Chapter 61 - The Last Goodbye?.

"You're my what?"

I growled not believing what I'd just heard.

"You heard me, Nat...we're your sons, yours and Coles"

This isn't real, this isn't f*****g real.

"No, no, no, this isn't real, this isn't happening"

I break out of Coles hold and move away, I didn't realise I was pacing until Dimitri spoke again.

"I know this is a lot to hear and it's scary but..."

"No...y..y..you're lying, why are lying to me?"

"I'm not lying to you Natalia, you're our mother and Cole's our dad"

"LIAR!!"

I shouted.

SLAP!!, SLAP!!, SLAP!!.

"Natalia stop"

Cole grabbed me and pulled me away from continuing to attack Dimitri.

"Babe, calm down"

"No, he's lying to us Cole"

"What reason have I got to lie to you, Natalia? think about it, the very first time you met us you thought we were related to Cole, right?"

"And"

I growled.

"And look at us Nat...take a very good look at us, you always told us growing up that we're our fathers double in every way from our looks to our personalities"

"Cole's got a personality?"

Emily jokes and everyone chuckles.

"He does have a point, babe...they do have a lot of similarities as Cole"

Amy says but I don't see it, more importantly...I don't believe it.

"The Vasquez line is long...y..you could've come from any one of them, besides you both have got blue eyes, Cole and I have got green ones"

"Yer erm...about that"

Dimitri says whilst scratching the back of his neck.

"We got our eye colour from our uncle Angelo, dad said it was the moon goddesses way of letting us get away with murder since you can't resist uncle Angels eyes or puppy dog look"

Uncle Angel? why does that sound so familiar?.

"Angel, he's far from that"

"Watch it, Em"

Angelo growled.

"How do you know all of this?"

I asked barely above a whisper.

Dimitri walks over to me until there was only a few inches between us and I hate to admit it now that he's this close to me but...he does look a lot like Cole.

"Because you're our mother, Nat"

"But it's impossible...if you're born when you say you are then I'd have to be pregnant now and I'm not"

"Actually Nat..."

Massimo said but he couldn't finish, he looked like he was having trouble trying to find his words.

"Actually what? Massimo, SPEAK!!"

"Calm down momma wolf, will ya?"

Brody says with a chuckle and everyone turns to look at him.

"Too soon...ok"

Brody scratched the back of his neck nervously, I would've laughed at him if we weren't currently caught up in something serious.

I was brought out of it when I felt something touch my stomach, I looked down and saw a tattooed hand which didn't belong to either Cole or Angelo which was rubbing my stomach gently.

"Use your werewolf hearing, Natalia"

I look up at Dimitri who was looking at me sternly but with soft eyes.

I did what he said as I pushed the front strands of my hair behind my ears.

Thump!!, thump!!, thump!!, thump!!, thump!!.

"Oh my god"

I whispered as I placed my hand on top of Dimitris.

"I'm pregnant"

"Yes"

I look up at Dimitri confused.

"But I..I..I don't understand, h..how didn't I k..know? and the..the..the heartbeats sound irregular and...and how are you both here now? and..."

"The heartbeats aren't irregular, Nat, it's because you're carrying triplets"

"TR..TRIPLETS!!, OH f**k NO, COLE!!"

I inadvertently shout as I turn to face my darling mate who was smirking like a freaking Cheshire cat.

SLAP!!.

"You f*****g ass, you f*****g impregnated me with f*****g multiples"

I said in between slaps towards my husband.

I know I may be coming across as a very vulgar and abusive young woman right now but I can't help myself, I tend to get like this when I get scared, nervous or angry.

Cole wraps his arms around me in a tight grip making sure I couldn't move my arms to hit him.

f*****g ass.

"Calm down baby, it's not my fault I couldn't control my insatiable wife or that I've got amazing genes"

"He's got a point, Nat"

"Not helping, Angelo"

I growled whilst glaring at him to which he responded by winking at me, these f*****g men.

"Eww!!, Cole can you not grope Nat in front of us, please? we're still here remember"

Massimo says in disgust followed by numerous groans and agreements by Dimitri and my brothers.

"Yer Cole, know your audience"

I manage to pull away from Cole causing him to growl, I then look over at Dimitri and Massimo who look nervous and kind of scared.

"So...you both are our sons from the future?"

"Yes"

They both answered in unison sounding very nervous.

This is so weird, I'm pregnant and two of my three future children are currently standing right in front of me.

"What are your names? I mean f..full names"

"Well...you named us all after men that you love and admire"

Massimo said with a smile which I can clearly see is his fathers, how the hell did I not notice this sooner?.

"I'm the eldest Demetrius Angelo Vasquez, no guesses for where my names came from"

He said with a chuckle.

"What? but I hate the name Demetrius why would I give my firstborn son that name?"

"Dad was persistent, I guess"

I look over at Cole who was once again smirking.

"I don't even wanna know how your sneaky ass got me to agree to that"

"Well, like the boy said, babe...I can be persistent"

He said with a wink.

Urgh!!, this jackass.

"Eww!!"

The boys groaned in disgust.

"And what about you?...what names did daddy dearest rope me into giving you?"

I became really nervous and worried when Massimo smirked whilst looking at Cole.

"Massimo Cole Vasquez"

"Urgh!!, seriously Cole"

I groaned in annoyance.

"What? don't blame me, I don't know what happens in the future"

Cole said whilst chuckling.

This is why women shouldn't trust men when it comes to naming their babies, they either pick horrible names or names that don't match.

"Wait, where does the name Massimo come from?"

Amy asks confused.

"It must be our father's brother, Nattie was incredibly close to him and was heartbroken when he was killed in a rogue attack many years ago"

"Oh"

Ok, I'm officially a dumbfuck, that name alone should've been a huge giveaway along with their looks when I originally met them.

"And what about your...wait, what is my third child? is it a boy or a girl?"

"Oh, he's definitely a boy and we're not just talking about his overused appendage"

What?.

It took me less than a minute to realise what Dimitri meant and when I did, I didn't know whether to facepalm from feeling even more stupid or slap the piss out of Cole because it's clear as a bright, shiny crystal that they've learned this behaviour from him.

"Eww!!, please don't tell me you all are manwhores in the future?"

"Well, we're not anymore since we found our mates but Gray, on the other hand..."

"Gray?...as in G..Grayson?"

I ask with tears filling my eyes whilst Dimitri and Massimo both smiled sadly at me.

"Yer, Grayson Dean Vasquez"

I don't know why but my heart skipped a beat when he mentioned my third son's name and it wasn't in a good way, does something bad happen to my cousin in the future?.

"Babe...babe, are you ok?"

Cole gently shakes my shoulder to get my attention, I look up at him and was about to speak when a warrior burst through the back doors looking panicked.

"Sorry alpha and Luna but we've got an urgent problem, there are rogues approaching the packhouse"

"f**k"

Cole growls whilst running a hand through his hair and roughly tugging on it.

"Ok...James, Angelo, Brody, Jason get to the packhouse now, Angelo you're in charge until I get there"

"You got it"

"Nathan and Christian, I need you to go and get both my father and yours, we need as many guys as possible"

"Ok"

The men all leave the mansion but not before giving a worried and loving look towards their mates.

"Dest, go and get your biggest and baddest weapons, we're gonna need them"

"With pleasure"

She says with a smirk.

Anytime my cousin gets to use her weapons is like when gamers get to play their favourite game, she's always so excited and eager to play, it's not even funny.

"Amy and Emily, I need you to take Natalia down to the bunkers with the kids, there's a door in the basement, it'll take you right too them"

Is he being serious?.

"Ok"

"What? no Cole, I'm going with you"

"Natalia baby, I don't need this right now, ok, I need you to be a good girl and go with Amy and Emily"

"But I can help Cole, I'm one of the strongest people here"

"Babe"

Cole dragged out showing his impatience as he cupped my face and placed his forehead onto mine.

"You may be my strong little warrior, Nat but you're also currently pregnant with our pups and I'm not having you put in harm's way"

Cole pecked my lips and placed a lingering kiss on my forehead before pulling away from me and looking towards Amy and Emily.

"Take her to the bunkers, NOW!!"

"Cole"

"We'll be back soon, ok, don't worry"

I watched as Cole, Dimitri and Massimo left and I felt my heart immediately jump up into my throat, I really don't have a good feeling about this.

"Come on, Nat, let's go"

Amy and Emily lead me out of the kitchen and down to the bunkers, on the way there we met my momma and adopted momma who are carrying a sleeping Max, Charlotte and Miliana.

I felt like a zombie going down to the bunkers, I've just been fed an overabundance of information and now rogues are attacking my pack, this is too much for me to deal with right now.

Cole's P.O.V.

My wife is pregnant with triplets, two of those triplets are here as adults giving me more worries then I needed or wanted and now rogues are attacking my pack, I'm starting to think karma is giving my ass a good royal kicking right now no pun intended.

"Dimitri, Massimo"

"Yes"

They both turn and look at me with worry.

"By any chance do you guys know how this ends?"

"No....you and ma never told us much about the battles you both had to face"

Great, it would've been a big help to know something about what's gonna go down tonight.

"This is gonna be the weirdest thing I'm ever gonna say considering we're all the same age right now and this is still so very new but....stay safe sons, I don't want your mother getting stressed or being in any pain...she needs us all to come home safe and sound, ok"

"Don't worry about us, dad, we were trained by the best"

Wow, dad...I'm gonna be a dad.

"This isn't the time Cole, you need to save our pack first then be happy"

"You're right"

"Let's go and protect this pack, boys"

"Yes alpha"

They mocked which I would've laughed at if we weren't currently in the middle of being attacked by rogues.

A Few Hours Later...

"How's it looking, Angelo?"

"We've lost nobody from our pack, well, not yet anyway"

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Angelo was silent but I could sense fear, panic, pain and sadness through our bond.

"What is it, Angelo?"

"It's Dean, Cole...Dean was attacked pretty bad...th..they don't think he's gonna make it"

Oh no...oh goddess no, not Dean.

"Ok, do what needs to be done and get to the hospital? I'm gonna go and check on Nattie, she should hear about this from me"

"Ok, be careful brother, this is gonna kill her and her emotions are gonna be all awry now she's pregnant"

f***s sake.

"Don't worry Angelo, I know how to deal with my own wife"

"I know, I'm just saying"

"I know, I'll see you in a bit"

"Bye brother"

"Bye"

I was briskly walking towards my mansion when I received a startling mind link from Emily.

"COLE!!, YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO THE MANSION, NOW!!, NATALIA'S GONE!!"

"WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SHE'S GONE!!"

"I..I..I don't know Cole, when the warriors let us out of the bunkers, sh..she went up to your room and now she's nowhere to be found"

f**k!!.

"I'm on my way back now"

"Ok"

I picked up my pace and started to run using my werewolf speed.

BANG!!.

"AAHHHH!!...AAHHHH!!"

BANG!!, BANG!!.

"AAHHHH!!, f**k!!"

"It's painful, isn't it?....the wolfsbanes searing through your veins like you're being stabbed with billions upon billions of hot pokers and the silvers burning your skin and ripping it open like a debilitating flesh-eating disease, it's a really painful way to die and even slower the more that it's in you"

BANG!!, BANG!!, BANG!!, BANG!!.

"AAHHHH!!"

I screamed in even more pain when I was kicked in the stomach causing me to land on my back.

"Urgh!!"

I groaned when the bastard stomped his foot on my chest and left it there, I tried to get a good look at who it was but my eyes were really blurry and I could feel my life slowly slipping away from me.

"It looks like you're dying alpha...good, that means your marriage to Natalia will officially become null and void and I'll be free to marry her"

"No...sh..she's m..mine"

"Not when you're dead, she's not"

He says in a sing-song voice.

"AAHHH!!"

This f*****g bastard is lucky I'm currently incapacitated otherwise I'd rip his f*****g throat out.

He jabs the muzzle of his gun under my jaw really hard forcing my head back onto the grass.

"Don't worry about Natalia, Cole, I'll look after her and make sure she's so happy that she forgets all about you"

The bastard mutters in my ear before standing up, he didn't leave because I could still hear his breathing and sense him near me.

"Any last words before I kill you, alpha Cole?"

"S..screw y..you"

He chuckles.

"Nah...but I'll happily screw Natalia"

Bastard.

"Goodbye Cole"

BANG!!.

Angelo's P.O.V.

"He's not gonna make it, is he?"

I look over at my cousins mate with sadness, Dean has been given a twenty per cent chance of surviving and even then he could be disabled because of where the bullet penetrated in his spine.

I grab hold of Tina's hand and give it a comforting squeeze.

"Dean's a strong guy, Tina and he's got a lot to live for...he'll survive"

"Really?"

She looks at me and it killed me seeing the fear and despair in her eyes, I hope I never have to experience this.

"Really....I mean how can a man succeed in his plans to create his own basketball team of kids if he's dead, huh?"

Tina chuckles and so did I but it didn't last for long, well, at least not for her anyway.

"D..doesn't a basketball team have f..fifteen players?"

I chuckled again.

"Yes it does"

She looks panicked at the thought but then a wry smile appears on her lips.

"Fifteen's a lot and I'd happily give him each one if he just wakes up"

Poor girl.

"Beta Angelo"

"Doctor Scott, how's Dean? is he ok?"

The pack doctor looks between myself and Tina and just from the look in his eyes, I can tell it's bad.

"Can we talk alone, please?"

"What is it? is he dying?"

Tina starts to panic and I grab hold of her hand again to calm her down which it does but not as much as Deans touch would have.

"I'm sorry to have to say this but...Dean has only got twenty-four hours...if his body doesn't pass the bullet to a reasonable area where we can do safe surgery on him....then I'm afraid he won't make it"

"What? no, no, no, no"

"Tina, calm down"

"He's gonna die, my m..mates gonna d..die"

"I'm sorry, ma'am"

I hug Tina and she breaks down in my arms.

She ended up getting so hysterical that the doctors had to sedate her because she was getting to the point of hyperventilating.

"Angelo, Angelo, where's my brother? is he ok? did they get the bullet out? where's Tina? has she left him? I should have known not to trust her, I..."

"Destiny, calm down"

She takes several deep breaths but her body is still shaking.

"How is he, Angelo?"

"It's not good, Dest"

Her face drops and turns pale.

"How bad is it?"

I look into my cousin's eyes and I broke, a few stray tears fell from my eyes as I explained what the doctor told me.

"He's got twenty-four hours Dest...doctor Scott said that if his body doesn't naturally pass the bullet into a safe area so they can operate then...then he's gonna di....he's gonna die"

"What? no, no h..he can't die, he wants to travel and get married and have loads of babies, he wants to be the head warrior of the pack, he..."

"I know Dest, I know but we need to face the reality here...unless Deans body does what it needs to do, then we've lost him for good"

Destiny looked like she was about to break but she didn't...instead, she chose to bury herself in denial.

"He's not gonna die, we just found out that our Nattie is gonna be a momma to three boys...Dean has to live to see them"

"Yer but did you see her face when Dimitri mentioned the name of their third son....she panicked Dest, her third son is named after our grandpa whos dead and Dean who is dying, she's giving birth in four months...do you think it's a coincidence?"

"Maybe he wakes up after she gives birth and she just wanted to honour him or maybe she just wanted to pay tribute to him, he is her favourite cousin after all"

"Nattie doesn't have favourites Dest and maybe you're right...hopefully, you're right but for now we have to wait on Dean"

She nods her head.

"Ok"

"Don't worry Dest, this is Dean we're talking about...he'll survive, he has too"

I embrace Destiny in a hug which she didn't waste any time in accepting.

Please moon goddess...please save my cousin...today was supposed to be a good day, we got the kids back and my sister is pregnant....why did this have to happen?.

Natalia's P.O.V.

"I'm sorry Mrs Vasquez but your husband is dead"

"What? h..how?"

"Because of you"

"Excuse you"

"It's your fault, Natalia, it's ALL your fault, Cole is dead because of you"

"No...no, it's not true"

"Yes it is, just accept it, Cole is dead and it's because of you, It's your fault, It's your fault, It's your fault"

"NO, STOP IT!!, STOP IT!!, STOP IT!!"

"NO!!"

I scream as I wake up from that god awful nightmare.

I look around and notice that I'm not in my bedroom anymore, in fact, I haven't got the foggiest clue where I am, I mean the room is nice, I guess but it's just not my style.

I was startled by the creaking of the door being opened and tried to move from the bed but I couldn't, I was chained down to each bedpost.

Urgh!!, whoever did this clearly doesn't know who they're messing with.

I was about to use my orbing power when I heard a voice that had me frozen on the spot.

"Hello Nattie pie"

I look up and my eyes widened in shock.

"Dalton"