The picture moved so he could see Anna’s pussy. It was red and swollen. What had been going on?

“You are so naïve, Wilhelm. You think a pregnancy would really stop me from doing what I need to do?”

“No, Devin, don’t!” Wilhelm shouted as Devin’s hand moved toward Anna.

Devin grinned back at him and began working his hand into Anna’s body. She writhed and groaned as his fingers disappeared. Wilhelm watched and listened in horror at Anna’s whimpers as his hand disappeared into her body.

Wilhelm felt so helpless, watching from thousands of miles away. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Devin was going to take her baby with his bare hands. He knew he’d done it at the Gatherings from Aaron’s reports, but to see it firsthand... it was revolting.

Anna sobbed and begged Devin to stop, and Wilhelm’s eyes filled with tears. He wanted to turn it off, to hang up the phone. But he couldn’t. He could only sit and watch this disgusting creature take his child from Anna’s womb.

Suddenly Devin frowned. He pushed forward, and Anna screamed in pain. His lips pressed together. “I can’t get in.”

Wilhelm saw his forearm muscles flexing, and Anna jerked away from him.

“Fuck.” He removed his hand and frowned.

Relief spread through Wilhelm’s body. Anna’s body was protecting the baby. He was about to say something when Devin spoke again.

“Get the dagger.”

Both Anna’s and Wilhelm’s eyes widened. Ilsa gasped next to him.

“Ilsa,” he said very quietly in German. “Don’t. You shouldn’t watch.”

She crawled behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, leaning her head against his back. He knew by her movements that she was trying not to cry.

Anna was moaning in pain and Devin sat between her legs and looked at him. “Wilhelm. You should know better than to cross me. Especially in my own territory. Now Anna will suffer because of you.”

“Her body is protecting itself. Let the baby be, Devin.” He spoke in a commanding tone.

Devin laughed. “You’d like that, wouldn’t you? That’s what you were counting on?” He laughed again. “No, Wilhelm. I need that womb in a few weeks, and your DNA is in my way. It must be removed.”

“You said yourself, you can’t get in. You’ll kill her if you use the dagger.”

“That’s why I have an Immortal with me. If she dies, he’ll bring her back. Or just prevent her from dying in the first place. That’s better. Less energy wasted.” His cavalier attitude about life and death sickened Wilhelm.

His poor Anna. She was already in so much pain. He could hear her still moaning. God, had arrogance really been his motivation in getting her pregnant? His own pride over her well-being?

“Please don’t,” Wilhelm said softly. “Please, Devin, have mercy on her. For once.”

“Mercy is for weak men, Wilhelm. And I am not weak.”

“It takes a strong man to offer mercy.”

Devin laughed. “You keep telling yourself that.”

A man walked into the room and handed Devin something. He held it up for Wilhelm to see. It was a Brotherhood ceremonial dagger, with a long, thin blade and jeweled handle.

“Say goodbye to your son,” Devin said and kneeled between Anna’s spread legs. He flicked her clit as he inserted the thin blade between her swollen folds. She jumped and jerked with every flick, and she cried out in pain as her body moved around the blade.

Ilsa whimpered behind Wilhelm’s back.

Suddenly Anna let out an ear-piercing scream and her body stiffened. “No!”

The blade was almost all the way in and Devin gave it a final thrust, making Anna scream again. He thrust in and out several times and blood trickled out of her body. Anna kept screaming and moving, making the blade slice into her even more than it already was. Devin pulled it out, and the trickle became a stream.

Wilhelm swallowed back vomit as he watched Devin, once again, push his hand inside Anna’s body and she screamed even louder. Her screams pushed the limits of the phone’s speaker and echoed in his dark bedroom. He wanted to turn the volume down, but couldn’t bring himself to. It would be denying Anna’s suffering. He couldn’t imagine the pain she was in. Her screams and struggle became stronger and her body stiffened and Devin grinned. He pulled his arm out, holding a bloody mass.