ANNA'S POV
"Your test result says you are pregnant, Anna."
Katherine said with a look of surprise and amusement.
"What do you mean?"
I demanded.
She handed the result to me.
"You are fucking pregnant. I thought you were celibate. You don't even have a mate! Who in the bloody hell got you pregnant?"
She demanded. She was yelling and I could not even blame her. It was hard for me to believe I was pregnant too.
" Katherine stop yelling, please."
"Well, you have to say how the hell you got pregnant. You are going to have to explain to everyone."
"No," I protested. " I don't owe everyone an explanation as to why and how I am pregnant."
She stopped for a while to regard me with a disdain that sliced at me.
"You are in a Lycanthrope community. Everyone knows that you are the girl without a mate and you somehow think you won't do any explaining?"
Her question made sense, but I gave the reply I knew was suitable, anyway.
"Katherine, it is my life. If it's messed up, it is still my life and I do not need anyone's help living it."
I said. The doctor had since left us by the hallway to go and attend to other patients and it was just both of us standing there. My hands went to my head. I felt hot. There were too many emotions running through me and it was difficult trying to stay sane in the face of it all.
I said a desperate prayer to the moon goddess to change my fate. It was useless.
There was not going to be any reversal in my life.
I started to cry even without meaning to. I was tough enough to handle things my own way, but the look of things did not let me remain chin up.
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Snide remarks followed me everywhere I went. My aunt and cousin made my life a greater hell.
"You are a slut, Anna. It is not a secret anymore because you have evidence now."
My aunt said usually.
" I am not a slut. I had only made a mistake. I had no idea...."
My words usually trailed off with tears in my eyes each time I made an attempt to defend myself.
" What excuse do you think will make you honorable again? You're nothing but a cheap whore! That is what you have always been!"
"And you got Rejected. You are pathetic!"
Katherine would add.
It continued for days and weeks and I hung my head in shame whenever I went out.
"She is pregnant without a mate!"
These were the kind of words I heard, spoken in the most derogatory manner and accompanied by taunts.
"She will never have anyone to claim her. She will have to carry her shame all her life."
"She had been rejected by her own mate. What good could possibly happen to her?"
The stares were enough to make me drop dead, but I did not. I put on a brave face every day and faced the members of my pack.
After my parents passed, my aunt had moved into our home with her kid, Katherine so she could better take care of me and keep an eye on what my parents owned since I was only ten then, but I had grown up like a slave, having no access to what my parents owned except for the things she allowed.
I wanted to leave, but I had almost nothing, despite what my family owned.
I had often heard from my aunt that when I was old enough I would be duly handed over what my family owned, but as I began to grow older, she stopped talking about it altogether. I saw how Katherine had more privileges than I did.
I had to earn my meals every single day and she did not.
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When I crossed into the human territories, it was without fear. I was just an omega and could easily blend with the humans.
I was already four months pregnant and it did not seem to me like things were going to be any easier, but it was a relief knowing I would no longer be stared at with disdain in the eyes of people who knew nothing about me. I would no longer have to cry my eyes out every night after being accorded the cruelest treatments and most scathing words from my aunt and sometimes from my cousin too whom I think loved me.
If she had never taken me out on the night of my birthday, I would never have met my mate, had sex with him, gotten rejected and only come back to find that I was pregnant for him. The same Lycan who had outrightly rejected me. It hurt but staying in the human city was about all I could do to help myself heal from all I had been surrounded with for the past few months.
"Hey, lady.. do you need any help?"
A female voice called behind me. The cab man had left me right in front of someone's lawn.
"Oh, yeah, I'm new to the neighborhood."
I replied as the young lady walked up to me. She had a pleasant smile that warmed my heart... I did not remember the last time I had been a recipient of such a warm smile.
" I was hoping there was an apartment I could rent around here."
I said when she reached me. She blinked back her surprise.
"You are new to town and you did not have your accommodation sorted out?"
She demanded.
"And you are pregnant. That is not exactly healthy for your babies."
She said.
Why had she assumed that I had babies in my womb, I wondered.
But she was already whisking me off before I could say another word.
"I'll let you stay over here for a while until you can get your apartment. Do you know anyone in town?"
I shook my head.
"I do not know anyone."
"Then you are welcome. I'm Ella."
(FOUR YEARS LATER)ALPHA ARNOLD'S POVThe place was crowded and I hated it. After years of not being at any rowdy place, did not only feel strange to me but it left me exasperated.My beta, Luke was right by me and he sensed my discomfort with the place."Are you sure you want to be alone in here?"He asked once I was inside.. it was a strip club with strippers dancing on the pole and it irked me.. it was difficult to believe that I had been a lover of such places only a few years back. "Yes, Luke. Someone is going to notice that we are here for something other than what they do here and that is not going to help our course in any way. "I said. It was my way of telling him to leave me alone. I needed to be alone for what I was looking at to turn out fruitful. If we were together, there was a probability that I would have my attention off my target, whatever it turned out to be and I did not want that." I might just have to hang around here. I don't have to be with you, right? But I
ARNOLD'S POV"Do you know with whom you speak?"I demanded harshly.She wrinkled her nose."You would be more sensible if you were an important person."She replied. She was quick with words and I felt myself drenched in humiliation."You don't follow a stripper out of her workplace. My job ends in the club!"She snapped. I stepped back. "I take it you do not recall who I am?""There are so many of you and you do not expect me to remember you. I will not even if I could!"The words were enough to tell me that she saw me as one of the many men who visited the club to watch her, but I was determined to have a better reception from her. She was not even looking at me, I started to reach for her hand as a cab pulled to a stop before us. She stepped away, kicked me hard in the thigh, and jumped into the cab." Stay away From me, bastard. Don't ever come close or you will be beaten!"She yelled from the cab as it took off. I stood nursing my thigh, finding it difficult to believe that I ha
Anna’s PovIt's 8:00 am and I just remembered that Kylie will be going for her dance training. "Kylie, we have to prepare for the class. You don't have to be late"She was still on her bed, sleeping like a baby. I gently massaged her body and raised her up. Kylie made a slight sound like she wanted to cry."Sorry, my, dear.""Are you taking her to the dance class?" Ella asked me."Yes, and we are almost late. I can't imagine it's past eight""Don't worry, I will get the breakfast ready" Ella said but I wasn't sure I heard her.I quickly bathed my daughter and entered the kitchen to prepare our breakfast. I met Ella preparing a sandwich and hot coffee for us."I am almost done," she said."Thank you for all you are doing. I was thinking of what to prepare for breakfast" I smiled at Ella.Ella has been so helpful to me. She made everything so easy for me. I wonder what I could have done, especially having four kids growing at the same time.I have suffered while alone, talking more no
Anna's Pov "You have refused to talk since you and Kylie came back. What happened?" Did someone make a statement you didn't like?"I don't even know what to tell Ella. I feel it wasn't right to bug her with my problems. Maybe I should just tell her about our neighbor. Talking about Arnold brings back old memories."Anna, silence will not help you. Speak up""That reminds me, you have a letter from an unknown person" I became tense."Did you check the letter?""No, I didn't" Ella grabbed a brown paper from the table and handed it over to me. "Here is it"I was shocked to see that the content of the letter was an invitation to another club to strip for them. The pay was huge. "Wow!""What's that?""I was invited tonight to strip in another club. Look at this! The money is huge" I gave Ella the letter."Wow, that's perfect""Please, we need to celebrate this. Where are my kids?" I started calling out their names but there was no response. "Are they sleeping already?" I asked Ella."Let
Arnold's Pov "You haven't eaten anything since we came back. What could be troubling you?"I looked at my Beta, "I am not hungry""But at least try and taste something. I don't feel comfortable with this sudden change""And I said, I am not hungry!" I yelled.I expected him to turn around and leave but he stood still and unshaken."Do you know her?" He asked with so much worry on his face. I wondered why he was bothered."Why do you ask?""I asked because I haven't seen you acted so silent like this. What could be eating you up?"I bite my upper lips with my teeth. I contemplated on telling him what was going on in my mind but at the same time, it will warrant to some many questions. "Yes, I know her""What about the child? I saw the…""Hey! Know your boundaries. Out of my sight" I blurted. He wanted to talk but I signaled to him with my index finger. My eyes were already turning red because I was getting pissed. "Leave!"He saw the brisk of heat on my forehead and left without sayin
Anna's Pov It is barely one week since we packed into our new apartment and Demitri has been our regular visitor.My kids are so used to staying around him. I don't like his regular visits but what more can I do? When my kids are in love with him.It's past 3:00 and I have made up my mind that he is not going to come again so there is no need to prepare something for him.It seems I just heard my name but I continued to wash my dishes."Mom, Uncle Demitri is around?" I paused what I was doing and turned to my Kylie."Did you see him?""Yes, I saw him walk into the building" I was about to say something when a knock came through the door."Here is he," she said, jumping on one foot before the other.I watched her as she struggled to open the door but her hands couldn't reach the door bolt. She quickly got a small chair and climbed on it.I was amazed, with my hands clasped together as I watched him carry her up and peck her forehead. He put her down and hugged the rest.The joy on the
Anna's Pov "Please you can come in" I breathed in and out before I followed the doctor into the room. I got a call from a stranger through Ella's phone that she was involved in an accident. I don't know the impact of the injury. I made sure to lock up my kids at home before coming to the hospital. I followed the doctor inside immediately, "How are you feeling?" The doctor asked Ella, touching her neck to check her temperature. I didn't hear her voice. I tried to stretch my neck to look at her because the doctor was covering the view. "You can take care of your friend. She had a small impact on her leg but I assure you that she will be very fine by tomorrow" I nodded my head, "thank you, doctor" When he left the room, I sat down beside Ella and touched her forehead with my palm. "How are your children?" I was shocked to hear that from her. "They are fine. I heard what happened and ran to the hospital immediately" She struggled to sit upright but then, I quickly and gently hel
Arnold's Pov Where do I get to find her? I turned to ask the young man some questions but he had shut the door. This got me pissed."Are we to leave?"I looked at him angrily, he quickly turned his gaze away from me. I walked towards the car and thought of what to do next. Suddenly, my phone vibrated.The message I saw on my phone made me enter the car immediately, "Speed off quickly to the hospital!" I yelled.I walked briskly not minding the people that walked past me. I quickly went into the doctor's office, "How is she doing?"."Come with me please". I followed him as we walked into the private room. My hands were cold. I can't explain what was going through my head.As he opened the door, I saw a body lying on a bed covered with a white cloth, The doctor placed his left hands on my shoulder and breathed deeply, "Be comforted, she couldn't make it."I was still in a state of confusion when he opened the covering, the shock made me stand still, as I gradually folded my hand into a