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Cursed Heir Pt 06

Cursed Heir Pt 06

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Hi! I'm so sorry for the delay, its taken me a while to get this finished but I appreciate the patience and support! Please let me know in the comments what you think :')

Cursed Heir Part 6

"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Sebastian breathed, as George rocked above him, his head thrown back in the pleasure of feeling Sebastian buried deep inside him.

"It's fine," George moaned, rotating his hips, Sebastian's breaths deepened as he closed his eyes, then frowned glancing at him again.

"But it doesn't hurt the baby?"

"Seb!" George groaned, "you're ruining this."

He laughed lightly and pulled George's face to his, their bodies pressing against each other.

"Shut me up then."

George kissed him for a moment before sitting back up, with an uncomfortable groan as his back strained against the extra weight, "god I'm huge."

He stroked his swollen belly, and Sebastian watched.

"You look sexy to me," he grinned.

"Then prove it. Enough baby talk and fuck me already."

Sebastian didn't need to be asked twice, and soon had George moaning as sparks of pleasure coursed through his every limb.

Once over, they lay next to each other panting. George felt the movement in his stomach of the baby moving around inside him and placed his hands on his bump.

It had been an odd few months since he had first realised he was pregnant. The look on Sebastian's face had been equally matched by his parents, before they broke into excited smiles and tears (on his mother's behalf).

From that moment on he had been waited on hand and foot. Initially Sebastian had suspended his training, but he had complained bitterly about it so often and so regularly that he relented.

"There's no point in swordsmanship now, especially pregnant," he had said, "but perhaps this would be an appropriate weapon for you."

He had then handed George a small dagger. It was nicely weighted, with a thick handle, bound in leather. He turned it in his hands and grinned, feeling excited.

For weeks he trained with the dagger, and when Sebastian had been unavailable he trained with members of the guard, who praised his progress with surprise, as if shocked a woman could wield a blade at all.

When he wasn't practicing combat, Selena visited the castle. They would go for walks in the grounds, have tea, and George soon began to insist on giving her money for her trips.

"I really can't accept-"

"You're coming here almost every day, you're missing time you could work at the pub."

"Well, if you insist on paying me then I will have to do something to earn it."

That was when she began to help George with his hair, his wardrobe, and generally around the house, to the point where Martha suggested she join the castle staff as a handmaiden.

"She's got more brain cells than this lot put together," Martha whispered in George's ear as he made the offer, causing him to spit out his tea in laughter.

So, Selena quit her job and would visit George every day after breakfast, to do whatever he needed. Which, would most often just mean company. It was a perfect situation for them both. Even Sebastian had relinquished his grudge against her, partially due to the knowledge that George was not actually dead, and began to trust her.

Over time George's belly grew. It had been an odd feeling, watching his stomach swell day by day, knowing that a baby was forming inside him.

As his pregnancy progressed, Selena became a more and more important presence, allowing Sebastian to go about his duties knowing that someone was making sure George was safe.

George had not seen the witch once since his discovery, at least... as far as he was aware. But he doubted she had been able to get close with his constant 24/7 supervision.

His parents, whilst being thrilled to hear of the pregnancy, worried about the fragility it would bring to the family as the weeks progressed. So they had begun a tour of their neighbouring kingdoms to drum up support, but were ready to return if requested at any time. The king had told Sebastian and George it was a chance for them to prove himself.

But now as he approached the final weeks of his pregnancy, he felt too exhausted to train, even having sex with Sebastian had become a tiring event.

He lay back, eyes closed and panting.

"Are you okay?" Sebastian said, always alert for any pain or discomfort. "You still look pale, and you're getting thinner."

"Thinner?" George scoffed gesturing to his belly.

"You know what I mean," Sebastian said and George rolled his eyes. But he too had noticed his face begin to grow sallow, the nauseous exhaustion that even now was creeping over him despite having done very little with his day bar the previous hours activity.

"I'm fine," he insisted, trying to force positivity into his voice. Sebastian still watched him, the concern in his eyes showing that he was not fooled.

He felt movement in his belly and deciding he needed an excuse to change the subject, took Sebastian's hand and pressed it against his bumb.

"Feel her?"

Sebastian waited, hand still, breath held until there was a strong firm kick right against his palm and he laughed and smiled, the concern slipping briefly from his face. George liked seeing him smile, he smiled less and less recently with all the worry around the witches and George's pregnancy.

"You're still convinced it's a girl?" Sebastian asked.

"I don't know for sure, but I think she's a girl," he shrugged. "I'm probably wrong."

He felt another wave of nausea shudder through him and try as he might he couldn't hold it from his face as he grimaced. Sebastian instantly noticed, his hand moving to cup his cheek.

"What's wrong? Is it still the sickness?"

He nodded silently, holding his mouth tight and breathing through his nose. He willed the vomit to stay down.

Morning sickness was just meant to be a first trimester thing, but he seemed to get it all day, everyday even this late in the pregnancy. He didn't know what it meant, and neither did the doctors.

"Stop worrying, I'm just tired is all. Let's go to sleep."

But even as Sebastian's arms wrapped tightly around him, his breathing soon turning heavy in sleep, George couldn't sleep. His exhaustion weighed heavily on him, and yet a feeling of something bad had planted in his brain. His body was telling him that something was wrong. And that fear kept him wide awake into the late hours, until he eventually succumbed to sleep.

*

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As the weeks sped by, George's attempts to hide his crumbling health became more and more futile. His body grew weaker day by day, his already slim frame turning skeleton thin, his eyes looking sullen and dark in his sallow face, his cheekbones pronounced, and soon even rising from bed each morning became an incredible challenge.

Wherever he went people whispered. He knew what they said when they thought he couldn't hear them. They said that he was dying. And he believed it too, but nobody knew how or why or what to do. The one thing he was determined to do before his body gave out was to save his unborn child. A fierce protectiveness and flamed in his heart for the little person that had grown inside him. Counting down the days until he could deliver him or her safely into the world.

Sebastian was hard to be around. His own face had grown equally gaunt as the stifling worry of what was to happen held him in its grip. They didn't laugh anymore, and rarely smiled, it was too tiring. He would just sit and hold George's hand and tell him that he loved him. George felt a guilt that he couldn't help every time he looked at him, and wished and wished take away his pain. But it was impossible. So he would just attempt a small smile and squeeze his hand weekly.

Everything hurt and the tiredness became more and more overwhelming each day. It became hard to even think straight.

Soon it became near impossible to leave his bed. He would sleep for hours, then days, until one day he was swallowed by the dark dreamless sleep altogether.

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SEBASTIAN

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Sebastian was fine. That's what he told everyone around him. He was fine, he was coping, he was strong. But it was all a lie.

George was dying.

George was dying and with it he felt like his soul was dying. This was much, much worse than the first time he had lost him. At least then he was taken away, there was something to work towards, a rescue attempt to plan. At least then he didn't have to watch him die.

His face, different to the face he had first loved but George's face all the same, was changed, so deathly pale and withdrawn he looked like he may already be dead if it wasn't for the soft rise and fall of his chest. That rise and fall, the steady and slow beats of his heart were all that held him from falling over the edge of his sanity.

He couldn't go through this pain a second time, not now. And this time, it would hurt all the more after the dreamy happiness that he had allowed himself to enjoy, to waste.

He was so useless. Why couldn't he fix this? There must be a way to save him, to help him.

"Sebastian?"

He blinked, looking back at the doctor who eyed him with an edge of concern and pity.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?"

The doctor sighed, "I said that we should perform the cesarean tomorrow. The baby is ready, and I don't want to risk labour with Georgiana in her current state."

"Right," he said, gazing back at George, gripping his hand tightly, as if his touch could wake him, whilst knowing deep down that it wouldn't work. "Whatever you think is best doctor..."

"You should sleep Sebastian, the kingdom is already suffering from the illness of the princess. I'm sorry there is nothing to do to help her, but with the king and Queen having gone to visit neighbouring kingdoms seeking support, Γ–desfarne needs to see you fit and well."

"Fit and well," he repeated bitterly. "Sure."

The doctor said some more meaningless crap that he ignored, and eventually left with a frustrated sigh. He didn't care. It didn't matter. Nothing matters. Until he comes up with some

miracle way to save George instead of apologising then it was all crap.

He looked at George's swollen belly and felt sick. Sick that he might have done this, that their baby was what was making him sick. Sick with himself for hating the baby that was hurting him, their baby. It wasn't right to hate an innocent baby but he did all the same. Sick with himself most of all.

He got to his feet with a start and walked from George's bedside wrenching open the door. Beyond it Selena stood in shock her hand outstretched as if she had been about to open the door he had unceremoniously pulled from her fingertips.

"Hey," she said, her voice small. Selena too looked like she hadn't slept and oddly it made him feel better. To know that someone else cared.

"Hey," he replied, suddenly unsure where he was going to in such a hurry. His eyes burned, his head throbbed and he felt a little unsteady as he looked down at her, as if he was about to cry or punch a wall. Or maybe both. Fucking hell, was he dying too? It felt like it. He didn't even know himself anymore.

"I brought us tea," she said, and he looked down to see the tray she had cradled in one arm, two steaming teacups sat upon it.

He gave her a grateful smile and moved to let her pass into the room. She placed the tray on the table by the window, at which there were two chairs. The sun streamed in, lighting the dust motes in the air. It was strangly beautiful in a way.

She gracefully walked across the room to George and stroked his hair softly where it lay across the pillow.

"How is she?" She asked.

"Er- the same. They want to do a cesarean tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" She repeated, eyes wide. "Wow, so soon."

"Yeah, something about labour not being safe," he grunted, collapsing into one of the chairs at the table and reaching for the warm tea. Suddenly he found himself unable to look at George's bed at all. His eyes blurred as he looked away, burning heat filling his body. His fingers shook as he put the cup back onto the table.

"Oh Sebastian," Selena said, approaching him and sitting at the table too. "You need to stay strong."

"I'm trying," he choked out, his throat tight as he looked resolutely out of the window.

"I know," she said putting a hand on his tightly clenched fist. "But you're going to be a father tomorrow whether you like it or not. A father to a baby with a mother unable to care for it. You have to be strong for the baby Sebastian, and for her."

"The baby?" he spat. "I don't care about the baby."

Selena was quiet for a moment, graciously averting her eyes as he swiped away the hot tears that fell down his cheeks.

"I don't believe that's true," she said.

He glared out the window. He knew she was right, he did care. But it was hard when it came at the cost of George. What if this baby kills him? How could he ever look at it? At himself? A long quiet moment stretched between them for a while until Selena spoke gain, ever so softly.

"Sebastian. Have you... have you considered going to... to them?"

He blinked, and Selena's cheeks reddened slightly as she bit her lip. To who?"

"The... witches."

He bit back a derisive laugh, "the witches?Really Selena? It's probably them that have done this in the first place!"

"Yes, maybe. Or maybe not," she said, putting her tea back onto its saucer carefully, not meeting his eyes. "But, the doctors say they can't help, perhaps," she looked up at him then, and he was surprised to see the cool assertiveness in her eyes. "Perhaps magic can."

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Sebastian stared at her stony firm expression, then looked to George, still lying corpse like upon the bed and ran a hand through his hair

"Let's say I try it, how could I even contact them?" He asked and Selena's eyes grew dark as she took a deep breath.

"Go outside tonight, when you're alone, and call them. I have a feeling they've been watching you both carefully. They'll come. I'd bet my life on it."

*

"This is so stupid," he muttered under his breath as he walked out into the grounds that night. He looked around to see if anyone would hear him, but there was no one in sight. He pulled up his collar at the cool and crisp air and walked out until the light of the castle was in the distance, but still just close enough that he could see in the gloom.

He cleared his throat, "um.. so... witches? If anyone can hear me, I er- I'm here to talk."

Silence. God he felt like an idiot.

"Anyone? I'm Prince Sebastian, here to discuss my wife's... condition. Georgiana." he paused, "George. I'm asking you to help him. I'm begging in fact. Unless it was you lot that fucking did this in the first place in which case I'm going to hunt each one of you down individually and rip-"

"We did not do this."

The voice was calm and clear in the dark, and his head whipped to it, watching as the blonde witch stepped through the gloom towards him, terrifyingly beautiful.

"At least," she added with an incline of her head, "not intentionally."

"What is that supposed to mean?" He snapped and she smiled a cool smile in response.

"You know, you always have been a charmer Sebastian. What I meant, is that we did not know what would happen."

Sebastian scoffed, "Stop speaking in riddles and get to the point."

The witch laughed, "if you stop interrupting me, then I will. You came to speak to me, remember. Drop the hostility."

He glared at her, fists clenched, jaw tight. She paused as if waiting for Sebastian's retort, but when none came she smiled and continued to speak. "The spells we cast on the prince to make him who he now is took a great deal of magic. We have never done a spell quite on the scale of it before, certainly not on a human. It seems, his body has developed an... intolerance to magic. The very magic in his blood is making him sick, worsened by the magic coming from your baby."

Sebastian frowned, "Wait- what are you saying? The- our baby has magic?"

"We believe so, and so as she has grown, George's health has declined."

"She? She is a she?" He asked. George had been right all along.

"She is a she, yes. A witch in fact."

Sebastian's heart skipped a beat. He looked at the witch, trying to hunt out the lie in her face. But she gazed at him with a confident cool expression. His mind span and the nausea from earlier returned.

"She's a what?" He managed to squeak out.

"A witch. We are quite sure of it."

"No. You're lying," he said, shaking his head and stepping away from her in disgust.

"What advantage do I have for lying? I tell you the truth in the hope that you may trust me."

"Trust a filthy witch?" He spat, laughing incredulously. "I'd rather die right here."

"That can be arranged," she smiled wickedly. "Your daughter is a 'filthy' witch too remember? I think it's long past time that you learned to get along with our kind young prince."

As the shock began to subside, he felt anger began to boil inside him. He had known the witches were up to something all along. He had been played for a fool, and George and his unborn child were the cost.

"This was the plan all along wasn't it? To cast some spell on our child to make her one of you?"

"No. Actually, that was our plan for George."

Sebastian put a hand to his head, every word she spoke was a new revelation. "What?"

"That was one of the reasons why we did what we did in the first place. We thought a royal witch would mean that we would finally be able to achieve peace."

"You? Want peace? Please."

"Not all witches are the same, Sebastian," the witch sighed. "Our coven have wanted peace for a long time."

She approached Sebastian and gave him a look that almost seemed human.

"Our coven leader is sick too. Very sick. It's... hard to explain how it all works but we needed a new witch to save her. We thought George... but he will never be a witch, it was a fools hope at killing two birds with one stone. Achieving peace and saving our leader."

"So all those little chats with George? They were what? Tests?"

"We had to see if he had magic, we were trying to coax it out of him. But it's not there. But your daughter has it, it must be strong for us to be able to sense it already. Just when we thought it was useless, you saved us. Your baby, she could save us. Please."

The witch's expression was for the first time, almost human. Her eyes shone with something that seemed almost like hope.

"Why should I help you? You have killed the person I love more than anyone else in this world."

"Come to the forest, with George and the baby, let her help our coven leader heal. She will know how to help George, I'm sure of it.."

"Why? What has she got to gain? You get your leader back and then kill us is that your plan?"

"We have never killed a human. Ever. Our coven is peaceful," she said, her voice firm and angry.

"You keep saying this but you are killing human currently. Right now! My human, my person," Sebastian cried, clenching his fist, his breathing becoming uneven.

"Our coven leader will help. She is smart, and... she will want to help him."

"Why?"

The witch just stared at him, then closed her eyes as if exhausted by their argument. "When the baby and George are stable, bring them to the woods. We will guide you to The Grove. If you let your daughter save our leader, we will do all that we can to save George. I swear it on the lives of every one of my sisters. But if you don't, they will likely both die, and George definitely will. The choice is yours Sebastian."

He looked at her, desperate to ask more questions but knowing that there was no more she would tell him.

She turned and began to walk into the darkness before pausing and gazing at him one last time with a shrewd smile.

"Oh and Sebastian, don't think about bringing any weapons."

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