Are You Pregnant?

Ella's POV

My cheeks turned bright red as I realized what I had just read out loud.

"What does this mean?" I asked, my lashes suddenly becoming too heavy to look at him.

Ryker's cold voice broke the rise of the hormones within me. "That clause is just to make sure that you don't try and complicate things by getting pregnant. I don't want you thinking you can dominate Luna's position by luring me into sex so you can get a child," he said, his face pinched tight into a frown.

A surge of anger suddenly flashed through me and I wish my eyes were lasers so I could cut through him.

"You don't have to worry about that. I am not going to lure you into anything. In fact, I will stay very far away from you when we are in private so you have nothing to worry about!" I retorted.

"Good. Now, I need you to sign," he said in a voice so calm it triggered my anger to a higher level.

Who did he think he was? Some god that I couldn't resist or someone I would throw myself at?

If he thought the clause meant nothing to me, then he was wrong. I had no intention to stay in his pack longer than necessary or even cause drama. So, quickly, I signed the contract and returned it to him.

I scoffed and pushed myself closer to my side of the car. I maintained my position until we arrived at the pack mansion where a crowd was already waiting for us.

Ryker stepped out of the car and reached out his hands for me with a smile on his face.

It was such a warm smile, I couldn't help but smile back at him.

He led me to the center of the large hall and someone passed him the microphone. Before he took it, he placed a soft kiss on my fingers and gave me one of those bone-melting smiles again before turning to the crowd.

"My people, please allow me to introduce to you all, my mate and Luna, Ella," he said and the crowd exploded in cheers and applause while I remained frozen in a daze.

I knew this was a part of the contract but the way he spoke about me; the way he looked at me, melted my resolve.

But as soon as the party was over and we got to his chambers, the coldness he had shown in the car returned. I became invisible to him. He threw himself at work and totally ignored my very existence.

I thought he was just trying to push me away. So as the days passed, I made it a point to keep tabs on him. And on one of those occasions, I noticed that when he wasn't dealing with official matters, he spent his time in the white house with his lover, Willow.

On my end, I also tried to keep to myself. I obeyed all the rules of the contract and I couldn't wait for her to wake up so I could leave their lives.

So, as Ryker went into the white house, I slowly made my way back to the pack mansion.

The first thing I noticed as I stepped into the house was the long faces of the maids.

"Olga," I called to my chambermaid. "What's going on?"

"Oh Luna, it is so sad. The new chef was dismissed because he served venison at dinner last night," she said and my mind immediately took me to the clause of the contract.

Ryker really meant it when he said he didn't want anyone cooking or eating venison because of his lover.

I scoffed at the absurdity but there was nothing I could do.

"That's really sad but right now, I am starving. Can you get me something to eat, please?"

"Yes, but you will have to wait for a few minutes because the Alpha has requested to have dinner with you tonight."

The news came as a shock to me because ever since I got here, Ryker had never had dinner with me.

My heart became restless and sweat formed on my forehead as I tried to think of a reason why he would want to have dinner with me.

Did I break a rule? I wondered but that couldn't be the reason for this because as far as I was concerned, I had made it my life's mission to obey everything he asked me to.

"Ma'am, I will need you to go to the dining room now. The food is about to be served," Olga said, snapping me out of my reverie.

"Okay," I whispered as I moved to the dining room.

Surprisingly, Ryker was already seated and his stormy eyes bore down on me as I approached the table.

"Served the meals now," he growled at the new chef as soon as I sat down.

Platters of food started moving in and soon the whole table was filled but as soon as my eyes settled on the new dish of pork meat, my stomach turned and I felt like vomiting, yet I couldn't.

Ryker was there and he was making it so hard for me to be myself.

"Why are you here?" I asked, unable to seal my lips shut any longer.

Barely looking at me, he dished his meal and said; "I am the Alpha, I can be anywhere that I want. This is my pack."

He pushed a plate of the pork to me and I had to push down the bile that rose in my throat.

"Eat," he commanded and I had no choice but to force the food down my throat.

I figured it was just the fact that I wasn't comfortable with his presence, that was why I couldn't enjoy my meal. So, as soon as he finished his plate and left, I cut through another slice of the pork meat and placed it in my mouth.

But as I ate the metallic pang returned to the back of my throat but I thought it was just the worms in my stomach. They were probably in a hurry to get a taste too.

I shoved more and more of the meat down my throat hoping to push the feeling away but it only increased the more I ate.

My nausea increased and I felt sick.

"Ma'am, are you okay?" Olga asked as she noticed the look on my face.

Before I could respond, I got hit by nausea once more and I knew I had to take it out.

I jumped out of the chair. I ran to the toilet where I threw all of the food out of my stomach.

"Oh, dear goddess! Ma'am!" Olga exclaimed as she joined me in the toilet. She held back my hair and rubbed my back to ease out the waves but they refused to stop.

But as I finally raised my head from the sink, I met her overly excited eyes staring back at me from the mirror.

"What is it?" I asked her with furrowed brows.

"Luna, you are pregnant," she said and the remaining blood in my system drained out.