MALLORY
“My wolf?” I asked in disbelief.
And the gentle voice replied, “Yes. Do you want to see me?”
“Can I shift inside this hospital room? Would that be safe?” I asked Selena, and she replied, “Yes. We can shift if you want to. Or I can just shift only your legs, to feel what it’s like to shift with me.”
“Oh!” I gasped, nervous and trembling.
“No, no. Not today. I just recovered, and I don’t know what happened to me or how I was expelled. How about Ace? Do you feel the bond between us?” I asked Selena, hoping she would give me a perfect explanation of what was happening to me.
“Mallory,” Selena’s warm voice reached my eardrums as she said, “I wish I knew what happened to you before I met you. But I am sorry, I don’t. You were hypnotized and given some kind of injection to make you forget about me. But luckily, this hospital brought me back to you. And I have no idea how life has been with you before I met you.”
“Really?” I asked Selena once more, tears filling my eyes.
“Yes. I was bound never to meet you, and I tried so hard to reach you, but I couldn’t. I was paralyzed and unable to communicate with you. But now, I can feel your energy and do anything that you want me to do for you.”
“Really? Is that why I could heal so fast now? Unlike before, when I was assumed to be an Omega shewolf?” I asked my wolf, and she giggled.
“Yes. That was before you got your freedom. So, you are an Alpha wolf. Bloodline: strong and energetic. Weakness: traumatic past. Hobbies: reading and singing. And you are also pregnant.”
“What?!” I gasped and almost fainted.
“Is this a ridiculous joke? Pregnant by who?” I asked, immediately lowering my voice.
“I don’t know. Who did you mate with before your banishment?” Selena said.
“Ace...” I trailed off, dread running down my spine.
“He slept with me without any protection and promised to protect me. How can I be pregnant? How long was that?” I asked Selena, tears welling in my eyes. I couldn’t believe that I was going to have a child soon, when I was in the wrong pack and with new werewolves who looked at me like I was a threat.
“Calm down, Mallory. Your test result will soon be out, and your new crush will find out,” Selena tried to comfort me.
But I found this hard to believe and to digest, all these new discoveries about me.
First, I am an Alpha wolf. Secondly, I have a wolf. And now, I am expecting a child.
“Can I abort the pregnancy? I mean, I am already banished from the Bright Moon Pack, and I cannot return there. My father’s word is law, and I cannot go back home for now. How will I cope here once they find out that I am going to have a baby soon? Please, Selena, take the baby away?” I pleaded with my wolf, and she went silent in my mind.
“You cannot abort the pregnancy. No one can. It’s an Alpha wolf, and you cannot change your fate by doing so,” Selena told me in a sad voice, and I was sobbing just as the hospital door of my room pushed open.
A health worker came in, carrying a tray of my lunch in her hands. She was from the Crescent Moon Pack. She wore a blue uniform like a nurse, but had a white apron tied at the front.
She was tall, dark-skinned, and slender, like someone in her early twenties.
“Hi, I brought your lunch. Is everything alright? Should I call the nurse?” she asked me, just as she arrived at my bed and set my meal on the dinner table fixed to the bed.
“No. I am fine,” I told her sadly.
“You don’t have to be scared. You will be fine, and there’s no medical problem that Dr. Chris cannot handle.”
“Thank you,” I replied with a smile and asked, “What’s your name?”
“Diane Thompson,” she said, grinning from cheek to cheek.
“It’s nice to meet you, Diane. I am Mallory Adonis,” I introduced myself to her, and she nodded.
“Everything will be fine, Mallory. You’re welcome to our pack,” Diane told me. She was the second woman I had met after Nurse Elena who made me feel comfortable.
The men were the opposite. They made me tense, scared, and looked at me like they were predators.
“I have to go now, Mallory. If you need anything else, call the nurse bell, and they will be here,” Diane spoke to me softly.
“I will,” I replied.
I watched her walk away, and I smiled in relief. Then I looked at the tray of food she had served on my desk.
“What’s in this?” I asked myself, carefully removing the plate cover, and I gasped at the meal they served me.
“For goodness sake! I don’t eat vegetables!” I growled, and the hospital door burst open. Dr. Chris came in with another nurse who was not Nurse Elena.
“Doctor,” I lowered my head and looked at the meal left open before me. The food was steaming, but it was green vegetables with spicy onions and carrots cooked together like a pepper soup. But it lacked meat, fish, or eggs.
“Mallory Adonis,” Dr. Chris called me by my full name as his sharp yellow eyes peered at me.
“You are a foreigner here in this pack, and you should not expect to be treated like a queen, do you? Irrespective of the fact that you are an Alpha wolf or an Alpha’s daughter, I do not care. You should eat the meal, unless you want to starve,” Dr. Chris said as he came and stood right in front of my bed.
I frowned, looking away from his face and peering at the hot soup given to me. “I hate vegetables,” I mumbled, and Dr. Chris laughed.
“Well, unfortunately, that is what you will be eating for now. Until you are able to work and generate money to take care of yourself. You don’t expect yourself to sit down here and feed on another person’s labour, do you?” Dr. Chris glared at me, and I swallowed hard.
“No...” I replied lowly, and he smiled.
“Good. Now eat it, as it’s a medicinal soup to help you heal. Also, your test result came out, and surprisingly, a young shewolf like you is already pregnant. How was it? You never said anything about sleeping with someone's mate, before you came here. Was that why your father banished you? Because you were caught with another mate?” Dr. Chris looked curious to find out, but I frowned and looked away.
“No. He was my mate, and not someone else’s mate. But they assumed I was an Omega and could not lead the pack. So they forced me to reject him, and I passed out. When I woke up, I found myself here, and I don’t know how long I was out.”