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She set the jar aside and looked at me with an expression I couldn\u2019t read. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing\u00a0<\/p>\n
wrong,\u201d she said carefully. \u201cBut you\u2019re not in heat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at her. \u201cWhat? But I have all the symptoms. The constant need, the sensitivity, the heat\u00a0<\/p>\n
in my skin.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThose can be symptoms of something else,\u201d she said. \u201cSomething that can sometimes be\u00a0<\/p>\n
confused with heat, especially if you\u2019ve never experienced it before.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExperienced what?\u201d I asked, my heart starting to pound.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mara sat down on a stool and folded her hands. You\u2019re pregnant, Athena.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The world seemed to stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d I whispered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re pregnant,\u201d she repeated, gentler this time. \u201cAbout two weeks along, I\u2019d estimate. What\u00a0<\/p>\n
you\u2019re experiencing isn\u2019t heat. It\u2019s your body\u2019s response to the pregnancy combined with the mate\u00a0<\/p>\n
bond.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some she\u2013wolves experience heightened arousal during early pregnancy, especially with their\u00a0<\/p>\n
true mate. It\u2019s your body\u2019s way of strengthening the bond and ensuring the pregnancy takes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I couldn\u2019t breathe. Couldn\u2019t think. Pregnant. I was pregnant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And then the memories hit me like a blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Daxon\u2019s fist connecting with my stomach. The camping that followed. The blood. The loss of a\u00a0<\/p>\n
baby I\u2019d just found out I was carrying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d I said, shaking my head. \u201cNo, this can\u2019t be happening.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAthena,\u201d Mara said, concern filling her voice. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI lost a baby before,\u201d I said, my voice breaking. My ex mate, he hit me. He made me lose it. What if that happens again? What if I can\u2019t carry th one either?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Wait! If I was two weeks along, it means Daxon almost made me lose this baby again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if it had affected it?\u00a0<\/p>\n
What if Daxon will be the reason I lose it again?\u00a0<\/p>\n
No.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head frantically.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mara came closer and took my hands. \u201cThat won\u2019t happen,\u201d she said firmly. \u201cYou\u2019re with your true mate now. The bond between you and Tristan will help protect this pregnancy. And I\u2019ll be\u00a0<\/p>\n
monitoring you closely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut what if it\u2019s not enough?\u201d I asked, tears streaming down my face. \u201cWhat if I lose this one\u00a0<\/p>\n
safe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou won\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cI promise you, we\u2019ll do everything we can to make sure this baby stays\u00a0<\/p>\n
I wanted to believe her but the fear was overwhelming. I\u2019d lost one baby already and the pain of that loss was still fresh even though it had been months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Tristan know?\u201d Mara asked gently. \u201cAbout the baby you lost?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I nodded. \u201cHe knows.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen he\u2019ll understand your fear,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd he\u2019ll help you through it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I took a shaky breath and tried to calm down. She was right. Tristan would understand. He\u2019d lost\u00a0<\/p>\n
a baby too, with Jess.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you sure?\u201d I asked, needing to hear it again \u201cAre you sure I\u2019m pregnant?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m certain,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for fty years. I know a pregnancy when I sense\u00a0<\/p>\n
one.\u201d She paused.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe symptoms will likely continue for a while longer. Heightened arousal in early pregnancy can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. But it will ease eventually.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I tried to process this information but my brain felt like it was moving through mud. Pregnant. I\u00a0<\/p>\n
was going to have a baby. Tristan\u2019s baby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If I could carry it to term.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes Tristan know?\u201d Mara asked. \u201cAbout this pregnancy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head. \u201cHe\u2019s in the other room. You just told me.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWould you like me to tell him with you?\u201d she offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I thought about it for a moment. Part of me wanted to tell him alone, in private. But another\u00a0<\/p>\n
part of me wasn\u2019t sure I could get the words out without breaking down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYes,\u201d I said finally. \u201cPlease.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She nodded and stood up. \u201cCome on then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
We walked back to the living room where Tristan was pacing. He stopped the moment he saw us,\u00a0<\/p>\n
his eyes searching my face. I knew he could see I\u2019d been crying.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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