Chapter 40

“It’s okay, we just need to get you to the car, then we can go to the hospital,” Dan said, soothingly brushing my back. The pain was getting unbearable by the minute. The pain felt like blades slicing my insides, twisting my uterus. I sniffed, trying to stop the tears that were rolling down my face. “What’s going on, Dan? There’s so much blood here.” I asked, quivering, unable to understand the situation.

“I don’t know, but you need help fast. You are losing so much blood.” He said, looking at me with a sympathetic look on his face. I cried out in pain and threw myself into Dan’s arms; he engulfed me in a warm hug that made me numb for a minute. “Is there anything you can do?” Dan turned to look at Victoria, and silence fell upon them as she looked back at him with confusion. “Something like what?” She asked in a high-pitched voice, acting like a victim. I turned to look at Dan, hoping to get some support from him on this matter. “It’s okay, let her be.” There’s no way Victoria would do anything to try to save my baby.

I was groaning in pain when suddenly I thought of something. I raised my head and looked at Victoria, who was just standing at the corner, looking at us. “What’s the real reason you came here?” I snarled, feeling a sudden wave of anger towards her.

“What do you mean? I told you that I’m here for Dan.” She said, shrugging her shoulders, pretending to be confused by my question. “I was fine before you walked through that door; everything was fine before you walked back into our lives,” I said, raising my voice, weakly pointing my index finger at her. “Hey, calm down.”

“I can’t calm down. What did she do to my baby? She kidnapped me in hopes that she could terminate this baby, and now I’m about to lose my child because of you!?” Rage had me by the throat, and the pain in me drove me to the edge. “Emerald, you need to calm down. I have nothing to do with you being sick.” Her voice was taunting and fake as she batted her eyelashes at me. I squinted my eyes at her. This is definitely a game for her; my life is a game to her.

I turned to look at Dan, fuming with anger. “Do you see this?” I asked, gesturing to his heartless mother. “You need to calm down; maybe that will stop the bleeding so we can get you to the car.”

“Here,” Victoria said as she gave me my gown, and Dan scooped me out of the room. I glared at her, angry and helpless. I badly wanted to snap her head and kill her instantly, but my body wasn’t having it.

We were rushing down the stairs when the door suddenly rang. Even though my mind was foggy from the pain and I couldn’t focus, my heart thumped against my chest, thinking that it might be Tyson here to cause a ruckus. The door opened, and Corvina the witch walked in with herbs in her hands.

“Put her down.” She said as she closed the door behind her and walked in angry strides towards me. "Corvina?" I said her name out loud, confused and shocked by her sudden appearance. “What’s going on? Why is she here?” I asked, my voice shaking from the pain, and I could feel myself lose energy as seconds went by. “No, she needs to get help. I’m taking her to the hospital.” Dan said as she was trying to walk past her, but she put her arm out and glared at him.

“I don’t have time to play; she will die if I don’t help her now.” Immediately, she grabbed Dan’s arm and dragged him with me still on his arms upstairs to the bathroom. “Just let her help.” I immediately turned to look at Victoria, surprised by her words. The last time we met, she didn’t want anyone to help me. Corvina opened the water in the bath and motioned for Dan to put me in.

Every movement felt like a knife through my uterus. “What’s going on? Will I lose my baby?” I asked a question that I have been scared to ask the whole time. Corvina helped me take off the dress I was wearing, completely avoiding my question. I forgot that she helps me whenever I need help, but doesn’t like anything that has to do with talking with me. “I will wait outside.” Victoria got out of the bathroom, and I suddenly felt something sharp graze my shoulder. I turned to look, and Dan had his hand on my shoulder with his face buried in his other hand.

“Dan, look at me,” I said, raising my chin with my index finger. He looked up, and his eyes had completely changed to gold. “Is he...a wolf?” The witch suddenly stopped what she was doing and stared at him with disgust. “And why does it seem like he's about to shift?” I looked at him, and his nails were now long with growing fur spreading across his knuckles. I instantly panicked. He shouldn't be shifting... not now.

“You need to calm down, love. You can’t shift and put all of us at risk.” I brushed his hand. The growl that he released vibrated the room, with his shoulders hunched over, facing down. He stood up and sat on his knees. I got up from the bathtub, trying to hold him and comfort him so he could calm down. We can’t risk having an Alpha shifting in this small room. “We can’t lose this baby, I can’t lose my son.”He suddenly said, raising his head to look at me with red eyes like he had been crying. He's probably trying to fight off the urge.

I teared up at the sight of his face. I’m so proud of him. He just found out his real identity a few hours ago, and now he's fighting off the urge to shift. “I’m so proud of you,” I said, smiling through tears as I brushed his face softly. “I’m proud of you.” We chuckled.

“Okay, I need you to push for me, okay?” Corvina said as she patted my thigh to get my attention.