Alpha’s Betrayal Luna’s Revenge (Samantha) novel Chapter 68

Ellie’s POV

“You can do this, Ellie,” Kiki told me confidently. She has always been my biggest cheerleader. I know I could already do this for an animal. But Ingrid is in her human form. I have never done this to a human. But Kiki’s faith and encouragement gave me the shove I needed to say yes.

“Okay,” I said, kicking Markus awake. “I need boiling water, clean towels, and someone whose wolf is dormant,” I told him before I picked up my small leather case, which contained my suture and scalpel set. “Ingrid, lam going to help you relax. But it won’t last. There is nothing I can give you for the pain.” She cried, but nodded her head in understanding. “Ingrid, this is important. No matter how much pain you’re in, your wolf can’t heal you, or I won’t be able to get the baby out. Does she understand?” I told her.

She is going to need Aaron to help her through this, as the mate bond will help support her. So I told him to get a face covering. Fran tried to reach for Ingrid, but she couldn’t lift her arm that far. As I couldn’t monitor both women, I dragged the beds closer together. So that the heads of the beds were touching. At least I could see Fran and call for outside help if needed.

Markus returned with the boiling water and a young girl, who was carrying a pile of towels. “This is Rose. She volunteered to help you,” he announced proudly. I wanted someone with a bit of life experience. But time is of the essence.

“As long as she doesn’t have a wolf and isn’t squeamish. I don’t care.”l told Markus before I told him to leave. I dropped my scalpel into the boiling water and laid down the only pair of clean gloves I had with me. I grimaced, as they weren’t even sterile ones.

I was about to wash my hands when I heard Fran whimpering. Knowing that once I started with Ingrid, l wouldn’t be able to stop. There would be nothing I could do to help her. So with her permission, I administered the remaining morphine. It wasn’t much. But after I had delivered the baby. We could get her to a hospital if it were safe to move her. Rose held her hand while she waited for the morphine to kick in.

I rolled my shoulders and cracked my neck after I washed my hands. “Let’s begin,” I told everyone. Aaron put on his face covering. “Ingrid. Ellie is going to help you. Ellie is going to help you and your baby. You just need to trust Ellie knows what she is doing,” I said, stroking her cheeks, ensuring she was breathing deeply.

Once she was relaxed, I washed my hands again and slipped on my gloves. Instructing Aaron to hold Ingrid’s shoulders firmly, and for Rose to hold down her legs. Not wasting any time, I made an incision just above her pubic hair, causing Ingrid to cry out.

Considering what I do to animals when I am angry, I hate seeing anything in pain. But it was the only way. The incisions were made with meticulous care. The more incisions I made, the more she screamed out, accusing us att of torturing her, swearing and threatening all of us.” I’m going to be sick,” Rose told me. I didn’t look at her. If she let Ingrid move and my scalpel slipped. I could unintentionally harm or kilt the baby.

“I don’t care what you do. Just don’t tet go. Both Ingrid and the baby’s life depend on you being there,” I told her insensitively.

As I sliced through layer after layer of flesh, “We’re nearly there,” I told everyone as I reached the placenta. It was tougher than I expected, but it housed and fed a baby for tến months, so it has to be thick. Once I pierced the thick membrane. The amniotic fluid that protected the baby came spilling out.

If I were in my clinic, I would have had gauze at hand and mopped up some of it. But here, in a rogue camp, I had nothing. So l ignored everything and slipped my hand inside the placenta looking for a foot. I knew I couldn’t drag it out by its arms or head. It felt weird having my hand inside a person. But needs must. The fluid seeped inside my gloves as I searched for the baby’s feet.

A few seconds later, I found one. Tugging gently on its foot led to something tapping the back of my hand. So, l wrapped my small finger around it, and I pulled.

Thankfully, it was a second foot, and I managed to pull out a baby boy. “I’ve got him,” I called out as I grabbed a towel, rubbing him. Within seconds of being exposed to the air,the baby began screaming.

“You did it,” Kiki told me happily. I did do it, but it’s not over yet.

“Congratulations, it’s a boy,” I announced to everyone.

“A boy,” Fran cried. Knowing the umbilical cord was still attached to the placenta. Which was still inside Ingrid. I know the parents should have been the first ones to hold the newborn. But looking at Fran’s pale complexion, I knew her time was limited. “Rose, would you give the baby to Fran? So Aaron and I could help save Ingrid’s life.” I made it sound dramatic, so no one complained about Fran getting to hold the baby first.

Aaron was about to yell at me again. “Aaron, it hurts so much. Let me go. The girl knows what she is doing,” she cried. This is not a light decision, as if they choose to go ahead with it. Aaron will never see his grandma again. I stepped outside the tent to let them talk.

It was pitch black. The sky was full of stars, and the moon was dipping below the horizon. I had certainly missedSam’s mating ceremony. “I wonder if she went through with it?” I asked myself. Half hoping she did as she deserved to be happy. The other half of me hoped she would wait until I arrived, as I wanted to be there.

Lost in my thoughts, a hand landed on my shoulder. ” Please help her,” Aaron asked. To which I went inside, cannulated Fran, and injected the phenobarbital into her vein.

Given her small size and her weakened state, it wasn’t long before it took effect. Aaron and I held her hands as her breathing slowed. “I love you, Grandma,” Aaron told her, becoming upset when she finally passed on. It was a sad moment that reminded me of my mother’s death. But at least I could help Fran, whereas I couldn’t help my mom, and she suffered.

Despite being exhausted. I had done what I needed to do.

Now I had to get to Sam. But Aaron wasn’t in a fit state to drive. “‘ll ask him at dawn,” I told Kiki as I sat next to a campfire.

Dawn wasn’t far away, so I could afford to sleep for a few minutes. I told myself as I closed my eyes.