Pregnancy scare

ANNELISE POVA month had passed so quickly now it was December, and Paris looked like Santa had thrown up on every single street in the most expensive way possible.Everywhere was red, green, gold, glitter, lights, fake snow, giant Christmas trees, wreaths, bows, and enough holiday music to make a person lose their mind.The city was beautiful though.Very beautiful.And somehow, I couldn’t enjoy any of it.I stood in front of my bathroom mirror, staring at my phone screen with my period tracker app opened.Late.Five days late.My stomach twisted so hard that I had to grip the edge of the sink.“No…” I whispered to myself, my voice shaky. “No, no, no…”I shut my eyes and inhaled deeply.Maybe it was stress.Maybe my body was just acting up.Maybe I was overthinking.But deep down, I already knew something was wrong.Or maybe not wrong.Just… life changing.I swallowed hard and looked at my reflection again.I looked normal.Completely normal.No one would know that my heart had been

Last Updated : 2026-04-02

A dangerous blessing

CASSIUS VALE POVThe ride back home was too quiet… heavy.Annelise sat by the passenger seat, staring outside the window while the Christmas lights from the streets reflected on her face.She looked beautiful, soft… fragile and completely somewhere else.I kept stealing glances at her while driving, trying to read her expression, trying to catch what exactly had shifted in her mood since this morning.But she was doing that thing she does when she is overwhelmed.She was shutting down.She wasn’t speaking unless I asked a direct question.She wasn’t smiling the way she usually did when we passed something silly on the road.She wasn’t humming to the Christmas songs playing low in the car.She was just there…And it was starting to piss me off, because I didn’t know what was happening in her head, and I hate not knowing things.I hate not being in control.My hand tightened on the steering wheel.Was she rethinking us?That was the first ugly thought that crossed my mind and once it en

Last Updated : 2026-04-03

Cassius Vale-ish

ANNELISE POVThe next morning made every feeling I had too real.I sat in the passenger seat with both my hands pressed against my belly even though there was nothing to feel yet. Nothing had changed physically, but everything had changed neurologically.I was pregnant.Pregnant.Every time that word crossed my mind, my chest tightened.Cassius drove with one hand on the steering wheel and the other resting on my thigh.What if I wasn’t ready?What if I was going to be a terrible mother?What if school became impossible?What if I lost myself?I turned to the window and watched the cold Paris morning blur past. Christmas decorations hung from lamp posts, little wreaths and red ribbons everywhere, and people walked around looking festive and alive.Meanwhile, I felt like I was floating outside my own body.“Sweetness.” Cassius’ voice broke into my thoughts. “Stop thinking too much.”I turned to him. “How do I stop thinking too much when I might be carrying a whole baby inside me?”His

Last Updated : 2026-04-05

Pity

CASSIUS VALE POVThe cold night air kissed my skin as I leaned back on the lounge chair, my body still warm from Annelise.The pool water behind us shimmered under the soft lights, reflecting the stars above like the sky had melted into the earth.Paris was loud in the distance... Music, laughter, fireworks testing the night before midnight.But here, in this part of the house, it was just us.Just me and my girl.Just me and the woman that had somehow turned me into a man that looked forward to peace.Annelise lay on the lounge chair beside mine with a blanket lazily wrapped around her body, her curls messy, her cheeks flushed, and her lips still a little swollen from the things I had done to her by the poolside not long ago.My eyes drifted over her face and my chest tightened in a way I would never admit out loud.“What?” she asked with a small smile once she noticed my eyes on her, her voice still slightly breathless.I smirked. “You look like I ruined your bones.”She rolled her

Last Updated : 2026-04-08

All Chapters of Alpha Cassius Darkest Claim: Chapter 51 - Chapter 54

Pregnancy scare

A dangerous blessing

Cassius Vale-ish

Pity