Chapter 271

The pain didn’t come gradually.

It struck like lightning — a burning, tearing force inside my womb, ripping a scream from my throat before I even knew it was happening.

Dante shouted my name, but his voice felt distant, muffled, as if I were sinking into water. The world blurred. Silver light spilled from my skin — bright, violent, uncontrollable.

Lyrra screamed something, Mirella cursed, Aethel t