Chapter 73
“Ready?” I nodded at Dr Martina, and she squirted the ultrasound jelly on my stomach “let’s see here” she said looking at the monitor and moving the device over my belly, she didn’t press down too hard, but I still felt a twinge of pain
And then it happened, a relentless thumping filled the room, but I couldn’t make out what I was looking at
“You see that” she pointed at the monitor “that’s your baby” she smiled at me, and I looked at the monitor and saw the peanut she was pointing at. “judging by the size you’re about ten weeks pregnant” she added still smiling from ear to ear
“Is it a boy or a girl?” I bit my lip not knowing what I was hoping for exactly
“It’s too early to tell, but you should know soon enough, in about fourteen weeks” I nodded and looked back at the monitor
I’m not ready for a kid, heck I’m still a kid myself, but something in me wants to protect this child and give him everything.
“What’s that?” although she was loud enough for me to hear she was clearly speaking to herself, her soft and cheerful demeanour changed, and she started moving the device anxiously around my stomach
“What’s wrong?” her sudden nervousness made me panic
“Could you lean over to one side for a bit” I obeyed and shifted my weight
“Oh, would you look at that” she breathed
“What…what is it?” fear and panic flooded my body, my eyes popped out of my head my breathing stopped and my heart thumped
“It’s twins…the other one was hiding behind…”
“What?” I interrupted
“Yeah, you’re having twins, there are two heartbeats, two sacks and they look very healthy”
No, no, no, no, the Alpha won’t allow twins, he sent Xavier away, if he can do that to his own son, my kids won’t be safe at all, I need to get out of here, I need to find a safe place for my children
“Listen, I know it’s a lot” Dr Martina looked at me intently making me realise that I was shaking my head “don’t let it stress you out, right now you need to concentrate on being healthy, you’ve got this” she gave me the printed ultrasound photo, tapped me on the shoulder and went out with Dr Romero stepping in right behind her.
“Well, I must say, most people would still be looking worse for wear after the nasty fall you took, but you seem to be recovering at an incredible rate” I nodded and smiled up at him
“So does that mean I can go now?” he looked at his chart and considered my words for a minute
“I don’t see why not, I honestly thought we would have you here for a couple of days, but you seem fine now”
“Great” I jumped of the bed and headed to the closet
“I’ll get your paperwork ready” he said starting to walk out
“Um, where are my clothes?” I asked making him stop and turn around
“We cut those off you when you came in, isn’t your husband going to get more clothes for you?”
“Yes, yes he is, I forgot...silly me I’m just gonna take a shower while I wait for him” I lied smiling and laughing awkwardly at him, he nodded and closed the door behind him
“Husband” I scoffed, “the one who promised to stay by my side for better or for worse” I hissed “that didn’t last long” I took a deep breath and pressed the button, and the nurse came rushing in
“Is there something wrong Mrs Braveheart?”
“No, but can I use your phone really quickly?” she gave me a confused looked “I just wanna quickly call my husband” at that she handed me her phone without hesitation and walked out
“Hi Anna, its Scarlett…yes the honeymoon is going great…listen I need your help”
Aiden’s POV
“Why did those tracks disappear like that?” I hissed unable to sleep the frustration of the situation pumping me with enough adrenaline to keep me wide awake
Pablo and Luis were fast asleep their snores echoing in the forest, it was dark and quiet deep within the woods, the crackling of the fire and the never-ending cycle of my thoughts keeping me company
“Aaahhh” I heard a scream in the distance and subsequent grunting as the body rolled down hitting the ground as she fell, I took off sprinting to the direction of the sound
“Scar, oh my god” I panicked seeing her limp body lying on the ground like that, blood seemed to pour out from every part of her body, I knelt down and felt for a pulse
“Thank god” I breathed a sigh of relief
“Is that her…your mate?” Pablo asked pointing with a shaky hand at Scarlett
“Yes this is my Scar” I said gently brushing the hair from her face
“Is she…” Luis moved his thumb across his throat, making my anger flair up
“No, you idiot, she’s breathing but her pulse is weak” I picked her up and cradled her in my arms
“What is the fastest route to the hospital?” I barked at both of them
“This way” Luis lead the way and I rand with her in my arms as fast as I could
“No, Xavier please, I can’t go back there” she breathed trying to wiggle out of my arms, the strain of it made her weaker
“We’ll be there soon my love, please hold on, don’t leave me, please Scar…hold on for me” I huffed running even faster, tears started to well up in my eyes as I watched her black out again, her lifeless body so light in my arms that it felt like she wasn’t there anymore
I burst through the door and watched as they dragged her away, fear, panic and anger consuming me, every second she was in that room, she was so close and yet very far.
“Have you heard anything?” Luis asked hesitantly, the look on his face said he was concerned but at the same time he was afraid of what I might say
“I have no idea what’s happening, I don’t know if she is fine or not” I sat on the bench grunting in frustration “I know she lost a lot of blood, but it’s been hours, I’m tired of sitting here, I’m tired of waiting, I wish there was something I could do”
Neither Luis or Pablo knew what to say in this situation, we all sat in silence waiting and watching time tick by.
“Mr Braveheart”
“Yes” I stood and ran to him
“I’m Dr Romero, your wife’s doctor” he looked young, he seemed to be in his late twenties with dark hair and brown eyes, his calm demeanour put me at ease
“Yes, how is she, can I see her?”
“Yes, in a minute, she lost a lot of blood, so we had to do a blood transfusion, I just want you to be prepared, when you go in there you’ll see a lot of tubes but don’t panic, just know that they are all working for her benefit” I nodded and he tapped me on the shoulder walking me to her room, I left Luis and Pablo sleeping on the bench
The door cracked open, and the sound of beeping filled the air, the sterol scent made my body temperature drop three degrees, he was right, all I saw were tubs and wires, tears started welling up in my eyes when I saw how still she looked, the door slammed shut behind me making me jump
Reni whimpered as he saw a blood bag with the tube stabbed into our mate’s wrist “she will be fine” I whispered trying my best to reassure him, but she looked so pale and motionless that I didn’t even believe my own words
***
I burst out of the room filled with anger, I know it’s not her fault and I shouldn’t have stormed off like that but It’s just too much “how long must I put up with him, will I ever be rid of him?”
All I want to do now is find him and kill him, I hate that Scar is going through this, I hate that I wasn’t there to protect her, I hate that I’m mad at her for not knowing the difference between me and him, I walked aimlessly through the streets of Spain wishing that I could go back in time and stop all this from happening
Where would I go exactly, would I go back to the woods and make sure to burn Xavier's body after I'd killed him?
“No, the damage was already done by then” would I go back to the coronation
“I should have killed him while I had him on his knees” is that what I really want?
“No, to be honest I would go back to the day of the theme park, I should have stayed, I shouldn’t have left” and maybe then things would have been different
“Would they be different?” he would still claim that Scar is his mate “I guess there is nothing I could have done” it doesn't matter which road we could have taken, we would still end up here and Scar would have still been caught in the middle.
“I have to go back” I have to go to her and tell her how sorry I am, she needs to know that none of this is her fault, I should have never abandoned her like that, I looked at the time
“Shit” the ultrasound must be done by now, I should have been there, I didn’t realise how far I had gone, I ran as fast as I could, but I was not fast enough “I can’t turn, I can’t risk ripping my clothes…dammit I have to get clothes for Scar first”
***
“Where is she?” I asked the nurse who looked shocked to see me
“What do you mean? When she left she said you were waiting for her” fear gripped my heart, did Xavier take her again, why do I keep doing this, when will I learn that I can’t leave her alone?
“See, she called you at this number”
“That’s not my number” I dallied and pressed the phone to my ear and waited impatiently as it rang “pickup, pickup, pickup”
“Hello, this is Aiden Braveheart, to whom am I speaking please”
“Oh, hi Aiden it’s Anna”
“Anna…what the fuck is going on, where is my wife?”
