Chapter Five

Max

I carried her through the house without saying another word, she had stopped fighting me not because she had accepted what was happening but because she was in shock.

I could feel the tension running through her small body, every muscle rigid against mine. Her breathing was uneven, and her fingers were curled tightly against my jacket.

I knew I had frightened her but I also knew there was no way around it.

She needed to understand that this was no longer a simple human pregnancy, the child she carried belonged to my bloodline, my heir and whether Erran understood it yet or not, her life had changed the moment that child was conceived.

I carried her directly upstairs.

The hallway was quiet, the only sounds coming from my footsteps against the polished marble floor and her uneven breathing.

I pushed open the door to the room I had prepared for her, It was one of the largest guest suites in the house, I wanted her to be comfortable and have access to whatever she needed and enough space too. 

Sunlight poured through the enormous floor to ceiling windows, illuminating the room with a warm glow. Everything was decorated in black and white, black furniture, white walls, soft gray accents, and a massive bed positioned in the center of the room.

I walked toward the bed and carefully lowered her onto the mattress.

She immediately pulled herself toward the headboard and I stepped back my hands up, 

“I am not going to hurt you Erran." i said looking around, "This is your room.”

She didn't respond, her eyes were still fixed on me, she looked terrified and I understood why.

From her perspective, she had gone from preparing for her wedding to being thrown out of her father's house, discovering she was pregnant, meeting the man who claimed to be the father of her child, and then seeing two of my wolves shift into human form, It was a lot for anyone to handle. 

Even for someone who knew our world existed.

For a human who had spent her entire life believing werewolves were myths? It was unimaginable and I hated that I had not prepared her for this. 

Her lips trembled.

“I want to go home please.”

"You no longer have a home Erran, remember?" I said calmly, 

"Then take me back to the hospital please, I will have the baby but please take me back." 

“That's not an option, Erran.”

Her eyes immediately filled with tears.

“If you can just calm down, I will explain everything that's happening here.”

“Then explain it now!” Her voice broke “Because I'm losing my mind!”

She pushed herself farther against the headboard.

“I saw them.” Her breathing quickened “I saw them turn into men.”

She pointed toward the door “I saw the two werewolves!”

I remained silent.

“And what did you say to them?” She stared at me desperately “Why did they call you Alpha?”

I walked toward her and she flinched.

I stopped then sat on the edge of the bed, leaving enough space between us to keep from making her more uncomfortable.

“I will explain everything in due time, I promise you that”

She shook her head.

“No I need to know now what are you Max Black.”

“Erran.” I lowered my voice. “You need to understand one thing first.”

Her eyes met mine.

“You are safe here.”

She stared at me as though she didn't believe me.

“The people you saw outside are here to protect you.”

"protect me from what?" she countered 

I paused, "I am an extremely successful man and I have made a lot of enemies in my line of work." Her brow furrowed. 

I watched her carefully.

“I have enemies from everywhere, powerful ones. Some of them would gladly hurt you to get to me.”

Her hand instinctively moved toward her stomach and that reaction told me everything. She was already thinking about the baby.

“You will be required to stay here and you are not allowed to go anywhere unless I say so and you have security with you.”

Her eyes widened.

“That’s not negotiable.”

“Are you” She swallowed “Are you a werewolf?”

That was all she managed to say, I looked at her for several seconds. There was no reason to lie anymore.

“Yes.”

Her eyes widened.

“I am a werewolf.” I paused “And I am their Alpha.”

She stared at me and I could practically see her trying to fit those words into the world she knew.

“But that baby you are carrying” My gaze dropped briefly to her stomach “is my heir.”

Her breathing became shallow.

“He is extremely important to my pack.”

“You keep saying he.” She whispered “You don't even know if it's a boy.”

“I know.” I said smiling and she looked even more confused.

“How?”

“Because I can sense him.”

Her expression changed.

“I don't understand.”

“I know.” I leaned back slightly “And that's why I'm telling you that nothing can happen to that child.”

Her eyes filled with tears again.

“You're talking about my baby like it's some possession.”

My jaw tightened.

“He isn't a possession.”

“Then why can't I leave?”

“Because you're carrying the future Alpha of my pack and no matter where you go even if I decided to let you go, my pack will haunt you down, that baby is connected to my whole pack, he is the future alpha and everyone in my pack can sense him.”

Her head shook violently “No.”

She pushed herself off the bed. “I don't want this.”

I stood immediately.

“Erran”

“I don't want to be here, I don't want to know about werewolves being real, I just want to go home, please!”

She looked up at me, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Please, Max. I don't know you, I don't know your people, I don't know what is happening to me.” Her voice broke “I just want to go home.”

For the first time, something inside my chest tightened and I understood that look.

She wasn't being difficult, she was terrified.

“I’m sorry but this is how it has to be, I have to go but a nurse will be up shortly to check and see if everything is okay.” with that I walked out of the room, she needed some time to process all this.