The Cursed Omega

Chapter 9 - The New Law

~IVORY~

"No, no, this can't be true" I said unbelievably, as I began to regret the rash decision I took at the mask party.

"Well...." Jemima said as she trailed off.

"So, what's the next step now?" Jason said, standing akimbo.

"I don't know, I'm just perplexed" I replied.

"What about letting the father know?" Jemima asked.

"I don't even know him, it was a mask party" I said as I began sobbing.

"No, don't cry, it'll be fine, stay calm" Jason said, trying to calm me down.

We heard a knock which made us all silent.

"Who's at the door?" Jemima asked in response.

"It is I, the kitchen-head" a voice replied.

"Please come in" Jemima said as she opened the door as the kitchen-head came in, carrying a leather bag.

"Hello everyone" she greeted.

"Hi ma" we replied.

"Ivory, I noticed you've been absent for a while now, being one of our skilled chefs, I decided to come pay a visit to our famous Carne Asada. I hope it meets you well. I wish you unwavering health, I'll take my leave now" she said all at once, then dropped the bag and smiled at me.

"Thanks for this generosity, ma, I really appreciate it" I said as I smiled weakly at her.

"That smile makes you look like your mother, you're very much welcome. I have things to attend to in the kitchen. I hope you'll be back with us soon" she said, as she exited the room.

"Did that really just happen?" Jemima said in shock as she looked at me in amazement.

"I'm in shock here too" I said, chuckling at Jemima's expression.

"Well, I got to go to work, ladies" Jason said as he picked up a bag, which I assumed to be his office bag. Jason worked as a part-time secretary at the council office and he got paid pretty well.

"Bye baby, have a good day at work, thanks for helping out." Jemima said as she kissed him briefly while I looked away.

"Be good babe, and you too, Ivory" he said as he left the room.

"So, what are we going to do?" Jemima said with worry evident in her face.

"I don't know, there's no link to the father. I can't remember anything from that night. Oh my, I'm so screwed" I lamented in regret.

"It'll be fine, we'll get a solution" Jemima said, patting my back.

"Abortion is out of this, I hope you know that, right?" I said as I looked up at her.

"Definitely" she said as she hummed deeply in thought.

"What if I try to get the names of people who attended the wine parlor that day?" She suggested.

"On a day like that? Come on, hundreds of people were trooping in and out, it was really packed with wolves and even other creatures, how possible is that?" I questioned her.

"Did it feel like he was a wolf?" She asked with a low voice.

"How should I have known that?" I retorted frustratingly.

"Okay, when you guys were at it, did you feel on high?" She asked.

"I was drunk, I can't exactly remember anything that happened, my emotions were all over the place. I can only remember him wearing a ring. I can't even remember what was on it" I replied.

"A lot of people wear rings, come on, this is just looking like a dead end, I bet he doesn't even know what you look like" she said as she settled on a chair, frowning intensely at me.

"Hmm, I'm sorry J" I said, feeling like a child who was caught doing bad things by his mother.

"I'm not mad at you, I'm just concerned" she softly said.

"I'll be fine, put your mind at ease, you worry too much" I playfully chided her.

"You can say that, anyways, let's get you to a bath. I perceive a foul smell in this direction" she said as she playfully pointed in my direction.

"You're a joker" I said as I waved away her pointed finger.

"On a more serious note, promise me something Ivory" she said with a serious demeanor as she stood up to sit beside me on the bed.

"What's that?" I asked her.

"You won't do things without carrying me along, you will always think about what I'd say or feel before you act, you'll always go for the best option.. you'll" she said as I interrupted her.

"Woah, easy there, tiger, take it easy on me, girl" I said as I chuckled.

"Okay, okay, that's all I want you to promise me" she said as she raised her hands up in mock surrender.

"Alright, I promise you, that I won't do things without carrying you along.I'll always think before I act and I'll always go for the best options" I said, as I plucked a single eye-lash as a sign.

"I feel relieved now, let's go have that bath" she said as she gently helped me up to the bathroom.

I spent a great while in the bathroom. After bathing, she picked up some clothes for me to wear,then we decided to stroll when a crier announced that all the ladies had been summoned to the pack youths hall in five minutes from then.

Jemima and I hurriedly made our way to the youths hall, as I occasionally slowed. She helped me by making me rest on her shoulder while we got to the youths hall. We were lucky to get there in time as lateness attracted punishments in the blue-moon pack.

"Good evening distinguished ladies of the blue-moon pack" Alpha Gerald greeted, as his voice echoed in the hall.

"Good evening Alpha" we all said back.

"I just have a few things to say here today. It has come to my notice that f*********n has now become the order of the day in this highly respected pack. I hereby command you with my authority as the Alpha and a member of the were-wolf council, that any lady caught fornicating shall be flogged a hundred times by the leopard's skin whip, and anyone who gets pregnant as a result of that...." He said, and paused to look at all of ou

r faces as fear began to build up in my heart.

"Shall be executed alongside her child" he finished.