(Lydia Richmond's POV)
Three months after I was brought into the Alpha's mansion as a breeder, I got pregnant. It all started when I began to vomit early in the morning. This was a common symptom for pregnancy.
My personal maid reported to Alpha Quinn and in no time, Alpha Quinn got there. He had me go through a thorough check by the doctors in the mansion. As expected, the results came out that I was eight weeks pregnant. That meant that Alpha Quinn's first semen that he spilled inside my pussy was productive.
Alpha Quinn had me isolated now. He assigned more maids to me and Beatrice had no direct contact to me. Alpha Quinn wasn't doing this to protect me. It was all because of the kids I was going to bear for him.
Before I got pregnant, Beatrice had always bullied me. She would have the maids stop their work and hand it over to me. There was nothing I wouldn't do.
I would do the dishes, wash the clothes, fetch water from the faraway river, massage Beatrice anytime her body hurt, and whatever chore was left. Above all, Beatrice would punish me like I was a criminal. One of her favorite punishments was flogging me. She would have me kneel on a bench and then flog me with a tiny cane on the soles of my feet. This would often make me bleed. I have even heard that one of the maids fainted while receiving one hundred and forty four strokes of the cane on the soles of her feet. I could imagine what the maid went through.
Beatrice Baker was still merciful towards me. The highest strokes of cane she flogged me was sixty. This was quite low compared to what she flogged others.
When I finally got pregnant, Alpha Quinn forbade me from serving as a maid. He knew what Beatrice had been doing to me all these while but he probably didn't know how much it was.
The doctor emphasized that I mustn't be stressed else I could lose the pregnancy. Alpha Quinn didn't want this and he had his maids and guards protect me from Beatrice.
I loved this but what I didn't expect was the fact that it would make Beatrice more jealous as ever. Thinking about it carefully, she had reasons to be jealous. She had been having sex with Alpha Quinn for more than three years but she couldn't get pregnant. This was the main reason why Alpha Quinn opted for a breeder in the first place. Now, the breeder has gotten pregnant before Beatrice again. It was expected that she would be jealous and envious at the same time. It was worth it. Infact, it was worth even more.
However, Beatrice took things harder than I thought. She began to make hideous moves which I didn't anticipate at all.
Beatrice began to try to poison my food. According to the intel I received, she had ordered a potion which will not only kill the baby in my womb but also destroy my womb and make me not be able to conceive again. She wanted to make me just like her, a barren woman.
After I got this information, I began to be more careful about the food I ate and what I drank. I stopped taking other liquids apart from water. To make sure that the water has not been spiked by unseen materials, I made sure I got my water myself and I didn't keep a water pot lest the water be poisoned.
My food was also monitored carefully and I got a food taster who would taste my food before I did. This was a nasty job but I valued my life and I was willing to do anything to protect my life.
When Beatrice found out that her plans weren't working, she was frustrated. She decided to do it personally.
On a fateful night, Beatrice sneaked into my room with a sharp knife in her hand. Seeing this shocked me severally. I didn't know what to do to preserve my life at that moment.
"I warned you, Lydia…" Beatrice said quietly. My heartbeat sounded even louder than her voice.
"Please do not hurt me. What do you want from me? You can take every other thing from apart from my life…" I said in fear.
"Shut up!" Beatrice said to me. "I'll kill you and have my man back to myself."
After saying this, Beatrice dived with the intent to stab me with the knife. I didn't know how it happened but while being powered by adrenaline, I managed to move away swiftly. The knife stabbed the pillow instead.
I ran out of the room as fast as my legs could carry me and went off to call the guards.
"An assassin! An assassin is in the room!" I cried.
Swiftly enough, the guards appeared and ran into the room to get the assassin. However, the place was empty. It didn't even feel like an assassin had invaded. I could have been tagged as a liar if not for the mark made by the knife on the pillow.
Early in the morning, I went to Alpha Quinn and told him that I could see the assassin. I told him it was Beatrice and he disbelieved almost immediately. However, Alpha Quinn had his men go to call Beatrice in for questioning. I believed he would take the questioning serious since it had to do with his unborn kid/kids.
Beatrice came as expected and the questioning held.
"Beatrice!" Alpha Quinn called.
"Yes, my Lord…" Beatrice replied.
"Lydia came this morning to report an assassin invasion to me…" Alpha Quinn began. "According to what she said, she actually saw the assassin's face."
"Really?" Beatrice asked plainly.
"Yes!" Alpha Quinn replied.
"That's good! Who is the assassin? Is it a known fellow or is it that she can identify the person?" Beatrice continued to ask confidently and eloquently.
"She said you are the assassin!" Alpha Quinn exclaimed. He sounded quite angry.
"What! And you believed her? Why would I do such? I can never…" Beatrice began to explain. Before you could say 'Jack', tears began to flow out of Beatrice's eyes. She began to cry and wail loudly. This was very pathetic for me but possibly emotional for others.
Alpha Quinn couldn't control himself and he was soon by her side. He was comforting her. I couldn't understand what was going on there.
"What the hell is happening here!" I shouted angrily. "Is this a joke or a comical love drama?"
Beatrice and Alpha Quinn disengaged and looked towards me. To me, I was probably like a embittered lady.
"What is your problem, Lydia?" Alpha Quinn asked me angrily. "I thought I have warned you never to talk down at me anymore. I am a distinguished Alpha just in case you do not know…"
"I know!" I cried. "You are an Alpha but I can't be sure if you're really distinguished. Beatrice wanted to kill me. She is the assassin!"
"Shut up!" Alpha Quinn cried. He slapped me across the face in anger. "Do not ever call the love of my life an assassin. She is worth more than you will ever will in your lifetime. What is your worth anyway? Seven bags of gold?"
This was the straw that broke the camel's neck. I couldn't take this anymore. I planned my escape from the pack.
It was time for a change.
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