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Arielle's POV
"Good morning young lady, are you awake?"
Young lady? Since when did anyone call me young lady? I quickly opened my eyes and found a beautiful woman dressed in white smiling warmly at me.
"Who are you?" I asked in surprise with bulging eyes and raised eyebrows.
"You can call me Nirina,"
I tried to get up, then my eyes wandered around looking at the unfamiliar surroundings. "Where am I?"
"At my clinic," the dark-haired woman replied shortly.
"Someone brought you here, and he asked me to take care of you until you regained consciousness."
I got up from the bed and lowered my legs.
"Are you still dizzy?" I shook my head.
"Who brought me here?"
"I don't know, he didn't introduce himself. But he left this for you." Doctor Nirina handed me something. A month bracelet with a moon and star carved into it, very similar to the birthmark carved into Liam's neck.
"What is this?" I asked raising my eyebrows.
"Maybe it's a gift for you."
"Oh yes young lady, your blood test results just came out. I'm sorry if I did the test without your permission. Because the man who brought you here asked me to do it, he said it was for your safety."
"You tested positive..." She continued as he helped me off the bed.
"Be careful, sit down first. I'll get some warm water for you."
"What do you mean positive?"
"You are expecting a baby! You will soon become a mother! Congratulation..." Her voice sounded like a thunderclap in my head. I turned to look at my stomach, which was flat.
"Are you sure? Are you not mistaken?"
Fortunately, she shook her head reassuring me.
"How many months?"
"About five weeks," she said as she gently stroked the back of my hand.
"I will prescribe vitamins for you. Take them regularly and don't get too stressed or tired. Early trimester pregnancy is still very risky."
"Doctor, can you show me the way home. I'm from the Blue Moon Guardians group."
"You don't have to worry young lady. A driver is waiting for you in front of the clinic. He will take you back to your territory."
"Doctor thank you so much for your help. I promise I will come back here to pay for my medical expenses." I looked at the warm-eyed woman pleadingly.
"No need, the person who brought you has already paid for everything. Including the cost of the driver who will take you back to your pack."
"Really?" I asked incredulously with wide eyes. Doctor Nirina nodded, and she easily escorted me to the front of her clinic.
I couldn't believe what was waiting in front of me, a driver, dressed like a royal chauffeur, standing next to a luxury car that I had only seen on the old television in our pack house.
"Good morning young lady, I'll take you home." He greeted then opened the back door for me with a friendly look.
I immediately jumped in the back seat, excitedly.
I'm so grateful to be alive even though I met the rogues last night, thank you to whoever saved me. Then another happy thing is that I'm pregnant with the fruit of my love with Liam.
Liam must be happy to hear that. I have to tell him about this soon. This would be the perfect moment for it, his coronation day. He will soon announce to everyone that he chose me as his chosen mate, and that we will soon have a baby. I smiled at the thought.
I looked down. My stomach swelled with childlike excitement, as if I could already see the little guy. A little boy with hair of silver like mine. Or maybe he would have golden brown curly hair like his dad? I smiled like a madman at the thought.
***
All the way in this foreign city that I had never been to, I kept looking out and enjoying the scenery. The city was much more bustling and modern than the territory I lived in.
"Is it still far?" I asked the driver.
"You know where I live?"
The driver nodded, "of course young lady, I used to go there often."
"Really?"
"Yes, when I was a-"
"Forget it." He looked hesitated to continue his words.
I just nodded in response, after all I didn't want to get into too much conversation with a man I didn't know so I decided to keep quiet until we finally arrived at a dark tunnel.
As the car entered the tunnel, the warm air around me instantly turned cold. It felt as cold as a snow mountain. I could only see darkness and a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. In a few seconds, I had no idea how fast the car was travelling, but suddenly we were at the end and I could see the Duvanour hill from here, which meant we had reached the Zemrith area.
After a few minutes the car stopped right in front of the shabby pack house that I live in. The driver immediately got off and opened the door for me, this was a very special treatment that I had never received so far. After saying thank you I immediately entered the pack house with a cheerful heart but also anxious because surely my mother would ask where I went. But I'm no longer worried about that, because today I'm going to tell her everything. I'm sure that Liam will marry me soon as he promised, especially now that I'm carrying his seed.
***
"Mum..."
"Mum I'm home..." I shouted for my mum. But there was no response, I hurriedly opened the door to her room and there was nothing, and strangely enough there was no one in the pack house. It was still early in the morning, there was no way they were leaving for the palace this early, right?
My thoughts were interrupted when I heard the sound of running footsteps that seemed to be getting closer. I rushed outside and realised that it was Beta soldiers coming to my group home. This was unusual, what was going on?
"Beta Henry?"
"Tie her up and drag her to the palace!" A soldier ordered while pointing his sword at me. I was grabbed tightly by my shoulders and put into one of the jeeps and taken to the royal palace.
"Let me go, what's going on here?"
"We're taking you to the place of execution!"
My heart was ripped right out of my stomach.
"Save your strength, you'll need it," Henry said coldly.