Chapter 186: The Decision

Levi's POV

The moment the doctor mentioned termination, something in my chest twisted.

None of us said a word. We just stood there, silent, emotionless. My eyes stayed fixed on Anita. She looked so weak on that bed, like she was barely holding on.

I didn't want to be here.

But I couldn't leave either.

Two nurses returned with equipment while a doctor wheeled over a small machine. One of the nurses gently pulled up Anita's dress and applied a clear gel over her stomach. It made a soft squelching sound as she rubbed it in with a gloved hand. Anita didn't move. She wasn't unconscious, but she looked too tired to even react.

"She's stable enough for the ultrasound now," the doctor said quietly. "We'll check the babies."

Babies.

The word made my chest tighten again.

These might be our babies.

Louis and Lennox stood silently beside me. We were all watching, but none of us said a word.

The nurse pressed the probe against her belly, and after a few seconds, black-and-white images flickered on the monitor.

"Come closer," the doctor said softly. "You'll want to see this."

At first, we hesitated as we exchanged glances with each other, none of us moving forward.

"Alphas? You don't want to come check?" the doctor asked again.

We looked at each other again before we stepped forward, slowly.

And then we saw them.

Two small shapes. Curled up. Still developing—but clearly there. Two tiny, flickering heartbeats on the screen, their lives pulsing with every second.

"Three," the doctor confirmed. "They're about three months along."

I felt my throat go dry. My hands clenched into fists at my sides.

"They don't look healthy, but they can survive," the doctor continued, eyes focused on the screen. "But one of them… this one here…" He pointed to the smaller figure. "This one's a little weaker. The heartbeat is slower. That's the one we're most concerned about."

chances?" Lennox asked, his

The doctor didn't answer.

placing their hands gently over Anita's stomach. They began murmuring softly, their voices rising and falling in a rhythmic

still again,

the healers, the older

these pups to survive… you have

"She already has our mark," I said—though deep down, I knew that wasn't

shook her head. "No. That mark is shallow. You marked her as a concubine… not a

under his breath. Louis

your Luna from feeling pain when you laid with this woman. You

We knew.

children," the healer said. "But her body is not connected to yours through a mate bond. There is no strength

My stomach turned.

asked tightly, sounding like he already knew where

these pups… if you want them to live… all of you must mark her again. As a mate, this time. A true bond. The mate bond

a long

perfect unison, the three

"No."

was loud. And it was

expected us to

said calmly. "Because without that bond… the babies may not make

swallowed the

at

Two tiny shapes.

flickering more faintly

felt it—that cruel, quiet fear crawling in again. Not for Anita.

We never

were now

we mark Anita as our mate, or

prepared to let them die," Lennox spat, his

hard and turned to look at

He wasn't wrong.

was the

what the healer said, we couldn't bond with Anita—not like that. Not for a pregnancy we couldn't even be sure was ours. And even if they were our children, even if they carried

lose

But still…

at the screen. At the tiny flickering heartbeats. My jaw clenched, my throat tightening

That dull ache in your chest when you see something small

didn't want it. I

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