CHAPTER 203

CHAPTER 203
\[Lexi\]

The people who came in screamed power, they were clad in black outfits mostly leather, and they walked in a formation like the Mafia. The only thing that was a tad bit normal from them was the pregnant woman among them.

She had curly black hair, and her baby bump was so big I was sure that she was close to her delivery date. She had light brown skin and grey eyes that just pulled you in.

She was very beautiful, and she had an amazing smile, a nice set of teeth, and beautiful glowy skin, her face was bare of makeup, and she was wearing sneakers under her black flowy gown.

The second female was much more sophisticated, she was lean and tall with an athletic build, she had a darker skin tone than the first woman, and she had emerald green eyes like mine.

She looked like a supermodel, and she was dressed in a black dress with red stiletto heels. She had makeup on with a dark red lipstick that matched the color of her shoes. The first woman wasn't wearing any accessories, but she was wearing a small silver chain with a pendant that had a panther carved on it. She was also wearing matching earrings.

She reminded me of the girls that used to tease me from school with her perfect statue, and I felt kind of insecure staring at her.

The big man was dressed in dark pants and a leather jacket, he had a greyish, almost silvery eye color, and he had dark skin and dark hair. He had a sharp jawline, and like his sister, he also had the looks of a supermodel, though in his case he looked like a very handsome Greek god.

The last person looked very much like a child, he was tall and lean with the lightest skin out of them all. He had honey colored eyes, and he was a very beautiful man. He was dressed in dark pants and a dark cashmere sweater.

At first, I thought lunch would be awkward but we soon settled around each other and we were laughing.

I got to know that Pierce was the Alpha of the panthers, though Panthers did not really have Alphas, and they did not really live in packs as wolves did.

Panthers were solitary animals, so I guess they just decided to come together to keep each other safe when they became endangered.

"What do you think?" Axle asked Pierce when we finished having our lunch.

"I trust you." The man grumbled out and stood up from the table, the other man, whose name was Brandon, also stood up with him.

"We'd like to go somewhere private and talk business." The man said, and Axle stood up too.

Elric followed and also Lex, leaving the females alone.

"They like to do this, like we can't understand business as well." The beautiful female who looked like a model complained, her name was Paige.

"You know he just wants you to stay and keep an eye on me." The other female, whose name I thought was very unique, smiled and said, her name was Phoenix.

"Yes, Nix, he just wants to make sure that you're safe." Paige squeezed her hand, and her eyes glistened as she spoke.

I realized then that the pregnant woman was very important to them, so I decided to engage her in a conversation.

"How long gone are you?" I asked her, and she smiled at me.

"I have just a few weeks to go." She rubbed her belly with her hand, and I smiled at her.

"This is your first child, isn't it?" My mother asked, and she nodded.

"I understand the feeling," Mina spoke, rocking baby Dine in her stroller.

"Yes, it's been a struggle to get pregnant, and I've had two miscarriages so far." She confessed, looking down sadly.

I guess that would explain why they were treating her like she was a glass doll. I felt very bad for her because I knew how Mina felt when she thought she'd lost her baby.

"I understand how you feel. I also almost had a miscarriage, for months I thought my baby had died," Mina said, her voice thick with emotion.

"The panthers were almost wiped out completely during the war, the ones who managed to escape were hunted by humans and killed. Pierce is really trying to get us back together, but our numbers have been decreasing," Paige explained.

"Why?" I asked.

"Most of the females cannot carry their pregnancies to term, and many of them are almost infertile, and we do not know why, our birth rates are so low, we take good care of any pregnant females we find," Paige explained.

"I'm sorry to hear that." I sympathized with them.

"Have you considered trying fertility treatments?" My mother asked.

"We have tried, but it's not very easy seeing as we have to hide our identity, and many of the doctors have no information on shifters," Nix said sadly.

"We have a huge hospital here." I blurted out, and their eyes shone with hope.

"I'm sure the men will come to some agreement, you can bring your females down here for treatments and check up," Mina said.

"That will be amazing, we will forever be in your debt," Nix said.

"Yes, that will be great, at least here we will not have to be afraid of getting exposed," Paige added.

"I'm glad, I have never met another shifter species. I must say you all look very beautiful and elegant," I gushed.

"Oh my, thank you very much. You also look very beautiful, and your hair—I've never seen so much red hair." Nix smiled at me.

"Yes, you have one child, and you still look so good. What is your workout routine?" Paige asked Mina.

"Workout?" Mina laughed. "I haven't shifted since I gave birth because it's not safe yet and I'm still breastfeeding."

"Well, I guess it's our nature. Tell me, Lexi, how do you have such wide hips? I can't seem to add any weight."

"Oh, Lexi is not a wolf," Mina announced, and they looked at me in shock.

"What is she, is… she… human?" They stared at me with disgust.

"Yes, no, erm… I'm a witch. "I told them, and their eyes lit up like a Christmas tree.

"A witch." They smiled widely. "You're the answers to all our problems."