“Jia!” Daniel tried desperately to get Jia to respond but it wasn’t working. She kept on writhing and screaming underneath Daniel, tears streaming down her red cheeks and her breathing rapidly increasing. “Hey, hey, babe!” he managed to pin Jia’s wrists with one hand and grabbed her chin with the other, forcing her head to stay still. “Look at me,” he ordered. Jia didn’t respond. “Look at me!” he ordered again, letting his alpha voice come out. Jia went limp in his arms, taking shuddering breaths before finally blinking open scared green eyes. They were bloodshot from crying and they broke Daniel’s heart. “Why are you being like this?” Daniel asked softly in order to not scare his mate. “Weren’t you listening?” Jia’s voice was flat and empty of any emotion. “I don’t want to be pregnan

