Chapter 64 Chapter 64
Queen Zita's POV.
Months later, I summoned the boldness to tell John Wood the truth about my pregnancy and not my true identity...
I sighed softly through my mouth while I twitched my fingers with nervousness. By now the only thing I unraveled to subconsciously hide my growing baby bump which was only visible to my eye was john's old oversized t-shirts I found in a trunk full of his old clothes.
"John, I'm pregnant." A wave of doubt flooded my mind if telling him was the best decision to make.
We stood in the living area while I stretched out the hums of the t-shirt I wore.
I was all alone in this human world full of selfish beings and I was beginning to think that I made a great mistake by coming here… it's been over three months since I tried to keep the pregnancy to myself for fear of his reaction.
John wood was a very mysterious person as he never shared much about his family background. He only talked about the wolf culture... At first, I was intrigued by their ways of life but no sooner did I get bored with the same old tales.
Don't get me wrong, John Wood was a great man and he showed me immense amounts of love when he visited me in the cottage…
I had made a choice to confide myself in the walls of this safe heaven John Wood had created for me.
Though it wasn't much, It had all the basic needs one needed for survival such as water, heat, and shelter from the lethal Summer weather... Imagine what the sun would do to a creature like me who has been living underwater since its inception.
My eyes were hooded while my heart raced wildly. A lump filled up my throat while I took short breaths... I evaded John's quizzical gaze.
"Are you sure you are pregnant?" He stammered.
Is this guy kidding me? Why would I lie about such a serious matter I looked up at him and maintained eye contact with him. "Yes, John. I'm pregnant and it is yours." I repeatedly said, emphasizing the pregnancy.
He sighed softly then walked closer to me and clasped my waist. He lovingly grazed his firm fingers on my cheek.
"This is the best news I have received today." A splitting grin radiated on his face." I love you and want this baby." He let go of my cheek and lowered his hand on my belly and gently rubbed it.
I smiled with both my eyes and mouth. This was the best reaction I ever expected ever since I came to the surface.
John Wood loved me and wanted the baby I was carrying. Should I tell him about my true identity? Naaa, let's wait until the baby is born I sighed merrily while I rested my head on his chest.
"I love you, Sonia, and you little one." He murmured and clasped my chin up to face him. He leaned in and pressed his lips against mine, sharing a deep passionate kiss which led to us to sweet slow lovemaking I enjoyed deeply with each slow thrust he pounded into me…
This was all I ever wanted. Love, one mating spouse, and now a baby on the way…this was the perfect love story I deserved. I sighed softly while I rested my head on his shoulder. we foist on the green sofa in the living area. Unclothed, with only our skins brushing against each other.
"I love you too John."
Unexpectedly, the door to the main entrance opened, bringing in the warm breeze and John wood's body shuddered with fright at whom walked in…remember I'm a siren and can read a person's emotions... The big badass wolfman was whimpering like a bitch...I scoffed.
"Diana?" he murmured.
"I was right, you are fucking this bitch." Diana snarled loudly with her eyes narrowed.
"Diana, what are you doing here?" He stuttered. He immediately sat up on the sofa and grabbed one of the scattered pillows on the floor and quickly placed it on his groin... and there I was left on the sofa alone.
So John Wood is still with this woman? I gasped while my heart ached… I felt betrayed because he told me he loved only me…tears prickled in the corner of my eyes, which I immediately rubbed off with the back of my palm before they tumbled down my cheeks.
"I followed you here because you have been acting shady. How dare you do this to us?" She asked in a muffled voice.
Us? I frowned upon her statement. Did she mean her and John or what?
"But you should have stayed home." He murmured.
"Stayed home?" Diana sneered.
Home? Now, this makes sense why he never spent a night here. My stomach sank into my gut as I wished I could just disappear between the two lovers' quarrel.
John Wood bowed his head as though she dominated his life.
"John, what is she doing here." I braved myself and interrupted their conversation… besides it was turning into a personal conversation with Diana asking all the questions.
I too deserved to know the truth… I let out a sour expression on my face.
"Shut it bitch." Diana snapped at me as though I was the one who called John to come to be with me. "He came on his own will darling." I sneered while rolling my eyes.
"Sonia, please let me deal with Diana then I will answer all your questions." He answered back with a muffled voice.
"Yes, John, tell me how you can do such a despicable thing to me and your three-month-old daughter." Her statement caught me off guard because I thought I was the only woman in his life about to bless him with a child.
Does it mean the surface also practiced the barbaric sharing of mates? I raised my brow at John who could not even give a proper answer to either one of us.
"John?" Diana snapped.
"John?" I scowled my face at him but he still keep quiet until he abruptly stood up and transformed into his wolf and growled at us before running out of the house.
Yes, run like the bitch you are...I sneered silently.
"And you what are you still doing here?" She recoiled, interrupting my thoughts about the man we shared.
"Well, I'm here to stay because I too I'm carrying his child." I blurted out the truth to her without any fear… we were in the same boat because the man we both thought loved us was playing us.
"What!" She gasped while plunging down to the chair next to her. The news was shocking to her that she kept quiet for a few minutes before getting up and fleeing the cottage without saying anything else.
"Yes, missy. I'm here to stay," I yelled out to her as she walked away with droopy shoulders.
A few months later, John wood's visits were limited to twice every week because of reasons best known to himself...
My beautiful baby girl had also safely arrived without any help. I delivered my very human baby was very healthy but rarely saw her father.
She was a month old when Diana and two other Rogues walked into the cottage threatening to kill me and my daughter.
"If you don't leave my mate for me, I will tell these two rogues to feast on your daughter's tender soft flesh in front of you." These words repeatedly echoed in the back of my mind while I looked at my peaceful sleeping baby. How can a woman with a child say such things to a fellow mother? Bella twitched in my arms.
"shhh." I gently rocked her back to sleep.
My body was paralyzed with fear because Diana did not look like she was baffling. I got up and hurriedly walked to the bathroom sink, and filled it up with water.
"I'm sorry my lovie," I attempted to do the most bizarre thing to her.
I submerged my daughter underwater to see if she could survive staying in the ocean, but the poor girl just swallowed a gallon of water and that's when I had to make the hardest decision in my life.
I had to leave Bella on the surface, hoping that John Wood would raise her with the help of Diana… because she had no chance of survival in the ocean.
Diana had a problem with me living with her mate and hopefully, when I'm gone she would treat my Bella as her own.
But what do I do? Should I explain the truth to John in a note or I should just disappear like I never existed? I hesitantly placed little Bella on the sofa without any note and stepped out of the cottage.
My diamond shimmering tears silently trickled down my pink cheeks while I sniffed up the little buggers trying to escape my nostrils. I glanced back at the cottage one last time before disappearing into the woods never to return.
It was either I leave or my daughter be killed in front of me…and I'm guessing you know the dreadful choice I made.
When I got back home to pavlopetri city, I was welcomed with yet more sad news. My parents were both on their deathbeds and soon died after seeing me. Mated sirens died together. That was our way of life.
And that was when I was forced to take the rule of the kingdom at the tender age of nineteen…
Eighteen years later, Bella somehow managed to unlock her powers which sent a very powerful signal from miles away.
"Bella." I froze while staring up at the surface.
Days later I assigned Star Coral to bring back my daughter because her signal indicated that her siren powers were more dominating than the wolf side… I sighed merrily, but Star Coral failed miserably as most of the time he brought back reports of her being mated to a ruthless Alpha Jacob Shepard of the midnight pack.
"Fine, I will just have to get the job done myself."
That's when I gathered enough courage to finally face the daughter I abandoned many years ago not by my choice.
Present time.
Now I find myself being rejected because of the choice I made when I had no choice left for her survival.
I hesitantly strolled back to the devil's mouth, the nearest entrance to my city.
"Oh my goodness. You have never shared that story with me, queen." Star Coral said.
"As a matter of fact, you are the first... Sometimes, a woman must die with some of her darkest secrets." I heaved a sigh with a faraway look on my face.
My body was with me, but my heart remained with Bella. I dived back into the water, which instantaneously turned me back into a mighty enchantress and I swam back home, knowing that one day I would be back to reclaim my daughter lost love for me.