Chapter 67

*Alyssa*

I sat at the edge of the bed, my body felt rigid as a marble statue, and my mind was a whirlpool of confusion. I had no idea how I ended up back in my room. The last thing I remembered was Rurac and his mother in the living room, their words echoing in my ears, bouncing off the walls of my brain, refusing to settle. Two main words echoed more loudly than the rest.

"Pregnant...quadruplets."

I blinked, trying to chase the fog from my mind, but the words were stubborn. They clung to me, stubbornly refusing to calm down. Four babies. I was going to be the mother of four babies.

A chuckle bubbled up from my stomach, surprising me. I clamped a hand over my mouth, to stop the sound. Was this some kind of joke? A prank? Could I just wake up and find out it was all a dream? With that thought in mind, I pinched my arm, hard. What was left was red bruised skin underneath. The pain was real. The pregnancy was real. The quadruplets were real.

I let out a breath I didn't realize I'd been ho