Five

Kiara’s POV

I could hear the music outside. Maelor was serious about the celebration, and I couldn’t wrap my mind around it, why he would react the way he did, knowing we haven’t even slept together in a year.

It was like he and Cassian wanted to set me up.

Like it was a ploy by both of them to ruin me, but I couldn’t pinpoint why. First of all, if I didn’t know better, I would say Cassian had a hand in this celebration, but no.

Maelor was the person hosting it, and everyone with eyes knew Cassian and Maelor were like water and oil.

They don’t mix.

But why was Maelor doing this? Why did he suddenly accept that he came to my room that night, even though he knew he didn’t enter? He had detested me.

He wouldn’t even look me in the eye, and he had verbally said that he wouldn’t touch me, and all of a sudden I was pregnant and he congratulates me?

What kind of game is this?

What kind of plot am I being forced to participate in?

Pushing the thought down my mind when I heard a knock by the door, a maid pushed through before I could even tell her to walk in. She stepped in, her head lowered to the floor, then she said.

“Luna, the Alpha requests your presence.”

Looking at her, my hands began to shake. I held it with the other hand, then proceeded to speak.

“Fine, tell him I would be there in ten minutes. I want to dress,” I said. The maid bowed, then walked out of the room, while I proceeded to the closet.

Only the goddess knew what was going to happen when Maelor and I finally are alone. I could only dread that conversation, for now he knew I cheated on him, and he had chosen to gaslight everyone, including himself, that it belonged to him.

And I dread his reaction when he finds out it was for his brother.

I took one of my purple dresses that was loose on my body from the hanger. It flowed all the way to the floor, and after the appetite change the last two months, I have been eating a lot of greasy food.

My weight had increased considerably, and I couldn’t go around with a tight dress.

Taking it, I stripped myself off the dress I had worn initially, then held my hair in a tight ponytail, before wearing the dress above my head.

I hadn’t worn it in three weeks.

Damn…

It stuck halfway down my body, my hands were hung in the air, unable to come down, neither could I move it back up.

Damn it…

I should have told the maid to stay, to help me wear a dress at least. If dressing up is hard for me now, how hard is it going to be when I have a fully formed child in my belly?

I cussed beneath my breath, then proceeded to move toward the door. Hopefully, a guard or a maid would be close by to help me pull the dress off my head before someone walks in and finds me half naked.

Waddling like a damn penguin toward the door, I knocked on the handle with my body, then pushed forward, but still, the heavy door of the pack rooms had once again proven to be incredibly strong.

It wouldn’t even move.

Damn it.

I am stuck in until someone comes to my rescue then… I pushed again, not wanting to give up, but after I pushed about four times, and nothing, not even a single budge, I tried pulling the clothes, but the whole movement had worsened the situation. I had no other option than to yell for help.

“Help!!” I cried out.

No response.

I couldn’t feel any wolf close by, at least five feet closer.

If my voice could reach out to someone, I would be delighted.

“Help! Anybody!” I screamed, but my scream was muffled by fabric.

Seeing that no one was coming either, I decided I would rather wait for Maelor to send someone back inside the room. Hopefully, in ten minutes he would ask why I haven’t been out, and he would come in here to find me.

Three minutes waiting, the knob of the door finally budged, and someone pushed through the door. I couldn’t tell who it was, but whoever it was could see that I was stuck.

“Help… I am stuck,” I admitted in defeat.

I was met by silence. No one was saying anything.

“Hey, you don’t have to stare. I know I am naked. Now rid me of the suffering and help me pull the clothes out.” Rolling my eyes, I tried to pull it off again, but all to no avail. It was still a waste of time.

“If you are going to stay there and do nothing, you can just leave. Go out there, call someone else,” I said, annoyed this time.

I knew someone was in the room. I heard the door open, and I knew it closed, so who could it be?

“Have someone else see you naked?” Cassian’s voice berated my ears, and in a second, my heart dropped and my body stilled.

“Cassian?…” My voice faltered as realization struck me.

I was naked in front of Cassian.

Damn…

“Cassian, what are you doing here? You know you shouldn’t be here, right? You shouldn’t see me naked.” I stood up, but my body instantly met his. My naked body brushed against his clothes, and I stumbled backward.

His hands quickly grabbed my waist, then pulled me closer to his body again.

“You will not hurt my child, Kiara,” he said, his voice gruff but low. My body heated up again.

“This is not your child.”

“Say it till you believe it.” His hands tucked beneath the dress, then in a swift yet careful movement of his hands, he pulled it up and swung it over my head, revealing his face.

His brown hair fell on his face, and his hazel eyes stared back at me. My heart dropped.

“It’s nice seeing you naked again, Kiara. You look even better in the daylight.”