The Lycan King's Secret Baby (Freya and Jaxon) novel Chapter 70

There was a scream in the air, I wasn’t sure who it came from but I couldn’t focus on it. Noxian had a knife shoved deep in my gut and to add insult to injury, he twisted it deeper before he was shot to the ground. The only thought running through my mind was that I was pregnant. I stood there frozen in shock when arms came around my shoulders.

I knew it was Jaxon but even the warmth of his embrace could not comfort me in a time like this. The rest happened in a blur. One minute, I was standing on my feet, the next I was crumpling in his arms. He was too weak to lift me up and we both knew it so he just held me. I heard footsteps and a gasp then arms came around my body and lifted me from Jaxon. I looked up into Aiden’s face and although I opened my mouth, no words would come out.

I could hear Kiara’s confused voice, I heard Jaxon’s pained groans but it was like white noise in my ears. I wanted to tell them I was pregnant, tell them there was a baby but I couldn’t form the words. There was no way a baby would survive that. The knife was still protruding from my stomach and I thought that maybe, just maybe if I pulled it out then my child would stand a chance.

I reached down to grab the hilt but Aiden slapped my hands away. I tried again when we got to the car and this time, he grabbed both my hands in his.

“Do you want to bleed out here?” he asked and I turned to him in confusion. “That knife is the only thing keeping you alive right now. If you pull it out, you will die and I will rather not deal with Jaxon when he finds out you died in my arms. Just hold on until we get to the hospital.”

I vaguely understood his words but there was a ringing in my ears. There was an urge to pull it out and I desperately wanted to but I managed to keep myself still. Aiden sat in the back with me while someone else drove. I wondered where Jaxon was but my tongue couldn’t form the words. I was too weak to speak and my eyes began to droop. The only reason I stayed awake was because Aiden kept slapping my cheek to keep me awake.

When we got to the hospital, I was rushed onto a stretcher and pulled away from Aiden. I was going in and out of consciousness but the next time I opened my eyes, I was in a room surrounded by doctors in scrubs. There was a lady standing over me and she had a warm smile on her face as she brought the anesthesia mask and I knew it was the last chance I had to tell them about the baby.

“I,” I began but she shushed me gently.

“We will take good care of you, your majesty. We just need you to relax,” she placed the mask over my face and I was already droopy before then so it didn’t take long for my eyes to start closing once more.

“Baby,” I managed out but my voice was garbled and I doubted she heard me.

JAXON’S P.O.V

Aiden was adamant that I get to the hospital on my own. If I was in a better state of mine, I would have argued with him but I was weak. That was the plain truth. I could not even lift Freya when she fell unconscious in my arms. If Jael had not called Aiden, Freya would have died in my arms because I was too weak to lift her up.

I was furious and I wanted to rip something or someone apart. The scene of Noxian stabbing Freya kept replaying itself in my head. One second, she was standing over him and the next, I felt a searing pain in my chest. I knew the pain wasn’t mine and when I looked up, there was a knife protruding from Freya’s body. She was in complete shock so she didn’t make a move. I grabbed the nearest weapon to me and shot Noxian. I didn’t shoot to kill, I had greater plans for his death and they involved torturing him slowly and getting all the information I could out of him.

By the time I got to the hospital, Aiden told me that Freya had been wheeled into surgery. I practically collapsed on the hospital chairs because the sheer adrenaline I was running on had worn off and I was left feeling less than a human. I could barely lift my limbs and there was a splitting headache at the back of my head.

“I need to get back to the palace,” I said and I tried to rise to my feet but I couldn’t so I held out a hand for Aiden. He hesitated for a second and I knew he was debating whether to help or not. “Help me to my feet Aiden, I have work to do.”

“You can barely stand,” he deadpanned. “Don’t you think it would be better if you were checked out first? Noxian is not going to vanish into thin air. He is comfortable in the palace dungeons.”

“I don’t have time for this,” I muttered and I tried to rise but Aiden was quicker.

He guided me back into the chair and called out for a few doctors. Despite my process, I was led into a hospital room. I felt stupid and I thought it was unnecessary but it didn’t matter how many times I said it, no one listened to me. I was forced to lie down in a hospital bed while they put wires into me.

All I got was one wound from the battle. It was not like I was dying but no one shared the same sentiments. It took me a few minutes to realize that I was growing weaker and more tired. I tried to speak but my words came out garbled and that was when I finally looked at what was being pumped into me. Aiden walked into the room at that exact time and from the look on his face, I knew.

“I’ll kill you,” I told him and he chuckled.

“You will thank me when you wake up stronger,” he corrected. “Goodnight, Jaxon, I can handle things until you are back.”