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The snake girl was gaunt, barely skin and
bones. Her cheeks were hollow, and her eyes
held a dead look.
“Cloud, did you know something that made you
avoid the naga clan?”
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She glared at me with resentment.
“Are you happy to see me like this?”
I was speechless.
“You chose to marry him. I didn’t force you.
Why are you screaming at me?”
Her bitterness only made me barely keep my
composure.
She dropped to her knees. “Cloud, help me.
Corbin says you know how to get pregnant. If I
don’t have a baby, he’ll kill me!”
She was hiding something.
I knew what was going on, since I’d been
through it myself.
The snake girl cried desperately. She thought
she was lucky, marrying into a powerful clan
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But when Corbin changed, she realized she was
just a baby–making tool.
If she didn’t have children, she would be
tortured endlessly.
Seeing her pain, I remembered my own despair
and felt bad. “You can leave him.”
Her face changed.
“No! I won’t leave my husband!”
She looked at me suspiciously. “Are you trying
to take advantage of this? Even if I die, I won’t
leave him. I’ll have a baby and go back to how
things were!”
Even now, she was desperate for the status
Corbin had given her.
It was all because she didn’t have a child. If she
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could produce an heir, she could regain her
place as the proud naga clan queen.
I watched her sadly. The snake girl glared,
shouting, “You don’t want to tell me, do you?
You’re jealous that I married well and want to
break us up! In your dreams!”
I sighed.
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“It’s not that I don’t want to tell you. The bunny
clan technique only works for bunny girls.
You…”
Her eyes went blank.
“I knew it. I knew you wouldn’t help me!”
She left angrily.
I forgot about it.
But soon, I heard the fox bride was pregnant.
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Corbin was spoiling her again. Those who had
criticized them started praising their love, and
pitied me.
It didn’t matter how happy we were. Without a
baby, the eagle clan was second–rate.
Jasper looked guilty.
“Do you blame me for not letting you be a
mother?”
I shook my head.
It wasn’t his fault. Besides, we’d have our child
soon.
I thought we’d live a peaceful, happy life. But
then the snake girl came to see me again.
She wasn’t cocky anymore. She was haggard as
she burst into the eagle clan palace.
