Aurora''s POV


    "I can see a lot of progress and I''m very happy," said Doctor Sam, as she touched my head to make sure that I wasn''t running temperature. "I''m going to leave you now so you can get some rest. But not to worry, I''ll be back in no distant time. I''m only going to run some tests with the samples that I have collected. I''ll be back with the results which should be ready in a few minutes, okay?"


    I nodded and she walked away, leaving me in the room with Alpha Bane by my side. I reached out and grabbed his right hand which he ced on the bed and I saw him smile. He loved that I always looked to get somefort from him anytime that I needed it. I loved the fact that he was always there for me whenever I needed him.


    As I held onto him, I began to recall all that happened after I was done throwing up in the fitting room. My mother thought that I was pregnant. She waited for all the maids in the room to leave before saying that to me and no matter how hard I tried to convince her that it wasn''t the case, she remained adamant.


    It was as if she wanted it to be that way. She said that all that I was experiencing were signs of pregnancy. But she was no doctor. There was no way she could have been so certain about that.


    Yet, I wasn''t unaware that there could be some truth in her words. Considering the rate at which my hormones had been raging, u feared that she might have been right. Although I kept denying it in front of her, it was a possibility that I couldn''t simply write off. Everything that I felt pointed to it and I could only hope it was something different.


    Alpha Bane kissed my hands, cutting short my thoughts as I stared right into his eyes, still unsure about what was happening to me


    "What is it that you''re thinking about, my love?" He asked.


    It was a question that I didn''t expect and I didn''t know exactly how to respond to it.


    I wasn''t willing to talk about my concerns with him or anyone. I just wanted to let them be until the doctor would either confirm if they were true or not.


    "Don''t worry, my darling," I tried to brush off his concerns. "Everything is fine and under control."


    He was having none of that. Regardless of how convincing I tried to sound, he could see through my cover.


    "You know that there''s a problem, why won''t you tell me? You don''t trust me anymore?" He asked, trying to use my emotions against me. He kept pestering me over and over again so he could get me to say something.


    "My emotions are just all over the ce," I said, sniffing back my tears.


    "Everything would be fine," he chuckled, cing his hand on my head tofort me."There''s no need to worry at all."


    "I''m sure that nothing is wrong with me," I said to him, but in my heart, I could only hope that all was well.


    As he opened his mouth to speak to me, the doctor walked into the room and we both turned our attention to her, hoping to hear what she had to say.


    She turned to me and smiled.


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    Alpha Bane''s POV


    As the doctor walked into the room, both Aurora and I quickly turned to look at her. We were so eager to hear what she had to say since she left to carry out some tests.


    I needed her to say something to us because Aurora was already losing her mind. With all that had been going on with her in the past few days, illness was thest thing that she needed as it onlypounded her worries.


    As much as she kept trying to hide it, I knew that she was trying to hide something from me. She was probably tired of bugging me with all the fears that she had and didn''t want me to see her as being paranoid or anything like that. Yet, it was clear that she was running out of her mind. She had let the happenings around her drastically affect her in a very negative way and I was keen to see her back to her usual, happy and energetic self.


    "Princess Aurora," the doctor began, with a smile on her face as she stood right next to Aurora''s bed. "I''m very happy to break this news to you. You''re pregnant."


    Suddenly, I heard someone squeal and I saw that it was Aurora''s mother. I didn''t know that she had entered the room. She must have returned with the doctor and since all of our attention was on the doctor, we didn''t see her walk in, nor did we see Anna; Aurora''s maid, walk-in alongside her.


    Anna too, squealed so happily as they turned to themselves and hit their hands together in celebration. I could see the joy on their faces as they rejoiced, dancing around the room with dness in their hearts.


    I decided in my heart to pay no attention to their reaction. Instead, I turned to Aurora to see how she''d react to all of that. It was important for me to gauge her reaction. I needed to know what she felt about the news as that was what mattered the most to me.


    As shey on the bed, her eyes widened more and more. She looked a bit terrified and I could feel her hand tremble as I held onto it. I tightened my grip on her hand to reassure her that I was right there by her side and was going nowhere.


    "You should be happy, my love," I said to her. "This is good news."


    "How can I be happy?" She asked, sniffing. "I can''t be happy, my love. There''s an impending cmity ahead of us in the Pack and this is no time for me to be with a child. I need to be ready to fight, to defend us when the timees and to flee in retreat to return stronger if there was a new one for that. With this child, all these would be a struggle and I''ll simply be an easy target for the enemy who we know will make good use of that opportunity to get through to you and take your life."


    "Don''t think about that," I said to her so that she could rx. She was thinking too much and it was very bad for her, especially in her condition.


    "Although, I''m a bit scared," I continued. "I''m very certain that we can go through anything together and this is no exception. I promise you that I''ll do anything to keep us safe; we and our beautiful child. We''ll be fine, my love. You''ll be fine."


    She reached out to me and we hugged for about a minute. Then I kissed her on the lips, not minding the presence of others in the room.


    "Thank you so much for the announcement," I said to the doctor, as I turned to look at her. "Yet, I must say this to everyone. News of this pregnancy should remain in this room. It should never get into the ears of anyone else. The public must not hear of it until after the wedding or at a much better time. This is a secret and it should remain so. I hope I''m clear about that?"


    They all nodded before taking their leave, leaving just me, Aurora and her mother in the room as we began to converse.