Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 279: I will give you anything

Chapter 279: I will give you anything

Ara remained locked up in her prison, her morning sickness had gotten worse lately. All her muscles ached from laying all day on the cold ground, they hardly fed her well in this dungeon.

Beyond the small window, she’d watch as the sun rise and fall several times. She had not yet regained her physical strength, it was as if with each passing day she got weaker and weaker.

Ara had thought that Cornell would come back to torture her again, but he hadn’t returned to the dungeon ever since that day he had beaten her. Only Ellyn would occasionally come and taunt her, but then when Ara paid no heed to her and pretended to be sleeping, she would get tired and finally leave, but not until she left her warnings,

"You will die soon, I can’t wait for the day Lord Cornell would finish you up!"

Ara had lived all her days in loneliness in the dungeon. She still had no idea where she was, but the atmosphere outside her dungeon seemed active, as the sound of people moving outside the window never seemed to cease. Some of it seemed like the steady marching of soldiers being trained.

She had a feeling that if Cornell returned, he would surely end her just like Ellyn had said. And this place seemed to be impossible to escape from, moreover she had no strength to pull off an escape plan in her condition.

"Is Hamon looking for me?" She murmured softly as she drew her knees closer to her chest.

Before she was taken, she had heard the men said Hamon was passing below the cliff, but she did not sight him as her back was turned to the direction he was passing by. But surely he must be looking for her, right? She had spent days here, and everyday she lived with the hope and imagination of him suddenly teleporting to her dungeon...

Staying in this place was making her slowly lose her mind...what if Hamon never finds her before Cornell arrives. She thought as a sudden anxiety crept up on her. If she was in her best condition, it would have been easy to think of a way to escape. But now that her pregnancy was limiting her physical strength, she could not risk fighting her way out with those countless footsteps moving outside the dungeon.

If she did not leave this place, it won’t be long before they discovered about her pregnancy. And if Cornell knew, he would get rid of her child in the most brutal style, and use it to his advantage to get back at Hamon. With her morning sickness getting worst, and also her baby bump strangely starting to be visible...

Ara placed a hand on her abdomen, "Baby...you really seem to be growing faster than I expected, you’re really going to be a big baby." She smiled faintly. She had somehow developed a subconscious habit of speaking to her unborn child lately.

Ara’s stomach rumbled loudly for the third time today. However, there was a bowl of untouched porridge sitting in front of her as always, but the thought of eating it alone with its bland taste made her feel sick. But she could not afford to continue to starve herself, and decided to eat it.

She picked it up, eyes closed, she began to push it down her throat. Despite it’s terrible taste, she made sure to empty the bowl and used her sleeve to wipe her mouth. Immediately, the unsettling feeling in her stomach returned, along with the urge to throw up. Once again she tried to control it, but_

"Blech!" She bent over as the food she just ate forcefully returned, and she began to throw up. Her body was trembling uncontrollably as she vomited and did not even notice when the iron door opened and Ellyn stepped inside, until she felt Ellyn roughly grabbed her hair, bringing her head up,

"What the hell is wrong with you? Look at the mess you’ve made here!" She snapped as she pointed to the vomit on the floor, "What’s making you throw up all of a sudden?"

Ara jerked her head away, and Ellyn released her hold on her hair, with teary eyes, she managed to speak, "What’s making me throw up you say? Why won’t i throw up when you feed me pig food as a meal..."

Ellyn scoffed, "You should be lucky you get to have this pig food, some of the prisoners don’t even get to have this. You should consider yourself lucky enough to have this once a day." She taunted in amusement, then crouched down to Ara’s level on the floor, "You don’t look too well, I heard from the guards that you occasionally fall sick..." She lifted Ara’s chin up with her fingers as if to examine her pale face, squinting suspiciously.

Ara quickly jerked her head away. "I am fine..." She whispered as the urge to vomit hadn’t yet gone down, but she tried to press it down, not to give away the reasons for her vomiting. But it seemed Ellyn wasn’t satisfied yet, she stared at her suspiciously for a moment. Then suddenly, she grabbed Ara’s hand and pressed her fingers on her wrist to check her pulse.

Before Ara could pull away her wrist from Ellyn’s hold, she had released her hand. But lines were quick to form on Ellyn’s forehead, "...you are pregnant." She muttered softly, then suddenly burst into laughter, "Who would have thought, and this explains your occasional sickness, which I’ve noticed for awhile now." She clapped her hands together as if discovering something amazing.

Ara’s eyes widened in shock, and dread filled her, she then hurriedly denied, "No, I am not pregnant! The food you give me made me sick."

"Oh really? Don’t take me for a fool. I’ve worked with an expert physician before, I can tell if a woman is pregnant from her eyes and pulse, and you, lady Arabella, are carrying a child. This would be a great news to Lord Cornell...I wonder what he’d do with you now?" She tapped her index finger on her chin as if thinking, while Ara’s mind was a mess.

Cornell must not know about this, No!

"Ellyn...I will give you anything you want, be it gold or a mansion, just name anything. And I promise to give it to you if you help me get out of here." Ara offered to test the waters to see if she could convince Ellyn, she would easily get out of this hell of a place before Cornell returned.

Ellyn’s eyes glimmered, she then raised a brow, "Anything? You are willing to give me anything I ask for?" She asked as if to confirm.

Ara bobbed her head, "Yes, anything. Just name it, and it will be yours."

"Then make me the queen of Findara." Ellyn said seriously.

"...!" Ara’s green eyes widened in disbelief. Was this woman crazy or what?

When Ara did not speak, Ellyn chuckled, "You can’t give me this, right? Then watch me tell Lord Cornell about your pregnancy." After saying this, she did not wait for Ara to reply and stormed out of the dungeon.

"Please, wait_" Ara hurriedly crawled after Ellyn but the door slammed shut on her face. She desperately banged her hands on the iron door, but no one answered her from the other side.

No! Cornell must not know about this. She had to leave this place somehow before he returns!

Her child...

"Hamon, if you are really coming...please hurry..." She muttered as she slowly sat down and leaned her back against the iron door with a heavy heart.

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