The Monster's Child :.Book 1 in the Delfunie Trilogy.:

6

After a few more weeks, I was passed my first month and I looked like I was in my third. The doctor came over one day and told me that I'll actually only be pregnant for three months. One month to three human months. I was supposed to see the doctor today but I managed to put it off until tomorrow. I had a headache and I wasn't in the mood to deal with Lucian and his attitude.

I haven't seen Alex or Jaime at support group for about a week now and no one knows anything. If they do, they aren't saying. The rumor was she had the baby but no one was sure if it survived. Richard being the only doctor in town for humans makes it hard to believe that he doesn't know anything. I hoped everything was alright.

I sat down on my bed and tried to relax. Lucian was worried because none of the girls made it this far. They all died first. The doctor thinks it's from the pills Lucian was giving me in the beginning.

I could feel it moving inside me as I took one of my vitamins. I hated that it very rarely stopped moving. It was always rolling and stretching and pushing. I hated it. I hated it more than I hated Lucian.

"Ragnar suddenly popped in and brought me some food.

"Eat, human." He said. Just when you think you're making progress, he goes and calls me 'human.' I can't help but think that Ragnar could be kind if he tried. But with Lucian around, that will never happen.

"Thank you, Ragnar." I'll try anyway.

"Okay, everything looks good, Mavis. You're strong and the baby is strong too, so things are looking better. I'm happy with the progress you've made. Now, I want to hear the baby's heartbeat" The doctor said as he pulled over the ultrasound machine. He put the jelly on me and placed the thing on my belly. He pushed a few buttons and the screen lit up. I looked at the screen out of sheer curiosity. I wanted to know what the thing looked like. The doctor seemed pleased. From what I could see, it looked almost human. The head and the body looked normal although the arms were longer than I remembered Daisy's being.

"Everything looks good. Now let's listen." He pushed a few more buttons and we heard a heartbeat. The doctor seemed happy so I knew the baby was okay. When I was pregnant with Daisy. I remember being so excited to hear the heartbeat and I loved her from the start but with this baby, I felt nothing. I know that's awful but I just had no emotional connection to it.

"And if you'll wait just one minute, I can tell you want you're having." He moved the picture and he concentrated on the screen for a moment. Then he went to get Lucian. Did he really need to part of this? Did I? I just want to go get ready for group.

"Alright, Doc. What is it?" Lucian asked, clearly excited. The doctor seated himself again and found what he was looking for.

"It's a boy. Congratulations guys." Lucian was jumping for joy while I just stared at the screen. He will raise this baby to be just like him and that kind of scared me. If Lucian didn't kill me, my son surely will.

Everything in me was telling me to run away. Lucian had Ragnar go get baby stuff. He wanted me with him, deciding on which room was going to be the baby's room.

"That's easy. The one closest to your room. That way, you can find him easily and you can hear him when he cries." Lucian answered. Then the paint color for the baby's room.

"Green, an olive green. It's perfect." He had answered again. He had an answer for everything once it came up. To be perfectly honest, I didn't even know why I was there.

"Alright, the name. He needs a good strong name. Oh, I got it..."

"Jax. It's a good strong name. I like it." He just looked at me. "What? You made all the other decisions. I wanted to be included. Besides, it's a good name. Jax." Lucian seemed to really think about this but I really didn't think he was going to go for it.

"You really like the name?" I nodded. "Fine, his name is Jax." I smiled, excited about the win. The baby kicked and I leaned forward.

"Everything alright?" He asked, going through the baby clothes Ragnar already bought. I nodded.

"Yeah, the baby just kicked. I'm fine."

"I wasn't worried about you. I was asking about my son. He's the one that matters, not you." I tried to not let that one hurt. I knew I didn't matter to him. I never did but I didn't matter to anyone anymore and that is what hurt the most.

"Okay, um, I'm going out for a few hours. I'll be home before curfew." He just nodded as I grabbed my jacket and went out the door.

I made it to group a few minutes early and found Alex sitting alone. I walked up to him and sat down.

"Hey." I said. He looked up and smiled.

"Hey. How have you been?" He asked.

"Well, I'm still pregnant. I actually just found out I'm having a boy. I haven't seen you guys around. Is everything alright?" He started crying and I knew they lost the baby. Which would explain why I haven't seen Jaime around.

"I'll explain when group starts." He said. I just nodded. I didn't want to push him when he was clearly upset.

Group started rather quickly today and Ross asked Alex if he wanted to go first. He nodded and slowly stood up.

"Hi, I'm Alex and...and I'm a survivor of the invasion."

"Hi, Alex."

"About a week ago, Jaime went into labor. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl she named Maia. Maia is healthy and perfect in every way possible but the birth was hard on Jaime, very hard. She passed out after she held Maia and didn't wake up for three days. When she did, she was very weak. She couldn't keep anything down so they had to give her a feeding tube and an IV for fluids. But nothing really worked and she um...she um...she died this morning." We all were shocked. Women could have babies now but it didn't seem like they survived the birth. What about me? I only have two more months. Am I going to die?