Chapter 7: Losing Hope
>>Aelin
Alishay's gaze softened or at least that was what it looked like.
"Draegon is gravely injured," She said, "He might not make it."
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It felt like someone had swapped the floor from beneath my feet, "What...?" He might not make it? He's going to die? I looked down at my belly.
Then, what will happen to us?
"Draegon's life is tied to the war. If the war continues like this, if the demons keep losing, it could spell the end for him. But if you let them use the child's lifeforce... they can use that energy to restore Draegon's strength."
I looked up at her again, "The-what?" I had never heard of such a thing in my kingdom. "Use the baby's lifeforce to save Draegon?" But then again, I didn't know how demons and their magic worked fully.
"The witch will channel it."
I felt the room start to tilt, my vision blurring as I processed her words. "I... I don't understand. My child... my baby?" My hand gripped my stomach protectively, as if I could shield it from what she was suggesting. "You want the baby's lifeforce to save Draegon's? How will that even work? It's a-baby..."
Alishay's face softened into something that could almost pass for sympathy. Almost. "I know this is hard to understand for a human. But this is a practice that has been performed before and works really well."