"Please, give me back my child" I cried, I begged over and over again but no one was listening, the nurses didn't care, their eyes were cold, like I wasn't even human, like I was dirt under their shoes, because they were already paid off by Mrs Eleanor Khian, I tried to hold them, tried to touch my baby, but she shoved my hands off like I was nothing
"She is my child, my blood, I carried her, I bled for her, I am her mother, can't I at least touch my own offspring?" I begged, I screamed, but no one cared, no one even flinched, then the door opened and someone walked in
"Mother, please return my child to me" I begged again even though I already knew she wasn't going to listen
"Who are you calling mother?? Aren't you ashamed of yourself??"
Mrs Eleanor Khian… my mother-in-law… the woman who once called me daughter but now looked at me like filth
"Mother, please don't do this to me, I used the last of my powers just to bring this child into the world, you accepted her, I heard you accepted her but now I can't even touch her?"
"I accepted it only because I thought it was a male child, I never knew you were going to bring forth an embarrassment into the Khian family, a Sentinel just like you, and you married my son who is an Alpha, do you want the world to laugh at us??" she shouted at me like I was some stain she needed to scrub out of her life
"Mother...." I whispered, but she cut me off immediately
"I said stop calling me that, you don't deserve it, you don't even deserve to be here, we pitied you, we took you in because you were rejected by your mates, but even then you couldn't return the gesture, I feel ashamed on behalf of my son, I regret ever letting him marry you" she kept ranting, her voice echoing in the room while I laid there helpless, bleeding, weak, dying
"Ms Eleanor... I apologize for not meeting your expectations but please... let me hold my Hannah, let me hold my child, please... don't harm her... please..."
Something in her changed and she finally nodded, the nurses brought her to me, my baby, my Hannah, they placed her in my arms and I kissed her forehead, I wrapped her in the only warmth I had left, I wore her the necklace I made from the last piece of my power, my last gift
And then I saw it in her eyes again the disgust
"I hope you can see for yourself... I can't even smell my son's blood in her... she might not even be his pup" she spat
I ignored her, I kissed my daughter again, even though my hands were shaking, even though I was cold, even though my time was running out
"I don't have much time left in this world... but please don't harm my child... I beg you... don't let her suffer for being born like me..."
"And you think I care about a mere Sentinel like you?" she scoffed and folded her arms, "my last wish in this life is to wipe out every single one of your kind and I'm going to start with her"
"Siara" she called and the nurse came forward like a shadow
"Take the child from her and get rid of her... make sure my son never finds out"
"What if he asks for the baby?" Siara asked
"We'll replace her with a dead one... he won't smell her blood in the child... he'll think she cheated"
"No... no no no please don't do this I beg you" I cried out, my hands held tightly onto Hannah but they dragged her from me like I was a stranger
"It's too late sweetheart" Eleanor said and walked closer to me, her heels clicking against the tiles like knives in my ears
"Take this as payment for feeding you, housing you, and giving you the title of Khian's daughter-in-law"
"You won't get away with this, I swear you won't" I cried
"What can you do? You're powerless now, you sacrificed your life to bring a disgrace into this world and now I'll send both of you back to your ancestors" she said and turned to the machines beside me
I smiled weakly
"You think you've won Ms Eleanor... but I promise you, if you kill my child she will keep resurrecting, and if she survives, she and I will watch you die, even if I don't make it, a new beginning just started with my child, and no matter what you do, you will never find peace in this life, the moon goddess will never forgive you until you say the truth"
She laughed
She kept laughing
Then she reapplied her lipstick like she was preparing for a party
"Not if you die first" she whispered and turned off the machines
I started choking
I felt my soul pulling away
But before I gave up completely, I used the last of my Sentinel powers to remove my sentinel and send it to my child, wherever she is, however far, I gave her my life, I made sure no matter how many times they tried, they would never be able to kill her
She will live
She must live
She was all I had left
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Rebecca Khian was once sincerely loved by Alpha Leonardo, even after her three rejections from her fated mate, even after losing her parents to tragedy, she found love in someone who was ordinary… but turned out to be the only Alpha born in generations
Her only dream was to not be the last Sentinel
When she found out she was dying, that if she continued the pregnancy she would lose her life, she still chose to keep the baby, because even if she ended the pregnancy she was still going to die, so she made a choice to give life to her child
She lied to them that she was carrying a boy so they would let her live long enough to give birth, so her daughter would be safe, so her line wouldn't end with her
Despite everything
Despite the hatred from her mother-in-law
Despite the betrayal
Despite being rejected by fate
She still gave her all
And her life still ended on a hospital bed
With her daughter dragged from her hands
Her last breath wasn't a scream or a cry
It was a whisper to the moon goddess
A plea for mercy
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My Hannah,
I don't know how long you'll have to live without me but I want you to promise me one thing never give up
Even if they tell you you're nothing
Even if they throw you away
Even if your blood makes them afraid
Don't live the same sad life I lived, don't beg for love like I did, don't wait for their acceptance
I am sorry I wasn't strong enough to protect you
I'm sorry you were born into this kind of world
I'm sorry you won't know how my touch felt
I'm sorry you'll cry alone
But I'll be with you in every tear, in every ache in your chest, in every moment you feel like giving up
I left everything I had for you, including my powers, my last breath, my heartbeat
Please don't waste it
Please live
Please succeed
Make them remember you
And never let them break you
You were never alone, and you never will be
Mother