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| felt a pang shoot through me, but | couldn’t respond before another contraction took hold of me. With another
yell, | pitched forward. This time, both Lilith and Sophia caughtby one arm each.
“Take her to your home,” Lilith commanded Sophia with a fire in her eyes that would have stolen my breath
away had | any left to steal. “If you try anything funny, I'll slit your throat.”
Sophia gulped but nodded. | wanted to protest, but the pain was too great, so | let them carefully leadout of
the forest and out to the road, where Sophia's car was parked.
“An ambulance or going to the hospital would just alert Alexander to the birth,” Sophia explained as she helped
do then. You'll have to give birth secretly at my house, then figure it out from there. My family will help you stay
safe as long as you need.”
| still wasn’t sure if she was right about Alexander, but by now, the labor was becoming too intense to think
straight. The drive to Sophia's hwas a blur, and before | knew it, | was being rushed into one of the guest
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtrooms and laid down on the large bed with several blankets and a bucket of warm water.
What happened next was indescribable. The pain was so intense that | couldn't speak, couldn't think,
could only scream and grip the blankets and pray that it would be over soon.
And it was over quickly. Too quickly.
First there was a series of waves of blinding pain, each one longer and more intense than the last, as figures who
| didn’t even recognize moved aroundin a frantic blur.
Then cthe final push.
Something warm and thick spurted out between my legs, and | looked up to see Lilith’s face go pale.” Keep
pushing, dear. You're almost there,” she whispered with a reassuring smile, but her voice was
trembling.
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| pushed with one final cry of agony. My entire body felt like it was ripping in half, but then the pressure released,
and | felt my child slip out of me.
Then... silence.
No lusty cry of a newborn. No tiny bundle being lifted into my arms. Just silence that was only, finally broken by a
small choked sound coming from Lilith beside me.
“Lilith...?” My voice sounded faraway even to my own ears as | turned to her imploringly. “Is my baby...”
“They're working on him,” she croaked out, reaching over with a shaking hand to push the sweat-soaked hair out
of my forehead. “Don’t worry, Ella. Your little boy will be just fine...”
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A boy. I'd had a boy.
| should have been elated. My child had made it into the world. But all | felt was anguish and... pain. And more of
that warmth seeping from between my legs.
My head was spinning as | managed a small, “Lilith...? What about me...?”
“It's alright, Ella... I'm right here... You'll be alright...”
She didn’t sound so certain. In fact, the tears in her eyes should have indicated tothat she was completely
lying. But | was rapidly growing warm, and everything suddenly felt fuzzy and pleasant and insignificant, and
soon the room began to grow dark around the edges.
The last thing | heard before | lost consciousness completely was the first cry of a newborn child.
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