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"Okay", Lisa breathed in and out for a minute as if trying to make the perfect decision for that time.

"Mom, you need to tell me what is going on, you both are scaring me"

"Sweetheart, dad needs to go so he would come to protect us from the Avas, you know he rebelled against them"

"Ohhhh", she said, still trying to sound strong enough to embrace the truth.

"Yes, and now I told him I was pregnant", she broke down and started crying again.

"You're pregnant?" Ella's eyes widened, it was too much news for her to take in all at once and she was confused on how to react.

"Yes, I am pregnant", she confirmed and cleaned the tears coming off her cheeks so she could appear as strong as before.

Elisha just looked, unsure of what to do and to say, he also shed a few tears and just watched on.

He could hear footsteps from afar coming, maybe Elijah was there already and he would have to go very soon.

But at that point he did not want to leave anymore, he actually preferred to shed a little more tears with his family.

Although he might still have to leave, he would make it the next morning but very early.

They had information that Avas were going to raid the next day and if care was not taken, their plan was to kill the Alpha, Beta and Gamma.

Even if they were not killed, they are going to be severely disgraced and embarrassed which Elisha has been trying to avoid.

"Lisa, I care about you and the unborn child. I was just surprised that you just have to tell me now"

He finally moved closer to them and now Lisa was already hugging Ella so tightly.

Elisha ensured that he hugged Ella first since she would still warm up to him on time compared to Lisa.

She did and then he hugged them both together and they stayed that way for the next few minutes, all quiet.

They individually had different thoughts running across their minds and it was all centered on fear of the unknown.

Elisha was afraid of what would happen to him when he left his family, and what would even happen to them.

Sincerely, he had not thought of it before but now he was even overthinking it and he hoped everything would go well.

If it did not go well, he wondered how Lisa would feel, most especially if he died, he knew that she would not be able to forgive him.

Neither would she forgive herself for letting him go when she could have made him stay, even though there was nothing she could do at that time.

He believed that taking risks is the sole purpose of being alive and most of the risks he took always went well.

Elisha had hoped that this would as well since he was strong willed and determined to make his family proud.

Not only did they look up to him, but the life and living of the entire pack members relied solely on him and this journey.

Now, he was somehow scared and feared what would happen if all went wrong and his faith in himself was gradually diminishing.

Lisa on the other hand, almost had nothing to think about any longer, her overthinking had the best of herself.

She had tried as hard as she could to be okay with this.

But it was not working out, her mind was not settled on this and she knew that something would actually go wrong.

What she could not place her hands on was the when and how it would happen or what would really happen.

She wished she could just go with him on this journey, and take Ella with them so she would be able to protect him.

Now, she had no option than to keep praying to the moon goddess to make sure he was safe and nothing bad happened to him.

Lisa loved her husband so much and just wanted him to be safe so she did all that was in her power.

Although she tried hard not to think about how hurt she was about him avoiding her pregnancy talks, she knew he was better.

Maybe he was just reacting this way because so many things had happened already that was even more than he could handle.

She did not mind and had resolved that she would do all she could to make him proud of her and even happier when he returned.

If he returned.

Ella on the other hand was torn in between enjoying the last moments she had with her father and thinking if he would come back.

She had looked at her mother's face and saw that it was not only mixed with sadness and pain but it also told a story.

One that meant his journey was going to be a risky one and filled with pain or untold hardship.

Home was one place that she never wanted to be away from because she loved everything it stood for.

Everyone knew how much it meant to her and she just knew that her father would not be happy once he was away from home.

He would miss her mother's sweet embrace as he called it and he would miss Ella's gentle peck.

She would definitely miss him as well but did not mean since she believed it would not take long before he returned.

Her mother would guide and protect her when he is away and then when he comes back she would tell him all about it.

They would always have that happy ever after they talked about and this was just like a simple break.

What she did not know was that that night was the last night of her parents' love and marriage.

She hugged them tightly, she loved it when they were hugging and cuddling up together like they had nothing else to do.