Chapter 2 I am pregnant

Jane

Looking at my husband now, whose eyes glow and claws extend as he fights to keep his own wolf in check… I think he just might.

Ethan is gulping in livid breaths of air, his chest rapidly rising and falling as he glares at me with abject fury. His rage is so palpable that undiluted fear rushes through my veins and I find myself paralyzed, frozen in place like a startled rabbit. If | move will he attack? My inner wolf is cowering with her tail

tucked between her legs, our every submissive instinct triggered by my husband’s threatening demeanor.

However, instead of lunging towards me or shifting, Ethan simply slams the document onto the dresser and slashes a pen across it, savagely signing the papers without another word. He throws them towards me, then turns on his heel without another word, storming from the room.

A wave of relief floods over me, and for the first time since | said those horrible, thoughtless words, I’m able to breathe. My heart is still pounding in my chest, but it feels stronger

than it has in years. Even as it slams against my ribs so forcefully I fear they might break, I can’t help but feel a profound sense of elation.

Am I really free? Is it really over?

Bending to retrieve the papers at my feet, I run my fingers over Ethan’s hastily scrawled signature with a featherlight

touch. In less than five minutes, I’ve gone from being an omega slave to a liberated woman. My life is finally my own again, and I have my entire future ahead of me.

pack my bags. I’ve been smiling from the moment I woke up. I’m so happy that not even Eve’s sour face and nasal voice can ruin

When Ethan came to my room last night he

perches on the edge of the bed next to my suitcase, looking me up and down with obvious disgust. “He should have kicked you to the curb a long time ago. I suppose he

I never have to see this horrible bitch again. I’m not only free of enslavement, I’m free of her

retrieve her steaming coffee. Somehow the woman is so delusional she seems to think I’m about to hand it to her. Eve extends her hand expectantly, but rather than placing the cup in her palm,

woman and her pristine white blouse, then Eve is surging off the bed with an ear curdling shriek. The next thing I know

for c-coming to wish her f-farewell!” Throwing her arms around my ex-husbands neck, the she wolf buries her face in his neck and weeps

so tenderly my stomach churns, Ethan glowers at me. “What

eyes skyward, and the Alpha reaches deep into his pockets. “Get out.” He growls, extracting a huge wad of cash and throwing it onto my neatly folded clothes, “There

by law. This has nothing to do with satisfying our agreement, and everything to do with shaming me for enduring his own mistreatment. However I’m not in any position to

now. She needs surgery, and even with the settlement, I’m barely going to be able to afford it. To an omega, pride is not an option. There is only survival, and that

zipping up the suitcase, I pull it from the

I don’t look back.

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One month later.

my blurry vision. Slowly I realize it’s a penlight, brandished in the hands of

The last thing I remember, I was waiting for my mother to come out

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