Chapter 33

She was in bed in a green hospital gown.

The Alpha was sitting beside her in his scrub suit, nosing her wrist tenderly as she stared at him, his pheromones filled with calm and assuring wintermint smell.

Astra was laying on the bed with an IV attached to her arm, fluids traveling into her body system. A female nurse spread the luna's legs and began to gently shave her pubic hair including the little that had also grown on her stomach. Izan was then asked to let her hand be when two nurses began to place blood pressure, pulse, and respiration monitors on her. A foley catheter was then inserted into her bladder while her abdomen was washed and sterile drapes were placed over her as the anesthesia began to kick in.

Astra grabbed her mate's thumb tightly. "Don't let go," she pleaded.

"I won't, I promise."

Then, the C-section commenced.

The last thing Astra saw was a surgeon standing over her with a surgical knife.

The first thing she saw when she woke up was the white ceiling.

She lo