Chapter 206

Before Daria could respond, a terrifying voice cut through the air.

"Try saying that again," Narik growled, his eyes burning with fury.

He marched toward Cecily, his hands clamped tightly around her throat.

"Do you believe I won't kill you if you say one more word? I'll do it right now, you spiteful, mean old woman."

Cecily gasped, her face turning ashen as she struggled to breathe,

k's gaze was filled with rage, his words laced with venom.

"Why should Elizabeth risk her life to give him a child when Leo is nowhere to be found?"

Narik growled. "I know what you're trying to do. You want her dead to make way for Derick to take over Silvermoon. But as long as Leo and I are aime, there's no way in hell you're going to get away with it." Cecily's breath was shallow, her chest rising and falling in frantic gasps, her face a patchwork of red and purple as her lungs bezzed for air.

She clawed at Narik's arm with what little strength she had left, her fingers slipping uselessly against his iron grip.

Desperation filled her eyes, but Narik's resolve never faltered.

His expression was a mixture of anguish and cold determination, each breath he took ragged and painful.

let go, his

with a fierce intensity. "If you don't, one day Leo

nurse hesitated, torn between her duty and the underlying threat in Narik's words, her face pale as she

Elizabeth POV:

blurred as I lay on the

me in unbearable waves, every muscle in my body straining as

swollen and bloodied from biting down, couldn't stop

in and out of a nightmare I couldn't wake from. "Elizabeth, stay with us," the doctor's voice echoed above me, a steady,

was everywhere-seeping into my bones, flooding my veins, until I no

wasn't

a battlefield, the labor hemorrhage draining not just

over me, his face

urged, his words sharp yet somehow encouraging, though

breaths were shallow, my

limbs felt heavy, like lead, and the

clipped instructions from the medical staff, and

Chapter 206

to gather the strength, it felt as if I was slipping further

The pressure was unbearable.

I was watching the life force drain out of me, moment

feel my pulse weaken, the cold creeping

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