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*Lotus POV*

I sat nervously at the table, taking small bites of the food in front of me as my mind raced with conflicting emotions. Despite despising Seth for his cruelty and treating me like nothing more than a breeding rat, I couldn't help but feel a strange attraction to him. The very thought of bearing his child sent shivers down my spine, but I couldn't deny the way my heart quickened at the sight of him.

As Seth abruptly left the table, my thoughts turned to the task that lay ahead of me. I knew that bearing a vampire child was something that had never been heard of before, and I couldn't help but wonder what the consequences would be. Would I survive the process? Would the child be healthy? Would Seth kill me once the child was born?

The uncertainty of it all weighed heavily on my mind as I sat there, lost in thought. I had always known that my life as a slave was one of servitude and pain, but this was something entirely different. The idea of bringing a vampire child into the