Romances de Ria Bong

MAELISMy breath caught in my throat and my stomach dipped in dread. Sera immediately removed the probe from my belly and tucked it under the sheet. His gaze moved from the ultrasound screen which was now blank to me and my heart slammed against my chest so hard I was sure he heard it too. I rose from the bed, drawing my shirt over my belly. I tried to speak, opening and closing my mouth in a bid to explain the situation but nothing came out. “I know you both heard me. I won’t be repeating myself,” he said, his gaze not leaving mine. Sera moved fast, standing before me as she bowed slowly. “Your highness,” she began. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t expecting your presence in the clinic today.”Theron raised his brow in question, his irritation evident. “I wasn’t speaking to you.” His gaze traveled to mine again. “I asked why you are here.”Once again, Sera beat me to it. “She came in with a complaint of having an indigestion and I was just running a normal checkup on her and also checking

MAELISI stumbled back, cradling my throbbing wrist. “Theron, it’s not what you think. She grabbed my hand and pressed it against her neck herself, I swear by my chil… I mean I swear on the moon goddess.”“Enough,” he bellowed, his eyes staring daggers at me. “I know what I saw Maelis.”“You didn’t see everything. You walked in at the end,” I protested, desperately wanting him to believe me. Nerine sniffled softly. “I only came to check on her,” she said, her voice trembling. “I was worried she was upset about what you said concerning our wedding but I got this in return.”“I understand her though, Tee." She winced, touching her neck gently. "She's finding it hard to process my return and Caden's presence."Theron’s eyes returned to me. “She just came back and this is how you treat her? She’s your sister Maelis! I know you to be a lot of things but certainly not this.”His eyes narrowed, as if he was trying to understand my actions but then his gaze hardened. “I didn’t do anything

MAELISI paused at his announcement, a shiver running down my spine. My gaze traveled to Theron whose eyes held a mix of disbelief and happiness. I opened my mouth to tell him why I was here but was soon shoved to the side by Theron who was already eagerly walking out. Before my brain could process anything, I rose to my feet and soon found myself walking behind Theron down the corridor, my bag still on my shoulder with the result pressed deep inside it. I heard her before I saw her. Her soft broken sobs filled the entrance hall. I had grown up with Nerine Hawthorne and I knew what her real crying sounded like. This wasn’t it. My steps slowed down as I reached the entrance of the hall and as I made my way into the hall, my heart dipped and beads of sweat coated my forehead. Standing in the middle of the hall was Theron with Nerine in his arms with tears running down her cheeks. “I went through so much Tee. I suffered a lot without you with me,” she wailed out loud. “I never me

MAELIS“Your baby has one month to live,” Sera my doctor and friend announced. I blinked rapidly, inching closer to him, wanting to be sure my ears had not heard wrong. “What… what did you just say?” My voice barely above a whisper. Sera didn’t respond immediately and that told me everything before she opened her mouth to speak again. “You are two months pregnant, Mae,” she said gently. “And because the alpha hasn’t marked you, the bond is unstable. The baby is drawing energy directly from your body to survive.”“Your body can’t sustain it for long. You have one month, so does the baby.”One month. The words echoed in my head until they stopped feeling like words and started sounding like a death sentence. I exhaled slowly, but the air felt stuck halfway in my chest. A baby. Theron’s baby.For a second, just one second, a warm feeling spread through my chest, and a glimmer of hope sprouted in me. Maybe, this would finally make him look at me differently. My fingers subconsci