Jaselyn's POV That sure is a hefty demand, especially since Rion just found out she's his biological mother. He's hardly even had time to process everything and she already wants him taking over the responsibility of Alpha and over such a big Pack as well. I definitely think it's too much and too soon.Now I feel a little guilty for advising him to talk to her. Would she still have confronted him anyway?“You can probably guess what my answer was.”Yes, I can and I wouldn't be surprised. That's a lot to ask from someone you just met.“I rejected the idea completely. She must have assumed it had to do with me not wanting to leave my adoptive parents so she said they could come along with me back to the Blue Solstice Pack and live as the Pack's honorary members for the rest of their lives. I still declined the offer.I've already made my decision about the direction I'm going to take with my life. I'm still going to start my company and this revelation, though shocking, was just a mino
Jaselyn's POV But Just then, Zane walked into the room and he had a deep frown on his face. It instantly worried me since today is supposed to be a joyous occasion for the both of us.Did something happen during his inspection? Was the damage worse than we thought? Did someone get hurt? Did someone…..I shook my head to do away with the negative thoughts. There's no point frightening myself by cooking up scenarios in my head, I should just ask him.I walked up to him with a smile but his expression didn't change the slightest bit. “Is something wrong? Why are you…..”I was rudely interrupted by our new Beta who showed up and reminded us that Zane and I were still yet to give an opening speech and welcome the guests.I decided the questions would have to wait. I moved closer to Zane and nearly recoiled instantly due to how sour his scent had grown. He stank of burnt tyres and turpentine as opposed to his natural sweet scent of sandalwood, pine and rose. It made my stomach turn.He's
Jaselyn's POVIn that moment, it felt like the whole world exploded right before my eyes, the shattered pieces raining down, slicing and cutting through my heart like paper.Me and Rion having an….. How? How could he even conceive the thought? Did he really think we could do something so despicable? That we would betray him in that way?I want to believe that this is all a lie, or some bad joke that went a little too far but I'm way too hurt to even try to delude myself. If he announced it to the whole Pack then he must really believe it. But why……???“Have you gone mad? What nonsense are you spouting right now?” Rion fought back, livid.“I'm the one saying nonsense? Have a little dignity and admit it already. Or have you become incapable of that?I can't believe the both of you have been taking me for a fool this whole time. The calls, the texts, how you seem to be the only thing she talks about, I should've realized it sooner but I blindly trusted the both of you and I'm paying for
Jaselyn's POV The sound of a single applause reverberated around the room.“Well done, Jaselyn. What a beautiful performance that was. I didn't know you had such a talent for acting, could have certainly fooled me if I didn't know all the facts.” Zane sneered, his clapping coming to a halt.I stood there, devastated; physically and mentally exhausted. How could things have gone so wrong in such a short amount of time?I didn't know if I had it in me to keep defending myself against these accusations. Why should I need to defend myself in the first place? Zane claims to love me so why doesn't he trust me? Why would he believe what anyone else had to say over me? Is his faith in Rion and I so little that he accepted whatever lies he was fed as the indisputable truth? Or has he had such thoughts this whole time?I know for a fact that Zane has suffered from insecurity for a long time due to his childhood trauma. Could it be that he's been jealous of Rion this whole time and this confron
Jaselyn's POVI couldn't tell if it was the anxiety but an excruciating pain seized my abdomen. In an instant, it felt like my insides were being squeezed and turned inside out.I winced, gripping my stomach. Another wave of the sharp pain tore a scream out of me and suddenly, my legs felt like jelly and they couldn't seem to hold me up anymore so I crouched down but the pain just kept aggravating, hitting me like a torrential downpour“Jas?” I heard Rion's voice but my head was heavy, I felt nauseous and the pain was almost blinding. I couldn't look up at him. And suddenly the room was spinning or rather it left like I was floating in space. My stomach kept twisting and I could feel the bile in my throat.A blood curdling scream escaped my lungs when I saw the blood trickling down my legs. And right then I realized with horror that I could no longer feel my baby moving. My little gremlin was usually active and always moving, he would go full ninja at night with the kicking but now th
Jaselyn's POVEspecially when I've done nothing wrong.I would cry but at that moment, I'm hit with another contraction.I take a deep breath and gather my energy to speak. “It's started, the contractions.” I alert her.I felt another and they began coming regularly, I could feel a spontaneous movement in my uterus. I think my baby's coming.The doctor instantly senses my agitations and realizes that I've gone into labor.I try to take deep breaths so as to lessen the pain of the contractions but somehow, I'm unable to do away with the fear that something will go wrong with my child. My baby is just 28 weeks but due to the circumstances, I'm having to bring him into such a cruel world so early. What if he is born disabled? I would never want my child to have to live a life of pain because I wasn't able to carry him to full term. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself.The unnerving fear quickly raises my adrenaline levels and I almost find it hard to breathe."Breathe, Jas, breathe. It
Jaselyn's POV The deafening silence that followed was scarier than what I thought I just heard.“I'm sorry, what?” I asked the doctor, a hundred percent sure that I had misheard what she just said.She blinked and stared at me dumbly. “Give me my baby. He's probably weak because he's premature and that's why he isn't crying. Hand him to me so I can feed him, all he needs is his mother's milk.” I demanded with outstretched hands.“Jaselyn, dear…..” The doctor began but I glared dangerously at her.“Give me my baby.” I repeated sternly and she placed him in my arms.He was small and covered in a thin layer of vernix but he was pale; eyes closed, sleeping peacefully like an angel.I caressed his cheek and realized he was cold, sparse tiny eyelashes unmoving. This is a little odd, isn't it? A baby who was born asleep.He's just tired, I need to wake him up.I patted my fingers on him gently, my eyes filling up with tears but I couldn't even tell why. My baby is fine and he's right here
Jaselyn's POV “Jaselyn, please get up. We have to get you cleaned up and treated. You just gave birth, you need food and rest and you need to heal as well. When you're healed enough, you can go see Celio in the morgue. We've decided to keep his corpse there till you and the Alpha reach a decision on what you want to do.” The doctor said but I wasn't even listening, too overwhelmed by my grief.The door opened but I didn't bother to look up, nothing could possibly alleviate this pain.“Alpha!”That word from the doctor caused me to raise my head in surprise and just like magic, Zane was standing right there, just a few feet away from me.He had on a cool expression, not a single hair out of place while I must look like a total wreck. Where the fuck has he been? Why did he leave me at such a crucial time? Has he come back to his senses?Does he know what has happened?“Our son is dead.” Is the only thing I can say and it comes out so strained and rough like I'd been smoking for months.