It didn't take long for me to show signs of being pregnant. To be honest, I thought I was dying. To be even more honest, sometimes I caught myself wishing I was. Once it was official and Lucian knew I was pregnant, he was no longer nice to me. He was only around when the doctor came.

I decided not to tell the group yet. I'm scared of how they'll take it. Maybe they'll think I can't be trusted or that I pose too high of a risk and they'll kick me out. I couldn't handle losing them right now, they're all I have left.

I decided to stay in bed today. I didn't feel good and no one came looking for me anyway. Ever since I got pregnant, I get horrible headaches to the point where I can't even stand. Ragnar helps, but he can only do so much.

There was a knock on the door and Ragnar came in.

"Are you feeling any better today, human?"

"You know, I have a name and it's not human. Even though I know you once were a human. I can see your mark." Ragnar quickly placed his hand over his neck to cover the mark that was placed there when a Delfunie changed him. Any Delfunie that was changed will have a mark.

"That is none of your business. Now, are you feeling better today?" He asked again.

"No Ragnar, I'm not. My head is pounding and I feel like I've been hit by a semi." He didn't say anything, he just nodded and handed me a pill like the one Lucian gave me a few days ago when I first woke up. I took it and almost instantly, my headache was gone.

"Can you leave the bottle? That's a miracle right there." Ragnar laughed with me.

"Hurry up and get dressed. Lucian wants to see you for lunch." Okay, that's different. It's been four days since he told me I was pregnant, three since the doctor confirmed it. I haven't seen him since then and now he wants to have lunch? What could he possibly want now?

Ragnar led me downstairs and into the dinning room. I paid attention this time so I knew how to get back. Lucian was already sitting at the table when we walked in. He barely looked up from whatever he was doing. He wrote something down and handed it to Ragnar before telling him to leave.

"So, Ragnar has been telling me you've been feeling discomfort the last few days. He seemed quite concerned." Ragnar was worried about me. Huh, could have shown it more.

"Um, discomfort is a huge understatement, Lucian. I've been pregnant before and I've experienced discomfort before but nothing like this." I answered.

"Mavis, I will be upfront with you on this. You are not the first woman I've done this to. I have attempted and failed seven times to conceive a child with a human. Not one child has made it past the first month."

"What happened to the mothers?"

"They died, Mavis. But this time I'm going to be smart about this. The doctor is coming by later to do a check-up and he'll tell us what has to be done to make sure this goes smoothly." I couldn't believe this. He was risking my life to conceive a child? No, I was not okay with this.

"Smoothly? Lucian, don't you think that the reason the mothers keep dying is because they're human? But hey, it's not your life on the line so what does it matter? You'll just go out and find another poor soul to experiment on. No biggie."

"You shut your mouth human!" He yelled, standing up. "You will not speak to me like this or so help me, I will kill you and bring in another girl in your place." he stormed over and grabbed my wrist in one hand and placed the other one on my stomach.

"This is the only reason you're still alive human. Remember that the next time you start running your mouth." I felt tears sting my eyes as I cringed away from him. I was truly afraid of him and he just confirmed my worst fear. This baby is the only thing keeping me alive right now. Without it, he'll dinfinantly kill me. I didn't dare move as he just looked at me with his lifeless black eyes. He just squeezing my wrist until I yelled out in pain.

"I'm sorry." I finally choked out.

"Good. Now go back to your room until the doctor gets here." He snarled, letting me go. I just nodded and stood up. I quickly made my way to the door before I let out a sob and ran back to my room. Once I got there, I felt violently ill and ran to the bathroom and started throwing up.

A few hours later, Ragnar came to get me. He told me the doctor had come and he needed to see me. I quickly changed and followed Ragnar down. This time he led me to a room I've never seen before. This one was set up like an examination room. The doctor told me to dress in a gown and sit on the table. With Lucian in the room, I just did as I was told.

The doctor asked Lucian to leave during everything and once he was finished, told him to come back in. The doctor was a Delfunie but he seemed to have some humanity in him.

"Alright Lucian, here is what I think should happen from here on out; the pills I gave you that you gave the others, I'm going to tell you to stop. That may be what causing the miscarriages and the deaths. Those were made for Delfunies, not humans. The fetus is weaker than I'd like so we'll see how it handles this change. If nothing changes by my next visit, I'm having her admitted to the hospital." He explained. No more headache pills? Oh, I'm not liking this.

"Alright no more pills. What else?"

"Mavis, you need to rest. I'm ordering you on two weeks mandatory bed rest, just to be safe. No stress, just try and be calm." The doctor started talking to me instead of about me. Lucian didn't care for that.

"I can do that. Two weeks is nothing." I need to make sure this baby is safe, my life depends on its survival. I can handle two weeks bed rest if it means the baby lives.

That night was hell. After the doctor left, Lucian ordered Ragnar to take me straight to bed and make sure that I was calm and relaxed. Ragnar stayed with me a little while until it was time for dinner. Which he brought me. He left me to serve Lucian and I didn't see him until he came for my dishes. I went into my bag and found my books, which I stacked neatly on my nightstand. Although I never actually got to reading anything.

I fell asleep for about an hour before waking up with a horrible migraine and I started throwing up endlessly. Ragnar must of heard me because he was suddenly by my side, helping me through it.

"Damn him." I said, gasping. "And damn this baby." I tasted the bile as it made its way up. I threw it up and I felt like I was dying. I never felt like this when I was pregnant with Daisy.

"How can I possibly even think about being relaxed if I'm in constant pain and am throwing up every five seconds?" I asked sarcastically as I pulled my hair into a messy bun. This wasn't happening to me. It couldn't be. This couldn't possibly be my life.

I didn't feel any better come morning. I was weak from throwing up and my head was still pounding. I was laying on my side, curled into a ball about to fall asleep when Ragnar knocked on the door.

"I have breakfast, human." He said, bringing in a tray of food. "You need to eat."

"Why? I'm just going to throw it up again." I said, trying to sit up.

"I talked to Lucian and he said the doctor is coming tomorrow to see what he can do to help you." He helped me sit up and placed the food in front of me. I took a bite of the food and for the moment, it was deciding to stay down so I continued.

"Thank you, Ragnar. For helping me. Thank you." I said, looking up from my plate. He just looked at me, dumbfounded like no one in his life has ever thanked him for anything. I thought he was going to say something but instead, he just walked out of the room.

Once I finished eating and I was sure it was going to stay down this time, I laid down to try and take a nap. I was exhausted. All I wanted was to sleep but no one in this house seemed to understand that. Ragnar came in and woke me up telling me the doctor was able to come today and he wanted to see me. I just nodded and tried standing up but I could barely stand on my own. Ragnar had to help me down the stairs and through the halls to the room where the doctor was waiting.

When we got there, the doctor was shocked and so was Lucian. The doctor turned to face him.

"How in the world did she get this bad in twenty-four hours?" He asked.

"I have no idea. She was fine the last time I saw her. Mavis, what the hell happened?" Ragnar helped me sit down and I leaned my head against the wall.

"Your baby happened. I spent the night throwing up. I haven't slept." The doctor just helped me onto the table and examined me. Once he was finished, he had Ragnar help me to my room, telling me he'd be up in a minute to explain everything to me.

I was again, about to fall asleep when the doctor came in, followed by Lucian.

"Alright Mavis, have you ever been pregnant before?" He asked. I merely nodded.

"Okay here's the deal, I think your body is reacting to the baby because it's different. It isn't technically a human. Do you understand?" I nodded again. "Now I think your best bet at the moment would be IV fluids. Just to make sure you're getting what your body needs. I'm going to hook you up before I leave. And I will be back in a few days to see how you're doing. Okay?" I did not like the thought of an IV. I hated needles but if it kept me and the baby alive, I didn't care.