Two

Ryan's pov

The result came as a shocking blow to me, yet it wasn't a few as I imagined it was. The paper was right in my shaky hands, and there, the test results were staring right at me.

With an exasperated sigh, she fell heavily onto the bed, brushing a shaky hand through her hair.

Although, it was a bad time to admire her like I always did, I couldn't help but notice she had used a new scenting shampoo on her hair. She always used blueberry scented once which I enjoyed burying my nose in whenever she came over to my bed, but this one scented of strawberries. The gown she had on was a simple sundress but did justice to her bossoms which were full around her chest, her supple cleavage out for me to see.

Her lips were plump and red, and her eyes were wet with her tears, causing the original dark brown color to look a bit lighter. The tears began rolling down and my grip around the test sheets tightened.

I hated seeing her cry.

Yet, I've always known Astella to be someone who was venerable to her emotions and would cry at the drop of a hat. I've known her basically all her life- because her mother was my sister and I watched her grow like my own daughter. But as time grew on, we became close, like best friends who would tell each other anything to something more- something that was so forbidden, it was kept between us.

Even after she got married, we promised ourselves to stay free of each other, especially when her husband made me his trusted Beta, but our wants and needs for each other only seemed to magnify having to stay under the same roof.

I couldn't resist her and I could tell she felt the same, so I exploited her and convinced her we vould continue the affair.

And now I was holding the test results of her pregnancy, already six months gone, and she was crying helplessly next to me.

I would have ripped out the head of whoever had made her cry or locked them up in the dungeon, but this time around, for the first time, I was the reason she was crying.

“How did he take the news?” I can't even look at her as I asked quietly.

“The news?” She chuckled bitterly before she got up. “Are you insane, Ryan? Do you think we would both still be alive once he learns that the child's he's been anticipating to have for five years is not his but his Beta's? My Uncle?? Even death wouldn't do enought justice for what we've done!”

“Astella…” I got up and quickly lockedy room door before approaching her, placing two hands on her shoulder and shaking her slightly. “you have to calm down or someone would hear.”

She slowly shook her head with more tears rolling down her cheeks. She was shaking in my grasps and I didn't know whether to hug her. I was torn between comforting her, but at the same time, how was I going to tell her of the brimming happiness I felt.

Knowing that she had her child growing inside of her caused me to have mixed feelings about it. But in the dire reality of the situation, Alpha Liam would have both our heads in his hands once he found out the truth.

He would probably kill Stella first knowing she had been using contraceptives when she was with him, and that explained why she was barren for so long. Because she couldn't bear to give him a child knowing she did not love him.

“I'm going to tell him.” Her voice, filled with indignation snapped me out of my thoughts and I looked down to see her staring up at me.

She was serious.

Fuck.

She was serious

“Are you insane? Astella, we could both loose our lives.”

“So what'd you expect I do, birth your child and watch him become successor over a throne that has no business with him. That's an abomination. I could invite the wrath of the moon goddess!”

“I'm not saying you should do that, but telling him shouldn't be an alternative. We can think of something else.”

“Like what Ryan!” She snapped, a fresh batch of tears rolling down her cheeks again as she burst into tears. Her shoulders shook with the impact of her cries and I felt a strange, tight twinge knot in my heart.

I felt so helpless and truly, I didn't know what to do. We hadn't thought this through, we had let our desires for each other take over.

We were in a mess, one that would be very hard to get out of without loosing our lives.

“I don't want to die Ryan… “ she placed her hands against my chest, drawing herself close with her lips trembling. “But I can't. It's so wrong.”

“Astella I want you to trust me. I will figure something out… “ I pull her in close and our foreheads touch as we take in the scents of each other, eyes closed as we pressed into each othwr until i can feel her bossoms against my chest. “You know I would rather die than let anything happen to you, right?”

With that, she slowly opened her eyes to look into mine, and after a few fleeting seconds, she leaned in and kissed me and I returned the kiss almost immediately, passionately and hungrily. The moment she had walked in, all I could think about was her plump lips and having a taste of her.

She moaned as her back met the wall, and in seconds, I had her legs around my waist as I pressed Into her, kissing her harder and hungrier, not even breaking the kiss when my hand went up to cup her bossoms.

Her moans grew louder and her breath quickened as she leaned back against the wall while I littered kisses around her face, down to her neck, planting my lips between her bossoms.

She took my buckle between her hands, quickly undoing them with hurried breaths. The sexual tension between us was brimming like a hot fire between us which only out passion could subdue our want for each other.

An abrupt door on the door interrupted us and we both exchanged frozen glances of horror upon hearing the Alpha's voice outside.

“Beta Ryan, can we have a moment.”. I could feel Astella’s eyes fill with tears from fear and horror as she placed her hands over her mouth to stop a scream from going out.

“Don’t… “ she whispered the moment I made to go to the door, beckoning for her to hide in the bathroom. “He'd smell me.”

“Are you alone?” The Alpha's voice came again, and I realized it was only a matter of fact before he recognized the scent of his mate in the room with me.

We're screwed.