4-Please Embrace Me, My Alpha.

Carena:

Hours had passed since the argument. His mother had finally left the room with him to calm him down while I had to calm myself down all by myself. It didn't matter what the doctor said. I was determined to make it work.

But when Jack returned, I realized things were getting complicated now. He stood before me and then uttered, 

"Abort the baby!"

"Our baby!" I corrected him immediately, "You want me to abort our baby?" It was so difficult to even look him in the eye now.

"Don't look at me with those big teary eyes. I'm not asking you to abort the baby because I don't want this baby," he instantly turned to hold me by my arms and spoke softly.

"Then why? Why do you want me to abort your heir, Jack?" My words came out in a hopeless murmur.

"Carena! The doctor said there are complications," he uttered with a sad look on his face.

"What complications?" I couldn't stop my tears from spilling anymore. It was devastating news to me. This pregnancy gave me so much hope, and now I had to terminate it?

"There are not only one but too many complications. Dr. Kelly is the best one in our pack. She is suggesting we terminate this pregnancy. The baby is not going to survive, and that puts you at risk too," his eyes carried tears too.

My heart was breaking, and I could hear the noise of the storm inside me. It was not possible for me to think about it as a solution.

"It was so difficult for us to get pregnant—what if—what if after the termination, I never get the chance to get pregnant again?" I sobbed and pulled myself onto his chest. However, he didn't immediately hug me.

"We will have plenty of chances ahead. This pregnancy proved there is nothing wrong with you or me, so we should be fine, Corena! I cannot lose you," he broke the hug and cupped my face in his hands. "I got the appointment for the termination. Please, just don't object. There is no gain in keeping this child inside you as it's not surviving."

His words stung, but he was not wrong. If the baby was not even surviving, keeping him inside would mean so much hassle and heartbreak. My life would also be at risk.

I nodded my head and grabbed a gray sweater to leave with him reluctantly. I couldn't fathom how the Moon Goddess only gave me this happiness just so that she could snatch it back and hurt me more.

"Sister!" Tabitha came rushing to me, hugging me and crying.

"You are terminating the pregnancy?" she asked as she broke the hug.

"There is no other way," Jack replied to her, and she stared at him silently before looking over to me and nodding her head.

"You will get many chances. You are a special Luna Queen; I know very soon you will get the good news again," Tabitha pouted, cleaning my tears with the back of her hand before letting me go.

His mother was so upset with me that she didn't even want to come see me again.

"Come, let’s go," Jack wrapped his arm around me and insisted that we leave now. He told me that with every passing second, the risk of me losing my life was also growing.

"Where is Markiel and Riona? I want to see them before I go," I stopped in my tracks next to their rooms and insisted.

"They are inside," Tabitha replied and opened the door to Markiel’s room. Thankfully, Riona was also there.

"My sweet siblings," I pouted in tears, approaching them to hug them.

"What is going on?" Riona asked, fixing her hair once she broke the hug from me.

"I have to go to the hospital. I might stay there for a few hours," I sat down on the bed. Jack left us siblings to have a moment. Tabitha stood with her arms folded, watching us interact.

"Huh? Why though? Who is going to do my hair for my friend’s birthday then?" Riona scoffed, folding her arms as she seemed annoyed.

"And what about the promise you made to get me a phone to gift it to the birthday girl?" Markiel stared at me, looking displeased.

"Guys! I will do that. You need to understand what Carena is talking about. She is going under a procedure, and you two are focused on yourselves?" Tabitha shook her head at them.

"We don't even know why she has to go today? Couldn't she wait till this birthday had passed?" Riona spoke directly to Tabitha.

Lately, they have been growing closer with Tabitha. I was happy for them because usually Tabitha ignored them. But now she was taking the role of a responsible big sister.

"I wish I didn't have to go. How about you guys visit me once I wake up?" I smiled at them, but they didn't seem as happy about the idea as I was.

"We will be at our friend’s birthday today though," Riona whispered, lowering her eyes to hide them from me.

"It is fine. They can enjoy themselves. I will come see you when you wake up," Tabitha held my hand to comfort me. I couldn't blame the young twins. Kids hate hospitals anyway. After meeting with them, I left with Tabitha and sat in Jack’s car to start my journey to losing what I got after so much difficulty.

The car ride was filled with silence. I bet Jack was as upset too. After we reached the hospital and I was shifted to the emergency room, I couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Will you stay here with me?" I pouted, holding his hand and not letting it go.

"I can't. It will only take a few minutes, and then you will be sleeping for hours. I don't think me staying here would benefit anyone," Jack excused, almost scratching me when he unwrapped my fingers from around his hand.

"It will be all fine. You will feel better after you rest," Dr. Kelly arrived with some files in her hands.

"Please take care of her for me. She is very nervous," Jack said to the doctor.

"Don't worry. She is our Luna Queen; we will take good care of her," Kelly uttered before Jack started to walk out of the room.

The least I expected from him was to kiss me before they injected the sedatives in me. My eyes were stuck at the door as he disappeared.

I was two months pregnant, but since it had happened before where I didn't get my periods and I was not even pregnant, I didn't really think too much into it until the morning sickness kicked in.

That's when I took the test.

"Now just close your eyes and leave all the worries behind," the doctor stated, watching me wince as her nurse inserted the needle into my arm.

I began to doze off soon afterwards and like she said to leave the worries behind, well, I couldn't do that.

By the time I woke up again, I was alone in the hospital room. Hours seemed to have passed.

"Great, you are awake. How are you feeling now?" Dr. Kelly stepped into the room with a weak smile on her lips.

"I am dizzy," I replied, watching her check my blood pressure.

"Is it—am I no longer pregnant?" I felt like a fool asking the obvious question.

"You should try to relax, Carena!" she pouted at me.

"Why didn't you tell me directly when we met in the morning? Why tell Jack yesterday in a hotel room?" I was still a little bit under sedation, so I was saying random things. However, that question was in the back of my mind, so it just slipped from my lips.

"Huh? I was never with Alpha King. And why would I ask him to meet me at a hotel to talk about his mate and the pregnancy?" The way she frowned made my heart start to shake. If she wasn't in the private room with him, then who was?