All Chapters of The Alpha's Betrayal: Pregnant And Accused: Chapter 11 - Chapter 18

Alisha's POVI woke to Val sitting beside my bed. Pale morning light filtered through the blinds."How long was I out?" My voice was hoarse."Six hours. Dr. Raymond sedated you after we found you."The memory crashed back. The alarm. Running. Rebecca and Amber's betrayal."The twins?""Safe. Both in the secure wing." Val's expression was grim. "Surgeries in two hours."Two hours. My stomach dropped.Dr. Raymond walked in with a tablet, her face drawn and somber. She'd been up all night, too."Mrs. Williams, we need to go over the procedure one more time."I pulled myself up despite the pain. Alexander slept in his incubator beside Ella's. Both here and safe.For now. The thought came unbidden. Safe for now."Six hours minimum," Dr. Raymond said. "We'll repair the hole in her heart. Reinforce the valve.""And the 6% chance she doesn't make it?"Silence."After last night..." Dr. Raymond paused. "After Rebecca and Amber, I've personally vetted every member of the surgical team. No one e

Alisha's POV11:47 PM.I sat in the waiting room alone.White walls, bright lights, and the smell of disinfectant all choked me.Forty-seven minutes since they took Ella into recovery. Forty-seven minutes since Val told me her heart stopped.And three minutes without oxygen. I mean, three minutes of her brain dying.I stared at the PICU doors. Behind that glass, my daughter lay unconscious. Tubes in her body. Machines breathing for her.And I couldn't see her due to security protocol. I wasn't allowed in except for the medical staff.My throat burned. I wanted to scream, break through those doors.But I just sat there. Counting seconds and praying to a God who might not be listening.*Please. Let her wake up. Let her beokay.*Hour 1The clock ticked, and each second felt like an hour. My mind raced. Three minutes without oxygen. How much damage? What did that look like?Dr. Raymond said "significant impairment."Would Ella Walk? Talk? Know my face? My hands shook. I pressed them toge

Alisha’s POVDay 1: Post-SurgeryI couldn’t leave. Not while Ella lay there, tubes snaking from her tiny body, machines breathing for her.The PICU chair wasn’t meant for sleeping, but I’d slept in worse places. Like dirt, blood-soaked ground while my pack watched me crawl.“Luna Alisha.” A nurse appeared with Alexander. “Feeding time.”I took my son and let him latch. He fed hungrily while I stared at his sister’s pale face.“Vitals are stable,” Dr. Raymond said during his evening check. “Her body’s healing. Now we wait for her brain.”Diana brought food I couldn’t eat. Val posted guards outside, permanent, rotating shifts. They’d learned their lesson about security.I talked to Ella between Alexander’s feedings. Told her about her brother. About the nursery waiting for them. About how strong she was.She didn’t move.Day 2: Reading Goodnight Moon“Remember Mommy’s voice,” I whispered, reading Goodnight Moon for the fourth time. The nurses said hearing familiar voices helped.Alexand

Alisha's POV"Cassandra. You're here on official pack business. State it or leave."So this was Cassandra, the woman who'd spread news of my banishment across every pack in the region.Cassandra's lip curled. She looked past Diana, straight at me."Just dropping off documents for your Alpha." Her gaze raked over me with disgust. "But I had to see for myself."She paused."The woman who crawled to this pack bleeding like a wounded dog.""That's enough." Father's voice cracked like a whip. "You've delivered your message. Leave.""Have I touched a nerve?" Cassandra stepped closer.Diana growled low in warning, but Cassandra ignored it."I heard all about it. How Joshua's whore showed up on Blue Moon's doorstep...""Get out," Diana said quietly but dangerously."...pregnant and pathetic, begging for scraps..."My chest tightened."...crawling through dirt with bastard twins..."I froze. Bastard twins. She called my children bastards.Diana's fist exploded into Cassandra's face.The crack