Caged in Labor novel - Episode 1

I was eight months pregnant and had just gone into labor, but my Alpha mate, Damien, locked me ina silver cage in the basement to delay my labor. When I cried out for help, he just told me to wait. Because his late brother’s mate, Victoria, was also giving birth that day. The Pack Seer had foretold that only the firstborn pup would be blessed by the Moon Goddess and become the future Alpha. “The title belongs to Victoria’s child,” he said. “She lost Marcus. She has nothing.

You already have all my love, Elena. The silver cage will make sure you deliver after her.” The contractions were torture. I begged him to take me to the clinic. —- He grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. “Stop pretending. I should’ve known you never loved me. All you’ve ever cared about is wealth and status!” “To force your labor early, just to steal what belongs to my nephew… You’re truly wicked.” Pale and trembling, I whispered: “The pup is coming-I can’t stop it.

Please, I’ll make a blood oath. I don’t care about the inheritance. I only love you!” He scoffed.” If you loved me, you wouldn’t have forced Victoria into that contract to give up her pup’s birthright. I’ll come back for you after she delivers. After all, that’s my pup in there, too.” He stood guard outside Victoria’s delivery room. Only after he saw the newborn pup in her arms did he remember me. He ordered his Beta to release me. But the Beta’s voice trembled. “Luna… and the pup…

they’re dead.” And in that moment, Damien went feral. —- I dragged myself toward the bars of the silver cage. Just as the gate slammed shut, the silver bars slammed down on my fingers. Iheard the sickening crunch of my bones. The new agony, on top of the contractions, ripped a scream from my throat. But Damien, his mind already on Victoria, was deaf to my cries. I felt a warm gush between my legs. My water had broken. Panic seized me.

I forced myself to calm down, trying to reach out through the mind link for help. But Damien… he’d severed my mind link to the rest of the pack. The pup inside me kicked relentlessly, as if trying to tear its way out. I was soaked in sweat, or maybe blood.