A Deadly Pregnant Contract With The Ruthless Alpha

Lucy's POV

The beeping machines were the only thing keeping me sane at this point.

I stood there by my brother's bedside, watching him lie still, his entire body immobilized. Two years! Two years after this, he was barely even alive.

Many days, I'd wake up wishing this was all just some nightmare.

I reached out to his face and brushed a strand of hair from his forehead. "You promised you'd wake up for my birthday," I whispered. "It's in 10 days, Eli. Please wake up."

I turned to see the hospital door open. Standing with a tray in hand was Nurse Kara, Eli's attendant and my personal friend. She's been helping us ever since the accident.

"Lucy," Nurse Kara's soft voice carried the weight of something heavy. We need to talk."

I followed her outside into the hallway, the white lights reflecting on the mirror walls.

She hesitated for a bit before speaking out. "Lucy... the hospital bills have piled up," she sighed, removing her glasses. "You're four months overdue, and if payment isn't made by the weekend... I'm afraid we'll have to take Eli off life support."

It felt like someone had poured me hot boiling water.

"No," I said, shaking my head. "Kara, the hospital can't do that, "I thought his condition was becoming stable. Please, he needs a little more time."

"Time costs money, Lucy. We've given Eli more than most families ever get."

"Please, just a little longer. I'll figure something out."

Kara hesitated. Her eyes scanned the hallway before leaning in closer.

"Well, there... is one option," she said quietly. "The hospital has recently partnered with The Syndicate for a reproductive program. They're looking for female carriers, in other words, women who'd agree to be injected with a... donor's sperm."

"So the way it works is you carry the child for nine months, and once the baby is born, it goes to its biological owner in quote."

My mouth went dry. "Wait a minute, you mean... like surrogacy?"

"Well, it's a little more complicated than that. These aren't normal donors, Lucy. They're generically mutated." Her voice dropped lower than a whisper... "Werewolves."

My heart nearly pounded out of my chest. "You want me to carry a werewolf's child?"

Never! I want nothing to do with those good-for-nothing ruthless creatures.

It was them who caused the accident...

"But you'd be compensated, though. More than enough to cover Eli's treatments for a full year."

"No," I said, stepping back. "Absolutely not! I'm not selling my body off to grow some monster in me."

Kara's face turned serious. "Then I'm afraid you'll have to start saying goodbye."

"What?"

"You have until the weekend," she said, entering back into Eli's room and shutting the door behind her.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

My watch beeps aloud. I was already running late to work, so I dashed out of the hospital and took a cab.

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