Alyssa POV
I don't know who to turn to or who is telling me lies. I shivered, remembering the look in Xavier's eyes when he told me that if I was carrying his child, he would not let me go. He had looked so possessive, so dangerous at that moment. I placed a hand on my stomach, wondering if all this concern was futile. Wouldn't I know if I was pregnant? Wouldn't I be able to tell? Why hadn't Theodore explained the risks more clearly to me? Had he been frightened if he told me the possible consequences that I would back out? That I would not be able to go through with it? He knew me too well. I would never hurt an innocent child, not even if it cost me my freedom. I fought back tears, staring pensively out the window. If only I had the knowledge back then that I knew now, I never would hav
