Chapter 30: She Is Pregnant

Orville’s POV:

After an anticipated ride of half an hour, I finally managed to reach my Thornvile Villa, barely enduring my emotional turmoils inside.

Before heading here, I was mindful enough to summon the experienced elderly doctor assigned to the Thorn Bird Manor who has served our family from the time when my father was appointed as the Grand Duke himself. In this critical situation, I had no other choice but to involve our family doctor, despite the risks it could have involved.

Rushing to the first floor, when I barged inside the giant room, my footsteps halted when I saw the sight ahead of me. On the cozy big bed, covered by a soft quilt, Kara was lying down pale and motionless on the bed, with that guy seated close to her on a chair.

When I rushed inside the room, he hurriedly leaped up from his seat and bowed to me, before he conveyed, “Master, her vitals aren’t very stable…I somehow wrapped a quilt around her but her body temperature keeps dropping.”

I couldn’t properly hear his words as my center of attention was only fixated on Kara. It had been only a few hours since I saw her leave for the school with Raphael, but who would dare to attack her there? A faint line of blood drawn out from the corner of her mouth was still very apparent, making me realize she must have coughed too much blood to leave a stain on her porcelain skin like that.

When I walked close to reach her, just the sight of watching her lie down motionlessly with an exhausted expression brought back the trauma buried deep in my heart from what I had felt when I saw Dilin lying dead on her bed after returning to the manor.

Dilin looked much paler than her, but the sight was hauntingly similar that it made my shivering hands near her nose so that I could check Kara’s breath.

As I had suspected, her breathing was slower than normal. When my fingers grazed against her porcelain face, the touch felt colder than ice, just as that guy depicted!

Petrified to see Kara in this state, I grumbled at the doctor who seemed very confused at the sight of watching me losing my sanity over a young black slave like her, “Hurry up and check her condition! She was attacked by someone, so make sure to examine her entire properly!”

“Y-Yes, Lord Duke.” The doctor hurriedly obeyed my command and started with her physical examination first.

However, I signaled that guy to follow me towards the doorstep of the room before I scowled at him, “I believe that I had told you to keep a firm watch over her in the school…so how the hell she was attacked? What the freakin’ hell you were doing instead of protecting her?”

“M-Master, she went to the washroom alone, and…I possibly couldn’t follow her there…” The guy seemed frightened of my wrath and folded his trembling hands before me, “I was waiting for her outside but then I saw a young girl of around her age wearing a jacket and a black mask to cover her lower face entering inside.

“Within a few seconds, I heard the sound of hitting someone followed by a painful groan. Before I could figure it out, the girl quickly ran away from there and I discovered her in that state. She was clenching her abdomen while groaning in pain as if she was hit there by that attacker. When she started coughing out blood, I couldn’t think of anything else and hurriedly rescued her to take her out of the school. However…”

When his words trailed off, making his face look a bit anxious, I grunted impatiently, “Why would you pause?”

“Um, Master…actually, while I was escaping with the Young Miss, I think I had caught a glimpse of Young Duke noticing me from afar! I panicked a bit and rushed my speed to take her out of the school…but I think I had heard his howl towards him from behind…”

“What?” His nervous confession baffled me hard as I hadn’t fathomed the possibility that Raphael would notice him almost kidnapping Kara from the school. He must’ve already sensed something given his sharp senses, but at this moment…I couldn’t think of anything else except Kara.

“Ahem, Lord Duke…I need to talk to you about something important in private.” But the doctor’s cold grunt interrupted our conversation as it seemed he was done with Kara’s physical checkup.

I signaled that guy to leave the room and when he closed the door, I faced the doctor and walked towards him quickly as I spoke, “Yes, tell me what happened?”

“Looks like this girl was kicked on her stomach and waist, but her bones are intact and she didn’t face a fatal injury except some muscle ache. However, she is severely anemic, and her physique is not in a good state. Especially in this condition when she should have proper nourishment, her malnourished body is struggling to bear the child inside—”

“Child?” As if I was struck by a jolt of thunder, I interrupted between his sentences before urging him, “What child? What are you talking about?”

“I had figured out the possibility that you might be unaware of this…but…this girl…is pregnant for 2 weeks now.” Adjusting his glass frame, the doctor frowned his brows when he addressed the ultimate truth.

Just by hearing his words, my breath stifled inside my throat making me struggle to stand still! The ground beneath my feet was shaking, making me almost have a panic attack as I growled at him in disbelief, “P-Pregnant? Kara…is pregnant? Are you sure you have examined her properly, doctor? How is it even possible…s-she was wolf-less, right?”

“I am astonished with the fact too…black slaves especially the wolfless ones don’t get pregnant until they awaken their wolf. But this girl…despite being physically very weak…it seemed she conceived with the child.”

Scratching the back of his head, the doctor sounded a bit concerned when he added, “It seems she had some secret affair with any other servant of your manor and thus the result. But it would have been better—”

“This is my child.”

“P-Pardon?” The doctor made a grim face at my answer, rolling his eyes in disbelief, when he urged me again, “I must have mistaken what you said…”

“Kara…is pregnant with my child, I am the father.” However, gritting my jaws, my voice broke a little when I confessed before him. “I took her virginity…and even though I wasn’t in my right mind…I am solely responsible for this…”

Standing awestruck by my confession, the doctor couldn’t utter a word for a brief moment. He looked a little panicked, before he spoke, “I…I don’t know what to say here anymore…but as a doctor, I must say her physique isn’t at the state of conceiving a Supreme Alpha’s child. It might take a great toll on her…and she might lose her life in the process! So…are you still willing to let her bear your child, Lord Duke?”

How am I supposed to answer him anymore? I have already committed a grave sin by impregnating this young fragile girl…and now that she is bearing my child, how can I choose the baby when I know I can lose Kara forever as well? Just what the hell I have done?