Beeping. A slow, steady beeping filled my ears – and yet the throb within my head was trying to dull all of my senses. Slowly, I opened my eyes and took in my surroundings. I was once again within the hospital, and that was the last place I wanted to be. The steady beeping came from a machine that was dripping fluids into my arm – not a comforting sight. I hated being bedridden and invalid like this and feeling like I wasn‘t capable of taking care of myself. “She‘s resting now, but she is okay=” Estrella‘s voice made me turn my attention to the partially–closed door. I wasn‘t sure who she was talking to, but I had no doubt it was Talon or Vicky. They always seemed to be there for me when I was in trouble. “I can‘t believe this happened. I feel so horrible about it all. I should never have let her go alone,” Vicky whispered. I hated the guilt I heard in her voice. She wasn‘t to blame for this. Talon’s angry voice replied, “you know Ethan‘s rules, and yet you didn‘t follow them.” I wasn‘t going to allow Vicky to take the fall for this. It wasn’t her fault. At the end of the day, I knew what I was supposed to do and what I was not. “I‘m awake,” I called out. Within seconds, the door opened, and their three faces came into view “I am so sorry we woke you. You need to rest,” Estrella quickly replied, coming to my bedside to check

on me. “I‘m fine. It was just a small fall, and the stomach bug I have isn‘t helping my balance at all.” My words had the three of them stopping in their tracks and glancing among one other. I wasn‘t sure what was going on, but from the looks of it… it was serious. “Rosalie.. It isn‘t a stomach bug.” Estrella said soothingly, causing a surge of unease within me. Deep inside, I knew what she was going to say, because the thought had crossed my mind earlier this morning “I‘m pregnant?” The question was spoken softly, but with their werewolf hearing, they knew exactly what I asked A smile formed on Vicky and Estrella‘s faces. “Yes– yes, you are.” Even though I knew that was the goal we were trying to accomplish, some part of me still couldn‘t imagine myself being pregnant.

The situation was different now. Ethan was going to end up getting married to that girl, and he didn’t need me anymore. So what was going to happen to me? Was he going to make me get rid of it!?

Panic gripped me, and my eyes filled with tears. “But he has Madalynn now…” “What are you talking about?” Talon asked, looking at me confusedly.copy right hot novel pub