“Yes, I want to hear the heartbeat,” he told Mavis.Mavis turned a dial on the ultrasound machine.I could hear the steady hum of a heartbeat.I tried to block it out, but it was now forever burned in my memory.
“You are four weeks and 3 days along.Baby should be due around another twenty weeks seeing as Hybrid pregnancies don’t last as long as human ones or werewolf ones,” she stated.I sat up wiping the jelly off with some paper towel.I can’t believe I have been here only one month; it feels so long ago that Reid found us, and it also means I got pregnant the first time we had sex.
“Any questions?” she asked.
“Can I speak with you alone?” I asked, looking at Mavis.She looked to Alpha Reid to see if it was alright.
“You can ask any question you like, Aria.Don’t be embarrassed because I am present,” he stated, denying my right to privacy.Mavis turned back to me.I suddenly felt like throwing up, nerves taking over.I knew Reid was going to flip his lid when I asked my question.
“So, what did you want to know?” I started sweating, both their eyes staring at me, I felt a bead of sweat run down my neck, and my throat went dry.
“How do I?” I tried to force the words out and glanced at Reid, who was watching expectantly, waiting to hear what I wanted to know.“How do I get rid of it?” My words came out so rushed, I didn’t think she heard me.My heart rate spiked.I could hear it pounding in my ears.Mavis looked nervously back at Reid who looked like he was about to explode in rage.
Mavis stood up when his claws extended, Reid trying to remain in control.
“Mavis, leave,” Reid commanded, his eyes blazing.I didn’t want her to go, she looked unsure as well.
“Mavis, get out now.” His voice booming echoing off the walls so loud the glass windows shook.
Chapter 37
Aria’s POV
I was expecting this.This was the exact reason I didn’t want to say anything in front of Reid.The fire in his eyes showed his fury.Although I knew he wouldn’t hurt me, I still feared what he would do next.He was pacing back and forth, I could tell he was trying not to let Ryder out, who I could tell was just below the surface waiting to pounce on me.
When he stopped, I froze holding my breath, waiting for him to speak.Only he didn’t.He walked over and grabbed my hand, ripping me to my feet with so much force, I was thrown into him.I smacked into his chest.He stormed out of the room, pulling me with him.I tried to pull my hand from his iron grip, he stopped in the hallway out front of the infirmary.
“Don’t,” he warned as I tried yet again to free my hand.One word but the malice in it made me freeze.Pulling me towards the stairs, Wendy and Zane stepped out of the rec room to see what the commotion was that had Reid so angry.
“Everything okay, Boss?” Zane asked, glancing at me before stepping out of the way, as Reid pushed past him.I watched as he pressed on the wall next to the stairs.The wall opened up to a concrete stairwell leading underneath the house.I pulled my arm back, trying to yank it free.Wendy and Zane glanced between each other, trying to figure out what was going on.I looked around panicking trying to find an escape, but there weren’t any.Reid stopped trying to pull me down the stairs, realising I wouldn’t go willingly.Instead threw me over his shoulder while I struggled to get free.
“Reid, stop.Let’s talk about this.” He ignored my pleas.I could hear his footsteps echoing on the concrete floor as he marched down them.
Zane and Wendy looked on horrified, as I was thrown into a cell and dumped on the bed.
“Boss, what’s going on?” Wendy asked, running to my side and wrapping her arm around my shoulders.
“Any of you let her out, and you will have me to deal with.” They looked at me wondering what it was I had done that would earn such treatment.“Now get out.” Both of them bolted from the room.I heard Wendy’s voice creep into my mind.
“What did you do, Aria?” Her panicked voice quickly leaving as Reid gripped my shoulders, shaking me out of the mind-link.
“You ask them to let you out, and I will kill them.Do you understand, Aria?Their deaths will be on your hands.”
“You’re being irrational.You can’t keep me here, what is that going to do?” Reid paced around trying to think.
“I will not have you murder my child.”
“So, what your going to keep me here until I spit out this baby?”
“Yes, if I have too.After that I will let you out.You don’t get to choose this; this decision isn’t yours.”
I cut him off.“The Moon Goddess has no right choosing my life, Reid.This is my choice.It’s my body.” He lost it; I was shoved into the wall, his hands on either side of my arms while his face was barely an inch off mine.Ryder’s eyes coming to the surface, burning rage simmering in the eyes of his beast.His voice distorted as his growl shocked me to the core, making my hair stand on end.
“Anything happens to that baby you are carrying, I will not only end you but everyone you love.” His voice was cold and emotionless.It chilled me to the bone.I knew he wasn’t bluffing.Ryder wasn’t like Reid, he wasn’t rational.Ryder acted out of instinct and anger, any emotion setting him off.I hated to admit that I did fear him when he was like this.I knew his threats weren’t empty, they were a promise.One I knew he would keep if I pushed him.My mind went to Lily.Would Ryder really kill her?Would Reid let him?
The knowing glint in his eyes showed he knew where my mind went first.Where it always goes first, Lily.Everything I have done is for her.I would never willingly put her in danger.I would give my last breath for her; she is and always will be put above my own life.Ryder, realising I understood, retreated.Reid’s silver eyes came back, showing Ryder had given him control back.
Reid kissed my forehead and then stood up, walking out, closing the concrete door behind him.I ran towards it, but it clicked into place, effectively locking it before I even had a chance to try and escape.I sat back on the bed, looking around at my new living arrangements.It consisted of a bed with a rubber mattress and a steel toilet with a sink attached up the top.This was a prison cell, usually prison cells were for rogues.It was cold and damp.There weren’t any windows, so I couldn’t see outside and the only lighting I had was from the fluorescent light beaming brightly above me.