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.

kitchen and came back with a knife that almost made Elex wince just at the thought of it piercing through

baby on the couch. "Little girl, it will only hurt a little,' she smiled,

girl. Her innocence would fool anyone, but for now.

the little baby's palm, collecting the blood in the jar and

this blood now." Scarlet carried the little weredragon baby to the room to treat her wound and also feed her daughter the blood when she

watching her daughter's blue face with tears running down her cheeks, "Oh no! Elex!" She screamed at the top of her

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

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

give them the babies," Elex said in a defeated voice, getting

him from taking the girl from her. 'I want to spend some

to give her to the lord and the lady

confused him. He watched her face in bewilderment through

and Lord Vasquez is expecting me to deliver him

up from the couch and disappeared into

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