Elise was crying despondently when Loriel lifted her frail body and carried her back to her chamber. She refused to go to sleep and kept pleading with Loriel not to terminate her pregnancy.
"Please.. Your Grace... let me keep my baby..." The heartwrenching cries pained Loriel's heart.
He didn't know Elise was so stubborn this one time. She had always been the demure and sweet woman, but this time, she gripped her nails on Loriel's arm, begging him desperately to let her keep her baby.
"I also want to keep the child, to be honest," Loriel finally told her. "But Zaff already said that it will be dangerous for you to continue the pregnancy. Do you really want to die???"
"I don't mind. I don't care..." Elise continued crying.
Loriel really didn't know what to say.
He looked at Elise's stomach that was still flat. How big was their baby now? Must still be really small. Yet, Elise's love for the child was already so strong and stubborn.
