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❤️ I'm Pregnant (Part 2) ❤️

"Did she eat?" The unknown man asked the assassin standing in front of his hideout.

"Yes my Lord, she finished her food." The assassin replied.

"Did you mix it with..." he trails off.

"Yes my Lord, I did that."

"Good, you can take her to the camp, make sure she rested," the unknown man said and then bent down to the little girl's face level. "You will follow him back to the camp my dear, I will join you as soon as I am through with what I am doing. If anyone troubles you let me know, okay?"

"Okay Uncle," the little girl said happily and clung to the assassin who left immediately.

The unknown man went back into his hideout.

"So you brought that little girl into your evil plan, how low of you." Phoenix told him.

"The way I work is none of your business Phoenix. I will bring in whoever I want to bring in and believe me, she is helping me," The unknown man said. "Anyway, didn't you hear her call me Uncle? I am her uncle." he added and chuckled. "Don't worry, your days of imprisonment will finally be over soon. I can't wait for that to happen." he removed

"It won't work, no matter how strong your plan is, it won't-"

Interrupting her abruptly.

"I don't have the time to listen to that, I have got somewhere I have to be." the unknown said sitting down on the ground, his legs crossed, and then closed his eyes.

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Ashland Kingdom: Palace:

Emera Room:

"What? You planned to kill me too?" Emera demanded hands over his mouth. He still couldn't believe his ears.

"Yes, I planned to wiped out all your family but I needed you to suffer a bit, just like the way I did, just like the way you left my mother and I to suffer, I will do worse than that," Rumi said breathing fast, an enigmatic smile display on her face. "If they," she pointed at Storm, Gwen and Kira, "Hadn't come, I would have succeeded in tormenting your life before killing you, and now I am regretting why I didn't kill you years ago." she added.

"I made you and your mother suffer?" Emera said. "Your mother? Who is she? As far as I know, Grace is the only woman I am married to."

"Oh please stop pretending as if you didn't know," Rumi said, rolling her eyes at Emera. "You think my mother will just keep calm and allow Grace to reap where she did not sow? Well you better wake up from your deep sleep old man."

"I am still trying to process what you said," Emera said. "Who is your mother?" he asked.

"You're still pretending as if you don't know the woman you slept with, keep pretending father." Rumi said. "Soon, very soon, you will join your wife."

"Not on my watch Rumi," Storm chips in. "That won't happen."

Bringing her gaze down to Storm which softened a little bit then her gaze shifted to Kira and it hardened. "You!" she snarled at Kira. "I will surely make you pay. I will make sure to take whatever you have Juno, mark my words. For the thousands of tears you both put my mother through, you will shed two times."

"Don't be so sure of yourself Rumi," Storm said.

She returned her gaze back to Storm. And for once, her heart didn't race fast nor did she feel butterflies in her stomach, just nothing. "You don't know me that much Storm, I suggest you stay out of my family problems if you want to live longer." her brown eyes glowed to show how serious she was. "You don't know who you are messing with, so stay in your lane to afford being burnt."

Storm stared at her with a slightly tucked chin, before he could open his mouth Emera beat him to it.

"Rumi, if you will sit down and explain what you are telling me- right from the beginning- I will be happy because I am in a dark corner right now." Emera said, trying to make Rumi talk because none of what she said makes any sense to him.

"She is being blinded by hate father for her to see the truth." Kira said bringing Rumi's attention back to her, both girls glare at each other with killer gaze. "She is too deaf to hear that Gwen here is my twin sister. The question I expected this stu.pid fo.ol to ask was how come Gwen and I are twins, but no, her stu.pid sense.less brain and idio.tic mother words clouded her sense of reasoning, rubb.ish." Kira added a minute later with gritted teeth.

"My idiotic mother is the one you met in my house and-"

Kira Interrupted her.

"You mean my father's house because if I remember correctly, the house belongs to my father and not you."

"-the next time you come to my house and try to do the rub.bish you did with my mother, I won't hold back." Rumi continue as if she wasn't Interrupted. "Now that you know who I am," she said returning her gaze back to Emera. "You better watch your back from now henceforth." she added in a warning then finally return her gaze to Gwen. "And as for you, I could feel another life inside you, a child is growing inside your womb and since you are Juno sister you better watch your back because anything that has to do with these two will suffer the same fate." she turn to and left the room, slamming the door behind her.

Storm let go of Kira and went to stand over the door as Kira rushed towards the door.

"You shouldn't have let her go, Storm, she threatened me and my father and Gwen, weren't you paying attention to that? Get out of my way." Kira said, tapping her foot.

"Not until you calm down Juno. Listen in as much as you are angry right now, we have to deal with Rumi with our brains and not with our heart. She looked surprised when she heard that Gwen is your twin sister even though she tries to hide it." Storm said.

"And how would you know that?"

"Well if you weren't so angry at her and trying not to punch her you'd have seen it." Storm replied.

"So what are you going to do, master of thoughtfulness?" Kira mocked, calming down a bit. Her anger went away.

ignoring her, Storm smiled briefly at her. "You have to calm down first."

"I am calm, you think you standing at the door will stop me from going to Rumi if I want to?" Kira said, rolling her eyes at him. "I know how to bring a wall down and there is a window, I can use it but I didn't do any of that. Now start talking."

"The problem isn't Rumi, the problem is from the said mother. We have to pay her a visit."

"Yes, that's true," Emera agreed. "I have got to know who her mother is and why she lied against my head. I still can't believe Rumi of yesterday, a girl I had trained and nurtured, is behind Grace's death."

"You better start believing, father, not only did she kill my mother, she also killed me but luckily for me I survived and here I am."

"No wonder I was surprised when I saw you because I had used my hands to bury you," Emera said. "But I... there is one thing that still confuses me, how did she carry out all without anyone suspecting her? I mean she did a lot of bad things and none of it pointed to her, she made Grace death looked like an assassination."

"If there is something Rumi is good at then it's pretending. She pretended a lot and the only time she showed me her real side was at the mountain where she killed me and threw me into Dean's arms."

"But how was she able to carry out all these?"

"Magic father, Rumi, is gifted with magic and that was how she was able to deceive us."

"But I don't have any magic, if truly what she is saying is true, that I am her father, then surely she didn't get the magic from me."

"That's why we are going to go to your house and confront her and her mother. We will get to find out the truth," Storm said, then, his attention shifted to Gwen who has been quiet but listening to their conversation. "I hope what Rumi has said is not true."

"I don't really know. I mean I and Kando-"

"Wait a minute, did you say Kando?" Storm Interrupted her and when Gwen nodded her head he continued. "He raped you and you didn't tell me?" he asked with clenched hands. "Why did you hide it away from me? I would have dealt with him. I am going straight to Kudarma, he shouldn't mess with you."

"Would you stop ranting and listen to me!" Gwen yelled out, surprising Storm.

"Did you just say I am ranting?" Storm demanded with narrowed eyes.

"Now who needs to calm down between the both of us." Kira said with a lopsided grin.

"Listen, I gave myself to Kando. I told you a few hours ago that I am in love with Kando."

"How will I know that he didn't force himself on you and because you love him you are covering up for him." Storm with tightening lips.

"You know me Storm, I wouldn't lie to you. I thought sleeping with him would make him change his mind towards me since I was the one who pushed him away but I was wrong. And I did not regret allowing him access to my body. I love him, Storm. I truly love him. If you must go to Kudarma, then I am giving you permission to kidnap him and bring him to me." Gwen said teary up and she couldn't control her tears from dropping. "I don't know why I'm even crying."

Storm calmed down seeing Gwen crying, he walked towards her and pull her to her feet, hugging her.

"It's okay. I believe you and I am not angry at you. Angry at Kando? A little bit but not at you," Storm comforted Gwen. "Besides we don't know if Rumi was just taunting you because of the way you are eating." he reminded her. Maybe Rumi was playing games with Gwen.

"You are right," Gwen said, cleaning her eyes as she left Storm embrace.

"Does Morgan know you slept with Kando?" Kira asked.

"I can't tell him that, I will only tell him I don't love him anymore," Gwen said, looking around in the bed checking to see if she left any food but met an empty tray. "I am still hungry." she announced.

"Well, are we going to my house to find this woman that has been deceiving Rumi?" Emera said, opening the door. "I really need to get to the root of this hefty lie pin on me." he added leaving the room with the door still opened

"Of course," Storm and Kira said at the same time. "We will talk more when we turn." he told Gwen and he and Kira left, closing the door.

Gwen also left the room a minute later, heading towards the kitchen, rubbing her stomach. She was damn hungry.

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"Something just feels off about her," Morgan said to his brother.

"Of course, she was kidnapped against her will and probably she is still in shock." Fred told his brother, finishing the cup of wine and refilling it again. "The shock hasn't left her yet." he added a minute later.

"You're right, I didn't think of it this way."

"So don't hurry her."

"I won't, thanks for making out time to listen to me."

"What are we brothers for? I know you'd do the same if I were in your shoes."

"Let me go and see her. I can't wait to see her. The days she didn't spend here were hell for me."

"No matter what, you have my support, big brother."

"Thank you Fred," Morgan said, getting up to his feet. "Once I am Emperor, you get to marry whoever you want to marry."

Fred grinned widely at that. "Of course, luckily for me I haven't seen a girl that will make my heart beat fast."

Morgan grinned back at him and left for Storm's room leaving Fred alone. He doesn't want to stay away from Gwen.

Taking his cup filled with wine, he hits it gently on his brother's half filled cup. "Cheers."

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Emera House:

Rumi was angry at two things, first was she wasn't expecting what happened today and secondly, her mother didn't tell her that her father has another daughter, Gwen. If she has knew she would have gone to the Garden of Edenis to kill her since.

"You didn't waste time in the Palace," Sarah said, pretending to be concerned by Rumi's early return from the palace. She was in the guest room- her room now- reading one of Rumi spell books, with her leg crossed in her sitting position. "Did something happen in the palace? Were you able to warn that stu.pid Juno of a girl for me?" she asked. "I hope you make her pay."

"Mother, why did you lie to me?" Rumi demanded going straight to the point.

"Lie to you? I don't get you my dear child. What lie are you talking about? Did Juno lie that she didn't put me to work because she did, I can swear with my heart?" Sarah asked, totally confused.

"It's not that, Sarah. Why didn't you tell me that Gwen was Juno's twin sister? Why did you lie to me?"

"I-"

Interrupting her abruptly. "All these years you made me believe that Juno was the only step sister I have, you didn't see the need to tell me that she is a twin. I could have easily killed Gwenevere." face scowling.

Sarah's heart thumping widely, as her mouth goes dry, a rush of fear runs over her.

How did Rumi find out? She thought.

"You don't know what to say to this, right, because it's true?"

"Rumi, who told you this?" Sarah asked carefully as she kept the book she was holding down and stood up to her feet, putting her trembling hands behind her as she began breathing hard. "Who told you that lie?"

"Lie? Juno and Emera said those words to me, mother. Do you know how I had felt at that moment?" Rumi demanded. "I felt like a fo.ol, why did you hide such from me?"

"Rumi, don't listen to what Emera told you, if Juno was a twin I would have told you since, wouldn't I?"

"That is why I am asking you if Emera is lying."

"Of course he is lying. You thought he was telling you the truth? I dare him to come to my face and tell me." Sarah threatened, though her heart was racing fast with fear. She hoped Rumi didn't carry out her threat and bring Emera to her face. Rumi could do that. "Don't worry, they are trying to tear us apart so don't allow them to succeed my dear daughter. You are strong and powerful so they shouldn't take you for a ride."

"I hope you are not taking me for a ride too mother because the day I will find out that you lied to me, I swear that will be the last day you will see the sun."

"Don't threaten your own mother Rumi, I can never, ever, lie to you." Sarah said with a low snort, regaining her confidence back. "Neither can I deceive you."

"..." Whatever Rumi wanted to reply was Interrupted by the sounds of running horses entering inside the compound.

Sarah looked at Rumi with raised brows. "Are you expecting something?" she asked.

"Nope. I am not expecting any one, are you, mother?" she returned the question back to Sarah.

"Nope," Sarah said. Besides Dean won't be that sense.less to visit her right in Ashland. So who are the visitors? She wondered.

"Rumi, come out right now." The voice of Emera was heard outside, making Sarah gasp.

Her knees trembling and her color drains from her face. When she glanced at Rumi she noticed the foolish girl narrowing her eyes at her as if she could see right through her.

"Why are you scared, Sarah?" Rumi asked.