CHAPTER 211 ANOTHER BATTLE TO FIGHT

Claire was startled awake; this time, it did not hurt like usual. The pain was at the minimum and bearable. Her memory was sharp now, and she had regained part of her strength. She remembered waking up to find Hudson at her side, acting all gentle and sweet; it felt like a distant dream because the Hudson she remembered was furious and angry. That was why she left in the first place, for her safety. And that of her child’s. Her child. She instinctively raised her hand to feel her belly; the last she remembered was bleeding profusely after fighting off Magnus’s men, who had tracked and found them in the woods. There was the heartbreaking thought of losing her baby that was beginning to claw its way up, tearing at her from the inside, but Hudson had said she was fine. The doctor who attended to her must have told him she was fine, though he did not mention anything about her baby. Was he aware? Claire hoped it was the opposite because if he found out, Hudson would keep her by