Andrei
I can’t care less what she thinks as I feel the tension leave Sage as she presses closer, her ear to my chest. Malik is unfazed by the noise, and is used to me using it on Sage, He glances over at Jonah, who tucks his head next to his mother’s, and they both seem to calm down.
Donnie, I can hear, is talking to Sierra, trying to make her more at ease.
Her doubt has been the biggest challenge, and she has a lot of influence over Sage, and her reluctance to believe, is not helping me convince Sage.
Sierra should have had a clue when the heat finished, Donnie told me, but Sierra is in as much denial as Sage.
She keeps saying to us nothing good ever happens for her, that she never has or will be able to have pups. Donnie and I have no idea what she is talking about, but she keeps insisting something about the cycle never changes, the cycle can’t be beaten, and that she is doomed for eternal misery.
Whatever the heck that means.
It’s sometimes that angers me, knowing she is feeding the same nonsense to Sage, but she doesn’t even understand the weird things she sometimes says.
Sage said she always says strange things, but doesn’t know if Sierra fully understands her.
I had asked Kat about it, and she only told me that Sierra knew more than she realized, and some traumas linger even after death. That a cycle has been on an endless loop, but she can’t tell me more than that, something about knowing too much can alter things and some things are best left unknown.
“The best calming device, one we all have but rarely use, yours would be a little more potent though, Alpha.” Mathias says, making me jump.
Sage also jerks upright, none of us hearing him walk in. Mathias laughs softly.
“How is your granddaughter?” I ask him, knowing Jasmine is his daughter.
“Quite alright, gave my daughter quite the scare, but she is fine. Jasmine wraps that baby up in bubble wrap,” he says, shaking his head.
“But how would she breathe?” Asks Jonah and Mathias chuckles.
“Exactly, but it was just a figure of speech. Now come on, let’s see what is going on with your mother,” Mathias says, waving for Sage to follow him.
Sage reluctantly hops up, her anxiety skyrockets, and Jonah looks to Malik. “You can come too, Jonah,” I tell him when he goes to walk over to him.
Malik spins him around and gives him a little push toward us, and Sage grips his hand, Malik then pulls his phone out to look at it.
We follow Mathias into his office, he goes over a few things before sending Sage to pee in a cup and takes some blood from her when she returns.
Jonah watches Sage get poked and prodded with avid fascination. Once he has the blood, he hands the specimen and blood vials to the nurse, who walks off with them.
“Come on, next room over,” Mathias says, getting up from his desk and walking out before stopping when Sage speaks out.
“But we should wait for the test results to come back.” Sage mutters.
“Most sure way to know is to have a look, Luna,” he says before walking off to the room next door. Jonah is watching curiously, not understanding. He hops off my lap and follows after the doctor.
“Come on, mom,” he calls, and I nudge Sage, who is chewing her fingernails. I pull her hand away, her thumb is bleeding where she has chewed off more than her nail. Then clicking my tongue at what she has done, she looks away but hops up, following Jonah.
I follow her, and Malik is still sitting in the waiting room on his phone.
“Lock the door, just in case she flips out,” I mind-link him.
“Already have, did it the moment you went in the doctor’s office,” He replies.
I smile because he is observant, which makes him an irreplaceable member of our pack. I have to tell him what to do very often, and he usually knows before I say anything.
Mathias is setting up when I walk in, and I close the door, flicking the lock. Doc doesn’t say anything about it, just nods before motioning for Sage to lie down. She does stiffly, and Mathias looks over at me.
“Well, make yourself useful, calm your mate,” he says, trying to tug Sage’s shirt up. Her hands fisted at her hips as she clutched it. “Anytime now, Alpha,” Mathias says to me.
I am about to ask what he means when Donnie forces me forward. “Idiot,” Donnie says before he starts purring ridiculously loudly.
My face heats, but the doctor doesn’t even glance up. “Now, Luna, I need to tug this up, I can’t check anything if you are holding it.” Mathias chuckles, and Sage startles.
“Oh right, sorry,” She exclaims, and I step over to her. Jonah is kneeling on a chair watching Doc.
“Interesting fact about purring, it lowers blood pressure and works as an analgesic/sedative on she-wolves. Kind of works similar to a siren call in a way, that’s why she calms down, works on kids too, or anyone we have a strong connection with, but more so she-wolves, and you being an Alpha, it would be stronger.” Mathias says, while squirting some jelly on Sage’s belly.
“Well, I didn’t know that, but I knew it calmed her,” I tell him before Sage clutches the bottom of my shirt. I grab her hand and purr again while Mathias turns dials before moving the device over her stomach.
“Oh, it’s a tummy TV,” Jonah says, and Sage looks away, focusing on something behind me. I press my lips together, rubbing circles on her hand with my thumb.
“Correct, Jonah. Good boy, we can have a look inside mommy’s belly.” He trails off, pressing buttons, and I can feel Sage’s anxiety turning to acceptance as she stares off.