Chapter 134: Chapter 134
DAHLIA:
This can’t be true! Tristan – my mate and my husband – he really didn’t want our child. He really wanted to kill him!
I blinked back at his wolf’s face. He must have battled the rogues and vampires at that camp to get me away from them.
So who could have possibly told him about the existence of our child?...
I started to kick about. “N-No, you can’t!”
I had a clue where he could be taking me, and I didn’t want him to take me anywhere. I might as well just go back to that campsite if that were to happen.
He resisted despite my efforts to slow him down. Tristan did not put me to the ground nor did he stop.
“I can, and I will, Dahlia! I swear to the Moon Goddess, I’ll remove it, even if you’ll hate me for it for the rest of your life!”
Hate? He’s talking about hate? I won’t just hate him for this! I’ll make sure I’ll kill him if he becomes the reason I would lose my child!
“No! Put me down!”
It was no use. He was strong as a human, and he was far too stronger in his werewolf form.
However, I was desperate. I continued to scream to no avail.
‘Eva, help me!’
Suddenly, in my desperation, I felt the barrier between my wolf and I melt away. I reached towards Eva in my mind’s eye and held into her, allowing her to take over our body in the physical realm.
I jumped out of Tristan’s grasp as I started to transform and had completed becoming a wolf just before I reached the ground, the soft pads of my feet coming into contact with the earth after a long time.
‘Finally,’ Eva yelped. She looked back at Tristan’s dark wolf, Arthur, and she growled.
“I told you to put me down!”
“No,” Tristan said, not backing away. “We must leave! You’ve got to see a healer!”
So he did know! I wasn’t mistaken to think that he wanted to abort my baby – our baby!
“Why,” Eva and I hissed, “Just why do you wish it to disappear?”
“Dahlia, we’ve got no time! Follow me first. After you’re safe, I’ll tell you!”
I growled back at him. This wolf before me was not making any sense.
Suddenly, we heard some faint movements in the bushes nearby.
“Alright, just come with me for now. We’ll sort this out later once we’ve escaped.”
I gritted my teeth. He never had a say to this. This was my body and my child that we were talking about. I shall never give in to what he wanted!
For now though, we have to run.
I scampered deeper into the woods tagging along Arthur. It felt wobbly at first as this was Eva’s first time to come out again. I just hoped our baby was safe inside our body even during the transformation…
“How did we escape them?”
“I used my magic. I’m still using it, but I think they can still sense us. Stay closer to me, Dahlia.”
That was the last thing I ever wanted, but for the love of my child, I shouldn’t get caught...
My mind was running its own race as we sped into the night. How did Tristan know about my condition? No matter how much I thought of it, there was only one answer that came into my mind…
He must have learned about it from Samalah…
I knew that he and Samalah were lovers, that much I could deduce, but what in the world did she tell him for him to act like this?
Was what she said true? Did Tristan really hated the idea of having a baby with me?...
Perhaps it was not the fact that there is a child, but the fact that it was a child of his enemy that was making him feel more anguished.
Maybe Samalah was right… Tristan was only attracted to my body because we were mates, but his heart definitely belonged to someone else.
My heart ached so badly as I thought of this. When I first learned about the baby in my belly, I was confused and scared. I didn’t remember anything. I was also under the impression that I had married a monster.
Despite all that was in my head, there wasn’t a day that I thought of killing this budding life inside of me…
Being pregnant with my child – someone I could love as much as I could - was enough blessing in itself.
When I met Naskan, I was afraid he’d endanger my child. When I finally accepted him, I thought I was lucky to gain someone by my side… I had hoped that maybe if he would know about my baby, he’d come to accept my child too just as he had accepted me…
But I was wrong. Dead wrong, Not only was he the husband I had dreaded and ran away from, he was also a cruel monster who deceived me more than once; now, he even wants to expel our baby forcefully.
There must only be one thing coursing through his veins for me – hate. Why else would he want an innocent young thing to be killed if he did not hate me?
Well, I’ve got news for him! I hate him too! I hate him to the core as much as he hated my baby!
“Arthur, run along without me. We shall be separating here,” I grumbled as we come across a fork in the road.
“Are you insane? We should stick together!”
“Why? So you could have my body cut up? Is that all you care about – inflicting pain?”
“Dahlia, stop being immature about this! You’re a healer. Look at what it is doing to your body. It’s making you weak, and guess what, it will make you weaker come this full moon!”
“What,” I grumbled, exasperatedly, “Why?”
How will rearing my child be of any relation to the full moon?
“The full moon will send wolves into heat, Dahlly… That thing inside you will make you more desirable for them. They may do something to you by then… It’s better to be safe.”
My heart stopped for a moment. I remembered Samalah’s words that vampires prefer pregnant women, but I don’t remember hearing why… Was it because of that fact – pregnant women cause vampires and rogues to crave for more carnal pleasures?
Hah, what a bunch of crap!
“Stop fooling me! I will be perfectly safe. You don’t need to be concerned. You… You don’t even love me right? You don’t have to be concerned what happens to me then!”
“Darn it, Dahlia,” he screamed loudly. “Do you really want to know why I am concerned? Must you ask me this?”
“Yes,” I answered back. “I am your mate, but I am also your enemy! I know you hate me!”
“No, I don’t hate you,” he whispered back, the guttural sounds coming from his wolf’s mouth felt like a contrast to what he was saying. “I don’t hate you, Dahlia…”