Chapter 47: Pain of a monster
*~Hazel’s POV~*
I stormed into my room, my chest heaving like I had just run a mile through mud. I don’t know what I thought—that they would believe me? Me? The helpless human girl whose voice had never mattered in a room full of wolves. One strange observation and I thought it would finally count for something?
It never has.
Caspian didn’t follow me. He didn’t even try. He just stood there, watching me walk away. Or maybe he’d already turned his back by then. I didn’t go to his chamber this time—I went to mine. I wanted to be alone, where the silence wouldn’t try to argue with me, where I didn’t have to pretend I was still brave.
The moment I shut the door behind me, the weight of everything crashed down.
I collapsed into the bed without even pulling back the covers. I lay there as the hours passed, unmoving, my body heavy and my mind louder than ever. At some point, the room began to dim. Evening gave way to night, and moonlight crept through the slits in my curtains, casting silver streaks over my skin.
The glow touched my face. I didn’t move. I just turned to my side and touched my stomach, rubbing slow circles.
I gasped softly. A soft movement
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It was faint. So faint. But I felt like...
My child.
And then the memory returned. The thing I saw. The thing no one wanted to believe. The thing with his eyes. The way he looked, the power around him, the way something ancient had flickered across his skin for a split second. What is he? Who the hell did I get pregnant for?
Before the thought could consume me again, a sound cut through the stillness—a knock. But not on my door.