#Chapter 143 Host and Hope

Mira “You must be overwhelmed with joy.” That was one way to put it. Malachi had crouched down next to my seat, bringing him closer to eye level. My hands were shaking, the folder with my fate listed on it dropped to the floor when the shock jolted through my system. “But…how can I…” My mouth felt dry, making it hard to formulate a sentence. “Well,” Malachi said, suddenly teaching an obvious lesson, “presumably you and that Alpha wolf…” I looked at him, feeling disgusted. “I don’t mean that!” My voice was shrill and it echoed around the room. “I just mean, I didn’t think…” He patted my arm where it had landed on the table, acting like that would make it all okay. “These things are hard to predict, even when planned,” the doctor said, as if he’d been through this several times before. “It is really a miracle, don’t you think?” A miracle. I had wanted a baby for longer than I could remember. But facing this reality now, here, so far away from the man with wh