Marked By The Demon Triplet Alpha Kings

Author's Pov.

TWENTY YEARS EARLIER.

The air in the ward was tense as screams, curses, hisses and groans flew from different directions.

Above all, the air was heavy with high expectations...one wrong move could end it all, cutting the expectations short.

On the beds laid two heavily pregnant women, drenched in their sweat. Let's call the first woman with high rank, "Ini" and the second woman low in rank, "Vee".

"One more push, Vee, you are doing great!" Beatrice, the pack's nurse encouraged as she rubbed Vee's head tenderly and patted her shoulder, "You can do this, you are stronger than this pain."

Empowered by the encouragement, Vee shut her eyes, grabbing a fistful of the bedsheet as she pushed hard, allowing the infant to slip out of the entrance of her opening.

Exhausted, her head fell back against the pillow as she took deep breaths, struggling to recover from the intense pain that engulfed her.

"Is it out yet?" She asked weakly as if almost out of breath.

"Hold on for the placenta," The nurse answered, lowering her head as her hands spread Vee's legs wider.

Vee winced in pain, hissing and cursing as Beatrice's hand dug deep into her vagina, pulling out the placenta.

Beatrice stood over Vee with eyes filled with excitement, "Congratulations, ma'am. It's a girl," she announced.

"Can I hold her?"

"Sure," Beatrice asserted as she carefully placed the baby in Vee's arms, "But just for a moment. I will have to clean her."

Tears welled in Vee's eyes as the baby cries filled the air, changing the atmosphere.

"Awwn, I love you too. Mama is here. Stop crying, little one," she whispered, clutching the baby tightly as she rocked her. As if on cue, the baby stopped crying as she fixed her brown eyes on her mother's face.

"Both of you are so cute. I'll leave you for a moment," Beatrice announced as she walked toward the other patient's bed.

Pity washed over her as she stared at Ini that looked like she was about to pass out any moment from now.

Once an energetic woman, but now as weak and fragile as lily.

She had been labouring for hours with no result.

All through Beatrice's journey as a midwife, she had never experienced a prolong labour as this.

Vee's labour wasn't as strenuous as this.

"Ma'am," Her head lowered in submission. Despite the woman's pitiful state, her powerful aura hovered around her, demanding respect.

"Are you feeling pains?"

"Just little, nothing much to worry about. I'll call you when I need you."

Beatrice's eyes widened in shock as she examined the woman, "I'm afraid, its time, ma'am," she said, swinging into action.

"I said I'm not..." The rest of the words were shoved back in Ini's throat as pain shot up in her spine, spreading like wild fire to other part of her body.

***

"You are a strong woman, you can do it, you can do anything," An extremely tired Beatrice encouraged,