His Estranged Mate

Chapter 52: Unusual Wolf!

CATRINA

I stare in shock at Connor, my mind throwing all those questions and I want to ask them too, but I suddenly feel as if he won't answer me. I don't know what's the truth and the possibility of my thoughts being true is very scary.

So scary that a whine slips past my throat, unintentionally, making Connor jerk in his seat. Before I can react or say anything, the elder clears his throat, breaking our eye contact.

"Alpha Connor. If you don't mind, I would like to examine Catrina," says the Elder and I notice the slight difference in how he addresses me.

He called Sierra, Luna Sierra because she's officially claimed by Fenris who's the Alpha King. Also, their pack calls Sierra, the Luna Queen.

The elder didn't call him Luna Catrina, he called me just Catrina. It means that Connor doesn't claim me officially. It means that Connor's with me only because I went into heat.

My heart starts pounding in my rib cage as the horrible realisation that he's with me right now only because he's my true mate. He's feeling guilty that I am barren, that's why he took this chance to get my fertility back.

"Sure."

"Elder Fridolf, I want to examine myself, too."

We both say at the same time, my tone confident enough while Connor's tone sounding complacent. He looks at me with a frown on his face as if knowing that I'm having horrible realisations about him at this very moment.

Trying to maintain the expressionless mask on my face, I don't let my lips tremble even a bit as I get up on Elder Fridolf's signal towards the examination room. I get up, letting go of Connor's hands, refraining to look at him when I turn around and walk behind the elder.

"I'll try not to touch you so just follow whatever I say," says the elder and I nod, knowing that it'll hurt me if he touches me on my skin.

"You must be knowing how to conduct sonography, yes? I got to know from Alpha Connor that you are a nurse?" he asks, motioning me towards the sonography machine and giving me a wide berth.

Breathing in relief for I am wearing a frill skirt and short top, which will definitely allow me to do the sonography without removing my clothes, I immediately get on with the work, making sure all the equipment is within my reach before laying down on the cot, ignoring the Elder and Connor who are focused on the machine, when I apply the cool gel on my belly and take the probe in my hand, methodically moving it over my belly. The elder comes into my line of view but before I can focus on him, Connor comes in the middle, effectively making the elder stand near my head, instead of closer to the machine.

"So, Catrina, tell me what you see," asks the Elder and I somehow feel as if I am giving some type of an exam. Connor stands closer to me, almost towering over my supine form but I don't pay attention to him, focusing completely on the image that's displayed over the small screen.

"Umm, I see my uterus but you see the shape is not similar to a typical looking uterus. It's slightly different, not as long as a normal uterus should be," I say, noticing a few more things in my body but not commenting, as I hadn't noticed them before. I am not sure if I remember them correctly or not.

"Hmm. Anything else?" asks the elder.

"Umm, the doctor who had examined me after my miscarriage said that my uterus was not like a typical adult's uterus. I also had ovarian cysts at that time because of which he said that he wasn't sure how I got pregnant in the first place," I say and studiously ignore him when he growls at my mention of the doctor's gender.