And Then There Were Four novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100: Arrival of New Blood

Ivy.

After a wonderful, wonderful evening with Damian, I couldn’t help but find myself in a rather pleasant mood when I woke up the next morning. I took extra care getting myself ready and couldn’t help but notice how large my protruding belly had become. For the first time in a long time, I was happy. I felt absolute contentment with how my life was.

To think I had my reservations about everything before seemed silly now. After last night with Damian and me talking about everything I knew, without a doubt, things were going to be better. I had even taken it upon myself to open up a little bit about myself.

However, there was still far more to discuss, but I didn’t want him worrying about any of that while he was taking care of his problems. Instead, I planned to discuss it with Hale, Talon, and James first.

Then when Damian got back, I would tell him as well.

Today I was a woman on a mission, and with not much time left in my pregnancy, needed to make haste to make sure that we were all on the same page. Hopefully, they would understand why I have done the things I have done

As my feet touched the ground from the stairs, I smiled happily, swaying my dress from side to side as I made my way towards the kitchen searching for food. I was ravenous, so ravenous I couldn’t contain myself.

However, Talon and Hale had stocked the freezer and fridge with various things, and my hunger was more easily satisfied.

“You seem to be in an absolutely wonderful mood this morning.” Kate laughed out as she came walking into the kitchen, dripping with sweat and holding a water bottle in her hand. It was quite obvious she had been working out this morning.

“Did you literally just get done with training?”

“Sure did,” she said with a grin. “You know, after you have those babies, you might want to take up training as well.”

Now, I wasn’t the prissy kind of girl, but I also wasn’t the athletic kind of girl either. I did not take interest in anything requiring me to physically exert myself. I was a bookworm; my go to for fun. The idea of running and getting sweaty and working out wasn’t anything that piqued my interest.

“Yeah, I don’t know about that one. I think I might have to take a rain check.”

Kate laughed as the twins walked into the kitchen, staring between the two of us, silence filling the air belore Talon furrowed his brows.

“What the hell’s wrong with the two of you?”

“Nothing,” I replied, shaking my head. “Kate was simply trying to express the fact that she thinks I should start working out after I have the babies.”

“I was referring to you doing training. Thank you very much. Everybody needs to know how to defend themselves.”

“Oh well, we don’t have to worry about that, Kate. You see, Ivy doesn’t need to defend herself. She simply eats them,” James retorted as he popped his head into the kitchen, grabbing an apple off the counter and a bottle of water from the fridge.

I couldn’t believe he had gone there with that comment. “Oh my God, that literally happened one time and you guys are never going to let that go, are you?”

Every single one of them shook their heads no. There was no way they were going to let me forget what I did. It had now become an ongoing joke, even though it was not something to joke about.

With a heavy sigh, I ignored their jokes and attempted to climb onto the counter stool. The only problem was, as I tried to lift a foot, a pain ripped through mel had never felt before, and with it, a blood-curdling scream tore from my throat.

This was not labor, no way. My heart raced, and my head felt like it was being split open with every move I tried to make. “Make it stop!”

Kate’s eyes were wide, and panic had set into them all. None of them had the slightest clue what was wrong, but as I dropped to the ground, Talon caught me, and looked over at me with nothing but concern.

“What’s wrong? Is that the babies?” Talon asked as the others towered over me.

“No!” I screamed in pain, trying to push away whatever was hurting me. “It’s burning. My body feels like it’s on fire, and my head is throbbing. Please make it stop.”

Confusion marred their faces. Talon’s eyes were frantic over my body, worried for a moment before he seemed to have a sign of recognition flicker within his eyes.

A sign that made my heart plummet. Deep down, I knew something was wrong. However, I ignored it. “It’s Damian. Something’s wrong with him. He’s in trouble.”

Talon nodded his head, and as he did, another fitful pain ran through me as I slowly tried to get myself up. The problem, though, was that a puddle of liquid was running down from between my knees puddling on the floor.

“Oh, s**t!” Kate screamed as my mother stared on in panic. “Her water broke.”

“What do you mean her water broke?!” James said in panic. “She still has two more weeks, right?

Two weeks? Right now, the only thing I wanted was for the pain to stop radiating through my body. I was concerned about the twins, but something inside me told me they would be okay.

“I need to get upstairs,” I groaned in pain.

“No, you need to get to the hospital,” my mother snapped as she looked at the guys, gesturing for them to get me up.

“No!” I growled as my gaze turned towards her. “It’s not safe. Get me upstairs now.”

Another scream of pain, and I groaned out, trying to push it away. “Get me, Priscilla.”

A wave of power seemed to creep through me, and as the pain ran through my veins, knew what was to come. Like a door that had been locked for so long, it was finally wearing thin. Finally breaking.