CHAPTER 49

ESMERAY

My eyes felt dizzy, and I blinked repeatedly, attempting to focus on what was in front of me.

Before long, Lovella returned with the royal doctors, and the elderly woman in charge took a seat beside my bed. Meanwhile, my mother climbed onto the bed, positioning herself close to me.

She held my wrist and began their examination just as someone unexpected entered the room.

"What is this atrocity I smell?" My father, the Lycan king, strode in, drawing everyone's attention.

He glared at me from his position, his eyes burning with intensity. I couldn't understand why or what I had done to deserve such a piercing gaze from him this time.

"Good, you're here. Esmeray isn't feeling well, so I called the doctors to check what might be wrong with her," my mother explained.

"Nothing... is...wrong... with this child of yours, Diana," he growled at my mother, then shifted his gaze back to me, stepping closer slowly while clasping his hands behind his back.

"I can smell a newborn inside you,