Aren't You Supposed to be Happy?

June looked down and shot his wide eyes at the stained white skirt of Lucia's chemise. When blood dripped from the side of the woman's thighs, June felt a thunderous pain radiating between the legs. He cussed in his mind as he fell, not even helping his fall as his arms were bound. Even if he spread the legs open, the wooden block was preventing the masses from seeing what was happening.

However, it wasn't hidden from the others on the platform. The nuns gasped in terror as the pregnant woman was forced into labor from the stress of the execution. Lucia only groaned in pain as she couldn't form the words she needed. She reached out her hand toward the priest, knowing that he was the only one who could help her.

It's just that… Tobias's eyes were still filled with frost… and disgust. He turned toward the woman and watched her writhe in great pain, trying to deliver the baby that was coming out of her.