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Selena gaped at the nurse in disbelief.
"I'm, I'm pregnant?" she choked out.
"I'm afraid so miss." The nurse said sympathetically. Selena started to sob. She clutched her stomach and rocked back and forth.
"My poor baby." She cried. "My poor baby, I'm so sorry."
That night Selena could not sleep. She tossed and turned in her bed, trying to clear her mind. Memories of everything that had happened in past few months were flooding her mind. Keeping her awake; making her suffer.
Flashback
She was doing laundry when something poked her back and whispered in her ear
"Dead." Selena turned and looked down at her beaming son who was holding a little wooden sword in his hand.
"Murtagh! What are you doing?" she cried. Murtagh frowned.
"I was just showing you my new skills." He said uncertainly, "I thought you would be proud of me."
"Proud? PROUD!" she screamed, "How could I be proud of my son that just pretended to kill me?" Murtagh gaped at her. Then his chin started to quiver.
"Oh Murtagh, I didn't mean to shout." She leaned down to scoop him up but he dodged her and ran away. He stopped when he found his exit blocked.
"What is wrong with you?!" Morzan demanded. However he wasn't talking to Murtagh. Selena went pale.
"Morzan, I didn't mean to shout at him, I was just," he cut her off.
"He is finally learning something; finally learning something useful and you scold him for it?!"
"Morzan, please don't!"
End Flashback
Selena blinked back tears and sat up. She quietly left her room and crept to her son's room. She slowly opened the door and peered in. Murtagh was sound asleep. Selena suppressed a shudder as her gaze landed on his bare back. A long wound stretched from his shoulder down to his hip. She kneeled next to his bed and stroked his head.
Flashback
Selena cowered away from Morzan as he threw anything he could get his hands on at her.
"You stupid whore!" he yelled at her. She screamed and ran as he flung his beer bottle at her. It smashed against the wall inches above her head. She turned the corner into the main hall and hid behind a pillar.
"What are you doing mommy?" Selena's heart stopped as she saw Murtagh walk into the hall. He was staring curiously at her.
"Who are you hiding from?" suddenly Morzan burst into the hall.
"Were is she filth?" he demanded of Murtagh.
"Were is who?" the boy said defiantly. Selena gasped at her son's boldness.
"You ungrateful child!" he screamed. Morzan drew his sword.
"Murtagh run!" she screamed from behind her pillar. Murtagh took off, but not in time; the sword flew at him and sliced his back open. He cried out and fell to the ground.
"You killed him!" Selena cried as she tried to reach Murtagh.
"He's fine." Morzan said. He grabbed her arm and swung her around to him.
"Your mine now." He whispered while he stroked her hair .Alcohol was heavy on his breath. Selena struggled as he dragged her off. She screamed not for herself, but for her son.
End Flashback
Selena let out a strangled sob. Luckily their healer, Ella, had been hiding in the shadows. She was able to save Murtagh. Unfortunately for Selene, no one came to save her. Now she was faced with delivering another child into the jaws of Morzan. Tears ran down her cheeks as she stroked her son.
"I can't do this, not to another one." She cried. She started to tremble slightly. She had to do something; she had to save her unborn child. In that moment, alone with her sleeping son, she decided she would not let another one of her children be born into this world. No one would dare stop her. Morzan was away on some mission for the king. It was the perfect time. She got to her feet. Her eyes rested on Murtagh. She kissed his head sadly.
"Goodbye my little one. I'll come back, I promise." She rose to her feet and left the room to go prepare for her journey. Little did she know that Murtagh was not asleep. He lay there, eyes filled with tears staring at the wall. He wiped the tears away irritably,
"Crying shows weakness, weakness is not acceptable." He muttered angrily to himself.
Aaaawwww little Murtagh is turning to the dark side. :o
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