The Alpha’s Contract novel Chapter 344

Mallory

I got shot. I got fucking shot. The bastard shot me in the stomach.

My head is fuzzy, yet being shot is the only thing that is clear.

“She’s waking up.” I hear Eric and I hear the relief in his tone.

Warm fingers lock around my wrist and another set presses against my neck. “Pulse is strong.”

I squint one eye and see Klaus smiling at me.

“I was shot.” I mutter, opening my eyes fully. I’m met with silence. My fingers move to my stomach. Bandages cover my entire torso. I start to pick at them. I needed to know how bad it was. I was pregnant.

“Mal stop.” Eric’s hands grab mine, pulling them back as I let out a whimper

“But I’m pregnant!” It wasn’t how I wanted to tell him. It was supposed to be a surprise. I wanted to tell him tonight, when everyone is on the pack run.

It’s funny how silence can be deafening. It takes me seconds to connect the dots. I had been shot in the stomach. The bandages that wrapped around me suggested that my wounds were extensive. Which could only mean one thing, I had lost our pup.

“Mallory….” Klaus starts

“No. I already know. I was just….” I turn my head towards Eric. “I’m sorry.” I'm trying to hold it together but my chest is tight and my lungs burn with the need to scream.

I could see it on his face, there was something else he needed to tell me.

Eric squeezes my hand. “The shot did too much damage, Mal. It, um… it….” I had never seen him lost for words. The news was worse than me just losing a pup.

“It’s like Raven’s leg.” I whisper, knowing what he couldn't say. “It can’t heal.” Not only had I lost the pup. I had lost the ability to have them.

“Mal, I’m sor….”

“It’s fine.” My body was trembling. It wasn’t fine, but I had to focus on something else. “Is Brax dead?” He was the fucker that shot me.