Unknown History

chapter 24

Chapter Twenty Four....

       I found myself standing in Kai’s bedroom and smiled sadly when I saw that some of my stuff was still here. I sat on the edge of the bed and took a deep breath before I went to go track Lily down. I headed to her bedroom first knowing she would probably be there pacing nervously and Ezra would be down in the office. I knocked lightly and heard footsteps rushing for the door and before I knew it I was face to face with Lily. She pulled me into a hug and I could tell she was crying.
“Where have you been!?” she demanded.
“I was at a friends house.” I answered.
“And you couldn’t be bother to tell anyone!?” she yelled.
“I didn’t want Kai to find me.”
“Oh sweetie what is going on with you and my son, no one will tell me anything. All I know is that when you left here everything was perfect between the two of you and now you’ve been in hiding for over a month because of him. So tell me what happened.” She said and walked over to the seating area in her room and I walked over and took a seat across from her and began my story. She was appalled when I told her about the girl and agreed that I had a point about it looking like Kai was seducing her and not the other way around. Yet she was convinced her son would not actually cheat on me she knew that he loved me and that we were mated and cheating is not a pleasurable thing once you are mated. After telling her everything that had happened since I left Texas I still had one more bit of information to tell. It was the only thing I had to hold her to her word about not telling Kai I was here. So it was now or never and I kind of wished it was never.
“So there is one more thing I need to tell you.”
“Oh for heavens sake Alivia this better be good news because I don’t think I can take anymore upsetting news. I think you’ve lived through enough in the past two months to last you a lifetime!” She said stood up and walked towards the window. She had her fingers pressed to her temples and her eyes shut and I almost changed my mind about telling her but I needed her help.
“Lily…I’m pregnant…” and as soon as the words left my lips I felt guilty about not letting Kai know.
“Please tell me that this is for real, that I am really going to be a grandma!?” she squealed running over to hug me.
“Its real, very real.” I muttered.
“Oh this is fantastic Alivia, oh there is so much we have to do now!” she said and she ranted off baby things she needed to buy.
“Lily wait I still need you to promise me something.”
“Oh anything just name it.”
“You cannot tell Kai, I will tell him when the time is right. Also you can’t tell him I’m here. I came here because I need your help with the baby because I’m going to need a special doctor since the baby is an heir to your kingdom. If you cannot do as I ask I will leave and you will not find me, I promise you that.”
“I’ll agree as long as you agree to one of my demands.” she replied simply.
“Which is?” I asked unsure of what she was going to ask of me.
“You tell Kai about the baby before it is born, I want my son to be there to welcome his child into the world. What you two decide to do after that is none of my business.”
“I can agree to that.” I replied and she gave me another hug and went back the rattling off baby stuff.
“But Lily how are you going to stop Ezra and the staff from alerting Kai to my whereabouts?” I asked wondering if this was even possible.
“Oh that’s easy once I tell Ezra of your demands he will agree and he can declare it an act of treason to say anything about it resulting in instant death.” she replied and shrugged her shoulders as if it were no big deal.
“Ok then…” I said quietly feeling really strange about the whole thing.
“So I am going to go speak to Ezra and you are going to stay here and when I return we will be going to meet with the palace doctor about my grandchild.” she quipped and walked out the door before I could even consent. Although I wouldn’t fight her on that, I was just as concerned about this baby as she was if not more so.
    An hour later I was laying in the palace infirmary awaiting the pack doctor to finish with one of the royal guard who had been attacked by a rogue a couple hours earlier. At first he had said he was leaving the guard to assist me when I insisted he finishing helping the wounded guard. So 35 minutes later the door opened and a man about 30 came walking in with a gentle smile that showed his perfectly white teeth. He had short light brown hair and he was tall and his eyes were blue but had that shimmer quality that told me this doctor was a shifter. He bowed when he entered and then sat on a stool beside the bed.
“So Princess Alivia how may I be of service to you?” he asked his voice friendly and his demeanor calm, I instantly felt like I could trust him.
“Please just call me Alivia and I’m here because I’m pregnant.”
“Pregnant?” he asked surprised and looked over at Lily who was beaming with pride.
“Did I stutter?” I asked not amused.
“No of course not, I’m sorry. So let’s check you out.” he said and went and got a tube of jelly and then pulled a sonogram machine over to the bed. I pulled my shirt up and unbutton my pants and folded them over a little so he could get where he needed with the sonogram machine. He squirted the jelly which made me hiss from the cold. He apologized but I told him there was nothing to apologize for. He moved the thing around my belly for a minute and then stopped and I looked at the machine and thought I saw something really small.
“You seem to be about 10 weeks along, so there is not much to see. I’m going to run some blood tests to make sure everything else checks out, but congratulations Princess and also to you my Queen this kingdom will thankfully have another heir.” he said and wiped off my stomach and I fixed my pants and my shirt and sat up. After he drew some blood and then told me I was good to go, he’d call me with the results tomorrow. I thanked him and then Lily and I left the infirmary.
“Are you hungry?” she asked.
“Famished.” I replied so she led me to the dinning room and asked one of the maids to have the chef make us some dinner.
“I’m very glad you’re here Alivia.”
“I’m kind of glad to be back, once we arrived in California it just didn’t feel right. Being home didn't feel right not that I was there for very long.” I said and started fidgeting with my hands.
“Well good, maybe this will be a permanent situation. Your almost 18 so even after the baby is born there is no reason for you to return home unless you want to.” she said and smiled warmly.
“Thank you for being so kind, I don’t think I would be this gracious if I was in your position.” I said feeling very guilty for asking her to lie to her son about his mate being pregnant and her whereabouts while he was supposedly franticly searching for me. I don’t know if I could lie to my child about that, but I guess without being in that situation I couldn’t really say what I would do.
“You would be surprised what you would do when a child is involved, not that I don’t love you but I am not lying to my son for you. I am lying to my son to make sure that you stay somewhere safe so that baby has the best chance possible. Do you know anything about royal births Alivia?” she asked but something in her voice told me there was no happy ending to the story she was about to tell.
“No, I don’t. I never thought I would have to know anything about them, I grew up human.” I replied
“You can obviously tell I love children, so you might ask yourself why I only have one. Well to answer that I will tell you. Since as royals we carry the blood of every supernatural being it makes our bodies very unstable. Our emotions run higher making our hormones run higher along with our body temperature and also the surge of powers mixed in there. It is a very unstable environment to carry a child in, that baby in there can be threatened by any unstable emotion or situation. So I got pregnant quickly with Ezra but we had a very passionate relationship when we were younger, quite like you and my son. We would fight and make up constantly, it was an emotional rollercoaster I thought would kill me. I miscarried 4 times before I finally was able to have Kai. I was so thankful when he came out perfect and healthy and Ezra couldn’t have been more proud. We tried again and again but after 8 more miscarriages I couldn’t do it anymore, I was depressed and angry and wasn’t being a very good mother to the one child I had. So Ezra and I made sure I would not conceive again because we couldn’t handle the heartbreak.” she explained and I felt my heart break for her and I felt sadness for myself, what if I lost this baby and Kai never even knew it had existed in the first place. I would feel terrible and once again all the burden would be placed on my shoulders, maybe I should start thinking of a way to tell him.
“So your telling me I could lose this baby at any point and everything I’m doing now is for nothing but spite?” I asked trying to see why she had really told me such a sad story.
“No I’m telling you to prepare you. This child is already fighting each day to live within an unstable body which is not your fault, its genetic now that your mated to royalty. I want you to be prepared to lose this child at any moment and because I wish someone would have warned me. Maybe then things would have turned out differently for me.” She replied and then suddenly the maid was there to serve our food. I was about to say I was no longer hungry but just one look at the food I felt my stomach growl.
    I finished my food quickly and then headed up to bed, she had my old guest room made up for me but when I walked in there I just couldn’t get to sleep. I don’t know why I did it but I got up and walked down the hall to Kai’s room and opened the door. I smiled when I took a deep breath in and realized it smelled like him, it was a comforting smell no matter what had happened between us. So I crawled under his blankets and made myself comfortable. I quickly drifted off to sleep only to be awoken by my dreams. It was different then the others, this one was about my biological father talking to a woman in a cell, I couldn’t hear what he was saying but he was furious. The only thing I could see within the cell was red hair which was shaking since the woman seemed to be shaking her head in protest. He suddenly opened the cell and walked in and grabbed the woman by the neck and shoved her against the wall angrily when she looked up and I saw her face. It was a face I knew well since it was almost identical to mine, but the difference in eye color was unmistakable the woman was my mother…

*** i'm going to need a name for the baby anyone have any ideas?***