Lahat ng Kabanata ng Rejected and Pregnant I Fled The Pack: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

Still, I couldn't shake a low, persistent unease at the thought of it. If the baby wasn't Damon's, and he found out, what would that mean for the pack? For his position, already shaky after everything that had happened with me? I didn't know enough about pack politics to guess with any real certaint

Another contraction rolled through me, harder this time, and I forced myself to breathe through it the way the birthing classes I'd taken alone, sitting in the back row of a community center with strangers who all had partners beside them, had taught me to. In through the nose. Out through the mouth

*Hold on,* I thought, pushing the words toward the connection as hard as I could, though I had no real way of knowing if anything actually made it through, if she was even in any state to feel me reaching back. *Please just hold on. I'm coming.* The tracker reports were on my desk within minutes,

Damon moved instinctively at the sound, taking a step closer despite Dr. Reyes's warning glare, something raw and desperate crossing his face. "Evelyn, please. I'm not here to fight with you, I'm not here to demand anything. I just—I need to know you're okay. Both of you." I gripped the bed rail t

"So she's—" Evelyn hesitated, some old, complicated loyalty still evidently threading through her voice despite everything. "Is she alright?" The question surprised me, coming from her, after everything Marissa had put her through. But I supposed some friendships didn't fully die even after they'd