“No, Malik!”
“Abigail is lying! She’s drained every last drop of my blood! She wants our baby to starve to death!“]
Malik kicked me away with his foot.]
“Lavinia Grimaldi! Have you caused enough drama!“]
“I give you everything you could want, cater to your every need! Just drawing a hundred milliliters of blood, and who exactly are you putting on this pathetic performance for!”
“If you won’t breastfeed the baby, then you don’t get to see him! Formula will do just fine! You think the son of Alpha Malik could actually starve to death!”
I knelt on the ground, clutching Malik’s legs and begging desperately.
“It won’t work! The baby’s allergic to formula! He’ll die!”
Abigail helped me to my feet. “Lavinia, babies aren’t that fragile!“]
“I was allergic to lots of things as a child too. You just feed them a little at a time and gradually build tolerance!“]
Tears streamed down my face as I shook my head violently. “No…“]]
Abigail suddenly pushed me away and threw herself to the ground.
“Lavinia! I was just telling the truth–you didn’t have to shove me!“]
“I’m still carrying Malik’s baby!“]
“It hurts! My stomach hurts so much!”
Malik slapped me to the side. “Lavinia! What the hell are you doing!“]]
He quickly scooped up Abigail and drove her to the hospital.
Before leaving, he made sure to have me locked inside the house to await his return and punishment.]
I collapsed weakly on the floor, but my baby’s faint crying from outside the door forced me to keep fighting.
“Luna! Luna, something’s wrong!“]
“The young heir is having an allergic reaction! Please save him!“]
I desperately tried to break the door lock, but it wouldn’t budge.[]
The buzzing of a drone outside the window mixed with the servants‘ terrified screams.[]
“Who are you! Let go of the young heir!”
I ran to the window and watched my baby dangling from a drone in midair.
“No! No!”
“He’s just an infant!”
A rope was tied around the baby’s neck, turning his face blue and purple.
He couldn’t even cry out before he was slowly strangled to death.
Abigail’s gleeful laughter came through the drone’s speaker.
“Lavinia, isn’t this fun?”
“The baby must be so happy being rocked like this!”
I kept bowing my head to the drone. “Abigail! I’ll give you Malik!“]
“Whatever you want, I’ll give you! Please spare my child!“]
Abigail snorted coldly, using the remote to release the rope right in front of me.
me.]]
C
The baby instantly plummeted toward the ground.
Chapter 4
“No!”
1 stretched out desperately to catch him, half my body hanging out the window.
The moment my baby hit the ground, I also fell from the second–floor window.
With my broken leg, I crawled on the ground and used every ounce of strength to hold my baby in my arms.
“Help! Someone help my child!“]
All the servants had been intimidated by Abigail–no one dared to help.
I grabbed a phone, but couldn’t get through to emergency services.]
I could only force myself to carry my baby to find a hospital
The path I took was marked with a trail of blood.
I don’t know how long I walked, but I finally reached the hospital.
“Doctor! Doctor!“]
No matter how much I called out, no doctor came.
only two passing nurses bothered to tell me.[]
“Stop shouting. The Hawthorne pack’s Luna took a fall, and every doctor in the pack has been called to attend to her.”
“I’m so jealous of the Luna–married into the Alpha family so young, and her mate dotes on her so much!”
I held my baby’s gradually stiffening corpse, every tear I had left finally drying up.
In that moment of absolute devastation, the ancient words surfaced in my mind–the curse that Moon Priestesses had carried in silence for centuries, waiting for the moment when betrayal ran so deep that divine justice demanded to be spoken.[]
With my child’s lifeless body in my arms, I whispered the sacred words that would end the Hawthorne pack’s fate.]]
Malik’s voice suddenly echoed in my mind through our mate bond.[]
“Lavinia, there’s a Hawthorne pack gathering. Clean yourself up and bring the baby along.“[]
I wiped away the last of my tears, a cold smile spreading across my face.
Malik, remember when I told you my blood comes with a price? []
Well, the bill has finally come due. I
I hope you’re ready to pay what you owe.
