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.

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

here, Lily,” I said, resting my head on her shoulder. Lily smiled and went to say something. but another contraction hit me and I squeezed her hand so

bed,” Margaret said, guiding me over. “Just keep breathing, just like we practiced.

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

I gasped as they laid me down on the bed so Margaret could check my cervix. “I can’t,

my hand, her eyes flashing. “You’re the strongest person I know, Hannah. You’ve faced worse than this and come out on top. You’ll be

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Chapter 0378

outside the room, occasionally

what felt like an eternity, Margaret’s voice cut through the

shake mountains), I felt

was over. With a whimper, I laid my head back on

a girl!”

face as Margaret placed

my mother breathed, her eyes glistening.

little one,” I whispered, tracing her

out of my eyes. “What are you going

I’d already come up with

name feeling right on my tongue now that I said it out loud. “Her name will be

“Melody…

my daughter for the first time, I was filled with such overwhelming love that nothing else mattered. Not the pain I had just endured, not the challenges that lay

his throat and broke the spell of

do

we should notify Noah that the baby has

unison, startling Melody, who began

“No,” I repeated, more calmly this time. “I don’t want

brow furrowed. “But Hannah,

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

counts.”