Alpha's Regret After Her Rebirth by Aurora Starling

Chapter 0378

Chapter 0378

Hannah

“Oh, Goddess. Are you sure?”

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“I think I can tell, Lily,” I said, clutching my back and wincing as another jolt of pain worked through me.” Look at the mattress.”

Lily, dressed in her nightgown with her robe flowing loosely on top, rushed past me and pulled the blankets back. Indeed, the mattress was soaked from my water breaking in my sleep.

The house turned into a blur then. As the contractions began coming more frequently and more painfully, my sister called the midwife–an older woman named Margaret who had assisted Lily during her birth- and prepared the bedroom.

outside

Guards were posted not only my bedroom door, but also at all entrances to the house. It was

something that I had expressed a need for since I had moved back home; I couldn’t risk Noah showing up and trying to steal my baby, the heir to Nightcrest.

I doubted that he would, considering the fact that he seemed to think that my child belonged to another man. But it made me feel a whole hell of a lot safer during a vulnerable time.

Soon, my bedroom had been transformed into a makeshift delivery room. Fresh sheets and towels covered my bed, soft music played on a speaker, and aromatic candles had been lit to calm me.

“This is unnecessary,” I groaned as Lily lit the final candle. “I don’t care if–Oooh!” Another contraction rippled through my body.

“Breathe,” Margaret cooed, rubbing my back as we paced the room together. “Just breathe through it. In through your nose, out through your mouth.”

I did as instructed. “The scent of the candles will calm you,” Lily explained, shaking the match and crossing the room to take my other arm. They helped a lot during my birth.”

I shot my sister a withering glare, but there was no real heat in it. I couldn’t be mad at her.

mentor to me. Having already gone through a birth of her own, she had all kinds of tips to share, all sorts of

Lily,” I said, resting my head on her shoulder. Lily smiled and went to say

time. Let’s get you on the bed,” Margaret said, guiding me over. “Just keep breathing, just

the breathing techniques I had diligently learned. But they hardly helped,

on the bed so Margaret could

I know, Hannah. You’ve faced worse than this and come out on top. You’ll be

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Chapter 0378

words of encouragement. My father paced nervously outside the room, occasionally peeking in to check on our progress. Soon, the sun rose and even reached its zenith in

felt like an eternity, Margaret’s voice cut through the haze of pain. “I can

effort (and a scream that could shake mountains), I felt a

laid my head back on

girl!”

and relief streamed down my face as Margaret placed my daughter on my chest. She was perfect–tiny, red–faced, and

Hannah,” my mother breathed, her eyes glistening. “She’s

of her. “Hello, little one,” I whispered,

hair out of my eyes. “What are you going

I’d already come up with a

tongue now that I said it out loud. “Her name will

sighed breathily, “Melody… What

I was filled with such overwhelming love that nothing else mattered. Not the pain I had just endured, not the challenges that lay ahead, not

cleared his throat and broke the spell of the

do

we should notify Noah that the baby has been

Lily and I shouted in unison, startling Melody,

with gentle whispers. “No,” I repeated, more calmly this time. “I don’t want Noah involved

brow furrowed. “But Hannah, he’s

“The last time we spoke, he said he doubted the baby was even his. He accused me of sleeping around so much that I didn’t even know who the father was. So as far as I’m concerned, he’s not Melody’s father. He may have conceived her with me, but he’s not her father where

counts.”