Chapter 12: Pains Of Labor

Elena's POV

It has been over three hours since I started wandering around the thick forest while looking for an ideal place to spend the night. After wandering for over three hours, I finally found another cave, similar to the first one; once I came down from the horse, I drew it by the rope and led it inside the cave before going out and gathering some straws that I gave it to eat.

Afterwards, I sat down beside one of the rocks before opening my luggage and bringing out some fruits that I had gathered while wondering around the forest.

As I was eating the fruit, I started feeling some pains around my abdomen. With that, my heart skipped. I didn't need to think twice before knowing what was about to happen. In some fractions of seconds, the pain intensified, and immediately I started feeling some liquids streaming down my laps. That was when it dawned on me that my water had already broken. Not knowing what next to do, all I could do was shed tears as the pain kept on intensifying wit