Finding Her True Alpha
Chapter 76: Interesting Turn of Events

Ashlyn

It’s been about a month since the vision I had from touching Kyle. Sage told me there was a hex placed on him. That wasn’t really the future, and it wasn’t really Kyle. Poor Kyle was just the victim of some strong, dark magic.

Even with Sage reassuring me it was fake, I couldn’t shake the feeling of losing my mates. I felt the bond break; I saw them all dead. It was a living nightmare, one I never wanted to experience again.

Mason, Derek and Brandon all headed out to the base near Emerald Lake. They have been gone for a couple of weeks now. They left Sage, Liam and Matt with me. Sage also told me that Nathan had also headed out to the base.

I still hadn’t been feeling any better, so I made an appointment to see a doctor. I needed another injection of birth control, anyway. Liam was waiting for me in the waiting room while l waited in the exam room for the doctor.

I was feeling anxious about what the doctor would find. He had been in the room earlier taking some b***d and now I was just waiting for him to return with the results.

I’ve been a ball of stress these last four weeks and not having my mates with me is making it worse. I have been making significant progress with my magic, but using it really wears me out. When I use my gifts, I find I don’t get as tired. So I’ve been training with my powers and the doctor finally entered the room, followed by a younger woman. The doctor introduced the new woman as Dr. Connor. I reached out and shook her hand, still confused about why I needed another doctor.

“Dr. Connor is a doctor, but she is also a witch.” My doctor explained.

“Okay, and should I be worried that you brought in a new doctor?” I asked him.

“I’m here because you are a hybrid, but you seem to be more on the witch side of the reproductive scale.” She explained.

“Okay, but they gave me birth control, so what are you saying?” I stuttered out, I wasn’t sure I wanted the answer.

“It means, my dear, that the shot that they gave you doesn’t work on witches.” She calmly said and my heart rate picked up as I stared at the doctors.

“My Queen, you are pregnant,” he confirmed. And I was so stunned I couldn’t even speak. I pinched the bridge of my nose.

“I’m sorry, but I thought l just heard you say that I was pregnant?” I said. Dr. Connor rested one of her hands on my thigh.

“I know this is a lot to take in, but I’d like to perform an ultrasound to see how far along you are. Witches are pregnant for 30 weeks, but wolves and dragons are only pregnant for 20 weeks. We aren’t sure where you fall since you are a hybrid.” She explained, and I nodded.

I was shaking when they both led me into an ultrasound room. Dr. Connor asked me to lie on the bed and to lower the waistband of my leggings. I did what I was told, and she took a seat beside my bed, in front of the ultrasound machine. Dr. Green was standing beside her.

“My Queen, there is nothing to worry about. I’m just going to place some warm gel on your abdomen below your bellybutton and use this wand to see if we can see the baby you are growing.” She smiled down at me. I nodded at her while butterflies filled my stomach.

She squeezed out some of the gel onto my stomach and moved the wand around. She turned a nob on the machine and I could slowly make out a fast, steady heartbeat. Tears swelled in my eyes as I heard the beat of our baby’s heart.

“That’s your baby. I’m just going to take some measurements and then I’ll turn the screen so you can see.” She said, smiling.

“Okay.” I whispered. I laid there waiting to see our baby, missing my mates. I hate they aren’t here with me for this.

“Okay, my Queen. It seems your baby is measuring around 12 weeks. But Dr. Green informed me you mentioned a miscarriage about six weeks ago. Is that correct?” She asked me, and I nodded.

“So I would say that you conceived right after that. You measure 12 weeks in human pregnancy, but for wolves, that’s around 6 weeks. I don’t think you’ll go as long as a witch pregnancy, but we will ultrasound you every week to see how the baby is growing. How does that sound?” She asked me.

“Okay.” I told her, before she turned the screen, and I was now looking at our baby. I covered my mouth to snuff the sound of my sob that was threatening to escape. It was just a black and grey grainy picture, but I was already in love.

“Dr. Copper, is it normal to feel tired after using magic and throwing up after walking through a portal?” I asked he, after I was able to hold back my sobs, while I watched our baby move their limbs.

“That is very normal. You need a lot more rest and you need to eat more. I’ll have prenatal vitamins and some anti-nausea meds ready before you leave. And I’ll make you an appointment for next week. I have to portal in from the magic kingdom. So I will let Dr. Green know when I’ll be able to make it back here.” She explained.

And I nodded to her.

“I’ll print a photo and we’ll get you cleaned up so you can be on your way, my Queen.” She told me and I thanked her. How the hell was I going to tell my mates that I was pregnant? And how was I going to fight against Susan?

“This news can’t leave this room.” I told both of them.

“We will say nothing.” Dr. Connor reassured me, and Dr. Green nodded. Dr. Connor wiped off the gel, and I pulled my waist band back up over my still flat stomach.

Dr. Connor left the room while Dr. Green led me back to the exam room I was in earlier. He told me that Dr. Connor would be right back and that he’d text me with an appointment for next week. I thanked him and waited for Dr. Connor to return.

When she returned, she handed me a brown paper bag with vitamins and meds to help with the nausea.

She handed me the envelope with the photo of our baby after I put the bag in my purse. I also slid the envelope into my purse. I wanted to tell my mates first.

I met a worried-looking Liam in the waiting room.

“Is everything okay?” He asked me while we were walking out of the pack hospital.

“Yeah, of course. All the tests came back normal. I had to wait for a doctor from the magic kingdom. She explained that using too much magic when you’re not used to it can cause the symptoms I’ve been having.” I half lied.

“Okay, well, let’s get you home to rest. Sage would like to get a lesson in this evening,” he told me, and I nodded. I was feeling overwhelmed by the news I now had to share with my mates.

When we arrived back at the apartment, I immediately headed to my empty room. It was starting to just smell like me, and I hated it. I took that bag out of my purse and placed the pill bottles in a drawer in the bathroom. But before I put the vitamins away, I took one out and swallowed it down with some water from the sink.

I grabbed my phone before I laid down in bed. I texted my group chat with Mason and Derek after I was comfortable.

Me: how much longer do you think you guys will be gone?

Derek: a few more days and then we’ll be home. Is everything okay?

Me: just miss you guys. Be safe.

I placed my phone beside me on the bed and looked up at the ceiling.

“They will never let me out onto the battlefield.” I breathed out to myself.

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you,” Tundra said.

“Why didn’t you?” I asked her.

“I knew you wanted to be there with our mates.”

“I understand, but now I have to figure out how I am going to convince our mates that I’m pregnant and not broken.”