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.

whispered, dread growing in her chest. "Damn it... I need to get

spun around. But there was no

The same barren trunks repeating like a pattern

Right. Through shadows. Over roots. Between the

she went... she always

rock. The same groaning

she shouted, her voice echoing like thunder across the false world. "What are you doing to

she was not present

with every contraction. The pain etched deep

Lilith was in agony.

still whispered to herself through clenched

this. Push now.

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

breathe, watching the woman who birthed her...

watching

threw her head back and screamed

bulged from her neck. Her cries echoed across the empty woods, bouncing

then two... then three

come. "No..." Lilith sobbed, tears slipping down her

tighten. She stepped forward instinctively, as if to help...only for

She

right through, as if

hear

memory....This was a

all made sense now. Lilith had said she

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turned, her

was born?" she asked the wind. "Is this what you

sharp voices—cut through the forest like

see

None of them

froze, her eyes wide with

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

with every step, but her mind only

survive. My

rushed to her side, reaching out again but her

she cursed. "I’m right here! Let

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

in a vision. And

wolves’ voices grew louder, crashing through the trees

"I see her!"

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