Finding innocence (Completed)

Chapter 20

AN: this will be the last chapter I publish for a while but the book is not finished. I'll do my best to update whenever I can, promise. Please be super patient and be sure to tell people about the book or my other books, vote if you think it deserves it and share! Have a good day.

Francis walked happily down to her room, knocked then walked in. His smile disappeared when he looked down at the ground at his dying love. "Doctor!" Francis said and picked Jocelyn up off the bloody ground and placed her on the bed, the doctor rushed in. "What the hell happened? I thought you said she couldn't get hurt!" 

"I never said that you did!" The doctor yelled back.

Jocelyn's eyes started to flutter shut as she tried weakly to say Francis's name. Caitlin rushed into the room, then screamed until she passed out on the floor.

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"It missed her lung but only by a few inches, her and the baby will be fine" the doctor said then looked at Francis "she's asking for you, she can't walk until the baby is born. I'll see if the brothers can do research on why she still got hurt since she shouldn't have" and then it hit him "the spell! The potion! Whatever Gryff gave her to make the baby grow faster, it also made her vulnerable. Why didn't I catch that faster?" He said.

Francis stood up and rushed into the room, Jocelyn sat up slightly in the bed "I swear to god if you and me meet like this again, it better be because the baby is coming" she said.

He chuckled "I'm sorry Jocelyn, I shouldn't have-".

"Knock it off!" She cut him off "quit blaming yourself for everything that happens to me, it happens to me because it's my fault so stop-" her voice cracked and her face showed she was fighting hard not to cry until she lost "stop doing that, I know that you love me, you tell me everyday but you can't beat yourself up for everything that happens to me, or to us" this wasn't guilt, it was caring. 

"I don't want you to beat yourself up either which is why I do, it's what keeps me strong".

"Oh cut the "'keeps me strong'" bullshit, you stay strong because of yourself, because of your mom and Michael-" she yelled but he cut her off.

"You do too, why do you think I was blaming myself!" He yelled back.

"Stop it!" Caitlin yelled, they both gasped when they looked at her then shut their mouths "this won't solve anything, I learned that the hard way" when she knew they would stop she walked down the hall.

They sat there in silence "Francis I-" she started, but stopped when he stormed out of the room.

Jocelyn felt like crying, but she couldn't move, couldn't walk, she wouldn't have been able to hide her face unless she buried her face in a pillow, but she was too comfortable. One more day. Jocelyn closed her eyes and waited for the next day to come.

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"Francis!" Jocelyn yelled for him over and over. This was the moment, this is the moment she's giving birth "Francis!" She yelled again.

Him and the doctor burst through the door. "She's coming!" Jocelyn screamed "the baby's coming!"

"Ok Jocelyn" the doctor tried to calm her down "I need you to breath ok? Can you do that?" She looked at him with wide eyes as he spoke then nodded "ok good, in through your nose and out the mouth, in through the nose, out of your mouth" he said.

"Get the nurses" Francis said, the doctor then grabbed his pager. Minutes later nurses rushed through the door with Caitlin behind them.

Francis stood on her right and Caitlin stood on the left, Jocelyn looked at her "mom, I can't do this, I can't do this" she tried.

Caitlin smiled "well you don't have a choice honey you gotta do this, you have your mother and your baby's father right next to you, you can do this, for your baby" she said. Caitlin and Francis took each of Jocelyn's hand, the nurse who was helping was speaking softly.

"Ok Jocelyn you ready?" She asked. Jocelyn nodded "ok, then push!" 

And she did, she let out screams and after the minutes that felt like hours, a baby's cry filled the room.

"Sir! She's born" a servant yelled in Gryff's chamber.

"Are you positive?"

"Aye sir! We got telegraphs from the brothers".

"Goddammit" Gryff muttered under his breath and quickly climbed out of bed and grabbed his cloak.

He rushed down the hall, down the main stairs and into the first door on the left to the conference room. "I need eyes on that baby" he said to the brothers.

No can do, the child is sleeping within her parents chambers. It is well warded and bewitched for us to enter, always has been.

"Then how the hell do you know the information you've been giving me is true?" He demanded.

We do not need to help you Lord Gryff, we are doing this to avenge our parents for the Chaos is responsible for their death. If we give you the child, you swear that the new generation of Chaos will die?

"No, there's still one problem. Jocelyn. She's the first of the new generation, since she screwed a Chaos that led to the second of the generation. But if you want to get to Jocelyn, you need to get through Francis first. That damned piece of Heaven is the reason I've lost every chance of killing her" Gryff looked at brother Zachariah behind his desk.

Good, this time when you get your hands on them, kill 'em both when you get the chance, not when you get the moment. 

The brothers disappeared "don't worry" Gryff said "that's the least of my worries".