Becoming The Werewolf Queen

~~Esmeralda POV~~

"Hey baby. You look stressed, what's the issue?" I asked Thorne as he entered our room, he wasn't smiling at all.

"Hey, I didn't see you there. Shouldn't you be with the women right now?" He asked me instead, staring at me with a little bit of unhappiness on his face. He doesn't even look like he's happy to see me at all. I frowned a bit at that, putting aside that thought.

"I came back early because I wasn't feeling well. What's wrong with you though? Did something happen?" I asked him again.

"Nothing much, I'm just stressed out. But what did you do that made you not feel well? I bet you all were just talking and all. What happens when you finally become queen then?" He asked me.

My heart dipped a bit. For some reason, the words made me a little bit hurt. It was almost like he was invalidating my feelings.

"I want to be left alone for the rest of tonight please, just stay out of my way." He added, making me even more confused.

Thorne never talked to me that way, he had never told me to leave him alone before.

What exactly is going on with him? I didn't miss the look on his face as he walked away.

Was that disgust?

I could have sworn that was what I saw on his face.

But that's not possible.

It's just not possible that he's disgusted by me, it doesn't make any sense to me at all. I badly want to believe that it's my brain playing pranks on me. Maybe it's because I'm not feeling well.

Thorne has been the most romantic man I've ever seen and met. We met years ago, and I was over the moon when I met him. I've been longing to meet my mate since.

I fell in love with him since the first day I saw him, he was everything I wanted in a mate and more.

And although he's the heir of the werewolf King.

I pictured our future together and I just really want nothing more than to get mated with him already. The mating and coronation ceremony is tomorrow and he hadn't failed to tell me how much he looks forward to that.

I really expected him to be all smiles when he got home today but the attitude I got wasn't expected at all.

He was so happy with me before leaving, what happened then?

"Thorne, what's the issue?" I asked as I walked over to the room.

I tried to open the door, only to see that it was locked from behind.

He really doesn't want to see me?

"Look for something to do, Esmeralda. I'm not in the mood for you at the moment" He shouted from inside. That hollow feeling came again, I felt really hurt by his words.

Just as I turned around, I heard the door to the right swing open. I walked towards it, wondering who came in without knocking. I got into the living room to see Aria, Thorne's childhood friend and my biggest hater.

She only spared me a glance, about to walk past me when I dragged her back.

"Excuse you? You don't barge into someone's-"  

"I asked her to come, Esmeralda. She's here to see me." Thorne's voice came on, cutting me off.

"You heard that, bitch. Now get out of my way." She slightly pushed me aside and walked past me. I was really stunned by her choice of word, and Thorne heard it clearly too but he didn't say anything about it.

Before I could say anything else, I felt bile rush up my throat and I ran towards the toilet. I dumped everything in my stomach into the sink as a very sick feeling washed over me.

I rested my back against the wall as I tried to catch my breath. I felt really dizzy, my head light too. Thorne should have felt it already that I wasn't feeling well, but he didn't run through the doors to come to me.

My eyes suddenly traveled to the pregnancy strip on the table. I had gotten one from the clinic earlier today. I slowly picked it up, nervousness eating at me.