Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

Chapter 7: The Birds and the Bees

Maeve

I spent the rest of the morning trudging through the tall grass, which had sprung back up to its usual height after the sun came out and began to dry the weighed-down blades. I struggled against the unruly grass, the sharp, dry blades constantly snagging on my shirt and poking the skin on my hands and neck.

“Damn you, Aaron,” I hissed, finally popping out of the field and into the castle’s well-kept grounds. The garden was empty of its usual inhabitants. Everyone, including the gardeners, were helping clean up the aftermath of the storm. I found the emptiness peaceful, and instead of going back inside the castle I found myself wandering around the gardens for at least an hour.

It wasn’t until Gemma came out looking for me that I went inside. She picked the grass out of my hair as she walked behind me, talking incessantly about the storm’s damage.

I started up the stairs, but she stopped me, grabbing my elbow. “Where are you going?”

“Oh, um. To my room, to change.”

“Don’t worry about it. There’s no time.”

“For what?”

“Oh damn, I forgot. Maeve, I’m sorry. I should have mentioned it last night but with Aaron showing up and”

“What is it, Gemma?”

“Horace scheduled an appointment for you with the doctor today, in a few minutes, actually. It’ll be brief.”

| stepped off the stairs, a strange sensation rippling through my stomach, something like excitement, or nerves. I wasn’t sure

“in the infirmary?” I asked, letting her take the lead. We walked through the winding hallways on the first floor, passing the dining hall and library as we made our way to the far eastern wing of the castle, a darkened, rarely used area.

Sure enough, the lights inside the infirmary were on and I could hear Ernest’s voice from within the sterile waiting room.

I entered behind Gemma, who had gone stiff and flushed as I stepped to stand beside her. I looked at her, then turned to where she was looking, my hands tightening into fists.

Aaron was standing in the corner of the infirmary’s entrance, his arms crossed casually over his chest as he talked to Dr. Metzer and Ernest

“Stop shaking,” Gemma whispered, giving me a side-eyed look. “There’s nothing to be worried about. He’s just going to take some blood,”

“I’m not worried. I’m mad,” I whispered back, still looking at Aaron, who gave us both a nod in greeting.

“What’s the matter.”

together. He pranced over to me, bending down to kiss me

with you-” I mumbled,

absence,” he said with a genuine air of gratitude as he looked from me to her. Gemma

appreciate her help around the castle. I looked down at

I looked up slowly, making eye contact with Aaron. He was staring at

it was almost as though a

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I narrowed my eyes at him,

eyes back at me, his mouth

mind. He

and stocky with a few wispy white hairs left on his head. He motioned for me to follow him through one of the doors off the infirmary’s entrance, away from the small waiting room

doctor said, taking his seat on a swivel stool while I sat on the exam bed.

was the last day of my last period? Were they regular? How much

made a face as he wrote down my height and chuckled

“What?

be a giant,”

legs as a nurse entered the

do in order to make a baby?” the doctor said, flipping over the paper on his clipboard. I stared at him

I know how

you how

something cutting but decided against it. The nurse pursed her lips, trying not to laugh as she continued

was explained to me,” I said through gritted teeth. Was a grown man really asking me if I knew where

in about ten days, give or take. You’ll need to report here every morning for the next few weeks, at least until you conceive.

toward the nurse, who gave me a gracious smile. The doctor left the room just as Brenda was leaning over my arm, the needle dipping into my flesh as she released the

the narrow plastic tube, turning the little glass vials a deep red as they

pain tolerance, don’t you?” Brenda said with a smile,

least bit queasy

do it.” She pulled the needle from my arm and placed a bandage over the spot where the needle

this all for, anyway?” I asked, waving my