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CHAPTER 43: IT'S MY FAULT

Author: CassieSmilez
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Beta Vincent's POV

I searched tirelessly trying to find the scent of my mate. When she didn't answer my many attempts to mindlink her my heart nearly jumped out of my chest. I could barely feel her through our bond but her scent permeated within my nose. The dark and hall of the palace that hadn't been seriously used since the Queen Lenora era is where my senses took me.

"RUBY! MY RUBY!" I stumbled coming upon my mate who was barely breathing.

Blood.

So much blood.

"Ruby, stay with me, baby. Please! Don't die on me!" I said simultaneously calling for the royal physician.

I didn't give a shit what he was doing he us better stop what he was doing to come my mates aid.

"Ruby? Ruby!" I continued to shake her frail body. "V-Vincent," she croaked with her eyes still closed. "Baby," she gestured weakly trying to point toward her swollen belly. "Our pup will be okay. What happened? You're bleeding, baby. Is it our pup? Is it trying to come early? What happened, my love? I'm so sorry I wasn't
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