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.

with my memories?" Hazel whispered, dread growing in her chest.

spun around. But

barren trunks repeating like a pattern etched

Through shadows. Over roots. Between the

went... she always ended

The same groaning woman...her mother,

thunder across

response almost like she was not

The pain etched deep lines into her face as

Lilith was in agony.

whispered to herself through clenched teeth, her voice trembling

this. Push now. You can do

adjusted her legs, preparing to deliver the baby herself. Alone. In the middle of a

watching the woman who

was surreal. Like watching a stranger

threw her head back and screamed

turned pale. Veins bulged from her neck. Her cries

two... then three

"No..." Lilith sobbed, tears

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

She

right through, as if

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

memory....This was

had said she wanted to show her

memory? View the

turned, her

born?" she asked the wind. "Is this what you wanted me to

through

can see

None of them should

froze, her eyes wide with terror.

breath ragged. She was still

body screamed with every step, but her mind

have to survive. My baby has

her side, reaching out again but

she cursed. "I’m right here! Let

her. Couldn’t warn her. Couldn’t

a ghost trapped in

louder, crashing through the

"I see her!"

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