Rebirth of the Alpha's Slave Mate (Samantha and Kade) novel Chapter 5

Samantha's POV

"Looks like you're pregnant for about seven months," the doctor said, removing the ultrasound wand from my belly and tossing a paper towel at me to clean myself up.

I sat up slowly and wiped the gel off of my skin. Seven months. Exactly as Ava predicted.

"And how… How is my baby doing?" I asked, although I hardly dared to hear the answer. I had been malnourished, beaten by the household staff, and emotionally abused for so long that I was almost certain my child was going to be underdeveloped.

Or perhaps worse.

I didn't want to consider what I might do if I found out my baby wasn't going to survive. Ava reassured me as best she could, but until I heard the doctor say it out loud, I refused to hold onto hope. Hope had never served me well before, and it certainly wouldn't serve me now.

To my surprise and relief, the doctor shrugged and said, "It's fine. Healthy."

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. My baby was alive. "Good. That's good."

"Good?" the doctor echoed with a sneer. "So you want to keep this baby?"

Truthfully, I still hadn't decided if I wanted to keep the baby after birth—I'd always figured that taking it to a church or an orphanage would be better than bringing it into the horrible life I'd been thrust into—but now I supposed plans had changed.

Kade knew about it now. And considering how much he loathed me, I wasn't sure what he would do to our child.

But I was still happy that my baby was alive and healthy.

"Well, yes," I admitted. "I was hoping to—"

"I figured." The doctor scoffed as she began to gather her medical supplies. "Typical breeder, only trying to gain the Alpha's favor through pregnancy."

I blinked. "What?"

"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Everyone knows that you've been scheming to gain Alpha Kade's affection. And now you got what you wanted, didn't you?"

"I don't know what you're—"

"Kade is going to keep you around forever now. Care for you and that child when you don't deserve it. And that bastard child of yours is the reason for it."

For a moment, I just stared at the doctor in silence. I hadn't schemed in the slightest; I didn't even want this child to begin with. It wasn't as if I'd asked to become pregnant with the pup of a man who hated my guts.

But the doctor had also said that Kade planned to keep me around. Did that mean that he was going to actually care for me and my child, or was he just going to continue my torment?

"Hope is a fool's game," Ava chided me gently. "Even if he's your mate, you mustn't let your emotions get the best of you. Kade doesn't love you, and he never will. It's best if you're not entangled with him anymore."

Once again, Ava was correct. She always was.

Sometimes, during those strange nights of passion and humiliation, I had let myself believe that Kade might feel something for me. That the mate bond transcended everything and that he could change.

But he never did. And he never would. I was just being driven by pregnancy hormones and a mate bond that neither of us ever wanted; I wasn't foolish enough to think that he might actually care now.

As if summoned by my very thoughts, Kade suddenly barged into the hospital room.

"A-Alpha Kade," the doctor said, bowing her head respectfully, "I was just finishing up Samantha's exam—"

But Kade wasn't listening to her. He practically flew across the room, and before I knew it, he was gripping my shoulders and shaking me.

"Tell me the truth!" he snarled. "Who is the father of your child?!"

"What? It's you!" I replied.

"Don't fucking lie to me, Samantha. I talked to your parents already. They told me everything."

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