"That is enough for tonight. Your highness did not allow us to kill her." Ana blinked as the knights stopped welting her back. She was in the position of a fetus all the time, covering her stomach with both hands.
She was relieved that the knights did not pay much attention. If they had noticed she was trying to protect her belly and informed Richard, she would have been doomed. She was so scared about her pregnancy, that she did not feel the pain from her back being torn open.
"Do you not feel the pain at all?" she heard the cold voice of Scarlet and forced herself to turn to look at her. Ana's dress was torn badly. There were marks of welting. The red raised wounds were dripping with blood and sure to leave a scar.
