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now-deceased mate’s baby. Declan was the type who would stand by her side through it all, no matter what. Emma could just feel it.
“I don’t know. . .”
“Just take the test and we’ll worry about Declan later, okay?” Emma said.
“Okay,” Samara agreed before turning away from her and heading out into the hallway for the bathroom.
Once her best friend disappeared, Emma sat down at the chair to her computer desk and thought about everything. Even if the pregnancy test gave a false result, did it really even make a difference? Her best friend hadn’t had a period in who knows how long and, more importantly, it was possible to get a false negative on a home pregnancy test.
Emma! Emma, you need to turn off your own thoughts for, like, a second and just listen to me, Colby told her, sounding frustrated, through mind-speak.
What is it ? Emma asked. She hadn’t even noticed that he’d been trying to speak to her.
I’ve been trying to reach you for the past ten minutes, but you’ve been thinking over me , Colby replied. I just wanted to tell you that even if Samara takes a thousand of those pregnancy tests, they’ll all turn out to be negative. Human pregnancy tests don’t work on werewolves. A sample of her blood would need to be sent out to the werewolf lab for testing.
Oh, I didn’t realize that, Emma replied to him through her thoughts, just as the door was flung open.
“See, Em? It’s negative,” Samara said, waving the pregnancy test in front of her face.
But then Emma explained what Colby had told her.
The next day, Sam had gone to the doctor and had her blood drawn. Declan had been excited about the idea of a baby even before they got the test results back, luckily.
When the test results came back, sure enough, Samara was pregnant. Not long after, they learned that she was having a boy—which explained why the light that radiated through her stomach had been blue, rather than pink. Emma didn’t quite understand why she was the only one who could see Samara’s stomach glowing.
Eager to see if her own stomach glowed, Emma ran through a clearing and glanced down into a stream. In the rippling water, her stomach looked just the same as it always did. If she was able to tell that Samara was pregnant, how come she wasn’t able to sense whether she was or not, too?
Maybe it was because Emma’s premonitions only seemed to work on everyone else, but not on herself. Or maybe it was because she was too afraid to find out the truth.
A twig snapped from somewhere behind her.
Hello, Emma , a familiar voice said.
Chapter 10: Emma
Realizing why she’d been drawn to the forest, Emma stood frozen in her tracks. What are you doing here?
What do you mean, what am I doing here? Her stepdad, Gary, snorted. I live here. I have no place else to go.
That’s not true, and you know it , Emma replied. She noticed that Gary’s hair looked matted and mangy, almost as though he had some sort of nutritional deficiency. He also looked a lot thinner than he had been the last time she’d seen him. You can’t tell me that you’re not lonely out here, living all alone in the woods. Do you even have a pack?
He sat down, staring at her evenly. No, I don’t have a pack. I should have been a part of the Tala, I suppose, but everything seemed to be in limbo when Samara bit me. Things changed too much, and I somehow got lost in that.
How do you even know about the Tala? It seemed like her stepdad had a hermit-like existence living out in the woods. It made no sense that he knew any pack names.
I’ve come across a few werewolves over the past year. Enough to learn the ropes, he explained.
So, why didn’t you join one of their packs? Emma pressed.
Because I prefer to be alone, Gary replied, but he didn’t sound too convincing.
You can’t be that happy being alone , Emma replied, shaking her head. She knew her stepdad. He’d always been extremely social. He’d been the life of all
“I don’t know. . .”
“Just take the test and we’ll worry about Declan later, okay?” Emma said.
“Okay,” Samara agreed before turning away from her and heading out into the hallway for the bathroom.
Once her best friend disappeared, Emma sat down at the chair to her computer desk and thought about everything. Even if the pregnancy test gave a false result, did it really even make a difference? Her best friend hadn’t had a period in who knows how long and, more importantly, it was possible to get a false negative on a home pregnancy test.
Emma! Emma, you need to turn off your own thoughts for, like, a second and just listen to me, Colby told her, sounding frustrated, through mind-speak.
What is it ? Emma asked. She hadn’t even noticed that he’d been trying to speak to her.
I’ve been trying to reach you for the past ten minutes, but you’ve been thinking over me , Colby replied. I just wanted to tell you that even if Samara takes a thousand of those pregnancy tests, they’ll all turn out to be negative. Human pregnancy tests don’t work on werewolves. A sample of her blood would need to be sent out to the werewolf lab for testing.
Oh, I didn’t realize that, Emma replied to him through her thoughts, just as the door was flung open.
“See, Em? It’s negative,” Samara said, waving the pregnancy test in front of her face.
But then Emma explained what Colby had told her.
The next day, Sam had gone to the doctor and had her blood drawn. Declan had been excited about the idea of a baby even before they got the test results back, luckily.
When the test results came back, sure enough, Samara was pregnant. Not long after, they learned that she was having a boy—which explained why the light that radiated through her stomach had been blue, rather than pink. Emma didn’t quite understand why she was the only one who could see Samara’s stomach glowing.
Eager to see if her own stomach glowed, Emma ran through a clearing and glanced down into a stream. In the rippling water, her stomach looked just the same as it always did. If she was able to tell that Samara was pregnant, how come she wasn’t able to sense whether she was or not, too?
Maybe it was because Emma’s premonitions only seemed to work on everyone else, but not on herself. Or maybe it was because she was too afraid to find out the truth.
A twig snapped from somewhere behind her.
Hello, Emma , a familiar voice said.
Chapter 10: Emma
Realizing why she’d been drawn to the forest, Emma stood frozen in her tracks. What are you doing here?
What do you mean, what am I doing here? Her stepdad, Gary, snorted. I live here. I have no place else to go.
That’s not true, and you know it , Emma replied. She noticed that Gary’s hair looked matted and mangy, almost as though he had some sort of nutritional deficiency. He also looked a lot thinner than he had been the last time she’d seen him. You can’t tell me that you’re not lonely out here, living all alone in the woods. Do you even have a pack?
He sat down, staring at her evenly. No, I don’t have a pack. I should have been a part of the Tala, I suppose, but everything seemed to be in limbo when Samara bit me. Things changed too much, and I somehow got lost in that.
How do you even know about the Tala? It seemed like her stepdad had a hermit-like existence living out in the woods. It made no sense that he knew any pack names.
I’ve come across a few werewolves over the past year. Enough to learn the ropes, he explained.
So, why didn’t you join one of their packs? Emma pressed.
Because I prefer to be alone, Gary replied, but he didn’t sound too convincing.
You can’t be that happy being alone , Emma replied, shaking her head. She knew her stepdad. He’d always been extremely social. He’d been the life of all
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