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Ella
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The ultrasound appointment card was sitting on the breakfast table when Alexander walked into the kitchen
three weeks later. I'd set it down for two seconds while | grabbed my coffee, and he had spotted it immediately.
“What's this?” He picked up the small white card and inspected it
“My first ultrasound. It’s today.” | reached for the card, but he held it just out of my reach. “Can | have that
back?”
“Were you planning to go alone?”
| shrugged. “It’s just a routine checkup. Nothing exciting. We won't know the gender for another couple of
months.”
Alexander's eyebrows shot up. “Ella, this is our baby’s first ultrasound. Of course I'm coming with you.”
“You don’t have to-
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“I want to.” He set the card back down on the table and fixedwith that familiar look of his that said the
discussion was over. “I'll clear my schedule.”
Despite myself, my chest warmed pleasantly at his insistence. I'd gotten so used to doing things on my own over
the years, especially anything related to my health, that | hadn't even considered he might want to be there.
“Okay,” | said quietly. “If you're sure.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“I'm sure.” Green eyes flickered with something that | could have mistaken for the very stenderness he
showedat the banquet three weeks ago. “Get dressed. We'll head out soon.”
| nodded, and once | finished my coffee and gobbled up a couple slices of toast with jam, | hurried upstairs to
change. | threw on a comfortable sundress-summer had brought with it a hot and humid spell that was not doing
any favors for my early pregnancy discomfort-and ssandals, then pulled my hair up into a simple bun and
headed out.
Alexander was waiting by the car when | found him. He opened my door forlike a perfect gentleman, and |
tried to ignore the discomfort | felt when | saw Gabriel sitting in the driver's seat.
The Beta didn’t look at me, which | wasn’t complaining about. I didn’t want to look at him either after what he'd
done.
Throughout the entire drive, Alexander's leg was bouncing in the seat beside me.
“You seem more anxious than | am,” | pointed out with a smirk as we pulled into the parking lot of the clinic a
little while later.
“I'm not anxious.”
“Right. And I'm the Alpha King.”
He shota look, but | caught the hint of a smile tugging at his lips. It had been more common lately, that
damn smile. He thought | didn’t notice, but I did.
| knew it wasn’t because of me, necessarily. | knew he was just happy about the baby.
But damnif | didn’t find it utterly captivating. How many times had Alexander smiled throughout our
marriage? | wasn’t even sure if | could count them on one hand. Not until now, when they were becoming more
common than seeing him in a suit, which was every day.
The appointment itself was everything I'd hoped it would be. Dr. Evelyn squirted cold gel on my slightly swollen
belly and moved the ultrasound wand around until a grainy black and white uage appeared on the screen.
“There's your baby,” she said, pointing to a tiny blob that looked more like a bean than a little life. “Everything
looks perfect so
far.”
My eyes blurred with tears as | looked at the screen. That little blob was our child. Mine and Alexander's.
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“Is that the heartbeat?” Alexander asked, pointing.
“It is. Strong and steady, exactly what we want to see.” Dr. Evelyn made snotes on her clipboard. “The
pregnancy is progressing beautifully, Ella, Your wolf's strength is clearly providing excellent support for the
baby’s development.”
“And my condition...?".
Evelyn beamed. “It's remarkable, actually. Your wolf seems stronger than ever despite her dormancy. In fact, |
dare say you're on track to have the healthiest pregnancy I've ever seen.” She leaned forward and patted my
hand. “You look fantastic, Ella. I'm so glad to see you recovered.”
Unbidden, my fingers fluttered toward the mark on my neck. It was a scar now, a raised patch of flesh in the
shape of a crescent. Perhaps it wasn’t evidence of Alexander's true love, but it was evidence that he'd cared
enough for our child to mark me.
And that was something, wasn't it?
We left the office with a strip of ultrasound photos and matching gins on our faces. | kept looking down at the
pictures, trying to make sense of the tiny form that would becour son or daughter.
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