2- I am Pregnant?

“I reject you as my mate.” Alpha King repeated, his gray eyes turning black, in rage and anger. His harsh words kept echoing in my ears. 

I barely knew him. I met him a day ago. All we know about each other is our names and how our bodies look. Shame crawled up my body, seeping inside my chest as I looked down at my naked self. We mated last night. He…. his wolf made love to me. We got intimate last night. He kissed my scars. He told me how he had waited for me for years. For what? To treat me like trash?

“You had sex with me last night, Alpha King Theodore Black! If you had to reject me, you should have controlled your horny wolf last night! Who the fuck gave you the right to play with me and my emotions like I am some sort of toy for you?” I asked him, angry tears rolling down my eyes as I glared at my mate, who silently stared at me. 

“Are you not? A toy? You gave in to the temptation pretty easily last night, human. And a mighty King like me deserves a strong Queen and not a weakling who cries at the very first inconvenience she faces in the morning. You were just a good fuck.” His words were stabbing my heart. They were hurting me. 

I didn’t realize when my hand shot up and my palm made harsh contact with his left cheek. His face jerked to the side from the impact of the slap. The clapping sound echoed inside the room and I knew every single creature in the mansion must have heard the slap with their good hearing powers. 

“If I was just a good fuck then you weren’t even that, Alpha King! How dare you insult me like this? Just because I am a human and you are the King, you think you can disrespect me like that?” I asked him, my eyes blazing with anger and simmering in pain and his eyes flashed dangerously. 

Before I could have reacted or even realize I slapped the Alpha King, his fingers wrapped around my delicate throat and pushed me against the mattress, making my back press against the bed harshly as he hovered over me. When he was not squeezing my throat hard enough to cut off the air supply, his grip was firm enough to remind me who was the powerful one among us, the one who had the authority and power. He was reminding me who was the in-charge. And tears of helplessness gathered at the corner of my eyes. 

“Trust me, Serenity, if it would have been someone other than you, I would have broken their arms and fed them to the dogs! Next time you dare to slap me again, I won’t hesitate to show you who I am. Clear?” He said, his eyes boring into mine, promising me the consequences of my actions. 

No matter how hard I tried to behave strong, I couldn’t help the tears that escaped my eyes, falling on his palms, snapping him out of his anger. His dark eyes sparked with golden specks as he stared at my tear-stained face. And very gently his fingers wiped away the tears that escaped my eyes, spiking up my anger. I pushed him away with all my might. 

“Don’t! Don’t touch me. I hate you, Alpha King. I hate you!” I whispered painfully and I saw his gray eyes simmering with molten lava in them as I voiced out my pain. I knew I was hurting his wolf by speaking words that I didn’t really mean. 

He hurt me. He hurt me so much. But for some reason, I was still finding it extremely hard to hate him. Every time he touched me or even got close to me, my body would crave his presence. And the irony was I still didn’t know him. He was just a stranger in front of whom my body surrendered.

“The feeling is mutual, human. Get dressed and get out of here. I don’t want to see you anywhere near me ever. If I ever saw you near my wing or room, human, you will see the worst side of me.” He whispered and I smiled bitterly at him, gripping the clothes closer to my chest.

“I already did that, Alpha King.”

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I walked back to my home, feeling numb and broken. It pained me to even walk, reminding me of what I did last night and what I got in return for it. I was ashamed and angry with myself for not being able to control my desires last night. I was ashamed of giving in to the cruel Alpha King. 

I wiped the tears away that were rolling down my eyes as I walked inside my house. The moment I opened the door, I smelled alcohol. I could see the shoe cabinet on the floor, broken, and the shoes were lying on the floor. The chairs and table were lying in a painful position, telling me the tales of cruelties I would be facing for not coming home last night. 

I gripped the strap of my purse tightly in fear as the door behind me closed with a thud and Uncle Mason walked in front of me, drunk and angry. He looked like a bull, ready to attack anyone who would come in front of him. And I felt like an unlucky prey for the endless time now. 

“Where have you been, my dearest girl? Did you forget about your dearest Uncle? How can you forget about me? How can you forget about the lessons I taught you, little Serenity? Looks like you want me to teach you again.” He said, smiling evilly and my eyes widened as I shook my head. 

“I… I didn’t do anything purposely, Uncle. Trust me. I had to stay the night with the royals because…..” Before I could have completed my sentence, he slapped me harshly, making me fall on the floor and my forehead hit the table, making it bleed slightly. 

“You’re just like your sister, Serenity! A characterless woman! You went there to serve those fucking dogs, didn’t you? Did you forget what they did to me? They almost killed me! They banished me from entering the royal palace and still you spent the night there? Tell me, little girl, who did you please last night? Some guards or the Alpha King himself?” He asked me with disgust and I flinched back. 

“My sister was not a characterless woman! Your brother tried to harass her! Just like how you try to harass me everyday. It’s not me or her, Uncle, it’s men like you! Fucking bastards….. Ah!” I cried out in pain when he gripped my hair in a painful grip and slapped me again, removing his belt from the loops of his pants, and making my body tremble in fear. 

I knew how things ended up when he removed the belt from his pants. 

Before he could have whipped me with the belt, his phone rang. He pushed me down harshly and picked up his phone. I don’t know who was on the other side of the phone but his face turned pale from whatever he heard and with trembling fingers he disconnected the call and turned to face me. 

“Get up and cook something for me. I’ll be back in an hour. If I didn’t see breakfast ready until then, Serenity, I won’t hesitate to strangle you till death. Nobody cares about you anyway.” He said, marching away from the house, closing the door loudly behind him, making me flinch. 

I pulled my knees closer to my chest as sobs racked my body, partially from the physical pain and partially from the emotional pain. I don’t know what I did to deserve any of these. My chest ached as I ducked my head down and cried helplessly. I don’t blame them for hating me when I hate myself more than any of them can ever hate me. 

I hate myself for being so vulnerable. I hate myself for craving Theodore’s presence despite what he did to me. I touched my collarbones, where he was kissing me last night. My fingers moved down to my waist which was still bearing his love bite, the dark red spot that made me cry even more. 

Taking a deep breath and wiping my tears, I got up and pulled out a first-aid kit from the cabinet, and cleaned my wound before starting to prepare breakfast. I was already too drained out to endure a session of abuse with my Uncle. 

When God fails to send you a knight in shining armor for you, to rescue you from the demons, and instead becomes the biggest devil in your life, you need to pick the sword yourself. 

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I got up from the bed with the sudden urge to puke my gut out. Again. I rushed to the restroom and bent down and started vomiting out everything I had consumed last night. It has been fourteen days since Alpha King rejected me. It has been fourteen days since I slapped him and walked out of his room and never met him again. Fourteen days of torture. 

Fourteen days since Uncle Mason last hit me. Surprisingly, when he returned that night, he didn’t hit me or abused me physically like he always does. Even when the verbal abuse continued, the physical abuse stopped. 

But then his abuse barely made any difference to me. I had no idea the rejection would hurt me so much. With every passing day, my health was deteriorating and my heart was craving Theodore’s presence, his scent, his embrace. I was craving to be held by his wolf. I washed my mouth and closed my eyes. I had been experiencing morning sickness for almost a week now. 

After wiping my face I stood up and picked out a black T-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans from my wardrobe and quickly changed into them. I was already running late. And it doesn’t help how I had to take the back door to escape any kind of encounter with Alpha King. After tying my shoes and grabbing money from my purse and stuffing them in my pockets, I ran out of my room. 

Fourteen days of ignoring the Alpha King. Another day of struggle to not walk towards his chambers and throw myself in his arms and get myself killed. 

I could feel the wind blowing violently when I reached the mansion’s infirmary. While I was concerned about how I would reach home if the storm continued till the evening, the creatures were stressed for a whole different reason. 

It was the very day when Alpha King, Theodore Black, got cursed by the Moon Goddess herself. It was marked as the black day for the kingdom. Alpha King hunted more people and more wolves than usual. The infirmary is usually full on this day every year, considering how enraged Alpha King gets on this day. As if he is not in his control. 

“Serenity, Doctor Paul is calling you in the Right Wing now. There’s an emergency. Rush fast.” One of my colleagues said, and I sighed but nodded my head but quickly picked up my medical kit and rushed to the Right Wing, where Doctor Paul was waiting for me. 

With every step I took towards the main chambers, my body was feeling restless. My heart was beating insanely inside my chest. I felt light-head as my eyes moved towards his chamber that was just above the Ring Wing. Something swirled inside my stomach, making me gasp. Suddenly my head started spinning, and the medical kit fell down from my hands. I lost balance over my body and I tried holding the railing to prevent my fall but nothing worked. Before I could have fallen down, a strong arm held my wrist and pulled me towards them, making me gasp against the warm chest. 

Sparks erupted when his fingers touched my arms, making me flinch. My eyes burned helplessly as the familiar scent of coffee and spices filled my nose. His arms were wrapped around me, securely, as if he was holding me to convince himself that I was safe. 

“The fuck was your attention, Serenity? You would have fallen down now if I wouldn’t have held your hand.” His rough voice pulled me out of my reverie and I pushed myself away from him, again losing my balance, and he draped an arm around my waist for the second time in the last five minutes, making me swallow my saliva harshly. 

“And I am sure you would have still not spared me a single glance, no, Sire?” I asked him sharply, and his gray eyes burned in flames as he angrily stared down at me. 

“What are you doing here? I thought I made it very clear how I don’t wish to see your face ever again…..” He started speaking, and his words painfully stabbed me right in my heart. And I felt a shooting pain erupting inside me. I clenched my belly in pain, breathing heavily and Theodore’s eyes widened for a split second. 

“Serenity? Are you okay?” He asked me, and I tried nodding my head and pushing him away when I felt another wave of pain hit me, making me fall down on my knees. 

“Ahh! My stomach.” I breathed out in pain, clutching my stomach and Theodore was quick to rush to my side. Before I could have shrugged him away, he pulled me close to him, pushing my head into his chest, and suddenly the pain subsided. Like it was never there. 

“Are you okay? What’s happening, Serenity? Look at me.” He commanded when I refused to answer to him and the moment he pulled me away from himself the pain returned, this time ten times worse than before, making me clutch his biceps as I rested my head against his chest. 

“I hate you, Theodore, but I feel like I’m dying when you get away from me. What the hell is happening to me…. Ahh!” I cried out, and Theodore’s eyes widened dangerously before he closed his eyes and his gray eyes got swallowed by the darkness that returned to his eyes, letting me know his wolf has surfaced. 

“Don’t speak like that. You don’t hate me. You don’t hate us.” His wolf pleaded as he bent down in front of me, and I scoffed in pain, pushing him away. 

“I do. I hate you! I hate……” I started but stopped when my chest ached painfully, making Theodore rush to my side in a second. 

“Shut up! Don’t disrespect the sacred bond, Serenity….”

“I can’t disrespect the bond, but you can? Ahhh!” I screamed in pain, and his eyes darkened dangerously. Before I could have said anything else, he picked me up in his arms and rushed inside.

“Not another word, my mate. Not another word. You’re in pain. And I have called the pack doctor. You’ll be fine in no time. Absolutely no time.” He said, pressing his lips against my forehead and his bipolar behavior was making me more angry than the pain I was experiencing. 

“I don’t need your freaking help, Sire!”

“Doesn’t matter!” He growled out as he kicked open the door of his room, the room where he fucked me. The room where he made love to me. Where he kissed my scars. The room where he rejected me. Fresh tears sprang up my eyes and Theodore’s eyes softened slightly as he gently wiped away my tears. 

“Shh, no more tears, my serenity. No more tears.” He whispered, promising sweet nothings in my ears, holding my palms, successfully keeping the painful cramps at bay. 

Within a second, Doctor Paul rushed inside the room, and his eyes fell on me. He respectfully bowed before the Alpha King before placing his medical kit down on the bed, beside us. 

“Greetings, Sire. How may I help you?” He asked him formally, and Theodore growled, his dark eyes dangerously met Doctor Paul’s green ones. 

“Can’t you see the girl is in pain? Come forward and check her, Paul. Mind me, she should get fine in no time.” Theodore’s wolf threatened him, and Doctor Paul gulped but nodded his head. 

“Of course, Sire. Let me examine her first.” 

After checking me for almost twenty minutes, Doctor Paul looked at Theodore with fearful eyes. I could smell his fear as he shakily rubbed his face. 

“What’s the matter, Paul? Is she okay?” Alpha King asked him, and Doctor Paul nodded his head. 

“She is pregnant, Sire. And your rejection is something your child is not ready to accept. And Miss Serenity is bearing the brunt of the rejection.” Doctor Paul said and I froze on my spot. My fingers shakily touched my belly. 

I… I am pregnant?