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.

my memories?" Hazel whispered, dread growing in her chest. "Damn it... I need to get out

around. But there was

trees. Endless trees. The same barren trunks repeating like

Right. Through shadows. Over roots.

went... she always ended up in the same

clearing....The same rock. The same groaning woman...her

voice echoing like thunder across the false world.

she was not

contraction. The pain etched

Lilith was in agony.

whispered to herself through clenched teeth, her

Push now.

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

to breathe, watching the woman

watching a

threw her head back and

face turned pale. Veins bulged from her neck. Her cries echoed across the empty woods, bouncing off tree trunks like a

two...

Lilith sobbed, tears slipping down

her throat tighten. She stepped forward instinctively, as if

She tried

right through, as if Lilith’s body was

hell..." Hazel whispered. "You can’t hear

memory....This was a

Lilith had said she wanted to show her

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her

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

voices—dark, sharp voices—cut through

see a Crescent

None

cold. Lilith froze, her eyes wide with

her breath ragged. She was

with every step, but her mind

have to survive. My baby

her side, reaching out again but her hand

it!" she cursed. "I’m right here! Let me

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

a ghost trapped in

crashing

"I see her!"

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