VERA.
“Congratulations, you are two weeks pregnant.” the specialist stretched out her hands to congratulate me, a warm smile spreading across her face.
I looked at her, speechless and palpable at her announcement, “Is she truly honest right now?” I asked myself with a pang of doubt about her words.
Without having to ask, I knew the doctor was kind of a bit confused about me still keeping mute, “Did you hear what I said to you?” She asked with her eyebrows arched up in question.
“I.. I..heard what you said to me, Doctor. But, I.. I..” I stuttered to complete my sentence while I drowned in doubt.
Raising my head to stare right into her eyes with my blurry eyes, I continued with my words, “I don't think I'm pregnant, Doctor. You and I know…”
She didn't allow me to complete what I had in mind to say, when she interrupted me, “How long you've been trying to get pregnant, right?”
I fumbled my response and nodded my head in confirmation of her words, “Yes Doctor.”
Adjusting her chair closer to her desk, she addressed me politely, “You shouldn't be bothered about all the things that happened in the past. All that matters is that you are pregnant and I'm happy for you.” a wide smile spread across her lips while she stretched her hands forward for a handshake.
“Thank you very much, Doctor.” I extended my hands forward for a handshake before standing up to use the door.
As I stepped out of her office with the pregnancy result engulfed in my handbag, I couldn't wrap my head to believe that a day like this would come when I would carry my child.
I had been called barren and a low-life Omega by Alpha Eric’s mother, Eunice. Most times, she keeps pressurizing Alpha Eric to get another mate rather than waste his time on me but he ends up refusing her proposal and keeps assuring me that he’d stay with me till the end of time.
Even though I haven't bore him a child he has never for once changed the love he has for me. But, he placed me on a condition that he wouldn't mark me unless I bore him a child.
Unwrapping the pregnancy test results, I stared into the written sheet and muffled out my words in weakness, “I can't wait to share this good news.”
As I said those words, I didn't even realize that my eyes were welling up in hot tears. Indeed this was a dream come true for me and I can't wait to share it with him so he'd mark me as his Luna tonight.
I dumped the test result back into my handbag and started the car ignition to head back home. I kept on switching my head back and forth while I followed the rhythm of the soul music blasting through the car speaker.
“Now, I can be free from Eunice's shackles of torture.” I chuckled out my words slightly as joy filled my heart.
There were no names that Eunice didn't call me just because I hadn't gotten pregnant for her son, Alpha Eric. Most times, she ignores my greetings and acts as if I don't exist to her, but I'm glad all that would end by the time I break this news to her.
The car came to a halt within a few minutes of me driving from the infirmary to the pack. I hopped down in full joy without parking the car properly, racing at full speed to reach for the doorknob that led to Alpha Eric’s chamber.
The moment I held onto the doorknob and was about to twist it open, I heard a voice behind the door that sounded so familiar, conversing with Alpha Eric. I tried turning deaf ears to the conversation by opening the door but hearing the deep conversation that they were having made my heart shatter into broken pieces.
“Why do I feel like this voice sounds like Eunice?” I questioned myself pinning my ears to the side of the door to eavesdrop on their conversation.
“Listen to me very well, son. You can't mate that low-life Omega called Vera. She isn't good for you and you know it.” She advised her son, giving him a stern warning.
“Mother, I know that I can't mate her but at the same time, I don't want to rub it on her face like that. I'm using her for my advantage and by the time I'm done with her I'd trash her away like a piece of trash because that's what she deserves.” He scoffed out in disgust.
“What!” I exclaimed in shock and confusion, placing my hands tightly around my mouth so I wouldn't create a scene out of nowhere.
Taking a deep pause to reflect on what I've just heard, I placed my hands right on my face and cleaned it off to be sure I wasn't daydreaming.
“Alpha Eric, I want you to look me in the eyes and tell me this is a joke.” my teeth began clenching together as I whispered into the thin air while hot tears streamed from my eyes down to my cheeks.
I can't believe that someone who assured me about love is addressing me as a piece of trash. I have given him so much love and this is what I got in return after falling for his manipulation tactics.
“So, do you have anyone that you can take as a Luna?” His mother asked while applying more pressure to her question.
I pinned my ears closer to the door eager to hear his response, even though I wasn't ready to hear the truth.
Alpha Eric cleared his throat before speaking up, “I have a Luna already Mother.”
“Congratulations son!” She jumped up in joy, wrapping her hands so tight around him, “Do you mind filling me up with many details about her?”
“I marked her as my Luna without Vera's consent and I don't regret doing that because Vera is so useless to me. So, I had no better choice than to go after her step-sister, Cyndy.”
“Cyndy? My step-sister?” I gasped in shock as my bag fell to the cold tiled floor, tears gushing down from my eyes while I sobbed in betrayal.
“Did you hear that sound?”Eunice, who was still in the room with her son, curiously asked as she stood up from her son’s bed and headed to grab the door.
I knew she was getting closer to where I stood at the side edge of the door, so I quickly picked up the pregnancy test result and tore it into thin pieces trashing it inside the trash can, as I picked up a quick race and dashed out of the pack in distress, “I know I have failed as a Luna to you, Alpha Eric. But, I won’t fail as a mother to my unborn kids.”
