Aurora James - POV
I felt my stomach turn queasy as I raised my trembling hand and lightly knocked on his door. "Come in." as I heard his voice, I walked inside when I saw Zander was seated on his chair while his eyes locked with mine.
"You wanted to see me, Beta Perez?" I asked him when he nodded his head.
"I think you can make this relationship with Levi real, Aurora." he began when I felt my throat become dry as I knew exactly what he was about to do today.
"We share a bond," I told him when he nodded his head. I can see that he is trying very hard to control his wolf as his eye color rapidly changes.
"Yes, and I want to live my life. And I know I can't do that until you're in that. So I have decided to break our mate bond." he casually spoke.
"We can't let him break the bond, Aurora. Do something." Lily yelled at me, but right at that moment, my mind was blank, and I could not think of an excuse yet.
"You really do hate me, Beta Perez," I said in a dry tone, but he didn't say anything as he got up from his place and walked toward me. I felt the bile rise in my throat as I curled my hands into fists.
"I, Beta Zander Persz, reject you…" I couldn't stand there anymore as I rushed to the dustbin and puked everything that I had for breakfast. I felt the sparks on my forehead while Zander held my hair away from my face and gently rubbed my back. "Shh, you are all right." he kept mumbling in my ear when I straightened my back. "Do you want some water?" he asked me, but his voice sounded like a distant echo as I felt the world around me spin.
I barely ate anything for the past few days, and I think it is taking a toll on my body right now. I felt black dots appear in the corner of my eyes when I began to sway. "Aurora, Aurora!" I heard him yell, but I felt my eyes roll to the back of my head, and everything began dark around me.
Beep beep.
I woke up to the annoying sound of a Machine right next to my ears, and as I opened my eyes, I saw that I was in a hospital room again. "You sure love visiting me often, Miss. James." I turned to my right when I saw Doctor Jenkins with a clipboard and a smile plastered on her face.
"I guess you are right," I said as I sat up against the headboard and turned around to face her.
"What happened?" I asked her when she walked closer to me and took a seat on the chair next to mine. She briefly glanced at the door before she turned around to face me.
"Before I tell you that, let me brief you on the report I received yesterday," she said as she pointed to the file that was on the desk. "I have been working as a pack doctor in here for more than ten years, Miss. James. And I have known Zander very well, despite his unusual behavior towards you as well." she began.
"He is just concerned for his…" I stopped midway when she shook her head.
"Ever since Heather left him, he doesn't give a flying fuck about women. But with you, he is different. And do you remember that you almost died after being stabbed in that forest?" she asked me, but I didn't answer. "I was shocked when you recovered, and I know very well that it was not due to the medicines that I gave. So just before you were discharged, I took in a few blood samples."
"Doctor Jenkins," I said, but she shook her head and continued talking.
"There were traces of Zander's blood in your bloodstream, Aurora. So, I put two and two together and figured out that you two were mates," she said. "But my question here is, why did you announce that Levi is your mate?" she asked me as I looked away.
I felt my eyes cloud with tears when I finally looked up at her. Currently, only my mom knows about my arrangement with Zander, and this has been suffocating me for a long time. "He doesn't want me as his mate, Doctor Jenkins." I asserted when her eyes widened in shock.
"That's not possible," she mumbled when I told her everything that happened till the almost rejection that was about to take place in his office today. By the end, I was a sobbing mess as she pulled me into a hug. "I know I shouldn't say this. But please don't give up on him, Aurora. He has suffered a lot, but if you leave, I don't think he would ever be the same again."
"I know," I replied when I pulled away, but that was when I saw a report on her file. It was a pregnancy test. "Whose pregnancy test is that, Doctor Jenkins?" I asked her.
"It's yours, Aurora. Since Zander told me that you would be getting married to Levi soon, I had to take a pregnancy test as well. But don't worry, you are not pregnant." she said when an idea struck my mind.
"Doctor Jenkins, could you do me a favor?"
"What is it, Aurora?"
Beta Zander Perez - POV
I felt like my brain would explode thinking about what happened to Aurora when the room door finally opened, and Doctor Jenkins walked outside. "She is awake, Beta Perez. You can go and see her if you want," she said, and I nodded my head and walked inside.
She seemed weak as she stared out through the window. "Aurora?" I called out when she turned around to face me. "How are you?"
"I still feel nauseous, but…" Before she could finish her sentence, the room door opened, and Doctor Jenkins walked inside with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"I am sorry to interrupt, Beta Perez. But I had to deliver this news immediately."
"What is it?" I asked her when I felt my heartbeat increase.
"Miss. James, congratulations, you are pregnant."