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My pulse raced, my body screamed with pain, and my mind couldn’t find shelter froh I had to push

The nurse got an IV into en mask strapped to my face The small room was filled with people who, for lack of a better term, looked uneasy

Yes Medical professionals in an ER Looking uneasy

So with the baby

Ariadna Please Just let the to help you come out safely

A doctor entered the roo the situation The baby’s heart rate was erratic They didn’t knohy

“Jeni, you’re already fully dilated, so you have to push,” he said

I was? But how? I’d only started having pain about twenty o

He added, “We’ll give you a few minutes, but if the baby doesn’t come out quickly, we’ll have to do a C-section”

I didn’t want to be cut open like I’d seen Sage do to King in ets near et her out On my own”

The contractions hit again, and I pushed into the pain “Ahhh!” I shrieked in agony, feeling likeand

Ansin stor on…”

“Put that away,” I barked

Thankfully the staff didn’t notice

Ansin ca in a cal to push her out now”

His words sank into my skull, and my body went numb He’d just used that mindfuck trick “Why? Why use that on me now?”

“Because you needed it”

The next wave hit, but this ti all too fast No one delivered a baby in five et out and wasn’t about to wait for anyone Why was I surprised? King’s kid

“Here co appeared in the back of the roo with intensity

“One more Give us one more,” the doctor said and pulled the baby out The doctor clipped and cut the umbilical cord, and the nurse immediately took her to clean her face and nose over on a little table

I didn’t kno I felt about King and Ansin seeing so so…intimate, but all that mattered was Ariadna

“Is she okay?” I panted