Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Hunt For Lycan Queen: Kabanata 281 - Kabanata 290

My hands trembled as I unwrapped the bandage. The fabric was stiff with dried blood, the skin beneath swollen and angry.I should have said something; should have admitted weeks ago that it hadn’t healed right. But how could I? Lila already carried enough with her body stretched thin by the child, h

“You should be resting,” he said softly.I gave a brittle laugh. “Rest doesn’t make me stronger anymore.”The words slipped out sharper than I intended. I expected him to correct me, to offer one of his practical reassurances. Instead, he lowered himself onto the stool across from me, wincing just s

Ronan squeezed my hand once more, his eyes fierce. “I’ll get the midwives,” he said, and though his tone was clipped with urgency, his hand lingered on mine as if he hated to let go.The pain gathered again, a storm rising, and I clung to his touch as long as I could before it swallowed me whole.Co

None of it compared to the sound of her breaking apart under the force of her labor.She was slipping. I could see it in the color of her skin, in the shallow rise and fall of her chest, in the faint flutter of her pulse beneath my fingers. For the first time in years, fear truly shook me.Not the k

I could only stare as the second child was placed into her arms, pressed against her chest beside his sister.My throat closed again, my heart stuttering at the sight. Twins. A girl and a boy. The Gods had not only spared them, they had given double.The cries softened, turning into hiccupping whimp