266-The Swap!

Author's POV:

Years Ago:

’What are you saying? Vasquez and Lady Sofia are not fools. They will find out about it sooner or later, and then what?" Elex argued with the idea that Scarlet pitched about feeding one of the babies to her own sick daughter.

’How would they know? Just tell them you were only able to snatch one baby or that you lost the other one," she shrugged, watching him shake his head aggressively and roam around the living room in worry.

’That is not gonna work. The Weredragon King and Queen will cause chaos, and Lord Vasquez will question my work ability. I cannot just say I lost the weredragon baby. Elex refused to get himself into trouble, but Scarlet seemed adamant about doing whatever she could to save her daughter.

'You would rather see your daughter die?’ she asked, with tears forming in her eyes.

’How— how about we do something small—?’ Elex watched Scarlet look at him with quizzical eyes for not taking a risk for their daughter, so he came up with another plan: ’How about we feed our daughter some of the blood of the weredragon babies? It is not like they have to eat the whole baby to survive, right?’ he watched her face with hope covered eyes. She remained still for a minute before taking a deep breath and smiling at him.

back with a knife that almost made Elex wince just

lying the little weredragon baby on the couch. "Little girl,

of the baby girl. Her innocence would fool anyone, but for now. Scarlet was ready

a jar, and Scarlet made a cut on the little baby's palm, collecting the blood in the jar and

Scarlet said. "Anyway, I will go feed our Bea this blood now." Scarlet carried the little weredragon baby to the room to treat her wound and

"Oh no! Elex!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, making Elex

started crying, holding Elex by his collars and shaking him. He stared at his dead daughter for a

can she die on me?" Scarlet realized they were a little late. The two cried for the next two hours on the couch in the living room with the weredragon babies

Elex said in a defeated voice, getting up from the couch. For a brief minute, he thought

from taking the girl from her. 'I want to spend some time with her," she

our baby, Scarlet. I have to give her to the lord and the lady of the pack." He looked sad for Scarlet, but there was

him. He watched her face in

Vasquez is expecting me to deliver him two babies, one baby boy and one baby girl," he told her, passing her soft smiles because

up from the couch and disappeared into her room for a minute before returning

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