Slow, steady beeping filled my ears — and yet the throb within my head was trying to dull all of my senses.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. I was once again within the hospital, and that was the last place I wanted to be.
The steady beeping ca from a machine that was dripping fluids into my arm — not a comforting sight. I hated being bedridden and invalid like this and feeling like I wasn’t capable of taking care of myself.
“She’s resting now, but she is okay–”
Estrella’s voice made turn my attention to the partially-closed door. I wasn’t sure who she was talking to, but I had no doubt it was Talon or Vicky. They always seed to be there for when I was in trouble.
“I can’t believe this happened. I’m so sorry! I should never have let her go alone,” Vicky whispered.
I hated the guilt I heard in her voice. She wasn’t to bla for this.
Talon’s angry voice replied, “you know Ethan’s rules, and yet you didn’t follow them.”
I wasn’t going to allow Vicky to take the fall for this. It wasn’t her fault. At the end of the day, I knew what I was supposed to do and what I was not.
“I’m awake,” I called out.
Within seconds, the door opened, and their three faces ca into view.
“I am so sorry we woke you. You need to rest,” Estrella quickly replied, coming to my bedside to check on .
“I’m fine. It was just a small fall, and the stomach bug I have isn’t helping my balance at all.”
My words had the three of them stopping in their tracks and glancing among one other.
I wasn’t sure what was going on, but from the looks of it... it was serious.
“Rosalie.. It isn’t a stomach bug.” Estrella said soothingly, causing a surge of unease within .
Deep inside, I knew what she was going to say, because the thought had crossed my mind earlier this morning.
“Am I pregnant?” The question was spoken softly, but with their werewolf hearing, they knew exactly what I asked.
A smile ford on Vicky and Estrella’s faces.
“Yes– yes, you are.”
Even though I knew that was the goal we were trying to accomplish, so part of still couldn’t imagine myself being pregnant.
My hand ca to rest upon my stomach as nervousness and worry filled .
The situation was different now. Ethan was going to end up getting married to that girl, and he didn’t need anymore. So what was going to happen to ?
Was he going to make get rid of it!?
Panic gripped , and my eyes filled with tears.
“But he has Madalynn now...”
“What are you talking about?” Talon asked, looking at confusedly.
Vicky quickly sighed, rolling her eyes.
“She’s been going around telling everyone she is getting married to Ethan. That was what started the argunt in the garden room. She confronted Rosalie and told everyone that she’s a breeder. Quite loudly, I might add.”
“And you’re telling you weren’t prepared for that scenario?”
Talon wasn’t pleased with this latest news, and his brow furrowed in anger. Vicky imdiately fell silent with a guilty look on her face.
They had to let what happened go, I thought. The alliance I heard them talking about couldn’t be ruined because of .
“Please–” I tried my hardest not to let the tears fall. “Don’t tell him. I don’t want to ruin anything you are trying to do. I can just go a–”
“Go where?”
Ethan’s voice caused to stop in mid sentence.
My heart raced, and I watched from the corner of my eye as he made his way into the room and toward .
“You’re not going anywhere.”
I quickly cast my eyes down towards my lap and tried to hide the fact that I was trembling. I had thought that, over ti, I had gotten past my fear of him, but instead, I felt like I was back at square one.
“I’m sorry...”
“Is it true?” Ethan asked loudly, ignoring my apology. “Is she pregnant?”
“Yes, Alpha. She is.” Talon’s voice held firm.
“Look at , Rosalie.” The command was softer than when he had co in. Even though I didn’t want him to see the state I was in, I knew I had no choice but to obey.
Slowly I let my gaze drift up to et his– and saw a flash of anger coursed through those gorgeous eyes of his.
“What the h*ll happened to her!?”
Vicky, Talon, Estrella, and even I myself cowered back in fear of his anger.
He moved towards , and I involuntarily flinched in terror. I didn’t miss the small trace of hurt that flickered in his face and then quickly disappeared.
“It was all my fault!” Vicky cried out. “I accept any punishnt you deem just.”
“No, it wasn’t Vicky’s fault!” I urged. “I shouldn’t have left Vicky’s side. I’m sorry...”
“It was Madalynn, Alpha,” Talon interrupted . “She cornered Rosalie...”
Ethan didn’t let Talon finish the whole story.
“She touched what is mine,” he said. His lips ford a thin line, and I had no doubt that he was beyond angry at this mont.
As if wheels were turning in his mind, he stepped back from and turned to Talon. “Set up a eting with Roro and the King. We have things to discuss.”
“Yes, Alpha,” Talon replied quickly, bowing his head as Ethan turned and walked out the door. The beta followed shortly after.
Ethan wasn’t upset that I was hurt. He was upset that Madalynn touched sothing that belonged to him. I was nothing more than a piece of property to him.
“Rosalie, you are fine to go back to your room shortly,” Estrella finally said. “Vicky and I will help you to do that, but first, I want you to wait until these fluids get into your system. You were rather dehydrated.”
I nodded my head and watched both she and Vicky took their leave.
When the room beca quiet, it took a mont to let the reality sink in.
‘I’m pregnant.’
‘I am actually pregnant with Ethan’s child.’
I couldn’t stop rubbing my stomach wondering how far along I was, or if it would be a boy or a girl. I hoped it would be a boy — that way I would be able to give him his heir.
An heir I would never get to see grow up....
The idea now that I would be handing my baby over to him, and never be able to be part of his life, hurt.
I hadn’t really cared before, but now, it felt different. I had a life growing inside of . Soone who would be a part of ...
I didn’t want to be forced to leave my child.
Tears fell down onto my cheeks, one after the other. I knew that the next few months were going to be hard. To Ethan, this might have been a job, but to ...it would change my whole life.
A few minutes went by, I felt much better. The tears seed to take my despair with them, and beneath it, I found a sudden and strange resolve.
If I wanted to be part of my child’s life, then I had to figure out how to transform myself within the next few months.
And Madalynn...she would be the least of my cares right now compared to the little life growing in .
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