Chapter 43: The Mother

*Lucas*

Titus would not stop bouncing his knee in the driver's seat of his hummer. It had been over a week since Hannah went to the hospital and now, she was allowed to leave. Titus wanted to be the one to get her and I decided to come along for the ride since Kennedy had been working extra hours at Massi Tech.

She had been trying to avoid going to the house because pack members had been visiting day and night, checking in on my father. At some point she was going to have to face them, especially since the news of our mating was starting to spread. I wasn't going to push the issue because I felt how much she dreaded talking to them.

I rubbed the center of my chest, now a usual habit. Something at work was making her uneasy. It had taken me a few days to get used to the constant hum of her awareness in my chest, but now that awareness was something I had come to appreciate, it gave me an extra sense of security that she was safe.

The burn increased, I braced my hands on the dashbo