Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

266-The Swap!

Author's POV:

Years Ago:

’What are you saying? Vasquez and Lady Sofia are not fools. They will find out about it sooner or later,

and then what?" Elex argued with the idea that Scarlet pitched about feeding one of the babies to her

own sick daughter.

’How would they know? Just tell them you were only able to snatch one baby or that you lost the other

one," she shrugged, watching him shake his head aggressively and roam around the living room in

worry.

’That is not gonna work. The Weredragon King and Queen will cause chaos, and Lord Vasquez will

question my work ability. I cannot just say I lost the weredragon baby. Elex refused to get himself into

trouble, but Scarlet seemed adamant about doing whatever she could to save her daughter.

'You would rather see your daughter die?’ she asked, with tears forming in her eyes.

’How— how about we do something small—?’ Elex watched Scarlet look at him with quizzical eyes for

not taking a risk for their daughter, so he came up with another plan: ’How about we feed our daughter

some of the blood of the weredragon babies? It is not like they have to eat the whole baby to survive,

right?’ he watched her face with hope covered eyes. She remained still for a minute before taking a

deep breath and smiling at him.

’We can try that," she rushed over to the kitchen and came back with a knife that almost made Elex

wince just at the thought of it piercing through a little baby's skin.

'Get me a bottle," Scarlet yelled at him while lying the little weredragon baby on the couch. "Little girl, it

will only hurt a little,' she smiled, stroking the baby girl’s puffy red cheeks.

'Oh, look at you! Adorable." Scarlet almost got distracted by the beauty of the baby girl. Her innocence

would fool anyone, but for now. Scarlet was ready to do anything to save her daughter.

Elex gave her a jar, and Scarlet made a cut on the little baby's palm, collecting the blood in the jar and

wondering why the baby didn't cry louder.

'She is so calm," Scarlet said. "Anyway, I will go feed our Bea this blood now." Scarlet carried the little

weredragon baby to the room to treat her wound and also feed her daughter the blood when she was

met with a rather sad sight.

’Bea?" She gasped, watching her daughter's blue face with tears running down her cheeks, "Oh no!

Elex!" She screamed at the top of her lungs, making Elex run into the room to witness the horrifying

sight with her.

’Why is she so blue?' Scarlet started crying, holding Elex by his collars and shaking him. He stared at

his dead daughter for a minute before he pulled Scarlet into his embrace for a comforting hug.

’No! I brought her aid. How can she die on me?" Scarlet realized they were a little late. The two cried

for the next two hours on the couch in the living room with the weredragon babies crying in the basket.

'I have to go give them the babies," Elex said in a defeated voice, getting up from the couch. For a brief

minute, he thought it was his karma.

’Wait!' Scarlet held his arm and stopped him from taking the girl from her. 'I want to spend some time

with her," she whispered, begging him through her eyes.

’She is not our baby, Scarlet. I have to give her to the lord and the lady of the pack." He looked sad for

Scarlet, but there was not much he could do anymore.

’She can be." Her wish confused him. He watched her face in bewilderment through narrowed eyes.

'I don't know what you are thinking, but I really hope you remember she is a weredragon baby and Lord

Vasquez is expecting me to deliver him two babies, one baby boy and one baby girl," he told her,

passing her soft smiles because he knew she was grieving.

'Then give them two babies." She got up from the couch and disappeared into her room for a minute

before returning with their dead daughter.

’Scarlet! No! our daughter deserves better," Elex almost lost it when watching Scarlet replace the

babies.

’She is dead, Elex! She left us. And I am not going to wait to get pregnant again to fill this void. We

can™ keep this weredragon baby for now and when we have another child of our own, we can feed her

to our baby,’ she smiled through broken smile, but Elex was shocked to see how desperate Scarlet was

to have a powerful baby.

’No!" he shook his head but Scarlet hugged the weredragon baby even together.

’Please! They are not going to feed both babies anyway. It can be done with one baby; they are just

being greedy. Go tell them one died,' she changed her side and refused to look at Elex when rocking

the little weredragon baby in her arms.

Elex kept staring at her for a minute before he thought, why not? They have been loyal to them, and

what Scarlet was saying wasn't even wrong.

'Fine. I will go back to the field house to leave my stuff there and then take the babies to the Spade

mansion." He said as he grabbed his dead daughter with a broken heart and the weredragon baby boy

in the basket. Elex left the house while Scarlet was busy taking care of his new daughter.

'My powerful daughter," she smiled to her with a stream of tears leaving her eyes, "It was fate giving me

some comfort. That's why you landed in my arms," she whispered, holding the baby tightly in her arms.

Scarlet was mourning, but at least he got another baby. "I am going to name you Beatrice!" she smiled,

watching Bea giggle in comfort.

Scarlet wasn't too worried about her identity, as when the weredragons were not in their natural land,

they would look somewhat normal and not like those icy looking creatures.