I was then shown back into the family room; and when I entered the room they all went silent. Belle asked what we spoke about; and I quickly told her that Ben wanted to make sure that I was ok before he went for his surgery. She seemed happy with this answer; however I could sense that she knew there was more than meets the eye to mine and Ben's conversation. But I decided to drop this; I didn't want to fixate on my conversation with Ben any longer - I was already punishing myself enough as it is!

Thankfully it was at this point when the leading detective walked into the family room to tell us that they currently have Bobby and all of his men in custody thanks to my efforts. He did then state that he would have to speak to me at some point about the extremes that I had chosen to gone to. When Adam asked about this the lead detective stated that he was going to leave me to explain; he then told me that he would be in touch before quickly leaving the room.

This then opened me up for questioning once more questioning and I stuck to the original story that I told them before; I stressed that the only thing that I could think that the lead detective was talking about was my use of magic. Yes I knew that it was forbidden; but surely given the fact why I had to use magic it should speak for itself.

Midway through our discussion hospital staff came in with pillows and blankets; they told us that due to the amount of joint dislocations Doctor Cameron was going to be working on Ben all night. They then told us that he had three other surgeons working with him and they currently were beginning to work on a separate joint. I asked was this safe; and they assured me that it was - as apparently that dislocated joints needed to be put back into joint as soon as possible. Normally with a dislocation the joint would be popped back in; but this wasn't the case in Ben's situation as given the amount of nerve and tissue damage that had also been inflicted against his body. Belle asked how long before we could see Ben and we were told it depends how impacted the joints were; but we were given a ball park figure of around three to four hours - given the number of staff working on him. I nodded at this as I sat down on a leather couch in the corner of the room; I then flung the blanket over me and started to hope and pray that it wasn't going to be much longer before Ben was out of surgery. And as I rested my head against the pillow that I was just given I made myself a promise - that when Ben was out of surgery I was going to be the one to look after him; and I was never ever going to let him out of my sight again!

*Four and a Half Hours Later*

It was an agonising wait in the family room as we all watched the clock to count down the hours; I didn't know which point it was that I feel asleep but my eyes snapped open when the family door opened and a very tired Doctor Cameron appeared.

He told us all that the surgery had been a success; but it took longer than they thought as they also had to tend to the large crosses on Ben's face, stomach and chest. I then asked whether we could see him but we were told not at the moment that he was currently in recovery and coming out of his anaesthetic; but he just wanted us to know how things had gone before he came to see to me.

We both then left the room and went to a nearby side room and I let him tend to my broken nose and bust lip; however things were made complicated when he wanted to give me medication and I told him that he couldn't. It was at this point I admitted that I thought I could be pregnant; the fact that when I changed into a dragon an egg also appeared kind of already confirmed this but I knew that I had to do this properly. As soon as Ben woke up we would need to talk and I would need to be completely honest with him; and I fully intended to be.

Half and hour, and a pregnancy test later, and it was confirmed that I was pregnant. Me and Doctor Cameron even figured out that I was around six, nearly seven weeks pregnant and this told me one thing - me and Ben hadn't been as careful as we thought when we went away to his lodge a few weeks after his proposal. However this wasn't something that I regret; me and Ben had made a baby together and I was never ever going to regret that. They were made out of love; I just hoped that Ben was going to have the same reaction - but if he didn't then we would talk through it I'm sure.

I still was in disbelief that I was pregnant; yes I had had pregnancy scares in the past but nothing came of it. However given the fact that this was Ben's baby I loved them wholeheartedly and I couldn't wait to meet them. And when I returned back to the family room; everyone meekly smiled at me as I returned to my seat. The room then fell into silence as we continued to wait to see Ben; which was something that was we were all very much eager to do.

*Another Two Hours Passes*

When Doctor Cameron came back into the family room we all took a deep breath in at the same time. He then told us that they had moved Ben to a side room for privacy and discretion. He then added that we could go and sit with Ben however he needed to make us all aware of a few things, which we all nodded to.

He explained that Ben's arms and legs were now in plaster casts, there were bandages on his face, stomach and chest to contend with the crosses that had been dragged across his face. He then added that given the amount of injuries they had sedated him and he currently had an oxygen mask on him to help with his breathing. I nodded at this; the description that he had given us all was currently showing in my the fore front of my mind. I was glad for the heads up; but I knew that it was only going to prepare me a little bit for what I was about to see.

When we were given the go ahead I quickly ran out of the room; and lead the rest of our group towards Ben's room. When my eyes landed on him I gasped; even though he was normally nearly seven foot he looks so small and frail in his hospital bed. As I dropped into recliner on the right hand side of his bed as I noted that he looked so peaceful; even though I knew that if he was awake he probably be in a great deal of pain. So even though I wanted to speak to him I knew that his current state was in his best interests. The only solace that I was able to take from his current state is that at least he was now safe and anyway from Bobby and his gang.