Chapter 2: Six Weeks Pregnant

Naya’s POV

The sun was unforgiving.

It beat down on my skin as I walked toward the pack house, each step heavy, unsteady, like my body hadn’t caught up with the fact that I was still alive.

The afternoon heat pressed against my bruises, making every mark ache, every breath feel deliberate.

“You’re Pregnant.”

The word wouldn’t leave me alone.

It echoed in my head, louder than my footsteps, louder than the world around me.

Pregnant… how?

I’d never been with anyone. I mean.. I’m still a virgin… Never even been kissed. I had spent 16 years of my life doing absolutely nothing but work in obedience and silence. I cleaned. I served. I practically stayed invisible.

So how?

My hands shook by my sides as my thoughts spiraled. My chest tightened, panic creeping back in.

“How the hell could this even be possible?”

I muttered in frustration and stopped walking.

The healer’s voice drifted back to me, clear and calm, cruel in how easily she’d said it.

“From the look of things, you’re about six weeks along.”

Six weeks?

Six weeks…!

My breath caught.

That was…

***Flashback***

I lay stiffly on the examination bed, my fingers twisting together over my stomach as I stared up at the ceiling. The clinic smelled of antiseptic and herbs, clean and cold.

The door opened.

The doctor walked in, flipping through a file.

“Miss Nai,” she said, picking up my file with a casual air, “Everything looks good. You’re in perfect condition.”

I blinked. Miss Nai? Who.. me?

She continued, almost casually, “If the implantation is successful, we should see positive results in about a month.”

I blinked. “Implantation?”

Before I could ask what she meant, she snapped a pair of gloves onto her hands.

“Please spread your legs.”

Confusion flickered through me, but some how I obeyed.

A moment later, discomfort turned into sharp pain.

I gasped, fingers clutching the sheet as something cold and invasive pressed inside me.

Then…

Just as quickly as it started, it stopped.

“Done!” She declared tearing the gloves off, my legs shook from the brief pain as I tried to process what had just happened.

“I’ll need you to return in a month for the first round of testing,” she added, already moving toward the door.

And just like that, she was out of the room, while I still clutching my knee in disbelief.

I had nothing to worry about, right?

*****

“Hey.. you!”

I stumbled forward as someone shoved me hard between the shoulder blades.

I gasped, barely catching myself before I fell.

My heart slammed against my ribs as I turned.

It was Gwen.

Lady Ruby’s right hand.

I swallowed hard.

Her expression was sharp, unyielding, eyes flicking pointedly ahead of me.

“Eyes forward,” she snapped quietly.

Dread pooled in my stomach.

I turned back slowly.

Lady Ruby Thornton stood a few steps away, regal and terrifying in her elegance. Her posture was perfect, her presence suffocating. Power rolled off her in waves after all she is My Alpha’s mate and the Luna of Mystic falls

My gaze dropped instantly to the ground.

“So,” she said coolly. “This is the dirty wolfless slut my Alpha wants to fuck.”

My head snapped up.

I shook my head frantically, words caught in my throat. I couldn’t even force a denial past my lips.

Her eyes flicked to my neck.

To the bruises.

To the claw marks.

Shame burned through me. I lifted a hand, trying to hide them with my hair.

Too late.

Her wolf surged forward.

I felt it before I saw it… the pressure, the threat, the sharp scrape of claws as she stepped into my space. Her hand shot out, fingers clamping painfully around my cheeks, forcing my face up.

I whimpered as pain shot through my jaw.

“Those marks you’re trying so hard to hide,” she said softly, dangerously, “will be the least of your worries if I ever see you anywhere near my Alpha again.”

Her eyes bored into mine.

“From now on, you’re confined to kitchen duties. You will not step foot near the main pack house unless I say otherwise. Am I clear?”

I nodded violently, tears blurring my vision.

“Yes… yes, Luna,” I choked out.

She shoved me away, her wolf receding as quickly as it had appeared.

She turned to Gwen. “Make sure she’s removed from the main house today.”

“Yes, Luna.”

And just like that, they were gone.

I almost collapsed where I stood.

The sob tore out of me before I could stop it. My body shook as fear, humiliation, and despair crashed over me all at once.

Lady Ruby was ruthless.

Every slave knew it.

We’d witnessed her destroy Alpha Louise’s mistresses without pity.

And now she sees me as a threat to her marriage.

“Oh Goddess..”

To think that this wasn’t even the worst part.

My hands trembled as I pressed them to my stomach.

I’m Pregnant.

If word spreads… if Lady Ruby catches wind of it.. she might think the child is Alpha Louise’s…

Oh Goddess.. I'm done for.

She would not hesitate to kill me.

And the baby.

I sucked in a shaky breath and forced myself to stand.

I have to fix this…

I need to find out how I'm pregnant and whose child I'm carrying.

And to do this I have to return back to that Clinic..

That is the only place I might find the answers that could save my life.