Mated To The Alpha King (Raven and Ethan) novel Chapter 192

Chapter 192

Chapter 192

Raven’s Pov

It’s been an hour since I woke up and no other person has come into the room except that nurse.

I sat straight on the bed, holding my stomach. It hurt so badly, not from the wound but from hunger.

“Oh Moon Goddess,” I muttered, pressing my lips tight as if the pain would stop.

The white bed sheets smelled of medicine. The beeping sound from the machine beside me was steady, but it made my head feel heavy. I rubbed my palm over my stomach and prayed. I prayed hard that my babies were still safe inside me.

I tried to remember again how I got here. The last thing I saw was the bright light of the car rushing toward me after I walked out of the interview. The sound of the tires, the pain, and then darkness.

“Don’t cry,” I whispered to myself, though my eyes were already wet. I didn’t want to cry. Not now. Not when I had to be strong.

Just then, the sound of the door opening made me jump a little. My head snapped toward it. My heart raced fast as I waited to see who it was.

But the man standing there was not someone I knew.

He was tall, very tall, and his skin was light. The white shirt he wore clung to his body, and I could see the shape of his chest and the band of muscles on his arms. He looked like someone carved out of stone.

For a second, I just stared. My mind whispered the truth I didn’t want to admit.

“He looks like a Greek god.”

I cursed myself at once for thinking that. How foolish could I be? I was sitting here in pain, weak, hungry, and pregnant, and my heart still found time to think a stranger was handsome.

“Can I come in?” the man asked softly, his voice deep enough to echo in the quiet room.

His words snapped me out of my foolish thoughts. I blinked and cleared my throat. “Yes… come in.”

He walked in and closed the door gently behind him. Then he moved to the chair beside my bed and sat down. He placed the bag he carried on his lap and looked straight into my eyes.

1 swallowed hard and asked, “Who are you?”

His eyes dimmed with regret. “I am the person that hit you.”

1 froze. My chest tightened. The room went quiet, so quiet that I could hear only the sound of my breathing.

He continued before I could say anything “I am truly sorry. I lost control after I saw my fiancée making out with another man. I wasn’t thinking straight, and then… then you were there.”

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I opened my mouth but no words came out. My heart should have been angry, but instead, I felt something else pity. His voice carried pain. The pain of betrayal. I knew that pain. I had tasted it myself.

He reached into the bag slowly and brought out a plate covered with foil, a small pack of salad, and a carton of fruit juice.

“The nurse told me you were awake,” he said, pushing the items toward me. “She also said you need strength. So…. I brought you food.”

My throat tightened again, this time from hunger. I had not eaten for a long time, and my body screamed for food. Still, I forced my face to remain calm, to not show how badly I wanted it.

“Thank you,” I muttered under my breath, taking the plate.

I opened it, and the smell made my stomach roar. I dug in, trying to eat with slow bites, but it was hard. My wolf inside me laughed.

“Look at you, pretending you’re not starving. Just eat, Raven.”

I ignored her. I ate, but carefully, as though I had control. I did not want him to see how desperate I was.

All the while, his eyes stayed on me. He didn’t move. He just watched me eat as though he was studying my soul.

When I finished, he took the empty plate and set it back into the bag.

“What a gentleman,” my wolf muttered inside of me.

But then I frowned.

“It’s a shame,” I whispered in my mind, “he is not my mate.”

Silence filled the room until he spoke again. “Tell me about your family. Why were you on the road that day?”

I froze again. My mind ran wild. If I told him the truth about my life, if I opened that dark door, he would leave. And the truth was, I could not go back to Beta Matthew’s apartment. Not after everything. Not now.

A lie would be safer. A lie was the best.

So I forced a small smile. “I’m an orphan,” I said. “No family.”

His face dropped with sadness. “I’m sorry for asking.”

He paused for a moment, and then his eyes moved down to my stomach. “But… who is the father of your babies?”

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