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I gawk at her, trying to process her words.
“But it seems as if your heart is being tested, Eliana. This is actually quite surprising. I hadn’t realized you’d already gone through your first heat. Who is the father? Is it your alpha? Someone else? It’s okay to tell me. I won’t say anything.” She searches my eyes; a frown deepening wrinkles on her forehead as I stare at her in confusion. “Oh, no. You didn’t know. Of course, you wouldn’t have.”
I deadpan. She didn’t just say what I think she said. A heat? The father?
My mind shuts down, and I slide to the floor. None of this makes sense. This bomb of information explodes through me, freaking me out. How does she know? How did I not?
“What? I’m pregnant? No fucking way.” I stare at my stomach as if it’ll give me answers. “That’s impossible.”
“Hard, but not impossible, Eliana. Have you slept with an alpha? Knotted? He should’ve explained things to you, especially considering your heritage.” Mirabel rests her hand over mine.
Knotted? That must be what happened. I hadn’t even had a moment to think about sleeping with Chase. It had to have been him. We got stuck together like the animals we truly are. Except there’s no way I was in heat when I was with him. I would know, right? That’s the strangest thing to even try to comprehend. I have a fucking IUD. I get that they’re not a hundred percent effective., but still.
“You’re right, Eliana,” Mirabel says, thinking to me and responding to my thoughts. “You shouldn’t have gotten pregnant without being in heat...unless you were already pregnant. Such a thing could trigger an alpha to knot with you. They are the only ones able to impregnate an already pregnant she-wolf. Their innate need to procreate takes precedence. This happens only to omega she-wolves.” Only to omegas? Everyone makes it sound like all females are omegas...but I know that isn’t true either. I met Sloan.
Goddess, damn it. What the fuck? I’m pregnant.
My head pounds as I think about who I slept with as a human. Kellan and Adam. Fuck me. I’ve always been so careful and prepared. This island messed with me. It ruined my life. It ruined everything.
“You can’t blame the island for the moon’s will.” Mirabel remains even-toned, but I sense her judgment. She probably thinks I’m a whore or an ignorant twit for panicking and just assuming this couldn’t happen. It’s not that I didn’t know. I assumed the chances were basically none.
What now?
“You’re going to take a deep breath, keep your mouth shut about all of this, and let my handsome cousin dote on you. He is a worthy alpha. You’re going to act as if none of this is going on. Word can’t get out that there is an unclaimed pregnant she-wolf, and I know you’re unsure whether you want to stay. Just know what kind of consequences the men you’ve chosen to mate with face, considering I don’t think either are Ravi. He could punish them with death for impregnating you without permission from him or giving him the chance to do so first regardless of how it happened. You bowed to him.” Mirabel keeps her words between us, using telepathy.
“What? I’d kill him if he even tried.” Fear and anger rush through me.
“That isn’t necessary. There is another way...you could allow Slater the honor to officially bond with your soul. You might have bowed to the Sunset Pointe pack alpha, but nothing is permanent until the full moon.” Is she saying what I think she is?
“You want me to lie to them? Act like he’s the father?” My heart races at the thought. I don’t even know him. What about Chase? Adam? Kellan? They deserve to know.
“They deserve to live too. Just give things a day. Don’t demand we return you to your pack right away. If you do, Slater will oblige. It would break my alpha and Tristan’s spirit if you reject them immediately and beg to leave because you think it’s the right thing to do. This isn’t the human world, Eliana. These men will fight to raise those children with you regardless of the blood they carry.” Mirabel kneels beside me, rubbing her gentle hand across my shoulder blades. “Do you think you can get through one meal?”
Can I? I don’t fucking know. I don’t even think I can get through the next few seconds.
“Of course, you will. You carry your grandmother’s strength. Now get dressed, channel all that love surrounding you, and see what it’s like to be in the Ice Meadow pack. You never know. You might ask to stay.” Mirabel offers me her hand.
Stay? No.
Now more than ever, I need to get the hell off this island.
I just hope Tristan agrees to follow me. I need my pack.
I need the guys that made me a promise.
If only I didn’t feel like all our promises are about to be broken.
Chapter eight
Eliana
Omega Life
Don’tthinkaboutit.Please, stupid mind. Lock that shit up. This isn’t happening. A she-wolf can’t possibly just know when another is knocked the fuck up, right?
Except Mirabel isn’t just a she-wolf. She’s an omega lykoswulf who lost her alpha in a fight a couple years ago, which is how Slater rose to fill the position. Even though she no longer has her alpha mate, she still acts as a caretaker for the entire pack, including breeding with some of the males during her seasons.
At least, that’s what she claimed in her attempt to distract me from having a meltdown before we even reached the dining room. It’s a dynamic I’m still getting used to and also explains how it’s so easy to accept all my guys. Luckily, only an alpha can impregnate an already pregnant she-wolf or else I’d be closing my legs forever.
