Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire novel Chapter 6

6. My Decision

AZURA.

Pregnant. I slid to the floor against the stall wall, not caring about the germs that probably filled this place, and stared unblinkingly at the stick, my mind blank.

Pregnant.

With his child.

“I‘m fine.” I said, taking a shuddering breath,

I am not fine.

I‘m pregnant, I‘m only nineteen and I‘m pregnant.

Pregnant with the child of someone who wants nothing to do with me.

I knew I would have to tell my parents, but the thought made my stomach sink. The hurt in Dad‘s eyes when I told him I had been rejected... I don‘t know if I‘ll be able to handle telling them I was pregnant too... ?

What do I do?

My mind was reeling, the pain in my chest was becoming suffocating. As much as I wanted to crush Leo for what he had done, I couldn‘t, not without making this hard for Alejandro, I couldn‘t do that to them. I already caused problems for everyone without meaning to.

There was a time I dreamt of a love like my parents, but who am I kidding? My mate had ripped that from me when he marked me only to reject me. A true mate‘s mark... it could only be removed if he marked another, or if he died and someone else marked me ... but unless that happened, I was stuck with this.

I clutched my neck, letting my nails dig into it as I slowly looked down at my stomach. I dropped the stick, placing my hand over it.

It was not this baby‘s fault... it was not at fault... I was meant to have died before I was born... There was no chance on earth that I would do anything to this baby. I closed my eyes, taking deep steadying breaths. I‘m fine.

I guess it was time to tell Mama and Dad about the pregnancy, I just hoped they didn‘t try to push for a name. Standing up, I gathered the rubbish, binning the pregnancy test before I washed my hands and left the washroom. Time to tell them and get this over with.

Night had fallen and I was sitting in the lounge with Mama and Dad, I was curled up between them. Mama had her head resting on my shoulder, whilst Dad was running his fingers through Mama‘s hair. His head was resting on top of mine.

We were watching a movie, and although I had a lot of chances to drop the bomb, I was unable to tell them.

“What‘s wrong, baby? You‘re really quiet.” Mama asked, lifting her head and looking at me with concern in her gorgeous sage–green eyes.

“I‘m fine.”

“Is this about the run–in with Olson earlier?” Dad asked.

So they knew about my run–in with that old penis.

“You heard about that? Were you just going to pretend it never happened?” I asked, feeling upset for no reason. Were they going to just walk around on eggshells now because I had been rejected?

“It‘s not like that, Liam will deal with him. Gemma Kingston told us what happened, rest assured they will be questioned about it and dealt with. There is no tolerance in these packs for that behaviour” Dad‘s icy reply came, it was obvious he was pretty pissed.

I got up from the sofa, running my fingers through my hair, only for it to fall back in my face again.

“I don‘t need anyone to be dealt with, I just want to be left alone! I can handle my battles.” I said, feeling frustrated. I could feel my emotions rising, knowing I was going to lose it soon.

“Azura, this isn‘t just about you, it‘s about everything and their attitude is not right. What‘s wrong, baby, tell me?” Mama asked, coming over to me as she placed her hands on my arms. She was a lot shorter than me, and I was wearing heels whilst she was barefooted, making her look even smaller.

Do I tell them? How? When I know they already want to kill him for rejecting me?

I didn‘t want to see that pain in Dad‘s eyes again... “It‘s nothing.” I said, trying to pull away, but Mama refused to let me go. “Azura. Something is wrong. What is it?” She asked, her eyes flashing silver, her voice holding a quiet warning. A tone that told me she was not going to back down.

“I said it‘s nothing! Leave me alone, for the love of the goddess!” I shouted in frustration, my eyes flashing the very same colour as hers.

I saw the flash of hurt in her eyes, but along with it was the determination that she

never lost.

“Now, Azura.” She growled. “Please.” Liam‘s quiet voice came.

I looked up to see him standing with his Bite–Sized Luna by his side. Her long black hair with blue tips was pulled into a high ponytail, as she looked at me with concern in her unique eyes. One blue, one green.1

I closed my eyes, my head pounding as I gathered the courage to speak up. “I‘m pregnant. There.” I declared before I pushed past Liam and Raven, leaving all four of them stunned.

“Zu!” Liam‘s voice came, and I heard him on the steps.