Knight

Chapter 11

Several weeks into her shifts working at the veterinary building, Elle becomes more confident and comfortable with her abilities there. At first it was very chaotic in the building, with people rushing back and forth wheeling around wild animals. But now she has come accustomed to this fast paced job.

Her section is the rehabilitation section with indoor and outdoor enclosures. The indoor enclosures are smaller and give enough room for the animal to comfortably walk around during its recovery. The outdoor enclosure was large. So large you couldn't see the gates in the distance, but this was the way they transitioned the animal from their recovery indoors to hunting and bringing back their wild instincts.

Elle absolutely loved helping these animals recover from the abusers that once had them. Many of these animals were rescued from the circus, the wild and from those idiots that buy them when they're babies, and can't care for them anymore when they're grown.

Of course they can't care for them, Elle thinks, they're wild animals. How can people think that's a smart thing to do.

Shaking her head at that thought, she feels a sharp pain in her stomach. Lately she has been feeling sick and doesn't know where this came from.

The pain becomes so unbearable she keels over while holding her stomach and calling out for help.

Emerald rushes into the room and picks up Elle. She looks over at Cloud and tells her to call Knight and tell him to meet them at medical.

"Don't worry Elle. I'll take care of you until Knight shows up. But knowing him, the instant he hears you're hurt I'm sure he will be running as fast as he can to you." Emerald says with a straight face but with a little humor in her voice.

She places Elle in the Jeep parked outside the veterinary building and hops in the drivers seat. Driving fast, Emerald gets Elle to medical in a matter of minutes and runs her to Dr. Trisha's office.

Trisha looks up from her mountains of paperwork and sees Emerald carrying Knight's mate into her office. She notices Elle holding her stomach and her face in pain. Realizing what this could mean she tells Emerald to follow her into an exam room.

Placing Elle down on the exam table, Emerald walks over to the door to shut it. "I'm guessing she is having these pains because she is pregnant" Emerald assumes.

Trisha replies, "that would be my guess too. But let's take some blood and do an ultrasound to make sure."

Elle panics at what they are saying. "There's no way I can be pregnant. New Species are sterile. Or at least that's what all the news stations reported. Mercile tried countless times to breed them when they were held prisoner to no success."

Trisha sighs, "Merciles attempts failed because they were breeding two New Species together. Female New Species are sterile and cannot produce viable eggs. A New Species male and a human woman can get pregnant. It's happened several times already. I can't believe Knight never told you."

Trisha was mumbling something about damn males and their domineering nature when Elle heard a ruckus outside the door. Knight slams open the door and looks at Elle with fear in his eyes.

Glancing around the room he notices Emerald and Trisha standing near the computer with Elle on the table. "What is wrong with her. I got a call that she was on the floor in pain and couldn't move on her own."

Trisha glares at Knights, "don't you come into this room with that attitude. How didn't you tell Eleanor that she could get pregnant. Every male knows that here. We hold classes to show how to use a condom for extra precaution. No one outside of Reservation and Homeland can know about the New Species babies."

Immediately feeling guilty he looks at the shock in his Elle's eyes. He didn't mean for it to look the way it did. He thought that since they were mates and they would have children eventually, why not start early.

"I am sorry I didn't warn you little one. I knew we would have a baby sooner or later, and I wanted to speed up the process. I've never had anything that belonged to me, and now that I have you and our wonderful life I wanted to have something else that belonged to me. I know it looks as if I tricked you into getting pregnant, and I'm sorry I didn't discuss this with you first. But I don't regret us having a baby. I'll prove to you I will protect, love and cherish you two more than anything."

Elle looks all around the exam room. Not sure how she feels about all of this. On one side she has always wanted to be pregnant and have kids, but on the other it does feel like Knight tricked her. If he knew she could get pregnant and he purposely didn't say anything so she would get pregnant, he really didn't take her thoughts into account.

"Well let's take a look at the ultrasound to make sure this is what we think, and then we can discuss how I ended up pregnant. And also find out why I keep having this horrible pain would be nice too." Elle replies to the room.

Knight walks over to the side of the table and holds Elle's hand. "I hope you aren't upset with me Elle."

Elle holds onto Knight's hand and lays her head on his arm, "I'm not upset with you. I'm a little peeved you didn't warn me ahead of time, but I've always wanted a child and ours will be perfect."