Kanoa's POV
Upon waking from my nap, I then found myself craving for something tender and juicy, and if all I can feel earlier was rummaging around my tummy, now it is accompanied by intense hunger.
Hoping to see Keanu as soon as I wake up, I then looked behind me, but he wasn't there so I lied back down, sulking. "Where are you? You said you'll be here when I woke up." I muttered to myself, feeling my aching tummy.
After few more minutes, I heard rustling sounds and I just knew it was him so I sat back up, asking him. "Where have you been?"
Surprised, he then replied. "A-ah! Nowhere, I just took a stroll around." pausing, he then asked back. "Feeling better?"
Replying in all honesty, I then said. "I want some meat."
Taken aback, he repeated. "Meat?"
So I repeated what I said. "I want meat!"
Still confused, he then get up and went outside. Coming back, he hands me tray of food. "Apparently, there's still meat from last night and they reheated into another dish."
Nodding, I then sat by the table and looked at it before digging in. Taking a bite, I was immediately mesmerized by the taste of it and ate like someone who hadn't eaten for days.
Surprised by the sudden appetite I have, he looked at me with questioning eyes, and after awhile he commented with a sigh. "Yes, there's no doubt. This is pregnancy."
Choking into his sudden remark, I then looked at him and asked. "W-what did you say?"
Looking at me with a straight face, he then said. "Yeah. You're pregnant, and I just confirmed it when I told the Elder about what you were feeling."
Looking back at him, I can't help but to feel that he wasn't happy about it. In fact, his straight face and his sighs is giving me an idea that he doesn't like it, not a little bit.
Frowning, I turned my back at him, saying. "If you don't want it, then why did you knot me?"
"I just did it because I didn't think you'd be pregnant too soon!" He said, raising his voice at me.
Triggered, I found myself walking towards him and before I knew it, my hand lifted up on its own and slapped him in the cheek. "Don't you dare raise your voice at me, like it was my fault that I get pregnant!" I said, as my tears began pouring down.
Angered by my actions, he held my wrist tight, saying "Because it is your fault! If you hadn't seduced me last night then you wouldn't be pregnant now!"
Scoffing, I then slammed his hand away. "Then, I'm sorry for being born as an Omega! I'm sorry that I can't control myself! and I'm damn sorry for being pregnant with your child!" I yelled back, quickly trudging away.
Seeing me crying, the people from the pack then started asking what happened, but I paid no mind at them, and continued walking away. I was just too hurt with his words and it's not like it was my choice that he knotted me and got me pregnant.
Still feeling down and conflicted, I found myself crying in the middle of the woods. I know that I might accidentally get into another pack's territory, but I don't care about that now. I just wanted to be alone and get ahold of myself.
In the midst of crying, I then heard rustling sounds from somewhere, and just to be ready, I quickly pulled up my wooden daggers, before standing up.
Carefully peeking from a tree nearby, I then held onto my daggers tight and all of the sudden, someone covered my mouth from behind. "Don't move, don't talk." Keanu sternly whispered to my ear, not letting go until the rustling sounds disappeared. "Jeez, Kanoa! I know you're angry at me, but how can you be so careless entering another territory when you knew you're pregnant!" He immediately scolded.
Knowing that what he said was all true, I just stood there looking down.
"What? cat got your tongue?! Why aren't you saying anything!" He continued to yell, still obviously pissed at me.
"If you're that angry, you could have just let them hurt me. You don't want neither me nor this baby, after all." I replied, mumbling.
Probably struck by my words, he lets out a deep breath, before turning to me and said. "I'm not the petty, Kanoa and it's not that I don't like you being pregnant. But what I'am hoping is to at least be married to you before having our children."
Looking away, I muttered. "Then you could have waited for that night to happen. It was you who knotted me and it was not like I had a choice to push you away when you started knotting me."
Sighing, he then pulled me into a hug. "I know, and I also knew that I shouldn't vented my frustration to you. I'm sorry." He said.
Nodding and burying my face into his chest, I just suddenly felt lightheaded and before I knew it, my mind went black out.
Waking up, I found myself lying down on my bed, while Keanu is talking to my parents and an Elder.
"Is he really pregnant, Elder?" My Mom asked.
Nodding, the Elder then replied. "He is." It paused, before continuing. "Haven't I told you that this son of yours is really special? He was born as a boy when all of us were expecting a girl, but growing up, he was always a lady-like, so I and the other elders thought it was just a compensation for him being born a boy.
Until we all found out that he was neither an Alpha or a Beta, but an Omega, it was also the same time that we found out that he's a Dominant Omega, which only means that his fertility rate is higher than the usual Omegas, and having all that, we just knew that he was indeed the Luna referred from the prophecy."
"Then does this mean, that making him a bride to Keanu will fulfill the prophecy?" My Dad asked.
Nodding, the Elder then patted Keanu's back. "It might and it might not, I can't say for sure, but what I can certainly say is that, your boy and this Alpha, will bring a lot a change into the world of us, Lycan People."
Chuckling politely, Keanu then said. "I hope we can live up to your expectations, Elder."
Smiling, the Elder then bid them farewell, and as soon as it left, it was my cue to get up so I did.
"Hungry?" My Dad asked.
Nodding, I then rubbed my tummy. "I want some fruit."
Giggling, my Mom then walked towards me, before glancing at Keanu. "A pregnant's wish must be granted at all times."
Nodding, Keanu then left the tent, leaving me alone with my parents.
"Apparently your pregnancy will be shorter than a female, and that is why you could feel the symptoms as early as now." My Mom said.
"Shorter? How long is that Mom? Will I always be craving for something?" I asked.
Shaking her head, she then told me. "For females it will be for nine months, but because you are a boy, it will only be for six months, and you're cravings will only last for 2 months."
Nodding, I then rubbed my tummy worriedly. "W-will the baby be okay, Mom? what if I wasn't ready to have it? what if I accidentally hurt it?"
"It will be, son. Apparently one of the Elders had seen an Male Omega delivery, so it volunteered to look after you until you reached your delivery time." My Dad then told me.
After asking each other some more, Keanu then came back, bringing a variety of fruits from the forest. "You didn't told me what specific fruit you like so I grabbed everything I can find." He said.
Seeing him sweating, I asked. "Did you run?"
Wiping his sweat off his face, he give me a quick nod, saying. "Didn't Mom told me that your wishes must be fulfilled every time."
Surprised on what he called my Mom, I looked at them. Smiling, Dad then told me. "We told him to be comfortable with us, since he is typically a family now."
Pleased, I found myself hugging my parents tight, saying "Thank you for accepting him."
Giggling, Mom then replied. "There's no way we wouldn't accept an Alpha to be our son-in-law."
Smiling, I then gestured Keanu to come close and join us.
After that, Mom and Dad said they have to help out outside, so they left the two of us again.
Feeding me the fruits he picked, Keanu then asked. "Can I take it that you aren't mad at me anymore?"
Nodding, I then replied. "I'm sorry for being stubborn too, I just hate it when I'm being treated badly when I knew I didn't do something wrong."
Getting behind me, he then hugged me as whispered. "I'm so sorry for treating you badly, I just don't think I can handle it nicely if someone talked badly of you because of it."
Looking at him, through my shoulder, "Are you saying that you got mad because you were worried that they'll ostracized me for being pregnant without being wedded yet?" I asked.
Nodding with a pout, he pulled away, saying "You can't blame me, it happened to my pack before and it's just too frustrating to see how they treated my Mom, what more if it is my own Omega."
Facing him curiously, I then said. "Tell me more, I want to know more about you and your pack."
Looking at me, he then said. "Are you sure? It's not a pleasant story to tell. I don't want you to feel bad."
Nodding, I then held his hands together and waited for him to speak up.
Groaning as he scratched his head, he then leaned his back to somewhere before starting telling his story.
"The Moonlit Forest is a pack founded by my Father's great great ancestors, and since then it was always the first son from the bloodline who got to be the Alpha. As the only son of my Mother and Father, I had to step in as the Alpha when my Father died in a battle with another pack.
But I have no hands-on experience in being an Alpha and there's a guy in the pack who was truly favored by our Elders, so inspite of me being already the Alpha, they asked my Mom to get married to that guy so he can act like an Alpha.
But my Mom got pregnant with that guys child way ahead of the time of their wedding, and instead of gaining back the power my family had back then, she was extremely ostracized for it and I her own son who was called as the Alpha, can't even do anything about it." He finished.
Nodding and sympathizing with him, I then cuddled to him, asking him. "Then what happened with the hunters?"
Looking me in the eye, he continued his story. "With that man's leadership, our pack had been an enemy to every pack in this forest, there was no day that we would not lose a member, because of his nonsense battles to take over those packs to make it his.
One night, when everyone is already sleeping, we just heard a gunshot, and it was then followed by loud screaming all over our base, and when I came to check it out, it was already chaos out there.
Desperate to at least save my Mom and her unborn child, I quickly transformed into my wolf form, but when I saw her, I realized that I was already late since my Mom is already dead.
Willing to die with them, I just stood there, waiting to be attacked like anyone else, but another wolf bit into my fur and forcibly dragged me out there, bringing me somewhere in this forest.
I still can remember it clearly, how he ran as fast as he can, despite of being shot in his stomach, and as that night ended, I remembered seeing him, walking away from me."