Pregnant For the Alpha

CHAPTER 9

Iris West's POV.

My eyes fluttered open and I took in my surroundings. The place did look familiar. My head still felt a bit fuzzy so I could not pinpoint where I was.

Slowly and carefully, I sat up straight. I was shocked to see what looked like a shirtless figure staring out of the window.

I blinked rapidly, trying to adjust my sight and properly take in my surroundings. Like a wave to the shore, the realization hit me.

Alpha Kristen turned at that very moment and paused a little when he saw that I was awake. We stared at each other, neither of us breaking eye contact.

With all due respect, Alpha Kristen looked like a hot mess as he stood leaning against the window sill. The pregnancy hormones were messing with me right now because I felt the urge to feel his skin against my hands. As I watched the breeze slightly blow against his black hair, disrupting it from his peaceful balance on his shoulder and the perfect contract of his muscles as he reached a hand up to rub his temple, I noted shamelessly that it was not the hormones and this was all me.

"You've woken up," he stated awkwardly.

I broke my eyes away from his body as I stared down at my fingers, tangled together, in my lap. I have still been in my clothes since this morning. I remember leaving the pack house and heading to Dr. Schwann's place but I could not remember anything after that.

Then I remembered the baby. Has he found out that I'm still pregnant? What was I doing here? As these thoughts went through my head, Alpha Kristen spoke again.

"You seemed to have involved yourself in a situation with Ms. Felicia." He said, now avoiding eye contact with me.

A series of events flashed through my head as everything seemed to be coming back to me. The bus incident, Dr Schwann's office, the marketplace, Red Locs, Ms. Felicia's punishment, Alpha Kristen's reassuring eyes, and then everything went black out from there.

I stared back up at Alpha Kristen and saw him staring out of the window again. I wonder what Ms. Felicia had told him. He had been present in the kitchen corridor when I was receiving punishment, but that still didn't explain what I was doing there.

"What did Ms. Felicia tell you?" I voiced out before I could stop myself.

Alpha Kristen turned back around to face me. "You don't need to explain yourself, Iris."

My heart skipped a few beats. This was the first time I had ever heard him pronounce my name. I had no idea he even knew my name.

Then a thought came into my head. I still had several more appointments I'd have to attend with Dr. Schwannn and I had no idea how I was going to leave the pack house, especially after today's incident.

"I do." I wanted him to give me the approval to continue. A nod or a slight gesture of any kind, but he just stared at me.

I took that as my cue to continue, "I had an appointment with Doctor Schwann and needed the money to pay for the bills."

Alpha Kristen went rigid for a moment. I decided to continue.

"I didn't tell you because I know you do not want anything to do with me anymore. Doctor Schwann said I'd have to run a lot of tests to ensure that the abortion," I paused deliberately and he stiffened again, "didn't affect me and I'd also need to buy a few medicines."

"What the hell are you going on about?" Alpha Kristen questioned, staring daggers at me. "Why then did the pack doctor not tell me this?!"

I gulped, maybe I didn't think this through after all. I sounded so smart in my head and I did not expect him to question me at all. I had to think of something else.

"I begged him not to, sir." I knew I was treading on thin ice here but I couldn't risk the pack doctor's life here.

"So he lied to me?!" Alpha Kristen looked mad. If looks could kill, I'd probably be dead now, which I'd very much prefer.

Fear gripped me as I immediately got to my feet and fell to my knees in front of him. "Please sir, he didn't mean to. I had promised him nothing would happen to him. This is all my fault, sir. You weren't supposed to know about this. Please forgive him. I'd be pleased to serve any punishment you order me to." I bowed my head as I waited for him to give his judgment.

Alpha Kristen walked forward till he was standing in front of me. He lifted my head with his fingers and stared into my eyes.

"It's okay, stop crying." He said, his voice much softer than before.

I had not realized I was crying until now. A fresh tear rolled out of my right eye and Alpha Kristen caught and wiped it off just as it rolled onto my cheek.

A gasp escaped my lips. He pulled his hand back and stepped back a little. My mind was still reeling in shock at what had happened.

"Stop crying, Iris." He said more sternly now and I hurriedly wiped my eyes with the sleeves of my clothing. "I would arrange for you to have appointments with the doctor and have all your medicines bought."

I stared at him with my mouth agape. This was far more than I had expected. I thought he would understand my reason and let me go after a few reprimands.

"Thank you very much Alpha." I placed my head near his feet. "May the Moon goddess reward you abundantly."

"That's unnecessary," he said, indicating as I raised my head. "Get out, now."

He was so weird; nice one minute, then unkind the next. I scrambled to my feet and hurried towards the door without daring to look back, his intense stare burning holes in the back of my head.