ALPHA ROMAN’S POV
” Her fainting is a result of an emotional breakdown, but she is fine now. It’s normal to get emotional considering her situation.” My eyes stared at her emotionless body. ” How long is she going to be
out?”
” She needs to have a good rest. In most cases, it takes hours, but considering who she is, I can’t tell.” The pack’s head doctor said and I immediately understood. Bella has a strong wolf and it was likely she would be conscious at any moment.” I will head back to the hospital and help take care of the injured warriors. I hope Luna recovers soon.” He bowed and then headed out.
I stepped closer to move the strand of hair from her face, she looked too pale for someone who was okay.
Fuck!
I forgot to ask the doctor about the pregnancy.
I pulled out my phone and dialed Vincent’s number since I couldn’t reach him through the kind link, which was a result of the recent disruption.” Find out how Bella’s pregnancy is doing.” I ordered, ” Did something happen?” Vincent asked when I was about to hang up.” She is fine,” I just said that and hung up the call.
” Where am I?” her eyes flipped open, and she stared around the room as if familiarizing herself with the place.
” Roman?” She seemed shocked to see me, far from what I imagined, but that didn’t stop me from pulling her into my arms.” Are you feeling pains anywhere?” I asked and she shook her head in my embrace.
A few hours ago, I got to her in time and brought her back into the pack.
“Welcome back.” I pulled back and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
I ran my hand in her hair from behind, grabbed a handful of her hair, and brought it to my face. Her smell, her unique strawberry scent, and her innocent beauty, I raised my eyes to look at her before closing them and kissing her hair, which was in my grip.
” Roman, I don’t want to stay in this pack anymore.” She suddenly said, and I flipped my eyes open.” Where do you want to stay?” I asked, my eyes taking in her expressionless face. I tried to slip into her thought but she didn’t open up to me.
” Have you grown fun of living in the human world?” My gaze is on her,” I want to go rogue, not like you care.” she murmured the last part, and I narrowed my eyes, trying to understand what she meant by wanting to go rogue.
Being a rogue wolf meant either joining the rogue pack or going to live with humans as one of them.
None of the two choices works better than being a pack wolf. ” You know that is not possible,” I spoke calmly even though I wasn’t calm inside.
My wolf, Xade was already bearing its teeth at me like I was the one who helped her to come up with that fucking idea.
” Why? Why can’t I leave your pack as I please? Am I your prisoner; why can’t I do what I please, but you can? Is it because you bought me with your money?”
” Haven’t I done enough to earn my freedom, You lived as you pleased after sending me to the demons.”
What the fuck was she talking about? I hated to see her cry.
” Bella….”
” I, Annabella, daughter of alpha Christopher from the crystal pack reject you….”
A growl slipped out of my throat knowing fully well what she was about to do; my eyes flinched, my wolf trying to push out after calling me a scumbag.
He growled loudly in my head and urged me to stop her from rejecting us.
What the fuck was going on with her?
” Bella!” I growled, grabbed the back of her head, and pulled her into a long, passionate kiss. She struggled at first, but after a few seconds, she stopped struggling and started to kiss me back.
Feeling her soft lips against mine after so many days felt heavenly.
I liked that she was here with me again, in our room and back into the pack.
I have missed everything about her, her scent, her touch, her soft skin, everything. I slipped my hand down to her waist and gently massaged it.
My tongue slipped into her mouth, and I began sucking her mouth.
The front of my pants was already raised, and my beast was already crawling in my head.
I finally let her go because I couldn’t afford to lose control. She still needed rest, and I doubt she had the strength to satisfy me.
I leaned my forehead against hers,” You can’t reject me, Bella.” I whispered, breathing in her scent. ” We belong together, you are my fated mate.” I reminded her and I heard her chuckle.
” You are only with me because I’m your fated mate; if you were ever given a choice, I doubt you would choose me,” her words pieced my heart, and the look in her eyes made my eyes ho cold. But I recalled how she left the restaurant after Caleb dropped her.
Was it because of Juliet? I sighed as I couldn’t believe this was up again.
” Who do you think I would have chosen?” I was hoping it wasn’t what I was thinking but I wasn’t wrong. ” Are you jealous?” how could she not know how much she meant to me?
Wasn’t I obvious enough?
” What, I don’t have the right to get jealous because I’m your fated mate?”
” I’m sorry for being jealous of you and Juliet. Maybe Kane was right.”
I grabbed her wrist immediately and pulled her towards me.
” What did Kane fucking tell you?”
” What? Why don’t you start telling me what you were doing at the restaurant with Juliet.” A tear slipped down her eyes, I immediately loosened my grip on her wrist.
My eyes turned soft in a second as I felt guilty and regretful.
” Nothing can ever happen between Juliet and I.” She was nothing more than a step-sister to me.
” You expect me to believe that after I saw both of you at the restaurant?”
” You can check that for yourself.” I handed her my cell phone which contained the CCTV photage from the restaurant.
” Juliet wasn’t with me, you arrived right after she did.” I didn’t know what she was planning, but obviously, she achieved it.
I ran my hand through my thick white hair, and a frustrated sigh left my mouth. I certainly didn’t know how I would convince her to stay if she still insisted. I couldn’t possibly let her walk out of this pack.
Abraham might not be a threat anymore but I couldn’t tell whether she was safe or not. But I was going to protect her no matter what.
” I need to rest.” She was about to pass me my phone when it rang. ” Your pup is kicking and in good health, according to the pack doctor.” she read the message on my phone and stared up at me in disbelief.
That bastard sent me a message instead of calling me to inform me. ” Is Juliet carrying your pup?” I shut my eyes.
I didn’t plan to tell her this way; thanks to my fucking beta, I wasn’t sure how to explain it to her. I wasn’t sure if she was willing to have the baby. ” You are,” I told her, and her hand went down to her flat belly; her eyes widened as she glared back at me.” What do you mean?” I could sense the fear in her voice, but I had no choice but to tell her. It was already too late to keep it from her.
” You are pregnant.”