remember Seth may seem sweet and innocent but he's a fighter inside." Emily said as she wrapped her arms tightly around me.
"I know that"
"I just glad Skylar left to stay with Paul yesterday, she would be freaking out seeing him like this."
"I wouldn't be surprised if they stop by after they pick up Serena. Paul felt pretty bad that he hadn't been there to help Seth."
"I wish you all would get it through your thick heads, they're not always anything you can do to stop things like this from happening."
"No Em, there were things I could have done, like sending the guys out in pairs like I always had. Its my fault Seth is the way he is. He never had a chance alone to stand up to that many vamps, none of us could have done it. This is all my fault that he is hurt."I flinched as I felt something hard connect with the back of my head. I looked down at my imprint to see her holding a large book in hand.
"Don't make me use this again Sam Uley, what happened to Seth wasn't your fault. Seth will be pissed if you blame yourself and you know it." I looked down at the young wolf laying broken on the bed. "I know Em."
Paul's POV
Besides having my two best girls in the truck with me I couldn't put Seth out of my mind. Maybe if I would have been out with my brothers there might of been something I could have done to help him.
"Do you mind if we stop by and see Seth, I want to see how he's doing?"
"No I don't mind at all honey, hell he's my cousin i'm just as worried about him as you are." I knew she would be, which was one of the reason why I had suggested the visit.
I laughed as I shook my head, as I turned the truck into Sams driveway.
" Are you going to be okay seeing him like this?"
"I don't know?" She whispered as I lifted Serenas car seat from the backseat of the truck, I might not have heard her if it was not for my wolf.
She followed me inside where most of the pack sat either in the living room or the kitchen.
"Hows he doing?" I asked as Sam walked out of a bedroom where I was guessing Seth lay.
"Not much change, he woke up once but he's going to be okay he wouldn't have made it this long if he wasn't going to make it."
My wolf paced almost uncomfortably in the back of my head. Setting the car seat on the floor, I gently unbuckled my baby girl from the seat gently lifting her into my arms. I felt better having my princess tucked closed to me. Sam met us at the door the haunted look still deep in his eyes. Skylar throw her arms around Sam as soon as she was close enough. I had to bite back the growl threatened to escape my lips. My wolf wasn't happy watching another man hug our imprint.
"Can we go in and see him." Sam nodded as I took a step closer to the bedroom trying to look past my problems of watching Skylar hug Sam. I knew there was nothing sexual in the hug, but that didn't mean my wolf understood it, I knew the jealousy I was feeling was my wolfs not mine.
"Wait, is it safe to take Serena in there when Seth is like this?" I stopped in my tracks instantly feeling like a dumbass for not thinking of my daughters safely. Some dad I was already turning out to be.
"Should be safe enough, Seths pretty out of it, I would be surprised if he woke up at all right now." Tucking my little girl safely against my chest we followed Sam into the room where Seth lay bruised and broken.
I wanted to grab Skylar away from Seth as she sat next to him gently taking his hand.
"Be Careful honey, his wolf might not understand that you are not trying to hurt him. She nodded as a tear slipped down her cheek.
"I know" She whispered
"Don't worry Paul I wouldn't hurt your imprint." We all looked down in shock as Seth opened his eyes slightly.
'How you feeling pup." Sam asked
"Do I really have to answer that?" Seth asked with a smallest smirk on his face
"I guess not." Sam said with a smile
"I'm sorry I failed Sam, I'm not as strong as the other guys." I felt my wolf growl in the back of my head this time is suppress his growl. Seth has done an awesome an awesome job protecting himself from the leeches and we all knew it.
"Don't you dare say you failed, your stood your ground just as well as anyone in the pack Could of, I failed you Seth by sending you out alone."
"You couldn't have known this would happen Sam, who's that?" We all turned to look at Paul holding Serena. He looked at her like she was his world.
"Oh hell no Seth, you did not just imprint on my baby girl?"