Seeds of a Rose (The Rose and The Thorn Sequel)

Chapter 9 - Cries

I know what you're thinking, but I have edited this chapter to make it longer and more detailed since I thought it wasn't good enough.

Dani

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Caius’ POV

Felix was stood in front of us with a slightly scared look upon his face as though he expected something to go wrong after he told us why he was here.

[A] “Felix, why are you in Rio? We left you to protect Marcus and the wives in Volterra.”

[F] “Marcus sent me.”

[C] “What’s wrong? Is it Sophia? Is she okay? Is the baby okay?”

[A] “Brother calm down, I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about.” I wasn’t so convinced however.

[F] “Sophia has gone into labour.” Everyone turned to look at me, but I froze, stuck in thought.

Sophia had asked me to stay but I had left her, and now when she needed me most I wasn’t there. I wasn’t going to be the one who would deliver the child into the world or whose venom would run in her veins forever. I suddenly began running, as though my body had kicked in before my mind. I had to get to her as quickly as possible.

Sophia’s POV

Meanwhile in Volterra

I was lying on the bed, sweat dripping down my face, pain erupting across my entire body.

Carlisle was preparing medical instruments, Alice, Bella and Marcus were stood outside, unable to stay in the room with the blood. To be honest I was slightly worried about Carlisle being able to withstand the blood, but everyone had reassured me that he was practically immune to it.

I had seen videos of normal humans giving birth after Bella had suggested it would be a good idea, but the pain now felt much worse than it looked in the videos, plus those women weren’t worrying about having a vampire cut their way out of their stomachs.

The pain worsened and I gripped the silk sheets, fighting the urge to scream out. It made no sense to me why I was in pain when there was no reason for me to be in labour, it wasn’t like I was going to push this thing out.

“Carlisle why does it hurt so bad? Shouldn’t the baby have made its own way out by now?”

“The baby can’t get out without the amniotic fluid draining from the sac first, hence why you’re experiencing labour pains as any woman would, however once the fluid is out rather than pushing the baby out I will cut the baby out.”

“But isn’t labour supposed to take hours?”

“Yes, but as with the increased speed of pregnancy and growth the labour is also increased. The entire process should theoretically take less than an hour.”

I gripped the sheets harder and prayed that Caius was on his way. That he would be here soon to see the birth of his child and turn me into a vampire so we could be together forever.

Suddenly I felt a rush of liquid and the bed sheets became sodden. I felt thick enough to be blood, but instead was a murky yellow colour. I looked at Carlisle worried but he reassured me that it was normal, it was the amniotic fluid.

He lay me on my back as he picked up a long needle and scalpel.

“This is a local anaesthetic to numb the pain of the cuts.”

I put my head back on the pillow as I felt the sting of the needle. The painkiller worked fast as the scalpel felt like nothing but a scratch, but it was when I saw Carlisle put his mouth to the cut that I began to feel the pain. His teeth cut through the walls of the sac which contained the child, but all I could feel was the searing pain of a thousand knifes. I tried to stay strong, to keep fighting for my child, to keep fighting for Caius, for my mum, for my brother. I gasped as I felt the skin on my stomach stretch, then I heard cries. Opening my eyes I saw Carlisle placing a blood covered lump on the sheets which were soaked in blood, my blood. He turned and reached into my stomach once again, but this time knocking the open wound on my stomach. The blood began to flow quicker and before I could ask to see the baby I felt myself being sucked into the darkness, all the pain and worry gone, only peace beckoning me into its warm embrace.