JOY TO SORROW.

JOY TO SORROW.

HAZEL'S POV.

Back in the woods, I was roasting a wild cat's meat that I had killed a minute ago.

As I squatted to rekindle the fire, I felt a sharp pain hitting my stomach, just below my navel and it was very sharp.

I groaned and caressed that side til the pain eased.

I continued with what I was doing and when the meat was cooked enough to my satisfaction, I picked it up from the zinc I was roasting on and took a bite.

The pain returned, more deadly than I let go of the meat to hold my baby bump, "Ah!" My voice echoed throughout the woods, but I didn't care, the pain was too much to care.

I felt some liquid rolling down from my legs, and I understood what was wrong with me immediately, 'My pups were coming!'

I tried to stand up on my feet as I held the arms of the chair I was sitting on. I stood.

I turned towards my little hut but stopped on my track because of the person I saw leaning on the tree beside the hut.

He had a smirk plastered on his lips.

I frowned at him, "What are you doing here? What do you want?" I wanted to question him angrily to show that he was not welcome but the pain in my stomach was biting, "Ah!"

He rushed over to me, "Hey, are you okay?"

"Do I look like I am?" I snapped at him, with pain in my heart.

"No, definitely, but guess it's your lucky day, I'm with some midwives, who have been waiting impatiently for this day." I had no time to think of his words, "Let me help."

I let him help me to the hut and the midwives came in.

There were five of them. "You don't have to panic, we will help you to birth them." They assured me.

I would have loved to snap at them to get to work immediately, but the pain I was in was a bitch, it just was unbearable, and I was feeling the babies trying to force themselves out. It was a hellish feeling.

They raised my gown and removed my panties, "Now, try to push."

That was a bad start because when I pushed, I felt one hell of a pain, it was as if my inner body was tearing itself apart and it was sharp tears.

"Ah!" My agony was all over the place.

"Please, push."

I tried and pushed again, more tears came and by now, I was sure that the bed would be tasting some of my blood from the tears from my lower body.

"Harder!"

I didn't listen to that.

I just wanted to stand up from that bed and leave there to hide, the pain was unbearable.

"Please, lady, you have to push." They persuaded.

"Your babies won't survive hours in there if you don't push them out." Another spoke up.

That triggered something in me and I pushed very hard this time with a louder shout and my eyes almost popping out of their sockets because of how hard I pushed myself.

"Oh! It's a boy!" That noise brought me back.

A boy! My boy!

I calmed down as I felt darkness enveloping me, and I was even too tired to ask of my pup.

"Ma'am, no." I felt some harsh spanking on my lap, "There is one left, you can't sleep now."

My head almost busted, one left?

No.

I knew that my babies were two, but I wished that they had both pulled out at once; the pain must have been one and for all.

"Ma'am."

"I can't." My voice was low and weak.

"Get the alpha here immediately, she might lose her life." I heard some rushing sounds.

Next thing, I felt my head being raised from the bed, he put it on his lap, and then he drove his fingers into my hair, and began to caress my scalp, "You're stronger than you think, Hazel."

I opened my weak eyes to stare at him, he smiled softly in reassurance, "You have to bring the other one to the world too, it won't be fair to leave him/her behind. Come on."

My eyes produced new balls of tears, and I held onto his hands, "I hate him." I cried louder.

"I know." He replied to me.

"I swear I hate him so much and if I see him, I will kill him."

With that said, I shut my eyes in pain and pushed as hard as I could with my heart bleeding painfully.

I will kill Kai if I ever see him again.

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I woke up and the first thing I noticed was the environment I was in, I jumped up immediately, "My babies!" My hands flew to my stomach, but there was no movement in it anymore, though it still had a little bump, and I was feeling so sore all over.

A chuckle from someone distracted me, and I turned to see the alpha. He was with one of the pups as he walked closer to me, "Welcome back to earth, how was your journey to the afterlife?" He joked and gave the child to me.

I ignored his words, solemnly focusing on the baby.

Tears built in my eyes immediately I saw the child, it was as if I was meant to suffer all my life.

"No!" I cried more and gave him back to the alpha immediately in pain and fright, as if the baby burned me.

The pup looked exactly like Kai, no difference at all, and the face was bringing my pain back.

I held my hair and scattered it about, "Take him away from me!" I shouted.

"I don't understand, why the drama? Nothing happened to the child, they are both perfectly fine. You get to see the other, he is more beautiful."

I raised my head immediately and calmed down, hoping that he would look like me. "Where is the other?"

"Bring the other pup."

The other was a boy as well, and he was brought forth. I was scared to carry the child, but I eventually did.

I glanced at him and I felt my life leaving me, it was as if Kai just barfed him out of his mouth, he was nothing different from him. I understood immediately that I would not know peace, just pain.

"No!" My hands shook, and the pup slipped out of my grip, crying.

"Hazel, stop!"