The Alpha’s Slave

BRIANNA’S POV

I retched uncontrollably into the nearest sink, my stomach clenching and unclenching forcefully to the extent it hurt and my breath held. The head maid was kind and quick enough to hold back my hair as I emptied the contents of my stomach into the kitchen sink.

“Let it all out, honey,” she murmured, her voice a mix of concern and a hint of disgust. “Let it all out…”

She continued holding my hair as I washed my face and rinsed off the bitter taste of vomit in my mouth. After which she left it and went off probably to bring a towel or tissue for me.

“Thank you…” I said as I faced her, leaning weakly against the kitchen counter, embarrassed by what just happened. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…”

“Don’t be,” she smiled emphatically, handing me a towel. “It wasn’t your fault. We can’t control nature.”

Looking away in remorse and still wondering what could be happening to me, I gently wiped my face clean. This kind of thing hasn’t happened before. Was I sick or something? Gosh…I can’t be sick now. Sebastian and I just got married. If I get sick now, that means I won’t be able to take care of him like I wanted.

“So what exactly is happening to you?” the head maid asked, drawing back my attention. She looked at me as if to scrutinize me.

“I don’t know,” I shrugged, sighing heavily as I was as clueless as a child. “I have been feeling a little discomfort and headaches this week…but they weren’t serious, just coming and going. But the vomiting was something entirely new.”

“When last did you see your menses?” she asked, still paying close attention to me.

Grimacing slightly, I blinked in confusion, wondering why she was asking me such a question.

I glanced up and estimated. “About two months ago.”

“Two months…” she blurted out in shock, eyes widening and mouth falling open.

“Yeah…” I said, a little confused and uncomfortable with how she reacted.

Not seeing my menses in a month or two was like a normal thing to me. Back at Hermes’s castle, I wouldn’t see my menses at times for two months straight. But whenever the castle doctor gave me those pills, I bled out heavily and after some while I began seeing my menses again. I didn’t bother about all that because I was just bent on finding a means to escape that hellhole. I believed the heavy bleeding part was the pills’ way of showing they were effective and working. Preventing any sexually transmitted diseases that bastard might have infected me with or any unfortunate circumstance such as pregnancy.

“It’s official then,” the head maid said as if left without any other option. “You’re pregnant…you’ve been pregnant all this while and you couldn’t even tell,” she face palmed, disappointed.

“Pregnant…?” I uttered, too startled to take it in.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Memories of all the time Sebastian and I made love replayed in my mind. Over the past few months, we have had a lot of unprotected sex, but I never imagined I’d be pregnant so soon.

Looking down at my belly, my lips curved into an unconsciously soft smile. This wasn’t bad at all. As long as it was Sebastian’s seed that was growing inside of me, I was more than happy. He wanted four kids but I had insisted on two. But now I didn’t mind anymore. No matter how many he wanted, I was ready to carry and bear them all for him. I was willing to do anything for him. Anything for the love of my life.

“Yes…” the head maid answered as if to scold me, snapping my attention from my belly. “I can’t believe you don’t know all this,” she sighed in disappointment. “I have been observing you for quite some time but didn’t take it into much consideration. Sebastian went to call the doctor…”

“A doctor?…” I interrupted in surprise. “You told him already?”

“I didn’t,” she sighed lowly and shook her head somewhat exhaustively. “He was worried and alarmed when he was coming down and saw you rushing to the bathroom with your hand on your mouth. You know how he can be when it comes to you.”

Just then Sebastian came rushing downstairs like someone whose house was on fire.

“Are you okay?” He asked, overly concerned as he quickly approached me. “What happened…” He took my hands in his, hungry for answers, dying to hear me say I was okay. That everything was okay. “I have called the doctor. He is on his way. Just hang in there, okay?”

“It’s nothing,” I said in a futile attempt to calm him. “I’m okay…Everything is alright…”

“She is having morning sickness,” the head maid chimed in, selling me out as she threw me a knowing look tinged with an apology that wasn’t genuine as she went to check the food on the stove. “Not a mild one, but a severe one. Very severe one that had her throwing up her entire guts twice and will probably throw up again any moment from now. You should take her upstairs because needs rest. A lot of rest. And that doctor too,” she added, turning her full attention to the meal.

Everything she said only intensified Sebastian’s worries as he looked at me with a mix of scold and pity. I tried to say something in defense but it was of no use as his mind was already made up.

We were about to head upstairs when that familiar nauseous feeling triggered again in my stomach, speeding up to my throat. Quickly, I rushed to the sink and poured it out.

When I was done vomiting and rinsing my mouth, I turned to face them, sighing feebly as I was embarrassed and wished this could stop. I was pretty sure nothing was left in my stomach. And I was yet to eat.

Sebastian was looking at me with an expression on his face that made me think he might know I was pregnant. The head maid crossed her arms, giving me a look that said ‘I told you so.’

“Come on,” Sebastian said as he approached me, taking my hand in his like a protective father to his daughter. “Let’s go upstairs. The doctor will be here soon.”

I nodded and without protesting or saying anything, obediently followed him.

“You should take a bucket along just in case you can’t make it to the bathroom or a sink in time,” the head maid suggested as we headed upstairs.

I nodded, muttering, “Okay,” as I considered it.

It didn’t take long for the doctor to arrive. He ran some tests and checked my vitals. After he was done, he looked at me proudly with a small smile plastered across his face.

“What is it, doctor?” I asked, my heart racing nervously. “Am I sick…?”

“Not at all,” he shook his head. “On the bright side, you’re pregnant…”

He looked up at Sebastian who had been standing beside him all the while, staring intensely and paying close attention to everything he was doing.

“Congrats Alpha King, your wife is two months pregnant.”

I guess the head maid was right after all. This marks a new beginning in our marriage and life together. I was overjoyed, tears of joy clouding my eyes and threatening to spill down my cheeks.

Sebastian was stunned, hysterical as he was unable to contain his joy and reaction.

The doctor stood up, moving away to give Sebastian space to be closer to me.

Kneeling before me, he took my hand, covering it with both his hands and squeezing it tightly to the extent it hurt a bit, but I didn’t mind. I liked it and I wanted it.

“This great news…” he said, his eyes gleaming with genuine, overwhelming emotions as he struggled to find his words. “The best news ever…”

He neatened my misty hair away from my face and pressed his lips on my forehead, leaving a wet trail.

“This baby is a product of our love,” he released his grip on my hand and looked at my stomach, placing his hand on it as if to cradle it and rubbing gently. “A love that is forever bound and sealed. A new beginning for us. I’m happy. I couldn’t ask for any woman better to be my wife and the mother of my children. Thank you,” he placed a gentle kiss on my stomach, making my breath hitch a little.

The doctor cleared his throat to attract our attention. We looked back at him, a bit nervous and apologetic. He had packed his kit and was ready to take his leave.

“Mrs Brianna, you are in a delicate state now. Don’t overwork yourself and make sure to be coming regularly to the hospital for your prenatal checkups,” he advised with a supportive smile.

“I will,” I nodded.

Sebastian looked at me, that dreamy smile remaining on his extremely handsome face and said, “Yes, she will.”