Page 28 of My Knotty Mountain Men

I took a step back, working more with the admissions part of the pack program. Before, when an Omega would come to my office and tell me how happy they were that they found their pack or thanked me for helping them, it would bring me joy. Now, it just makes me sad and pity myself.

I’m not one to do that—to feel sorry for myself. Life is life, and we have to keep moving forward.

That was, until this morning when I realized I hadn’t had a heat since the one I spent with the guys.

Now, it’s a possibility that my body has just gone back to the way it was before, the pain of missing my scent matches could cause me to suppress my heat again.

Looking at this from all angles, I know it’s not the only option. I wasn’t on birth control when I had my heat. I didn’t bother with it because I wasn’t seeing anyone before, nor did I have a sex life. Hell, I didn’t even have heats. The likelihood of me getting pregnant, even if I was having sex, was low.

But I did end up having my heat and a hell of a lot of unprotected sex.So much cum. Like, an obscene amount.

I can’t believe I didn't even think of this possibility before.

With all the stress, I didn’t think about my first missed heat. I was used to not getting them as it was. So, it wasn’t on my mind.

Missing my second... that caused me to think.

And now I’m sitting here, at the school’s nurse's office, with a damn pregnancy test in my hand, shaking like a leaf.

Slowly, I take deep, trembling breaths, my stomach twisting in knots. I feel like I’m going to be sick.

“Just turn it over, Letty. Just look at the damn test.” My voice is a little hysterical as my knee bounces uncontrollably, but if there was any time to freak the fuck out, it would be now.

Maybe I should call the girls. This is something best friends do together, right? Or is it something you do with your pack?

Fuck. I don’t know. I didn’t think something like this would happen to me anytime soon. I’d been a damn virgin before all this happened.

Closing my eyes, I flip the test over in my hand, and with another deep breath, I open them, glancing down.

Seconds tick by as my eyes lock on the word showing on the tiny screen.Pregnant.

I just stare at it, blinking as my mind tries to process this new development.

I’m pregnant. There’s a little baby growing inside me. A life.

I blink and blink and blink some more as my heart starts to pick up in pace, my breaths coming out faster and faster.

“Oh god.” I stand up quickly. “Fuck. No. No, this can't be happening.” I start to pace the room, feeling a panic attack hit me hard.

I can’t do this. I’ve always wanted kids, love them, and it’s been a dream of mine to be a mom... but not like this.

I should be over the moon with excitement; I should be thrilled.

But all I do is start to cry, my hand coming up to my mouth as I smother a sob.

Because I’m pregnant with a pack who already has a baby on the way.

How has this become my life? What did I do to deserve all of this?

Who could be so cruel to not only give me my scent match Alphas but tear them away from me, then make me pregnant with their kid?

Heat flashes through me as a wave of nausea causes my stomach to lurch. I need to get out of here. I can’t breathe. I can’t think.

With the test clutched in my hand, I pull the nurse’s office door open and rush out.

“Miss Hart. Are you okay?” Bev, the school nurse, asks with concern.

“I’m fine,” I say in a rush. “I’ll be okay.” I do my best to give her a reassuring smile, but it comes out pained more than anything.

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