My Bestfriend Slipped Inside Me (An Alpha’s Secret)

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I stared at Henry, my mind racing as his words echo in my head repeatedly. Our baby...is sav- ing me? I felt something swell in me and my trembling fingers sweep down to my stomach instinctively.

Xade's hand found mine, squeezing as he looked at Henry in question." How is that even possible?" he said in awe, his eyes leav- ing Henry's so he could stare at my stomach, his expression a mix of joy and pride.

"It seems the baby is sharing his or her power, which could also mean soon the wolf gene would surpass her human gene," Henry mused, his eyes lost as he tries to make sense of what was happening."

Xade's hand tightened on mine. What does that mean?"

Henry looked at him, a merge of confusion and intrigue swimming in his gaze. " It means your mate is turning into a werewolf. But of course since she's pregnant now she won't be able to unlock that power to shift since pregnancy locks that ability. However when the child is born....."

I swallowed hard, my pulse racing. Once the child is born what happens then? Would I be able to shift? What would I become?

Questions rush in my head and my head begins to pound. Fear, curiosity, those emotions swirled around, making my breathing haste.

"I know you may not want to hear this but perhaps you should involve Alister in this. This has never happened before and it would be best if she is supervised during her pregnan-cy-

"No!" Xade snarled. " I will not have my mate be a fucking test subject."

Henry's face hardened. " Alister cares about our kind. What he does is for the best of us. She will be safer with him than not."

Xade growled, the rasp of his wolf coming out.

"Cares so much you had to hide a girl away so he'd not kill her?!"

Henry's eyes grew cold and chilling." Alister's mind is always set to protect the werewolf kind by all means necessary. The council also has the best doctors, the best everything. Her hu- man body has to not only adapt to being preg- nant but also adapt to the werewolf gene taking over. She needs to be watched carefully."

Xade stood up, his form shaking with anger. I will not allow her to be an experiment."

Xadeon stepped between the two, lightly push-ing Xade away from an equally fed up Henry. "We should let Avery rest and figure out what to do when she is in the all clear. Henry," he acknowledges him. " You should leave the room."

Henry's jaw clenched but he nod stiffly.

Fine," he utters, sparing me a glance before he turns back around and leaves the room without another word.

I don't trust him," Xade snarls under his breath.Nôvel(D)rama.Org's content.

Xadeon gave him a firm squeeze on his shoul- der. "We know," He looks back at me and his mate, smiling.

"I'm happy to see you're healing up nicely Av-ery," his eyes flick over to his mate once more, a silent exchange passing between the two be- fore she rises from the bed, the warmth she shared with me leaving with her.

" We will leave you two alone to catch some rest," she whispered, smiling down at me with elation. They soon leave Xade and me in the quietness of the room, the door clicking shut behind them.

Xade settles beside me, grips me and pulls me flush against his warm body. He moves the few strands of hair on my cheek behind my ear and stared at me in worry. "You're scared."

I nod, looking at his chest. " So much has hap-pened in one day," I whispered, my fingers tracing circles and shapes on his skin. He tipped my chin up using his finger and his gaze soften.

"You have nothing to fear when I am here be-side you," he murmured, eyes shining with adoration and love. Then those stunning blues drop to my neck and he stares at it in awe, a grin beaming on his face. " You kept your promise."

I reach up to touch my neck, noticing how it was no longer burning as much. It was truly healing." Technically our baby healed me."

He chuckle, pulling my head on his chest where I can hear his heartbeat. " Even in the womb and he or she is already a force to be reckoned with," he joked. I smile and then frowned. "Will I be in danger? Will this Alister guy-

"No," Xade's grip tightened around me. won't let anyone treat you as an experiment."

I nod, worry still gnawing at me. I didn't know the ways of the werewolf world but this Alister sounded like he was above all the others. Xade sighed above my head as if knowing where my thoughts had gone too. His chin rests on my forehead.

"Don't think about anything right now. Get some rest," he kissed my head.