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ROMAN'S POV. “I'm sure you know its you” I said pointing at her. And then she stepped out of the line. “I'm sorry, sir. Im sorry” she said repeatedly falling on her face. “Do you know what you did?” I asked the trembling maid before me. “No sir,” she said,shaking her head. “Are you mixed?” I asked. “Yes sir I am. Half wolf, half vampire” she said. “I hate the smell of your kind” I said looking at her in utmost disgrace. Not only did I hate the smell of her kind, I hate them in all totality. I looked around the room … “Who hired her?” I asked. They all mumbled looking at each other in confusion. “Who hired you? Who brought you here?” I asked her. “It was me” I heard an elderly voice say this behind me. It was madam Glere, one of the oldest workers here. She practically raised me. I turned growling and muttering some words. Shooting my gaze back at the maid. “Do something about your stink. I would not tell you this again” I said and conti
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DISCHARGE DAY. I sat on my hospital bed packing a few of my properties that I had with me. The little clothes and other things mom and Jane had brought from home for me. I and Jane sat folding my clothes, while my mom was doing whatever she was at the hospital kitchen. She was probably clearing the flask before bringing it for packing. My dad was downstairs helping out with the processes for my discharge. How mom managed to convince me to stay in this hospital for over three weeks is still a wonder to me. Mom, dad and even the doctors worked hand in hand to discourage me from leaving and going back to work Finally I was being discharged today, mom insisted but no way I was going to stay cooped up here for another day. The only reason I agreed to tolerate staying here was because I still felt guilty about not telling mom about everything that had been happening. Well, truly the stay in this hospital was not as horrible as I thought it would be and how I made I mom feel I th
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KATHERINE'S POV. “Oh my God, Jane exclaimed I had goosebumps all over my body as I heard Jane exclaim. I prayed earnestly that it wasn't what I was thinking. I prayed really earnestly. I heard mom gasp and then following her gaze, I knew it was definitely what I dreaded. My blood turned cold as I looked at the formerly white bedspread currently stained widely with my blood. My clothe too was stained. My pregnancy was already around four months by now, this should not be happening. The doctors said I should not worry that it wouldn't happen again. “Honey, are you okay?” My mom asked and rushed to my side. I stood frozen still as my dad ran out to call the doctors. “Mom,” I said. That was the only thing I could say. No thoughts could form in my head. I was really scared and my mom could see it too. “Baby, baby, look at me, calm down” she said, holding my head steady to face her. “Mom, not again” I said, shaking my head. “My baby,” I cried while holding my stomach
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TRUE FORM. It has been a week since the bleeding reoccurred for the second time. But here I was still stubbornly in San Francisco. Mom, dad and even Jane all tried their possible best to convince me to go back to New York but I wouldn't listen. I don't need anybody to survive, I could do this on my own, like every trial I have triumphed this one would pass too, this was the lie I kept telling myself. Who was I kidding? I needed someone to be with me, I needed help but it does not have to come from or be in New York. Mom was really mad that I wasn't taking this seriously, she said she would talk to me or come search for me until I decide to go back to New York. It pained me to see her push me away even though we both knew that was the last thing she wanted to do. I wasn't going to bulge neither was she. At first I thought well, it's mom after some days she would forget about all of these and get over it and we would return to the way we were but not this time was the reply I recei
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TRUE FORM 2 “What do I do?” I asked Jane again. I Know there was no way she could answer that but I just needed her to say something, she should say anything. I was really panicking here. “Calm down,” she said. Okay, I know I said I needed her to say anything but we'll not anything. Who the hell can be fucking calm in this condition? “Calm. Calm? With the human flesh tearing fucking teeth that suddenly appeared in my mouth?” I asked her. “Well, then I'm pretty sure telling you this would freak you out. But what the hell? Your eyes too have changed” I heard her say. I rushed back to the mirror where I was just standing, I saw my eye had changed to a kind of golden shade. My eyes widened in shock as I looked on. What in the name of God was happening to me? First my teeth and now my eyes. What next? How could I go out like this? How could I, looking this way? I was a complete freak show. I rubbed my eyes continuously in hopes that it would turn back to it's normal shade but, t
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GOING TO THE AIRPORT. With my fluffy pink towel wrapped loosely around me and my messy hair fully subdued inside my hair bonnet, I headed to the bathroom. I pulled the towel and hung it on the hanger and I also removed the bonnet. My hair was not just a mess, it was a smelly mess. I wasn't going to head back to New York looking the way I felt, terrible. At least I should make them see that I was doing not so bad without them, besides I had not washed my hair for days now, so yeah killing two birds with one stone. I turned on the shower and got under it. I didn't turn on the water heater because I needed to use cold water to shower. I wanted to fully be awake, cold water would help to achieve just that. After I had washed my hair and bathed, I looked at the small mirror on top of the basin. I used my palm to wipe away the water so that I could see clearly. I thought they said you looked your worse during pregnancy. Right now looking at my reflection, I saw my skin looks clearer t
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AT THE AIRPORT. Jane and I turned around when we heard our names, the voice too was so familiar. It was my parents, they had come, they were here to see me off. Tears pooled in my ears as I saw them rush towards us. I thought they weren't going to come. I had actually decided to accept the fact that they weren't coming to see me off, but here they were. I didn't know when I had begun to sob,I saw some passersby giving me strange looks. Well, who could blame them? Here I was a pregnant woman bawling like a baby in the middle of an airport. I was a sight to behold. My parents soon got to us. My mom pulled me into a hug, suddenly I felt like a five year old that got lost but had been finally found by her mom and dad. “Baby don't cry," my dad said, wiping my tears. The more he did the more they escaped. I was really emotional. “How have you been?” My mom asked and a fresh set of hot tears began to flow out. At some point she too had tears in her eyes. It was so obvious she had be
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OLD FLAME. I hadn't heard anything about Rose for a while, things here had been very hectic. The pack needed a reshuffling and I gave all my attention for the past weeks to that. They need to understand that I would not tolerate any form of disloyalty. I heard a knock on my door. It was to get a report on Rose's activities. “Come in” I said. “Good day, my Lord” the man greeted. I nodded my head in acknowledgement of his greeting. “Hope she is doing fine?” I asked him. He cleared his throat and repositioned himself firmly. “Currently that is the case my Lord” I heard him say and I winced at those words. “Currently?” I asked, turning my full attention to the man in front of me. He swallowed nervously. “My Lord, the thing is, on the day when she was to be discharged, that's some weeks ago, she began bleeding again so she had to stay in the hospital for some more days.” I heard him say. “She bled again? And why am I being told now?” I asked him enraged. He hesitated on his wo
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Comfort in ChaosHayley's POVMy heart ached as I watched Roman storm upstairs to his study, his shoulders rigid with tension. The sound of his footsteps echoed through the foyer, each step heavy with the weight of yesterday's revelations. Viola's eyes followed his retreating form, and concern appeared on her elegant features."Kate, darling," Viola said softly, reaching across the table to squeeze my hand. "I've never seen him this tense, even for Roman. What has happened?" She asked me.I sighed, running my fingers through my hair. The morning sunlight streaming through the windows suddenly felt too bright, too cheerful for the heaviness in my chest. "He visited his mother in the dungeon yesterday," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "She told him... she told him Victor might be his real father."The silence that followed was deafening. Bree's coffee cup clattered against its saucer, the sound sharp in the quiet room."Oh my God," Bree breathed, her blue eyes wide. "Are you
