They waited a bit longer than they wanted before Dimitri returned. He walked in with a middle-aged man clad completely in a well-covered black outfit.
"Bonjour, your highness," the middle-aged man greeted.
Lumian nodded, acknowledging him.
The middle-aged man, well known by his name François, shifted his attention to Aurora, who held a slight bit of a pained expression. He gave her a slight bow.
"May I know what the problem is?" he queried.
Lumian went ahead to explain, "I'm not exactly sure, but she just suddenly had this sharp pain in her belly. Like kicking or something. It has never occurred before."
"Oh…" Mr. François furrowed his brows. It was common knowledge that vampires do not experience illness like humans. They do not feel pain unless they are physically hurt. Now there was only one thing that could actually cause pain to a female vampire without any physical injury or so, and that was…pregnancy.
