CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE

"No!" Ruby screamed as the doctor pushed her down on the bed. The chain on her right wrist burned into her flesh. She wasn't healing because it was silver; moreover, her wolf was absent. Ruby knew she could lose her hand if she didn't settle, but that didn't stop her. Her thrashing became more vicious as the doctor grabbed her other hand and strapped it to a leather band hanging from the railing of the bed. Her eyes moved to Aiden, who had shifted closer from the room's opposite wall. His eyes were zoned on her stomach, and he looked up at her when he noticed her staring. "It is the only way, Ruby," He breathed out as he stared at her in disgust. "We are starting a new life together, and I do not want any trace of that man around you." "Aiden, please, don't do this!" Ruby begged. Anger and hate clouded her senses towards him, but underneath it all, the fear of harm coming to her child persisted. She would do anything in her power to stop him from taking her little ray of hope. "Y