Chapter 5

Cecilia's pov It was midnight but I wasn't sleeping, my lonely posture was resting by the window side, watching the beauty of the night. My body is extremely tired and needs rest but I can't just force myself to sleep. I can't really pinpoint the reason but I suspect it's because my body isn't used to the new strange environment. Unconsciously, I began running my hand across my stomach. At first, it felt warm but overtime, i began feeling extricating pain. I shut my eyes as I bit hard on my lips till I could feel the familiar metallic taste. My body began to shake as bead of sweat gathered on my forehead, my breath grew louder while I tried to move to a more comfortable position. The more I tried, the more it felt like a waist of time. I tried to steady my body against the window frame but my hands were already very weak and this made me fall heavily on the floor. I groaned loudly as i tried to protect my belly with my hand. I rolled in pain as I tried hard not to scream. ‘What is happening to me? Why is everything getting harder for me?’ I couldn't help but think as I tried to distract myself from crying. I tried hard to stand up but all my effort proved abortive, I could feel my energy draining away while I remained fixed on the floor, literally expecting the worst thing to happen. I was about to close my eyes when a gush of air suddenly rushed inside the room… the door was swung open and the panting Micheal's face came to my view. “Thank you moon goddess,” I managed to mutter before I finally closed my eyes. …. The unstopping tingling sensation in my stomach woke me up, I warily opened my eyes as I tried to adjust to the ray of light in the room. “Are you awake? Can you hear me? How are you feeling?” Someone in the room asked and I turned around to face the owner of the voice, the person turned out to be Dorian. “Can you hear me? How are you feeling?” He repeated himself. I wanted to speak but my throat hurt badly, Michael quickly caught on it and passed me the jar filled with water. I gulped down all the content in a go. “Thank you, “ I muttered, then wiped the little droplet that hung in the corner of my mouth. “Are you feeling better?” “Yes, I do feel better though it still hurts,” I said truthfully. Dorian gave me an understanding gaze then he said, “I think the baby is being naughty,” He turned to face Alpha Michael and added, “I am sorry to say but it might occur frequently and the pain might get even worse,” my heart skipped a bit at the mention of the pains I will still go through. “What is the solution? You are a healer and you should have encountered something similar to this or haven't you?” Dorian took in his lips and happened to be in deep thoughts, it took only seconds before he spoke again, “ I have indeed encountered something similar but I was still with my teacher then.” Alpha Michael nodded, imploring him to continue. “What I was taught was that immediately the victim shifts, the pain will go away like it never existed,” my heart fell because I was quite expecting a great solution. It turned out that the available solution can't even help me. “But you know that she can't shift right? At Least for now,” Michael said In a worried tone. Dorian went into another deep thought then suddenly, his eyes lit up, “I just remembered something now, I think we can heal Cecilia.” He was all smiles, looking genuinely confident and happy. The eager Michael also asked, “what is the available solution?” “I was consulting in the rest of the healers and someone suggested immersing her In the supernatural rogie water,” “Ohh, I have heard of the mysteriousness before, it is definitely worth it,” Micheal admitted but almost immediately, Dorian spoke up again. “There is a condition though, only one person is allowed to escort her to the water and the person can't be any of us the healers. Also, the location is located outside of the pack so it is not totally safe,” I could sense the sadness in Dorian’s voice and to be honest , he is such a genuine man. “What do you suggest we do then?” Michael asked. They began to have various suggestions but someone, it will always end up having loopholes. At the end, Michael said something; “How about I escort her? I meet all the conditions right?” Dorian was cat tongued, too shocked to speak. “Bu…. But you are the Alpha, I mean you are the Alpha here and you can't be absent for long,” Dorian complained, stuttering throughout the statement. “And who said I was going to be there for a long time? I am the only one that can be trusted with her, I am still the strongest in the pack. No one can protect her better than me, we need her in the pack and as the Alpha, it it my duty to bring everything beneficial here,” Dorian remained silent and after a long time, he shrugged, “ it is fine then. We can begin the journey tomorrow,” as usual, he packed up his instrument and left. Michael called on the maids and they began packing up stuff for me, constantly asking me about what I wanted and what I didn't. After several hours of deliberation, it was now dawn and everywhere has grown quiet, so we finally finished packing. “Thank you all for assisting me,” I thanked all the maids and all of them bowed in response. They matched out in a row but as soon as it got to the last maid, she paused and stared briefly at me before muttering a disturbing word.