✔Conquering the Enemy - sequel to Victory isn't Free

Bittersweet part 2

"so it's been 1300 years according to Trumpkin......did Aslan put you to slee-"

"No Su" Bella cut her off. "I've been alive, waiting for you guys for 1300 years "

They gasped staring at her with unbelief, that was too long, to long it made their hearts clench . They thought of themselves as waiting that long and they just knew they would go insane, probably kill themselves.

Lucy and Susan looked at each other with wide guilty eyes.

"we are so sorry we didn't mean to leave " Lucy apologized grabbing her hand giving it a squeeze.

Bella shook her head "I knew you would leave, Aslan said I had to stay here "

The three Pevensies glanced at each other with unbelief as the four were already caught up with the rest and they remained in the middle, infront of Badger, Nikabrik and Trumpkin.

"Susan, Lucy, did you tell Peter about you know what "she stared intently between them. She hoped with her heart that they didn't tell Peter that she was pregnant before they left.

Lucy and Susan frowned until something clicked in their minds and their their blue eyes widen and looked into her beautiful unique eyes and they shook their head silently ,filling Bella with relief. However, a thought crossed Susan's mind,worry and concern on her face "what happened "

Bella avoided her gaze "I'm assuming Aslan took her him/her from womb right when you left "

Lucy and Susan mouth fell in their heart broke in complete sadness and guilt . They had been very excited to be aunts and they had already loved deeply the unborn child.

"lost what ?" Edmund looked at the girls confused,nervous as he saw their broken expressions. It was the only word he caught that they said loud enough.

"Nothing " Lucy told him with pa light stutter.

Bella sighed "he has a right to know but I have to be the one to tell Peter, it's something I hold against him because he left"

Edmund frowned, now interested .

"but we all left"

"yes, but he is my husband, we are one together so it hurts more ,I can't explain very well"

"we understand " Susan touched her arm comfortly her eyes brimming with tears from the news her sister gave her.

"are you going to tell me"Edmund raised an eyebrow,eager to know .

Lucy switched places with Edmund so he could be closer to Bella. Bella looked ahead and made eye contact with Peter who turned around but she quickly looked away making him look away too, with a sigh, one would think why haven't they made any contact but Peter knew best to not do anything... Yet especially since he knew the tension and he wasnt  too happy with her as well as he knew she was still hiding something from him.

Bella looked at Edmund "I was with child,right before you all left"she spoke low enough.

Edmund eyes widen " I was going to be an uncle" he whispered, iitwas one of the biggest desires of his heart. He was upset that they didn't tell him but the past was in the past, he had to let it go "you lost it because you return to a 18 year old right" As he knew just like them, she was her younger self again, a year older just like them.

"yes" Bella spoke with Anguish, she felt her eyes well up but she looked up refusing to let the tears fall,her love for her unborn child, never ending . "it has only been one year for you correct since I only aged one year "

The three pevensies nodded feeling guilty,their hears tightening.

"but now your back that's the good thing " Bella smiled.