Kiara had her limp body carried inside the mossy cave by the maid she had chosen to be her confidant.


    “Hold on mydy. We are almost there. ”


    The poor thing kept reassuring.


    But Kiara was in no stare to share her care. They were both doomed. Both knew none of them would leave that cave alive. Yet they had to do what needed to be done. The Heir was very important to the King.


    Kiara tangled the Vines of Youth in both her hands, drawing a few more drops of strength from them.


    They were inside the Eternal Cave. It was a one way route. But that was the precise reason Kiara had chosen toe there. That was the only ce they would not be found.


    Kiara knew her Kingdom was in deep trouble, the moment she realised she had been poisoned. But she dared not divulge the fact, least it would ensure choas and further harm herd.


    Yes herd. She was told it would be a boy. She had been blessed by the Guardian Mother’s in the Floral fields of their Dragon Realm.


    ” Mydy. Bear a little. ” The little maid was again beside her, stroking her beautifully long tress, as her eyes filled with tear.


    She had already given up her core. She had given up her Dragon Core to sheild her unborn son from the effects of the deadly poison.


    Kiara had spent her free time in the Royal Infirmary. It used to be the best spot for her little retreats. She knew the smell of every herb, symptom of every poison and their possible cure.


    This poison that she was administered didn’t have any taste. Neither did it have any smell or aftertaste. But she could say it was one of the deadliest from the effects it started having on her skin. At that moment she was sure it was given to her by some one, at war with her King. The aim was not to kill her. It was targeted at her son. And it was done by someone in the Pce’s inner circle so Kiara didn’t take anymore chance.


    Draco’s look still burnt fresh in her eyes. When he had pleaded her for a child, that would be his aid. His weapon against the hierarchy fight.


    “What is it that . ”


    The maid screamed suddenly. There was a silvery liquid dripping down Kiara’s thing from herdy parts.


    Kiara looked down panting. Her heart rate exceeding the speed of an unruly cyclone.


    She let out a heart clenching roar. Reaching the ceiling of the cave, tearing the cave’s indoor. Her hands began to bleed as the vines cut deep into her skin as she pulled looking for somethingforting.


    Kiara had her legs stretched apart. It waspletely involuntary. She twitched as if something cut her from the inside , with des sharper than knives.


    Kiara had her Dragon skin. It was even impossible for acid to burn.


    ” They did not just poison me. ” She thought, ” there is also dark sorcery involved. ”


    Something moved inside Kiara. From her spine towards her breast. It handled her the worst possible way, a woman’s body could be handled.


    The maid looked on in horror. She had nothing she could do. She was just helpless.


    ” Mydy… My Lady. ”


    She kept mumbling, waiting for her pain to end.


    Kiara kept struggling. The trace of life inside her fading yet again.


    But she still had to deliver her son. So she drew again from the Vines.


    Finally the ache ofbour reached her wombs. She felt the sharp trigger. As muscles contracted in unison, in a symphony, one after the other.


    The Eternal Cave was a ce, every living soul coveted. It was a ce most people wanted to go to replenish their lost youthful vigor. Many had been there. In groups and in troops. But the only reason it remained unexploited was because none could get out. One could experience their long lost stamina. Be the man or maid of their adolescent years. But there was a catch.


    They would devour themselves in hunger and fear when the exit door never again opened. The ce was scattered with such skeletal remains. Some turned to stones who were from the Dragon’s higher ranks.


    Kiara however was detached from all these observations. She was well aware of her end.


    The she felt it again. The contractions ovepping.


    “He is here. He is here. ”


    She yelled with joy. The maid was surprised she still had the courage to smile.


    The maid took a look inside her dtion. The crowning was very prominent.


    She helped the ailing Kiara. Comforting her as much as she could.


    Just then the silvery thing that dripped down Kiara’s thighs,shed out at her, as if it had a mouth.


    ” Not good. ”


    Kiara thought. She had to fight back even at thest moment. The sorcery was trying to devour her son, even when she beared all the pain, to difuse it before.


    ” Get the water from that pond. ”


    Kiaramanded , sitting in the middle of her bloody pool.


    There indeed was a pond at the back. The maid spared her two nces, marvelling at her knowledge.


    Kiara indeed knew more than the average Pce females. She was not just another Dragon Mate. She was gritted and strong enough to match her robust husband’s exterior, just that she had it in her interior.


    ” Quick. Bring that water. NOW. ”


    Kiara yelled, out of breath.


    ” I am unable to hold anymore. ”


    She shrieked with all her vocal.


    “Here it is. Here it is. ”


    The maid brought it in a dragon’s discarded skull.


    ” ce your hand on his head. ” Kiara ordered pointing at the baby’s divulging head, ” pull him out at the count of three and don’t you dare look back. Go straight to the end of this cave. You will find a doorway, covered with a wateryyer. Both of you go inside. Remember. You are not supposed to look back. ”This is the property of N?-velDrama.Org.


    The maid nodded.


    Kiara gulped the liquid down as she let her load off, as she finished the countdown.


    The maid ran with the newborn Prince. She hugged him and just ran. She heard the blood coiling mourn of the Queen as she heard sounds of breaking bones.