LOVE ME AGAIN, MATE novel Chapter 3

Ana.

Three months have passed and my life is more miserable.

I do everything in my power to stay invisible to everyone. Good thing, Jace took his chosen mate to the pack house.

I don't know how I could have survived if they stayed here. Most of my time is spent in the garden and watching movies in my room.

Luna and Alpha don't bother me either and I'm thankful for that. They think I'm still hurting with how the events turned out. I just wish they knew.

Since the day he rejected me, I barely see Jace. I make sure my door and windows are completely locked every time he comes to see his parents. It's to my advantage I'm able to smell him from a mile away.

Unfortunately, today I had to go out. To be more specific, I needed to come to the pack hospital.

Two months ago I had an inkling that I was pregnant but I refused to accept the fact. How will I take care of an unwanted child at barely seventeen?

It's a miracle I had completed my high school before his return. It could have been a shame going to school with a swollen stomach.

I know his parents will surely ask who is responsible since they still believe that I'm not mated. On the other hand, I can't keep hiding it anymore. Alpha kids are born in six months while other wolf babies go up to eight or nine.

The pregnancy was inevitable. Alpha wolves tend to impregnate their mates on their first mating or when they complete their mate bonds.

I should have searched for pills but I didn't know who to ask. Also, it could have raised a lot of questions if I came to the pack doctor because werewolves rarely use them and no one knows I'm already mated.

My tummy is now visible and I have to wear big sweatshirts to hide it. I even learned the art of masking my scent so my secret would remain hidden. I think now it's becoming impossible.

Yesterday Luna got suspicious, and she was about to start interrogating me when her phone rang. I had to run to my room and pretend to be sleeping.

Today I woke up so early before everyone else could and here I am. Worriedly staring at the man who had been running endless tests on me.

"You seem weak, do you eat well? You don't get enough rest too don't you?" he carefully looks into my eyes and I'm sure they hold no ounce of life. I feel like I'm a walking dead.

"I rest a lot and I never miss my meals" I instantly lie but he sees right through it. Who am I kidding? Sleeping is like an unimaginable miracle for me. My wolf is the one who keeps us going, I rarely eat. She is a strong wolf and I'm dying to meet her.

I don't know why I didn't shift on my birthday though. She just made her presence known within me but never came out.

"What happened to you Ana, did you find your mate? Did something happen to him?" I look down at my fingers and blink away tears. I can't answer that.

How will I tell him the truth?

" Does Luna know about this? I'm sure she would have brought you here sooner" the man continues pressing and I feel my composure wavering. No one knows what I'm going through.

"No, no. I'm okay really. You don't have to involve her in this" I quickly stand up and pick up my jacket from his table. I took it out when he wanted to draw blood from my arm.

"Sit down, Ana. They are here" My blood ran cold at his words. They will be upset that I lied to them.

"I have to go" I turn around to the door and there they are, Alpha, Luna, and the idiot who got me pregnant himself.

"Why didn't you tell us?" she whispers, disappointment clear in her voice, and my heart aches. How will I tell them their precious son is my mate, who got me pregnant and he doesn't want me?

I can't look at him.

By any chance I give birth to this baby, he's not coming close to it. He rejected it when he rejected me.

"Who is your mate, Ana, who got you pregnant?" Alpha tenderly asks, moving forward and my eyes start to water. All kinds of emotions are going through my mind right now and I'm letting them all out through tears.

I would want to see Jace's reaction but It will be so embarrassing to look at him. I still believe that I'm dreaming and that one day I will wake up to a grand reality.

"I.. I... he left" I stutter with a sniffle.

"Was he from this pack?" Luna walks in and drapes her arm around my shoulder. It hurts lying to them. It hurts that he is standing right in front of me but he is not saying a word.

I remain quiet and instead, my crying becomes louder.

Without another word, I gently straighten from her embrace and walk out without looking back. It's better if I don't see him.

*

It's been four months, and nothing has changed so far, well apart from the sadness that dwells in my heart. I am in bed, waiting and hoping for a miracle when a sudden immense pain erupts in my lower abdomen and I quickly sit up panting for air. What is happening?

It's only four months, it can't be labor pains.

The same pain reappears but this time, so unbearable that it has me screaming my lungs out. It's different from the one I keep experiencing. I concluded that maybe it was my wolf seeking to be let out.