Chapter 6 Complicated Heart

Edith was sitting on the sofa. Her eyes were looking straight ahead at a wolf that was gallantly standing on all four of its legs. All the fur on its body was brown, just as she had seen it last night. What made it seem even more strange to her at this point was that the wolf had the same colour of eyes as Seth's.

It must be that she is having a dream right now. Edith slapped her cheek and it hurt! There was a hint of redness on her pale face. Edith felt her head become dizzy. All the objects in the room seemed to be spinning. Edith tried not to close her eyes, but it was no use as her grip on the sofa began to loosen as the darkness blocked her vision.

Edith awoke to feel an intense warmth in her palms. She saw Seth asleep in a chair, holding her white hands. Edith touched Seth's face with one of her free hands.

"If only you were different, maybe I wouldn't hate you."

Seth was startled by the touch to his face. He opened his eyes to see Edith staring at him fiercely. 

"I want my hands back!"

"Sorry!"

Seth removed his hand from Edith's. He straightened his seat and looked for something in the room, diverting his attention from being too clumsy with current events. He found a tray of food on the table and began to speak,

"Are you hungry?" Edith woke up from her sleep and sat up, she just shook her head silently. Seth notices Edith and tries to interpret every move Edith makes at this time.

"How do you feel, Edith?"

"What do you mean after seeing the brown fur on your body?"

Seth took a deep breath, also trying to normalise his beating heart. It was the same feeling he had when he saw Edith come up to the podium to run for Student Council President. It was hopeful that Edith's feelings would be reciprocated by him.

"Yes. I want to find out."

"Surprised for the first time."

"And then?"

"Will you prey on me when you're hungry? Because I've given up. I have no parents, my school is a mess and now I am pregnant. Yes, I can accept the fact that I am pregnant and the father is the person I hate. Perfect, right?"

"No, don't say that! Please!"

Seth looked at the tears streaming down Edith's cheeks. He was helpless to see Edith become fragile and he heard very clearly that Edith hated him. He hates that kind of state. Seth is used to intimidating others, but this time it was the circumstances that backed him into a corner. He couldn't handle the situation as usual.

"I want to explain something to you, Edith. I'm not going to do what you think. This thing with the wolves is more complicated than you can imagine."

"Then explain it to me, Seth!"

"I am the future Alpha. The Alpha needs a mate for life, and I've been imprinted by you! I can't stay away from you or hurt you. If I do, I will be weak and it will be dangerous for my pack."

"I'm just a tool?"

"I haven't finished talking yet!" Seth raised his tone. 

Edith showed a frightened face, she sat back on the bed and became suspicious of Seth. Seth found out. The girl in front of him was extremely frightened of him. A push from inside his body urged Seth to make his dominance clear. He approached Edith, who looked increasingly frightened.

"Are you afraid? You said, have you surrendered? Stand up!" There was no movement from Edith at all. The girl just remained silent.

"I said stand up!"

Edith followed Seth's orders. She got out of bed and stood before Seth. Seth eroded the distance between them and touched Edith's neck with both hands. Seth put his face close to Edith's ear and whispered, "You're not a tool. The imprint that happened to me made me fall in love with you!" 

Seth kisses Edith.

He had wanted to do it for such a long time. When he felt the sensation, Seth became insane, he felt a burning passion inside him like an arid desert buffeted by heavy rain. What's more, Edith kissed back and even the girl closed her eyes!

Seth was going crazy at this time. He had already grabbed Edith's body and pressed her against a nearby wall. His hand moved from Edith's neck to the zipper of the dress Edith was wearing. 

"Please, don't!"

Edith's hand had already pushed Seth's body away from him. Seth stopped the intimacy activity that had just taken place. He realised that Edith hated him and he didn't want to make the girl hate him even more just for a moment of lust.

"Sorry, I'm out of control."

"The more I hate you, the more I can't avoid it Seth. Please, I'm just a pesky girl who got into the dangerous game you played. I don't know what to do, all this is driving me crazy!"

Seth felt the same way. He wanted the girl very much, but there was nothing Seth could do to get her. The girl was in a fragile state and it was because of him.   

Seth distanced himself from Edith to give the girl some space to be more comfortable and he remembered that today they had to go to the doctor.

"I'll prepare. We have to go to the doctor!"

*

Edith was lying on a gurney with a machine attached to her belly. A doctor looked at the huge screen in front of her. Edith saw a video showing the inside of her womb.

"The fetus is already 14 days old for a wolf's age, but normally a human from your womb is 9 months old."

"But why don't I look pregnant? I don't menstruate, but my belly isn't enlarged." The doctor had removed the device from Edith's belly. She went to her desk and sat down. Edith got off the gurney.

"This is a rare case. A pregnant woman with a werewolf fetus will have a shorter gestational age than a normal human, but this is inversely proportional. You have experienced the gestational age of humans and then only the gestational age of wolves, so your gestational age is longer."

"Is the fetus healthy?" It was Seth who asked.

"The fetus is healthy, the heartbeat shows normal signs. Are there any complaints?"

"I was vomiting all the time for a couple of days, and his smell was so pleasant that I didn't feel nauseous."

"It is natural and disappears after 32 days of pregnancy and the bond between the fetus and the father is intertwined, like neutralising your nausea. The fetus always wants to be close to the father. You can talk to him, Seth! I will prescribe vitamins for the mother and the foetus, as well as medication for the nausea. One more thing, sex should be done slowly, considering the young age of the foetus. The doctor smiled at Edith and Seth.

"We won't..." Edith's words stopped because Seth had already interrupted her.

"Thank you, Doctor Ashley!"

*

During the trip, the two fell silent with the same thought. Edith and Seth thought of all that Dr. Ashley had said. The connection between the fetus in her womb with Seth and sex!

Before going to the doctor, Seth almost got out of control. He almost undressed Edith. If the girl hadn't cried, it might have happened.

Edith remembers taking revenge for what Seth had done to her earlier. She enjoyed it, but her brain fought fiercely against her heart. But Edith decided to make things right. After all, Seth is the father of the baby that is currently in his womb. She doesn't want to be a bad person.

"I..." Both do the same thing at the same time.

"You first!" said Seth.

"You just go first!" retorted Edith.

"Well. I won't touch you until I get your permission!"

“Actually, I want to fix this situation. You know…between us.”

Seth immediately pulled the car over. He wanted to confirm what he had just heard. Seth looked at Edith with a hopeful look that what he had just heard was not wrong.

For a few seconds they both stared at each other. Seth felt that this was the right time to express his heart. He didn't want to hold his feelings in for too long, it was frustrating!

Seth unbuckled his seat belt. From his seat he brought his face close to Edith's and said, "I want to make something clear..."