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.

try that," she rushed over to the kitchen and came back with a knife that almost

the little weredragon baby on the couch. "Little girl, it will only hurt a little,' she smiled, stroking the baby girl’s puffy

Scarlet almost got distracted by the beauty of the baby girl. Her innocence would fool anyone, but

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

baby to the room to treat her wound and also feed her daughter the blood when she

daughter's blue face with tears running down her cheeks, "Oh no! Elex!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, making Elex run into the room to witness the horrifying sight

started crying, holding Elex by his collars and shaking him. He stared at his dead daughter for a minute before he pulled Scarlet into his embrace

were a little late. The two cried for the next two hours on the couch in the living

to go give them the babies," Elex said in a defeated voice, getting up from the couch. For a brief minute, he thought it was

his arm and stopped him from taking the girl from her. 'I want to spend some time

Scarlet. I have to give her to the lord and the lady of the pack." He looked sad for Scarlet, but there was not

can be." Her wish confused him. He watched

Vasquez is expecting me to deliver him

babies." She got up from the couch and disappeared into her room for a minute before returning with

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