Chapter 45: Your mind is playing illusions...
Selene POV
My face turned pale as I stared at him, shocked!
"W-What!" I stuttered blinking rapidly "You don’t mean that, do you?"
"It’s the full moon tomorrow and a perfect time for mating with an 80% chance of conception. If we do it, then you’ll be pregnant a fortnight from today. When we get back to Moon Whisper, we’ll get married and you’ll be coronated as my queen," he explained staring at me steadily.
"A baby..." I swallowed hard; this wasn’t what I was expecting. I had thought he would ask that we leave Greyhound immediately. "Isn’t it too much?"
"Carrying my child is the only way I would know you’re serious about me. It’s a big sacrifice I know but...".
"Just ask for something else, Noah," I tried to sound reasonable "I barely can manage with Maeve and Vina...and this is not me saying I won’t make you a father, it’s just that, this is not the right time to have a baby. There’s so much at stake now and having a child would be limiting,".
"I’m asking you to get pregnant for another reason aside from making me a father, Selene," he said quietly "First, it would be the only way I can get to claim you and put my mark on you. You cannot leave easily when you have a child for me,".
"Please stop, Noah," I sighed "Children are not meant to be pawns and using a child just to keep me...".
"It’s either that, Selene," He shrugged "Or we forget everything, I’ll withdraw my proposal and you can keep staying here. Sleep over it, by tomorrow I would need a reply," he said and brushed past me to the bathroom.
I sighed deeply and left his room and went back to mine. As I ushered myself in, I saw Xavier playing with the girls with them squealing happily. The girls were not always this happy to say the truth and I thought it was because they seemed more mature than their peers. Watching them now, my heart squeezed with fright...