Chapter 9. Tidal Wave

Emily's POV

Mila took an urgent step back, her hands moving to her lips as she gasped wide-eyed. She looked terrified, yet she refused to leave my side.

The doctor rushed in and froze in his tracks when he saw me partly shifted.

"What the f*ck!" he yelled out. I assume he never saw a she-wolf give birth and shift at the same time. "How the f*ck did this happen?"

He rushed to my side, unsure what to do.

"The pup!" I yelled, grabbing his shirt and pulling him toward me. "Get him out!"

I suddenly had the urge to push...

Mila stepped closer, sensing the time had come to deliver the pup to the world, taking my shifted hand in hers. She had no idea how much that meant to me.

"Em!" Mila called my name over my moans. "It's time for you to push!"

Seconds felt like minutes, minutes like hours—I whimpered and yelled, and everything around me became one big blur.

The second the doctor freed the pup from me, I let go an