Alpha Enzo by Ls Barbosa

Enzo:

I watched as Katherine lay on the hospital bed as the doctor started scanning her stomach.

Katherine didn’t bother to look at the screen. Her eyes were fixed on the wall ahead.

“There they are.” The doctor spoke, breaking the intense silence that was in the room. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“They?” I asked, repeating her word. The doctor smiled and nodded, looking at both Katherine and I. Katherine’s heart raced, and the smile on her face would have been seen a mile away. Alonso, who was sitting on a chair beside me, sprang out of it to look into the

screen.

“Yes, you two are having twins. Though they are in a very early stage of development, there doesn’t seem to be an issue. They are monozygotic. The two of you are most likely to have two girls or two boys.” She said, and Katherine teared up as she shook her head. “But it is a good thing that YOU, Katherine, chose to come today. There are things that you are going to need to watch over, at least, concerning your own health.”

“What?” Katherine asked. Bianca, who was standing by the door as her colleague, her name was Natalia, was the one who was taking care of Katherine. “What’s going on?”

She looked at Natalia, her heart racing as she waited to hear what she was going to say.

‘Your body seems to be fighting something, and I am concerned that it could be the children. It has happened before when you were carrying Alonso. He seems to have been a little too strong for your

system to handle. It is the same case now.” She said, and I could swear that I saw Katherine cursing under her breath.

“How far are they in?” Katherine asked, looking away from me. She looked at the door where Alonso was sitting with two nurses by his side..

“You are on your ninth week.” She said, and Katherine nodded.

“Two months,” I stated, and Katherine looked away from me for a moment.

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“Yes,” the doctor said, and I nodded. Katherine’s heart raced, but she didn’t bother looking me in the eye. I chose to dismiss the subject. “You are going to be monitored carefully. And you might need to be here on your last month. You don’t want another issue like it was with Alonso.”

“Don’t worry,” she said, and I nodded. I took a step back, pretending that my phone rang as I dismissed myself out. I needed to think, and I needed to make a phone call.

“Dad?” Alonso called, startled when he saw me walking out, leaving Katherine alone in the room. “Is mama…?

“I need to make a phone call, Alonso. I’ll be back in a few minutes.” I said, and he nodded. I walked out of the hospital, knowing that there were eyes everywhere on Alonso. There were bodyguards to also ensure his safety. No one was going to dare harm him.

I picked my phone from my pocket, dialing Leonardo’s number.

“Boss?” He said, answering on the third ring.

“I need a paternity test,” I said, and I could swear that my beta, who was working on something, stopped what he was doing.

“Ashton?” He asked, his tone somewhat hesitant. “You know that Alaria won’t even consider allowing it. Not that she needs to prove anything. To her, it would be better if he wasn’t

your…

“Alonso.” I said, stopping the man.

“Enzo, what is going on?” He asked, and I shook my head despite him not being able to see me. I knew that this wasn’t something that I wanted to do. The last thing that I would have wanted is to do this.

“I don’t want anyone to know about it until it’s done, do you understand me?” I said, keeping my eyes on the hospital.

“How do you plan on doing so without Katherine finding out? You know that she is his

mother…”

“I’ll manage the things that need to be done. You just do what I am asking you and as I said,

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no one is going to find out until things are done, do you understand me?” I said, my tone. coming out harder than I intended for it to do so.

“Don’t worry, no one is going to find out about it.” He said, calming his own tone down, knowing that this was something that I was angry about.

“And I want to know whether or not Katherine has seen him.” I said, and Leonardo’s tone hardened this time.

“Him?” He asked, knowing that a scandal like this happening was one that we as wolves wouldn’t accept. It was something that we were against, and was something that we would be fighting with everything that we had..

“I want to know if she’s been seen or has been in contact with Jacob.” I said, repeating my

sentence.

“Enzo, Katherine wouldn’t have the guts to do so when you are around. You know as well as you know your name that she has cut ties with him a long time ago.” He said, reminding me of something that

should have been made clear. “It was you who forced her to do so.”

“Unless they met when I wasn’t around.” I said, taking a deep breath as I took sight of Katherine walking out of the hospital with Alonso. “Do as told. Don’t ask too many questions as this isn’t something that we can talk about on the phone.”

She walked toward me, her eyes bright as a smile formed on her lips.

“Are you okay? You missed out on the children’s heartbeat.” She said, putting a hand on her stomach. I looked down at it for a second, choosing to cover my doubt for now. If she finds out that something is odd, she would be playing around to distract me, and that wasn’t something that I wanted.

“I had an important thing to discuss with Leonardo.” I said, cupping her cheeks. I kissed her forehead, letting my lips linger there for a moment before pulling away to look her in the eye. “But how about I make it up to the two of you by, taking you out for lunch? It’s been a while since we went out as a family, don’t you agree…