Ch. 7

FIONA

I opened my eyes and looked around me. "Oh, I forgot I was rescued and now I am being treated like a princess. Isn't that so frustrating?" I sat up gently and saw a maid at the corner. She was fast asleep, but immediately I made one more move. 

She stood up and looked at me with a wide smile on her face. 

"You are finally awake. Thank goodness. I thought you were slowly falling into another illness. The Alpha is so worried about you."

She said as I looked away. 

"I don't understand. Why am I—why am I falling sick again and again? I don't understand what's wrong with me."

I said to her, puzzled, as she looked around even though the room was clearly empty before rushing towards me. She sat beside me and held my hands so gently as she whispered in my ear. 

"You are pregnant."

She said as I laughed. 

"Oh. Oh. So you just realized. Well, news flash. That is the reason why I was chased out of my Pack. Because I was pregnant, and I couldn't bring the father of my child to the presence of the Pack councils. They saw me as somebody not worthy to be in the northern territory, and they threw me out. And now I'm on my own. Oh, so it wasn't obvious."

I said, feeling like I should pour out my frustration on her. But she was such a kind lady, and she clearly was worried about me. 

"I know. But what if the Alpha doesn't want you to keep the child? What if—what if he doesn't want you to keep the child at all? How—how are you going to do it?"

She said as I laughed. 

"I don't know if he is going to chase me out; then so be it because I don't know what to do. I can't run anymore. I can't run. I've tried and tried, and it's fucking difficult."

I said to her while trying to hold back the tears. 

"Alpha Cyprus is a nice Alpha. He will take you in, but I don't know what would happen to your child. What if he sees your child as a danger? What if something happens that endangers him? I know you might want to keep this a secret, but it would be better you come open to him and tell him the truth. I will call him in now."

She said before I could even drag her back. She walked so fast away, leaving me alone in the room. I felt so tired, but yet I was suddenly in a nervous situation. 

"What if he chases me out again? I don't know where I'm going to run to. I don't know what to do with myself if he chased me out. What am I going to do with my life? Could this get any more difficult than it already was? What was I thinking? $5,000, and I don't even have a penny on me. My family had to strip me of all the money I had, and yet they watched me being thrown out of the Pack. None of them could do anything."

Sometimes I regret the kind of family I actually came into. I worked my ass off and kept working, and now I am in this situation because I tried to bring something home to them. I tried to hold back those tears, fight it, act strong, show that I am somebody stronger than the way they ever made me seem to be. But I wasn't. I was so fucking weak. 

I don't know what to do. At that moment, a loud knock came at the door. 

"Come in," I said, my voice shaky as I tried to act fierce as I could. He poked his head in with a cheesy smile before stepping in. 

"Hope I am not disturbing your sleep," he said as I looked away. 

"No, you aren't. In short, I've been eager to see you, to thank you again. Nobody…nobody would ever accept me like this, keep me here, pamper me. Despite the fact that I continuously keep falling ill, you still try to keep me safe and protect me, and I am very grateful," I said to him. 

He stood there for a while as I looked around, scanning a sofa not too far. 

"Thank you. Take a seat," I said as he nodded and sat down. It seemed like he was nervous. I couldn't really explain how he felt, but I had never seen someone so nice and so gentle with me, so tender compared to Alpha Sergius. 

"I heard you aren't doing so well. I called the Pack physician for you, and he gave me some shocking news. Now I understand why you were ramping around and why you collapsed in the woods. You could have been in much more danger if I had not come at the right time. Honestly," he said as I swallowed my saliva, hoping he wasn't about to tell me I was actually pregnant and he wanted to chase me out. 

"You are pregnant," he said. 

I looked at him, gritting my teeth, not knowing what to say, not knowing how to respond. Was he going to chase me out? Was it time already? I was almost about to shut my eyes when I felt a warm touch on my hands. 

I opened them back to see he was holding both my arms gently. 

"You need the most utmost care, and I am ready to provide that for you," he said as I felt like everything was a dream. 

"Huh?" I muttered. 

"You…you won't chase me out?" I questioned.

“Why do I have to chase you out? I saved you for a reason and I plan on keeping it that way.” He said, his tone so gentle.

I can’t believe he would actually let me stay with I’m his palace and not act anything like the northern territory.