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Stillborn
Ch. 5
"Push!" The nurse grabbed Cassandra's hand so she could squeeze it. "Come on, just a little more."
"I…I… CAN'T!" Cassandra screamed out in pain. The baby had come early. About a month early. Sweat prevented her from opening her eyes, but that was all right, she didn't really want to see anything anyway. The next thing she remembered was the nurse wiping the sweat from her brow.
"It's over." The nurse smiled at Cassandra holding what seemed to be a lifeless pale body of a baby boy. He didn't cry, but his blood red eyes searched her face. Cassandra smiled, sighing contently. She reached for the child, feeling the need to hold him… to protect him.
"Welcome… Prince Julian," He blinked up at her, confused. "It has only been eight months… Did you call my aunt?" Cassandra looked over at the nurse.
"Of course we did." She looked down at her watch, "in fact she should be arriving right about… Now!"
The doors burst open, and Integra ran in. She was trying to catch her breath. "Did I miss it?"
Cassandra smiled, "just barely, I'm sorry. This little boy was just to stubborn to wait."
Integra looked down and smiled lightly. "He looks perfect, like no other baby in the world." She held out her hands to hold the baby, and Cassandra reluctantly gave him to her. She watched Integra coo to him for a while before she finally fell asleep.
"Alucard…" She sighed while falling to sleep.
---- Back at the Manor ----
'Alucard…' The soft voice floated into his mind. He turned around in the hallway, expecting to see someone there, but there was no one. "Cassandra? Are you calling out for me?"
Even thought it had been almost eight months, he could still remember her voice. It's musical sound that had told him that they would always be together. Could something so sweet sounding… lie?
He sighed to himself, wishing he were dead.
((SORRY IT IS SO SHORT, BUT I PROMISE THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LONGER))