47. The Mother-in-mate
Lea “My, my, look what I found here, exactly what I was looking for. You see, sometimes you don’t have to look for them, they come for you,” she beamed. A smile on her face, an icy quality to her voice. I didn’t need any introduction. I knew who she was. I took a step back and wrapped my arms around my belly inadvertently. She closed the distance between us fast and started circling me as if I were prey. “So, are you Alexus’s blood bag? How clever of him, he got you faster than I could.” She sounded amused. When she took a step closer, I waved my hand and some thin vines rose around me, but that wasn’t all, a purple light radiated from my belly to my whole body and enveloped me. I could feel it, it didn’t come from me, but from my baby. Maybe now that he was growing,
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