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his arm. He fell off of a tree trying to "save"
a cat. Since he was a werewolf the cat didn't like him and kept
trying to evade him. It was only broken for about ten minutes
before it healed itself. The cat didn't need saving as once he
fell, the thing jumped down and sauntered away.
    When we're done, Rane pays the bill and
leaves a tip. We get to the school and I let out a tortured sigh. I
didn't like much attention and I knew that I would be getting a lot
being Rane's girlfriend and mate. It seems we weren't that late to
school and we had about five minutes before the late bell
rang.
    As soon as we step out of the car,
everyone quiets. Rane puts his arm around my waist and we start to
walk.
    "The weres will be able to smell that
we have mated - marking you as their Luna or Alpha female." I did
start to notice the slight turning of heads in a submissive manner,
directed to me. "Some might be able to tell you are pregnant but
most wont for another week or two."
    I nod and look around, hating the
attention. I get glares from most of the girls (werewolf or not).
The only ones who aren't glaring are the ones I could tell had a
mate. Some girls winked at me and then continued to kiss their
mate. Most of the males winked at Rane or nodded their head in
recognition of me.
    I didn't like it. I could practically
hear the angry and frustrated growls of the girl werewolves around
me. I sighed and leaned into Rane. It was going to be a long
week.

Chapter 18
    Saturday came fast enough. The week did
pass by in what felt like forever. The burning glares came from
everywhere, as did the curious glances from the pack members. It's
not every day that their future alpha mated to someone. They had no
warning what so ever so it was a shock - as Rane says, explaining
their behavior.
    Today... I was going to die.
    Well, not really. I had to go to the
hospital. I really hated hospitals. They smelt like old people and
sickness. Not that old people were bad... but they always seemed to
have this hospital smell to them, such as hospitals smell like old
people.
    I shook my head. I was definitely going
crazy. I hardly knew what I was going on about in my head.
Currently, I was sat in a blue semi-comfy chair. It had slight
padding which helped my butt little as it was starting to go numb.
I shifted in the seat, my discomfort building. I had been sitting
here for a while.
    An older lady kept looking at me
curiously, probably wondering why I was here. My slight bulge was
covered in a big shirt along with sweatpants and a ponytail.
Morning sickness was terrible this morning. I hadn't bothered
dressing up in the slightest.
    Rane had gotten up just a second ago to
use the bathroom, grumbling on about a cat. I have no idea, I
really don't know - who talks to themselves about cats?
    There was a magazine in front of me,
sitting in my lap, still on page one. It held no interest for me. I
had always been more into books then magazines, anyway.
    I looked around at the linoleum floor
and blue walls. There was small crack in the ceiling and a fly
buzzing around the lights above me. The buzzing was quite
annoying.
    The elevator dinged and I turned to
look as another girl came in. A slightly cold breeze blew in from
the elevator as the doors opened. The girl's dark brown hair waved
in the ponytail as she walked uncertainly up to the receptionist.
After talking a bit, the girl sat three seats down from
me.
    "Are you pregnant?" I asked bluntly.
The girl's head snapped over to mine and her dull green eyes looked
at me. She sighed after a while and visibly slumped in her
seat.
    "Yup." she popped the 'p' at the end,
head nodding. I slung a hand in her direction.
    "Elaina... and you?"
    "Ember." her hand came to mine and she
shook it.
    "How far along are you?" I wanted to
get to know this girl for whatever reason. I slung the magazine
onto the table that was behind me, not caring for it. It slid and
fell off the side. I shrug a shoulder and look back at
Ember.
    "I don't know