Chapter 1
Hazel
“Your test results are out.”
My heartbeat increased drastically as excitement coursed through my body.
My test results were out already.
Could I be pregnant?
I mean I have been feeling dizzy since yesterday and it could only mean one thing. I could be having morning sickness.
That would be the best news ever. It would, in fact, be the perfect gift for my fifth anniversary, which was in a month.
Aside from that, Maggie, Lucas' mum would eventually be able to accept me.
She never ceased to remind me of the fact that I haven't contributed to the household since I entered.
I was a rogue after all. I was a rogue years back before I met Alpha Lucas.
He knew I was his mate the first moment he set his eyes on me. My wolf was still dormant so I had no idea at first until later on.
I and Alpha Lucas have been married for five years now with no heir in sight.
I know it can't be easy for him, especially as the Alpha, but he has never put that pressure on me. In fact, he has been the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Giving him an heir is the least I can do to appreciate him, for everything he has done for me.
That aside, I would also be fulfilling Lucas' long dream of having a mini us.
He never told me about it though but I saw how he was always so concerned with his adopted sister's son.
If I didn't know better, I would think Lucas was the father of Isabella's son, Frank.
He was always there for Frank, always visiting him. He even had Frank’s picture as his wallpaper one time like that.
But now that I was having a baby, Lucas would be so happy. At least, this would be a real flesh of his.
I grabbed my bag and hurried out of the house.
Happiness surged through me as I pulled into the hospital and hurried into the waiting room.
My phone beeped several times. It was the pack's news, announcing Isabella's arrival after three years of being away.
For those three years, Isabella has been away from Frank too and Lucas had to take up the responsibility of being a father and a mother figure to him.
Because the pack is extremely strict when it comes to unmated she-wolves with children. Even now, we still don't know who Isabella's mate is.
To protect Isabella from judgment and scrutiny, she had no choice but to place his son under Lucas's and my care, at least for the time being.
I wasn't bothered by the news but at least now that Isabella is back, and I'm having a baby, Lucas can finally focus on me.
The thought alone made me giggle, but I still opened the news website anyway.
A lot of reporters were gushing at Isabella's arrival. But the pictures hadn't only carried Isabella's pictures, but also Lucas's.
They were hugging so deeply, Lucas wrapping his arms around her body as if he couldn't get enough of her.
I felt a stab of jealousy but soon pushed it to the back of my neck.
They were siblings so I shouldn't take anything seriously.
“You are next!” A voice called, jerking me out of my thoughts.
I tried to calm down, as I pushed the phone into the deep part of my bag and strode into the doctor's office.
“Miss Hazel,” the doctor, Ivy, started as she stretched out a piece of paper to me.
I took it, with skepticism, my heart pounding so hard I could barely hear the next words she said.
Unfolding it, my eyes scanned the result. Only that it wasn't a pregnancy test result.
“What is this?” I raised a brow and waited.
“According to the test report here, it shows that you've been taking a dangerous substance and it has damaged your womb.”
What!
“You are not pregnant and in fact, you might never be because you've taken too much of it and not only has it damaged your womb but also your wolf. Which means you might never even be able to shift,” she explained further.
I stared for a moment, confusion clouding my mind. It felt like I hadn't heard her clearly.
“But I didn't take anything,” I said, trying to make sense of everything.
My heart was racing so badly. What could I have taken that damaged my womb?
Does this mean I won't be able to give Lucas a child? An heir? The next Alpha?
No!
My mind was in turmoil.
“But I was feeling nauseous. I was also dizzy,” I tried to explain.
Perhaps there was a mistake somewhere.
She sighed, out of pity. “You've taken too much of the substance, Hazel, that it has damaged everything inside you. The next thing left is your heart. You were dying, Hazel and if you hadn't stopped, you would have.”
Shock kept me speechless and motionless for a long time.
I didn't know what I was supposed to even say. I had never felt so confused in my entire life.
“This,” Ivy was saying as she pulled out a small bottle, its contents a mystery. “This is used for treatment of a rare disease but in a certain amount and under careful supervision. You must have taken it in large quantities and well, you weren't monitored properly. It could_”
Ivy continued but I wasn't hearing her anymore. My eyes were fixed on the bottle.
I have seen it several times.
No! I have taken it several times because Lucas gave them to me.
He said it helped with hormones and would make me conceive faster.
So, he got them for me in dozens to be taken every month for five years.
So, I have been killing myself for five years? No! My mate has been killing me for five years?
My mate is the architect of my destruction?
