"And?" Katie nodded her head to my stomach. When I told Katie about the pregnancy, I told her we hadn't shared this information with everyone yet. That it was still a bit of a secret.
"It's going well," I said, placing my hand on my stomach. "We're in a decent place right now. The baby is healthy, and everything is going smoothly."
Katie smiled. "Science doesn't lie. I told you that you guys were a perfect match."
I snorted at her and elbowed her in the side. "Oh, hush."
Katie laughed. "I'm just saying. Everyone questioned me, but I was right. Science does not lie."
I couldn't argue with her. I didn't understand how the science showed that Jay and I were meant to be together, but I could feel it. Jay had even expressed his pull to be near me, his urge to take me when he saw me.
"I know you're working on pairing up all the Alphas. Do you have the next couple set?" I asked.
Katie nodded her head. "I am, but I can't say who."
I chuckled as we got closer to her work just in front of the doors. "Do you want to come up for a little bit?"
I nodded, and Katie waved her badge in front of the door, pulling it open. I looked into the lights inside, and I wince, letting my eyes adjust.
But suddenly, I wasn't standing in the lab anymore. I was walking around in the woods, but I wasn't alone. Someone was watching me.
I was cooking dinner in the house, but someone was watching me from the window. I was leaving work in a hurry, but someone was watching me from another vehicle.
Fear grabbed at me as I realized each of these visions was me. These were all moments when I thought I was alone, but clearly, I wasn't because someone was watching me.
"Hello, Sammy," a dark voice growled in my head with a hint of laughter. "Did you like the little warnings I sent your way? I thought it was nice to let someone see them when they died."
I wanted to scream, but my body wouldn't move. I turned, looking around the darkness, not finding anyone.
"No?" he laughed a little louder. "Pity, I thought you would have."
I tried to break free, to pull myself back into my body, but I was frozen. I couldn't break free. It was like someone had chained me wherever I was.
Jay. I wanted to scream his name, scream for him to break me free.
"I was waiting for you to finally come to your true potential, Sammy. Waiting very patiently to get inside your head like this."
Stop. Who are you?
I turned, and a large man stood in front of me. The darkness faded away slightly. He had a scar across his left eye where his eye was missing. He was tall, and I could feel the magic emanate off of him in waves. He walked towards me, but I was still frozen. I couldn't step back or move away from him.
He smiled, and it sent a chill down my spine. "I'm just a man getting his revenge."
"I don't understand," I said, shaking my head. "What do you want with me?"
He chuckled again. "Just your power."
I didn't understand, and before I could even ask, pain radiated through my entire body, and I screamed.
Chapter 25 - Jay
"Are you sure you're okay? We could take you in to see a doctor." I asked Nessa for the twentieth time. Nessa nodded her head with a little laugh.
"I'm fine, Jay. I have these two now. You are free to go."
I glanced at Mike and Kirk. I knew they were both capable of taking care of Nessa. And I did want to get home to see Sam. I missed her and still wanted to talk to her. We'd suddenly been so busy that I didn't get a chance to.
But I couldn't deny that I was worried about Nessa. I wanted to make sure she was okay before I left. This might have been because she's clumsy, but what if there was more to it than what she wasn't telling me?