Chapter 4

Cecilia's pov Argument surged and before we knew it, a fight broke out in the courtroom. “What is wrong with everyone?” Michael voiced out angrily. “Are we forgetting something here? I am still the Alpha here and do you think I will just go to a random forest and pick anyone as the chosen? Can the chosen mark be forged?” Almost immediately, a faint light shone around the mark, signifying the authenticity. Immediately they all saw it, they were in awe. “Can you all see it? How do you expect a female to shift In Front of you? Just tell me how?” He continued, anger radiating in his voice. “We are sorry Alpha,” they apologized in unison Everyone went silent afterwards, they all wore an apologetic look. “The meeting is adjourned,” Alpha Michael finalized and held my hand as he led me out of the hall. “I will show you to your room, you will stay there temporarily till I am able to figure a few things out. You can aswell take a shower, a maid will bring some clothes to you soon; I will also be back to check up on you later,” Michael dished out all this information at once while I occasionally nodded in understanding. He gave me a few important instructions to follow as well then he left to accomplish his mission. I twisted the lock and entered the room, inside of the room was so big and beautiful, aesthetically pleasing artworks were hung in every corner of the room, adding a majestic touch to the already beautiful room. I walked to the wall and ran my hand over it, the warm smooth feeling welcomed my palm and I involuntarily closed my eyes to welcome the feeling. I was so lost in my new world that I didn't notice when the maid entered. I turned around to see the person that just entered and behold, it was a gentle looking girl holding a patch of cloth. “Alpha Micheal said I should bring these to you. Kindly change into them after you are done taking your shower,” I nodded and collected the cloth from her. I placed the dress on the bed then proceeded to take my bath. By the time I was done, Alpha Michael was already in the room… seated. I was alerted when my eyes fell on his straight back. I hurried back to the bathroom, changed into the new dress before emerging. The sound of the bathroom door closing called Micheal’s attention back to me, he stood up and faced me,“Hope I didn't disturb you? I am sorry for coming in without your permission, I knocked on the door for several minutes but no one answered, I thought something bad had happened and that was why I barged in.” I smiled at his reasonable explanation, such a gentleman. “It is fine,” I answered as I also took my seat on the bed. “I need to ask you a question and I will appreciate your sincere response.” My senses got alerted followed by a skip of my heart. What can the problem be? “As much as I know and believe that you are the chosen one, I feel like something is missing. Can you tell me? How can you not sense that I am a rogue? Why were you not able to save yourself from those bad guys?” He bombarded me with questions. I heaved a low sigh before I answered, “the truth is that I cannot Shift which means that I might be wolfless,” Micheal's gaze flickered as he stared hard at my face. “Are you sure? Have you tried to know what is wrong? Maybe a healer can help, what do you think?” I shrugged, “I have always been an outcast in my pack, I haven't had the chance to try an healer because I don't think anything can be done to it,” I answered in a resigned tone. Micheal shook his head then excused himself to do something urgent. Few minutes later, he returned back but this time around, he wasn't alone. “Here is she, check her.” I gave him a questioning gaze and he quickly caught on to it, “He is Dorian, the rogue healer.” I gave the average looking man with grey beards a quick stare, his aura was friendly and that automatically made my body relax. “I will check on you now, can you lie down on the bed,” he said and I followed what he said. He began performing different sorceries but after what felt like eternity, he breathed out loudly and moved away from me. “May I say something Alpha?” Michael nodded for him to go ahead. “It is extremely difficult to heal her, let me not say it is impossible but I will still keep looking for ways to make her better,” he said and began to pack up his instrument. “I will come around again, I will keep doing more research on how to heal her,” he added before leaving. Neither Michael nor I spoke afterwards until I felt a kick inside my stomach. A whimper left my mouth as I held my stomach tightly. “What is the issue? Are you okay? Should I call Dorian?” He bombarded me with questions, his face masked with worry. “No, I just felt a kick in my stomach, nothing is wrong.” His face showed cluelessness so I took my time to explain it in clearer terms to him, “I mean… I am pregnant and the baby in my stomach just kicked.” “You are pregnant? For who? Who is the bastard that dares to neglect his mate and his baby?” I took in my lips, scared to tell him the truth. The last thing I want for him is to get him into trouble but Michael was insistent, he kept pestering and asking different questions until I finally revealed the truth. “The person is actually Alpha Jackson but he only wants the baby, he doesn't want me,” I murmured, clouded by sadness. “Jackson? That same bastard that is ruthlessly killing rogues? His end day is definitely near,” Michael said through gritted teeth. “I will kill him and feed his body to dogs,” he swore before storming out of my room. I just hope the storm approaching doesn't hit harder than expected.