Chapter 69: Pregnant mother

Author’s POV...

The moment Caspian left the room, closing the door behind him, Lilith stepped forward and stood in front of Hazel, her eyes unreadable.

Hazel’s breath trembled, her hands curling into fists. "Hasn’t it sunk in yet?" she snapped. "I’m not turning it on. I’m not helping you find any damn babies."

Her voice cracked at the end, a mixture of fury and helplessness. But Lilith didn’t flinch. Instead, she offered a soft, almost broken smile.

"I no longer care whether you turn it on or not," she said quietly. "I just have some memories to show you."

"I don’t want the memories," Hazel shouted, her voice rising like a wave. "I just want to be free!"

Lilith didn’t respond with more words. Instead, she stepped forward, gently placing both hands on Hazel’s head.

"You’ll be free... after I show you this."

And then she began to chant.

The air snapped. The atmosphere shifted, thickening with magic and dread. Hazel’s world began to spin as the room blurred, folding in on itself. Light bled into shadow. Sound turned to silence.

And then...Crunch.

Hazel’s boots hit the floor of a strange, brittle landscape.

Dead leaves cracked beneath her feet.

She blinked. Everything around her was foreign—like she’d stepped into another dimension entirely. The trees were bare and the air unnaturally still, cold, and tinted in gray hues.

She turned and froze.

A girl stood by a large rock just a few feet away. No, not a girl...a woman. She was heavily pregnant, her body bent with pain, clutching her belly as she struggled to breathe. Her long dark hair stuck to her sweat-drenched forehead.

Hazel’s heart dropped.

The woman... looked exactly like her.

"What the hell..." Hazel whispered.

But this didn’t make sense. She had no memory of ever being here. When she gave birth, she was with Aurora. Not... this. Not alone in some cursed forest, crying out against stone.

Her body moved before her thoughts did she stepped closer to the woman, eyes wide, breath shallow.

As Hazel drew closer, the illusion cracked.

It was her mother. Lilith.

Pregnant. Groaning in agony. Writhing against the rock as if she was reliving something that should never have been remembered.

growing in her chest. "Damn it... I need to get out

But there was

trees. Endless trees. The same barren trunks repeating like a

to run. Left. Right. Through

no matter where she went... she always

same groaning

she shouted, her voice echoing like thunder across the false

like she

body writhing with every contraction. The pain etched deep lines into her face

Lilith was in agony.

through clenched teeth, her voice trembling

You’ve got this. Push

lowered herself to the cold ground, her back arching as she adjusted her legs, preparing to deliver the baby herself. Alone. In the middle of a cursed

frozen, unable to breathe, watching the woman

surreal. Like watching

head back and screamed as she began to

neck. Her cries

minute passed then two... then three

wouldn’t come. "No..." Lilith sobbed, tears slipping

throat tighten. She stepped forward instinctively, as if to help...only for her hand to pass straight through Lilith’s

She tried

if Lilith’s body was made

hell..." Hazel whispered. "You can’t hear me... and now I can’t even

was a

Lilith had said she wanted to show her

memory? View the correct content

her

the

sharp voices—cut through the

see a Crescent

all Crescents. None of them should

Lilith froze, her eyes wide

her swollen belly, her breath ragged. She was still in labor,

but her mind

My baby has

her side, reaching out again but her hand went through

"I’m right here! Let

she couldn’t....She couldn’t touch her. Couldn’t warn her. Couldn’t

a ghost trapped in a vision.

crashing through

"I see her!"

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