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Chapter 167: The Water Broke · Oct 31, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: Four Sisters 2026-10-31
152 Chapter 152: There. See? You found something worse than the Rot 2026-10-31
153 Chapter 153: We leaving you with your bad face (Guess what cub said that) 2026-10-31
154 Chapter 154: Oh my God 2026-10-31
155 Chapter 155: Ugh. Ugh. Baby heavy. Miko tired 2026-10-31
156 Chapter 156: The Babies Moved 2026-10-31
157 Chapter 157: Blood Ritual 2026-10-31
158 Chapter 158: The giant just courted your female 2026-10-31
159 Chapter 159: My babies are getting too heavy 2026-10-31
160 Chapter 160: Someone Is Watching Ironwood 2026-10-31
161 Chapter 161: I’m also your baby 2026-10-31
162 Chapter 162: Why is everyone attacking me today? 2026-10-31
163 Chapter 163: If you behave like a lone survivor again, I will tie you to your sleeping mat 2026-10-31
164 Chapter 164: Twin daughters 2026-10-31
165 Chapter 165: Mama says we were cuter when we could not talk 2026-10-31
166 Chapter 166: Ancient subterranean mimic species 2026-10-31
167 Chapter 167: The Water Broke 2026-10-31
168 Chapter 168: I’m having babies 2026-10-31
169 Chapter 169: SOREN, YOU WHITE-SCALED BASTARD! 2026-10-31
170 Chapter 170: I liked that rack 2026-10-31
171 Chapter 171: Mama is going to be angry 2026-10-31
172 Chapter 172: Snake babies 2026-10-31
173 Chapter 173: Why is Swanly alone? 2026-10-31
174 Chapter 174: Can we see Mama? 2026-10-31
175 Chapter 175: Tiny Sisters, Tiny Fangs 2026-10-31
176 Chapter 176: Three Minutes to Live 2026-10-31
177 Chapter 177: Why do you always start with me? 2026-10-31
178 Chapter 178: I would rather die than betray my people 2026-10-31
179 Chapter 179: Do not suddenly grow a conscience because everyone is looking 2026-10-31
180 Chapter 180: What exactly are you talking about? 2026-10-31
181 Chapter 181: The Night Swanly Lost Her Innocence 2026-10-31
182 Chapter 182: You made your males hurt me because you knew I wouldn’t speak 2026-10-31
183 Chapter 183: Hello 2026-10-31
184 Chapter 184: Do not touch the arrow! 2026-10-31
185 Chapter 185: Her Last Three Gifts 2026-10-31
186 Chapter 186: Although I remain available for future children 2026-10-31
187 Chapter 187: Talkative prince 2026-10-31
188 Chapter 188: Ancient creatures have terrible eating habits 2026-10-31
189 Chapter 189: What did he do? 2026-10-31
190 Chapter 190: I want a daughter too 2026-10-31
191 Chapter 191: hide-and-feed-the-postpartum-fox 2026-10-31
192 Chapter 192: A missing toof 2026-10-31
193 Chapter 193: DEER PAPA! DON’T LOTH MY TOOF! 2026-10-31
194 Chapter 194: Snake Papa Is A Bully 1 2026-10-31
195 Chapter 195: Snake Papa Is A Bully 2 2026-10-31
196 Chapter 196: DEER PAPAAAA! DON’T LOTH MY TOOF! 2026-10-31
197 Chapter 197: Miko made it fall out! 2026-10-31
198 Chapter 198: Snake babies were monsters 2026-10-31
199 Chapter 199: Did you just copy me? 2026-10-31
200 Chapter 200: She poisoned someone 2026-10-31

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: The Water Broke

Brea stared.

The powder coated his nose.

His hair.

His chest.

Half the ground.

Bright yellow dust everywhere.

She smiled proudly.

Perfect.

Selka stared.

”You idiot.”

Brea blinked.

”What?”

”He is covered in it.”

Brea looked down.

”Oh.”

”When he wakes, what do you think he will tell them?”

Brea’s ears lowered.

”We do not have time!”

She rushed toward the wooden bars.

”The outsiders are here.”

Selka’s irritation vanished.

”They came?”

”Yes.”

”They will help me?”

”They said you must reach them.”

Selka’s eyes lit up.

Finally.

Brea worked the loosened wooden peg.

One bar shifted.

Just enough.

Selka squeezed through.

Pain shot through her back.

Her stomach made everything harder.

”Slow,” Brea whispered.

”Do not tell me to slow down.”

She finally stepped free.

Free.

Her heart nearly exploded.

Then a hand caught her arm.

Selka screamed.

She turned.

Brann.

His huge boar body blocked the path.

His dark eyes stared at her.

Not angry.

Worse.

Devastated.

”What are you doing?”

Selka froze.

”Brann.”

His eyes moved toward the unconscious guard.

Then Brea.

Then the open cage.

His face hardened.

”Did you cause what is happening at the gate?”

”No.”

”Selka.”

”No!”

She yanked her arm.

”Let me go.”

He did not.

”Let go!”

”No.”

Her eyes widened.

She stared at him as if he had struck her.

”You are my mate.”

”I know.”

”Then choose me!”

His jaw trembled.

”I have.”

”No, you haven’t!”

She shoved at his chest.

”You are choosing them!”

Brann barely moved.

Selka’s eyes burned.

”You would keep your pregnant female inside a cage?”

”You put yourself there.”

She slapped him.

Brea froze.

Brann’s head turned with the strike.

For several breaths, he did nothing.

Then slowly looked back.

His eyes were wet.

”I already buried one brother because of you.”

Selka went still.

His voice cracked.

”I watched Varek die because every time you wanted something, somebody else had to bleed for it.”

Her face twisted.

”He chose...”

”Stop.”

One word.

Brann had never spoken to her like that.

His tusks showed slightly as his jaw clenched.

”I loved you.”

Selka’s breathing stopped.

”I still do.”

That hurt worse.

”I hate that I still do.”

Brea looked away.

Brann’s hand trembled around Selka’s wrist.

”I wake every morning knowing I chose you.”

His voice dropped.

”And every day I regret what that choice made me become.”

Selka looked horrified.

”You regret mating me?”

His eyes closed.

For one terrible second, he could not answer.

That was answer enough.

Something inside Selka shattered.

”You bastard.”

Brann opened his eyes.

”I do not want you dead.”

”Then let me go!”

”No.”

”I have other males!”

”I know.”

”You think I need you?”

His face flinched.

Still, he did not release her.

”No.”

That calm answer made her angrier.

Brann looked at her stomach.

Then back at her.

”After you give birth...”

His throat moved.

”...whatever the tribe decides to do with you, I will support.”

Selka stared.

He looked like the words were killing him.

But he said them anyway.

”I will protect the cub.”

His voice broke.

”I will not help you destroy everyone else.”

Selka’s face became vicious.

”You will regret this.”

”I already regret too much.”

He pulled her back toward the cage.

Selka fought.

Kicked.

Cursed.

”You coward!”

Brann said nothing.

”You worthless male!”

Nothing.

”I SHOULD NEVER HAVE MARKED YOU!”

That one hit.

His face went white.

But he still put her back inside.

The wooden bar slammed shut.

Selka stumbled to the ground.

Brann stood outside.

Staring at her.

Two mates.

One cage.

A future neither of them wanted.

Selka’s eyes filled with pure hatred.

She would never forgive him.

Never.

Brea had already disappeared before more guards arrived.

...

The Veilkin did not leave.

That was the worst part.

They simply remained beyond Ironwood.

Not close enough for arrows.

Not far enough to forget.

Sometimes a face appeared between the trees.

Then vanished.

Sometimes Druun growled in the middle of the night.

Sometimes Nerin’s damaged antler ached for no reason, and every time it did, Soren doubled the guards near the lower caves.

Nobody hunted alone.

Nobody left casually.

Raku reorganized every watch.

Arion sent Sunmane hunters to the northern posts under Soren’s command.

Kael checked the cub shelters himself.

Soren ordered everyone:

”Assume they are waiting for weakness.”

Nobody argued.

Ironwood had food.

Fruit.

Crops.

Stored meat.

Salt.

Water.

They could survive.

For now.

But Swanly hated being watched.

She hated it even more because she could not see who was watching.

...

That evening, the system appeared inside Swanly’s sleeping hollow.

It looked guilty.

Immediately suspicious.

Swanly stared.

”No.”

{Host has not heard what I am going to say.}

”No.”

{It is important.}

”No.”

The system’s shoulders dropped.

{I am receiving an upgrade.}

Swanly’s face went blank.

”What?”

Kael looked over.

She quickly lowered her voice and continued mentally.

Why?

{Accumulated system development threshold has been reached.}

Tell it to un-reach.

{That is not possible.}

Swanly glared.

Every time this thing changed something, her life became worse.

How long?

{Unknown.}

What do you mean unknown?

{Possibly several hours. Possibly longer.}

Swanly’s eye twitched.

{During that period, I may be unavailable.}

Of course.

Then the fairy looked even guiltier.

Swanly’s blood pressure rose.

What else?

{Storage access may temporarily close.}

Silence.

Swanly stared at it.

The fairy smiled nervously.

{Surprise?}

I am going to kill you.

{Please do not. Upgrading me improves Host survival probability.}

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAPPEN AT THE WORST TIME?

{There is technically never a good time in Host’s life.}

Swanly opened her mouth.

Stopped.

Fuck.

Fair point.

The system quickly continued.

{Host should remove essential supplies before the upgrade begins.}

Swanly sighed.

”Fine.”

Kael looked over.

”What?”

”Nothing.”

”You said fine angrily.”

”My magic is being irritating.”

Kael nodded.

Apparently that required no further explanation anymore.

Swanly spent the next hour pulling essentials from storage.

Medicine.

Bandages.

Her remaining weapons.

Normal ammunition.

The Rot-Burner Hybrid Launcher.

Food.

Clean water.

Blankets.

Emergency herbs.

Anything she might urgently need if the storage suddenly became inaccessible.

She hid most of it inside a sealed section of their shelter.

Kael watched.

”You are worried.”

”Yes.”

His hand touched her back.

”I’m here.”

Swanly looked at him.

Then smiled.

”I know.”

That helped more than she expected.

The system floated near her shoulder.

{Upgrade beginning soon.}

Swanly pointed.

”You come back.”

The fairy looked offended.

{Obviously.}

”You better.”

{Host would miss me.}

”No.”

{You would cry.}

”I would celebrate.”

{Liar.}

The system stuck out its tongue.

Then vanished.

The storage connection dimmed with it.

Swanly hated the empty feeling immediately.

...

The next morning, Swanly was nearly seven months pregnant and extremely tired of sitting.

Nahla had told her gentle walking was good.

Gentle.

Not running.

Not lifting.

Not climbing walls.

Not fighting infected.

Apparently every adult in Ironwood had received a secret list titled:

THINGS SWANLY IS NO LONGER ALLOWED TO DO.

She suspected Soren had written half of it.

So she walked.

Slowly.

Her white tail swayed behind her.

People greeted her as she passed.

”Swanly.”

”Morning.”

A female lifted a basket.

”The red fruits are ready.”

”Save some for me.”

”They are already yours.”

Swanly smiled.

Farther ahead, Tovan was arguing with builders.

”That wall is crooked!”

”It is not.”

”I HAVE EYES!”

Raku walked past carrying a spear.

”You also have a loud mouth.”

Tovan shouted after him:

”THE WALL IS STILL CROOKED!”

Swanly laughed.

Ironwood felt alive.

That still amazed her sometimes.

Fields.

Children.

Smoke.

Food.

People arguing about walls instead of whether they would survive until sunrise.

Nilo spotted her first.

”Mama!”

He ran over.

Then slowed abruptly.

”No running into Mama.”

Swanly smiled.

He remembered.

Good boy.

He hugged her carefully around the side instead.

”Are the babies awake?”

”I think so.”

His hand immediately went to her stomach.

A kick.

Nilo gasped.

”They know me.”

”Obviously.”

Miko came charging next.

Kairo caught his tunic from behind.

”Slow!”

”I was slowing!”

”You were flying!”

”I cannot fly!”

”Exactly!”

Swanly laughed.

Her boys.

Full sentences now.

Bigger.

Healthier.

Still completely ridiculous.

Miko reached her.

”Can I touch?”

”Yes.”

He pressed both hands gently against her stomach.

Another movement.

His face lit up.

”Sisters! I brought you something.”

Swanly became suspicious.

”What?”

Miko reached into his little pouch.

A rock.

Of course.

”No.”

”But it is smooth.”

”No.”

”They like rocks.”

”They have never seen a rock.”

”They kicked when I showed one last time.”

”You shoved it against my stomach.”

”I showed it closely.”

Kairo covered his face.

Swanly laughed until her cheeks hurt.

For one moment she forgot Veilkin.

Forgot Veskari.

Forgot Selka.

Forgot the system upgrade.

Forgot everything beneath Ironwood.

She simply walked.

Talked.

Ate a piece of fruit someone handed her.

Complained that everyone was feeding her too much while taking another piece anyway.

Eventually her back started aching.

”Okay.”

Enough.

She returned toward her shelter.

Kael was inside.

Soren was somewhere with Raku.

The cubs had run off toward Lumi and Tavi.

Swanly stepped inside.

Her feet hurt.

Her back hurt.

Her stomach felt unbelievably heavy.

She reached for the wall.

”I am sitting down and nobody is moving me for the next hundred years.”

One step.

Then she felt it.

Pop.

Swanly froze.

Warmth rushed suddenly between her thighs.

Down her legs.

Onto the ground.

Her blue-gray eyes slowly widened.

She looked down.

Water spread beneath her feet.

Her hand flew to her stomach.

”No.”

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