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ne's
into my side. Blood and sweat drenched my clothes
ing my forehead against the linoleum whil
tray of surgical tools. He was the only medical staff left in the ward, complet
oked out. "It h
ad been a nightmare from the start, but I had endured every te
t. I believed that once our babies arrive
nd he was also the Alp
rary wall. I believed that once I officially became his Luna and
n distant especially
daughter of a respected Beta family. She knew how to speak at Alpha gatherings, wore beautifu
tely wanted to bel
e, I pulled out my phone and dialed his direct link.
e fourth ring. "W
ipped, cold, and
ry table. "Please. The babies are coming. It's to
in the middle of an important territory neg
as another wave of agony h
the hospital paperwork," he said coldly
nd drifted through the receiver. It
s voice echoed in the background, light
r, his voice softening in a w
ne wen
to. While I was on a cold floor fighting to bring his children into the
cal blow. My body gave out completely,
me, catching my shoulders. "Stay
y, untethering from my broken body. But then I thought of my babies. I co
" I whisper
frantically, he managed to stabilize my vitals ju
pitched cry fi
" the Healer
ment, the pain vanished. I forgot Ronan, I forgot Celeste, a
ice panicked. "The seco
c. The monitors beeped wildly as my bloo
escend properly, trapped inside a
as being ripped apart
ly," the Healer said, grabb
g the procedure, a sharp edge sliced my skin, spilling a s
impossible
gan to glow. A faint, silver-white radiance spreadtantly, staring at t
e glowing silver surface, I saw my own reflection. My eyes were no longernsation faded, and my
was making me hallucinate. But the
ing fingers and rushed to the computer
." he muttered to himself, reading the
aced it inside a specialized scanner in the corner of the room. He pressed s
ther wave of excruciating pain slammed into m
t time!" he shouted, r
life force. Moments later, a sec
wrapping her quickly.
Healer placed them into incubators and pushed them to
t toward the glass containers.
the mattress, completely
room, staring at the ceil
f regret. But he never came. He did not come after the birth, and he di
pillow. For the first time in my life, the truth washed ove
de my chest, so
I had never felt before... a sl
since my childhood, shif
entire life and had finally heard som
process it, and my
g a bright red warning label across the screen. The Healer wa
color, and he dropped th
blood to a royal lineage that had been
achine, the bloodline
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