Mated to Her Alpha Instructor (Eileen and Regis) novel Chapter 24

on, Apr 6

Chapter 24

Furier serted Demanding of hot, he’s a wified, the antisant of studying is going to change that had it’s not like she’s gung st loading hunts or defending territory, thw should be pretul er een paying for her to be there?

thockey nodded, her expression hard tours hurry we investing an huy at all. Most families wouldn’t bother. But your Laser and f thought maybe she could at least muka herself and as a healer. Through at this rate… She trailed off, shaking her head

stage my myes on my bowd, forcing myself to eat ones through every bite felt like swallowing stones. By stomach was still uneasy, and the rich sell of the soup–mild as it was made my grasy, but I didert date leave the table. I just sat there, silent and small, and waited for

the mead to be over

When it finally was, I excused myself as quickly as I could and retreated to my room, closing the door behind me and leaning agent it.

my whole body shaking

No one had asked if I was all right. No one had cared.

That night, I lay in bed with the door locked, staring up at the ceiling and trying to make sense of what was happening to me. The exhaustion. The nausea. The strange, sweet undertone to my scent that Mira had noticed and that I couldn’t seem to wash away.

I pressed my hand to my stomach, feeling the slight curve of it beneath my nightgown, and tried to tell myself it was impossible.

I closed my eyes, my breath coming faster, and felt the edges of panic creeping in. If I was pregnant–if I really was–then I couldn’t stay here. I couldn’t let my family find out. They would be furious, humiliated. My mother would call me a disgrace. My father would disown

And the academy… the academy had rules. Students weren’t allowed to be pregnant. I would be expelled, or at the very least forced to take a leave of absence, and I couldn’t afford that. I needed my scholarship. I needed to finish my training

I needed to know for sure.

The thought crystallized in my mind, sharp and cold. I couldn’t do this here, where everyone knew me, where word would spread faster than wildfire. But there was a clinic near the academy, a small, discreet place that served transient pack members and didn’t ask too many

questions.

I would go there. On my way back to the academy. Before anyone else could find out.

I pressed my hands to my face, feeling the hot sting of tears, and tried to breathe through the feat that was tightening around my chest

like a vise.

Please, I thought, though i didn’t know who I was praying to Please let me be wrong.

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Chapter 24

The next day passed in a haze. My parents were gone most of Saturday, taking Gareth to his combat trials and then out to celebrate afterward, and I was left alone in the house with nothing but my own spiraling thoughts for company. I tried to eat, but everything mada me nauseous. I tried to sleep, but the exhaustion was so deep and pervasive that even when I did manage to rest, I woke feeling past as

drained.

On Sunday morning, I packed my bag early and told my parents I needed to leave–that the academy had sent an urgent notice about

returning students.

My mother barely looked up from her tea. “Fine. Not like you’ve been much help around here anyway–just drifting around like a frost?

My father nodded absently, and Gareth didn’t even glance in my direction.

I was halfway to the door when my mother called out, “Eileen. Wait.”

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