The Alpha’s Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger

Chapter 380: No heartbeat...

Lyla

The smell of fresh coffee lingered in the kitchen, but I couldn’t enjoy it. My legs trembled. I clutched the doorframe, blinking hard, trying to steady the world tilting around me. The man—what was his name again?—the mechanic, was pointing, his eyes wide with alarm.

"You’re bleeding," he said, his voice oddly muffled through the ringing in my ears.

I followed his gaze to my legs.

Blood.

A dark stream was sliding down the inside of my thighs, staining my cotton dress and pooling on the floor beneath me.

I didn’t panic—not yet. My mind refused to process what I was seeing.

"No," I whispered, one hand clutching my belly as a cramp tore through me, sharper than before.

The mechanic was already moving, his hands out. "Ma’am, you need to sit down. You need—"

A police siren screamed through the street, pulling up in front of our house.

Two officers stepped out. One of them, a woman in her late forties with short black hair and a wary gaze, scanned the property. The male officer beside her looked more eager, more aggressive.

"Is this 17 Elmsworth?" the woman asked.

The mechanic turned, shielding me slightly with his body. "Yes, but I think she’s having a medical emergency."

"We got a complaint of property destruction and possible assault. Where’s the suspect?"

I couldn’t speak. Pain lanced through me again, and I dropped to one knee, gasping.

That’s when Ramsey came barreling through the front door.

"Lyla!" His voice filled with panic.

He crossed the room in two steps and caught me just before I hit the floor. My body curled against his instinctively. I could barely register the mechanic explaining the situation to the officers or the female cop calling for an ambulance on her radio.

"I’m fine," I mumbled, clutching Ramsey’s shirt. "I’m fine. The babies—"

"Don’t talk," he said. His voice was trembling. "Just breathe. I’ve got you."

The paramedics arrived moments later. They didn’t waste time. Ramsey growled when they tried to touch me at first, but one look at my pale face calmed him. He lifted me into the stretcher himself.

As they wheeled me out, I caught a glimpse of Paul standing beside the police car, his arms folded and a smug look on his face. He hadn’t even flinched at the sight of my blood.

"You’ll regret this," Ramsey told him as they pushed me toward the ambulance.

"You attacked me. This is how the law

female officer stepped between them. "Not now," she said quietly. "Be

another word and followed

arrived at the hospital, a team of doctors and nurses was already waiting

I tried to stay conscious. I gripped Ramsey’s hand like a lifeline. He didn’t let go, not

too early," I whispered. "Ramsey...

he said. "Just breathe.

of the doctors

five months gone this Friday,"

I see your antenatal charts?" the

problem was that words like pup, and " cycles of the moon were all

didn’t come with it, doc," I said tiredly, trying to keep my eyes open. "We just came into this place three days ago. It’s a short trip, we didn’t think something like this would

lash out at us, but she looked from

"First-time parents?"

I nodded.

this time, we had reached the ER, and a

You can wait outside

stretcher came to a halt at once. "I must be with her. She has no one here

doctor said, coming down from the stretcher, giving Ramsey a kind smile. "But to be able to concentrate on saving

corrected. "They’re

policy, hang around and let us save your

protest when I quickly reached out to him through our mate

love. They’ll take

me inside the ER. Inside, a nurse pushed my hair out of my face, telling me to

else, but I couldn’t hear her again. Darkness was filling the room. I tried to call out to the nurse to tell her, but I

tear rolled down my cheek

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it again soon.You

room was so quiet, it made

of which had stopped entirely. I was half-sitting on the elevated bed, propped up by pillows, a gel-covered strap fastened

His face was blank — too blank. A practised calm that I recognised only because I’d

with gentle eyes, was frowning at

I knew that look.

I stopped breathing.

us. "Mrs. Kincaid, Mr. Kincaid... I’ve double-checked the fetal monitor. We were getting strong dual readings earlier today. But now... we can’t seem to locate a

fingers tightened around Ramsey’s

he continued, "but this does sometimes happen in rare pregnancies — especially unusual twin gestations like yours.

whole body tensed beside me.

his palms. "It means the fetuses may no longer be viable. And in cases like this, we often recommend a prompt medical evacuation to protect the mother.

I

The doctor paused.

want to be discharged." My hands were already moving to yank the IV