LOGINLiz pov Looking at Heidi like she has grown two heads all of a sudden, I don't know where to even start with all the thoughts and emotions I have with this new knowledge. I have known her for years, and not once has she even mentioned a man, let alone a mate on top of it. I can't sort my thoughts, and everything wants to come out at once when I feel my mate trying to contact me through mind link. "Not now, I'm fine." I open the link, telling him it quickly, and shut the link before he even gets a chance to speak. Holding my walls tighter around me, I can't let them fall, or he will feel my emotions, and then he won't give up until he gets the information out of me, and right now I can't let him know. "You have to explain, I don't get it. I've known you for years Heidi and not once have you mentioned a single thing about a mate. " I say, looking at her where she stands by the window. Her posture is cut off, but I see small changes in her face, and I know she is sad about it. Who
Heidi pov Liz has a shocked expression on her face at first, then she shakes her head at me. "We all are dying, but not until we're old, so cut the crap!" Liz snaps, and I shake my head at her and push my chair further back before I'm walking over to the window. Looking out, I try to sort my thoughts for a bit before I explain to her further. "I need you to put your walls up Liz, your mate can't find out about this or anyone else, and the both of you have to swear you won't tell a soul about what I'm going to reveal to you. I hadn't any thoughts of telling this to anyone, but I'm running out of time, and I need you to promise me you will take care of my daughter once I'm not here any longer," I say, my voice firm while I feel my insides slightly starting to tremble. It's one thing to push every feeling as far down as you can, and it's another to realize your worst nightmare is about to come true and there is nothing I can do about it. Sadness starts to seep into every cell in m
Heidi pov Walking out of her room, I wait and listen to her do as I said and lock the door before I head out of the apartment. I'm making sure the front door is locked, and then I head down to the kitchen. I know there is no way I'm going to be able to avoid Liz's questions much longer, she has been nagging me the whole time since I woke up. I can't tell her much yet, I don't want anyone to know, but there will come a point when I need her and Aliza to promise me they will keep my daughter safe and raise her as their own when I'm not here any longer. Breaking the news to any of them will be the hardest part, I know none of them will agree to it. They will be upset over the fact I haven't told them before, but that can't be helped. I simply had no other choice than to keep it to myself, everything else would raise too many questions. I find the kitchen already full with people, and they seem to have it all under control when I hear fast footsteps move closer from behind. "We n
Alora pov His scent reaches my nose before I hear the door to my office open. Dane comes walking inside while I'm looking at the papers on my desk. All the tests that I've done and the reruns come up the same, and even if I have a hard time understanding how it can be, I simply have to give in to the fact that it's true. "Aren't you coming to bed?" Dane asks me and walks over to my side, leaning down and giving me a kiss on my forehead. I'm just as exhausted as he is, but I have too much on my plate right now. "I wish I could, but I have to get to the bottom of this. I need to meet Levin again," I tell him when he leans forward to look at my papers. He takes a good look at every single one of them. "Are these true? And what's going on with Heidi's tests?" He asks me when I turn to look at him where he is in deep thoughts by the counter. "Yes, I believe they are, have run them several times, and they come up the same," I explain, looking at him and turning to the next paper.
Kaylee pov What are the odds of two women that are confirmed to be pregnant ending up dead by an accident? That can't just be an inconvenience. "Who killed them?" My voice is strained when I try to keep my emotions at bay, even if I right now even more than before want to crawl under the cover and shut out everything. "That's just it, no one knows. Since it's filed as an accident, there aren't any more investigations. This is another reason you are in great danger just by being pregnant with his child." She states when I place my elbows in my lap before covering my face in my palms. How, just how am I going to survive this? I'm a target from every direction at this point. If the wrong person gets to know who I am or who this child is, I'm dead or kidnapped for someone to force a ransom to hand me back. And for that matter, back to him because there wouldn't be any reason for the kidnapper to just let me go. "I know this is much to take at once, and I wish there would have been
Kaylee pov My mind is spinning with thoughts. I had hoped there would be a way to escape with my child after they revealed the truth. And yet here I am with no way out of it alive. "This isn't anything I want," I honestly tell her when she sighs and places her arm over my shoulders. "I know, and we can only hope you're not the heir to the Rawser family. That would be the best outcome. The other families are better than his family in every way, and I know they would be there for you if that was the case," she says, and a part of me feels a small glimmer of hope it might turn out good. "What's so bad with the Rawser family?" I have to ask her, it's better to know as much as possible. "There is a long story with him, and I don't even know where to begin," she says, taking a deep breath before she gets up from the bed and starts to pace back and forth in front of me, it's clear she is in deep thought. "The Rawser family has always been the problem at the Council for centuries, in
Kaylee pov It has been several days since I was brought here, I haven't been outside this room since that day, when Alora took me down to eat breakfast. That has to have been at least four days ago, haven't seen her since. That was the last day I even saw Aron in the room when he told me I had t
Alora pov He is quick on his feet, and I have to run after him to catch up with him. Dane is right behind, and we need to calm him down before he bursts right into her room and forces food down her throat. "Aron stop!" I try to grab his arm and make him stop, but he simply snatches it away from
Kaylee pov He starts to walk closer to where I'm standing, and I back up against the door with my back. I can't get any further away than this when he starts to growl at me. For every step closer, he makes my lungs squeeze in my chest, making me have a hard time breathing. "What are you doing in
Kaylee pov I didn't think he would let me go last night, but to my surprise he let me get back into the room without forcing any more food into me. Never thought he would do it, but I felt relief when I got into the room and locked the door after me. I know it wouldn't stop him if he wanted to g







