After I Escaped the Shifter World, My Mates Lost Their Minds

I was bound to a Blessed Lineage System and thrown into a world of shifters. After a rabbit shifter named Rowan saved me, we slowly fell in love. Together, we had three little rabbit babies. But soon, the other shifter clans discovered my strange gift. While Rowan was out hunting, they took me away and forced me to bear their heirs. Rabbit shifters were born weak. To bring me back, Rowan fought with everything he had in the arena, only to be beaten down by the stronger clans. All he could do was watch as they dragged me away. When I finally escaped and returned to him, he did not despise me. Instead, he treated me even more tenderly, doing everything he could to make it up to me. But over the next five years, I was taken eight times. Again and again, I gave birth to children who were not his. I begged the system to send me home. But it told me I could never go back. Then, one day, I was taken again. Before I lost consciousness, I heard Rowan speaking to a wolf shifter. “Don’t hurt Ayla. She’s afraid of pain. Once she gives birth, send her back to me.” The wolf shifter let out a cold laugh. “She’s just a breeding vessel. Why are you acting so worried? Don’t worry. You’ll get what I promised. I’m far more generous than that black serpent.” Only then did I understand. Rowan had been trading me for resources all along. And because I was afraid he would blame himself, I had foolishly endured all that pain for him. I had almost given up completely. Then the system’s cold voice, silent for so long, suddenly rang in my mind. [Ding. System mission updated. Once the host has continued the bloodline of every shifter clan, she may return to her original world.] I froze. Only two clans were left. The wolves. And the foxes. Chapter 1 When I woke again, I was lying in Fenrir’s den. The wolf shifter was beside me, awkwardly trying to untie the cords around my cloak. The moment he saw my eyes open, he covered my mouth with his hand and warned me in a low voice. “Human, don’t scream. Give me an heir, and I won’t hurt you.” I widened my eyes innocently. Then I brushed my lips lightly against his palm. Fenrir froze. A flush spread across his face, and he jerked his hand back as if he had been burned. “What are you doing?” I reached up and wrapped my arms around his neck. Then I let my fingers trail over the thick silver fur of his tail. “Fenrir,” I whispered. “I’ll give you a child.” Those words snapped the last thread of his restraint. For the next few days, I never left his den. Maybe my obedience pleased him. After confirming I was carrying his child, Fenrir did not lock me in a cage the way the others had. He did not chain me. He did not restrict where I could go. That day, as usual, Fenrir left to hunt. The moment he was gone, I slipped out and headed for the fox clan’s territory. Kael, the fox shifter, looked stunned when he saw me appear at his door. “Human? What are you doing here? Didn’t Fenrir take you?” I pretended to trip and fell straight into his arms. Kael’s heartbeat instantly quickened. The tips of his ears turned red, and he did not dare meet my eyes. I leaned closer on purpose. “Doesn’t the fox clan need heirs too?” Kael’s breath caught. The next second, he swept me into his arms and carried me inside. The system immediately realized what I was trying to do and rushed to warn me. [Host, carrying children from two clans at the same time may be dangerous. Please consider this carefully.] I ignored it. The system’s voice grew more anxious. [Only two shifter clans remain. There is no need to rush.] But I did not want to endure even one more day as someone else’s vessel. I no longer trusted the system. It had deliberately hidden the real mission from me, trapping me here so I would keep bearing children and feeding it energy. Now, I trusted only myself. For three days in a row, I secretly met with Kael. That day, I returned late. Fenrir caught me the moment I stepped back into his den. Before he could question me, I deliberately exposed the faint marks at my throat. Then I lifted my head, tears hanging at the corners of my eyes. “He bullied me…” Fenrir stared at me. Slowly, a fierce anger burned in his gaze. “Who?” I only kept crying without answering. Fenrir found his answer in my silence. He grabbed the iron war hammer beside the wall and stormed out. “That damned fox. He waited this many years. He couldn’t wait a few more days?” The corner of my mouth lifted. I wiped away my tears and followed him to watch the show. By the time I arrived, Fenrir and Kael were already locked in a brutal fight. Neither of them held back. Every strike was harder than the last. “You knew it was the wolf clan’s turn. How dare you touch her?” “And why should the fox clan be last?” Kael snarled back. “Were you all planning to wipe us out together?” I stood off to the side and watched, calm and untouched. Rowan arrived in a panic after hearing the news. Only after confirming I was unharmed did he finally let out a breath of relief. “Ayla, I’m sorry. I failed to protect you again.” “I challenged Fenrir a few days ago, but I lost.” His eyes reddened as he looked at me. “Next time, I won’t let them take you from me again.” Chapter 2 I had heard those words too many times before. Every time, Rowan came back bruised and bloodied. Not once had he ever managed to bring me home. I quietly eased my hand out of his and stepped away. “It’s all right. I know you did your best. “Once I give them the heirs they want, they’ll let me go.” I had repeated that comfort countless times. But this time, Rowan stared into my eyes for a long moment. Something in me had changed. He could sense it. He just did not know what it was. Carefully, almost nervously, he tried to soothe me. “The strawberries in the back garden are ripe. I’ll pick some for you tomorrow, all right?” I blinked in surprise. Hadn’t he planted those strawberries especially for our rabbit babies? Before I could answer, Fenrir stormed over. “Rowan, what are you doing here? Ayla is with me now.” Kael followed behind him, wiping blood from the corner of his mouth. His usual carefree smirk was already back in place. “With you?” he drawled. “She’s carrying a child of the fox clan too.” Rowan went still. “What does that mean?” Kael seemed to think Rowan was upset because the fox clan had not yet delivered the resources promised in exchange for me. “Relax,” he said. “Once the child is born, the fox clan will give you everything we owe.” “No.” Rowan’s expression tightened. “Ayla, don’t listen to him. I don’t know what he means.” I held his gaze. Fox shifters were clever by nature. Kael saw Rowan’s guilt at once, but he did not expose him. Rowan tried to say more, but I cut him off. “I’m tired. I want to rest.” After that, I stopped showing my hatred toward the shifters. They thought I had finally accepted my fate. They thought I was willing to cooperate and become the bloodline breeding tool for their clans. So they stopped watching me so closely. They let me move freely between their territories. They even began discussing, openly and without shame, which clan would claim me next. Rowan finally panicked. He said he would take me away. I gave a quiet, bitter laugh. “Where would we go? Every time we run, they find us.” “There has to be a way,” Rowan said. “This time, I swear I’ll protect you.” I did not believe him. But I agreed to leave with him anyway. I wanted to know how he would betray me this time. That night, Rowan took me and our three rabbit babies deep into an empty forest. For a while, the five of us lived as though we had returned to the life we once had. But the peace lasted only a month. Our three little ones fell ill, one after another. Rowan left to search for healing herbs. He never came back. In the end, Fenrir and Kael came for me. I did not say a word on the journey back. Kael’s ears twitched uneasily. After a long silence, he finally told me the truth. “Ayla, Rowan traded you to us for medicine to save the rabbit children. “Wake up. To shifters, bloodlines come first. Love…” He could not bring himself to finish. Later, Kael told me the medicine had not saved them. All three rabbit babies died. When I saw Rowan again, he was kneeling before three small graves, burying them with his own hands. Grief had hollowed him out. His head remained lowered as he spoke. “I’m too weak. “I couldn’t protect you. I couldn’t protect our children. “Ayla… what am I supposed to do?” I placed flowers before the graves and spoke softly. “Rowan, then become stronger.” “Only the strong can protect the people they claim to love.” For a while, he said nothing. Then he slowly raised his head. A strange smile appeared on his face. “I’m the only one without a child now. “I can’t fall behind them. “Ayla, you’ll help me, won’t you?” Before I could move, he grabbed my wrist and pulled me inside. I stared straight into his eyes. “Rowan, I’m already carrying two children.” For one brief second, hesitation crossed his face. Then it disappeared. “It’ll be fine,” he said hoarsely. “I need this child.” The system’s voice erupted in my mind. [Host, I cannot sustain three bloodlines at once. Reject him immediately.] I did not fight. I only closed my eyes. One tear slipped down my cheek. It was disappointment. And relief. I had believed Rowan had betrayed me only because he had been forced into it. I had believed that beneath his weakness, he still cared for me. But I had only been deceiving myself. One more month. In one more month, I would finally leave this world. Chapter 3 After that night, I was carrying the heirs of three clans at once. Rabbit. Wolf. Fox. The news threw the entire shifter world into an uproar. Once the clans learned I could carry heirs from different bloodlines at the same time, they began dreaming of an endless future of descendants. Over the days that followed, Rowan, Fenrir, and Kael took turns caring for me. Rowan had always been gentle and attentive. He handled my meals, my medicine, and every small detail of my daily life. Fenrir was not good with words, but every day he brought back the best game he could find, determined to keep me strong. Kael was the lightest presence of all. He stayed at my side, making jokes and trying to keep me smiling. There were moments when I almost believed they cared for me. Almost believed they saw me as something more than the means to continue their bloodlines. But I knew better than to expect human morality from shifters. Carrying three bloodlines weakened me badly. The clan healer examined me and warned that the pregnancy was too dangerous. “If you carry all three to term,” he said gravely, “you may not survive the birth.” He advised them to choose one bloodline to let go. None of them would. Fenrir was the first to refuse. “This was supposed to be the wolf clan’s turn. If anyone steps aside, it should be one of you.” Kael paced the room, his expression strained. “This is the fox clan’s first heir in generations. I can’t be the one to give that up.” Rowan looked toward the little graves in the yard, his voice distant. “The rabbit clan is weak. We can’t compete with the others. “If we lose this chance, who knows how long we’ll have to wait for another?” Then he turned back to me and softened his voice. “Ayla, you’ll be fine. I’ll find the best healer in every territory.” Just then, the system appeared again. [Host, you may relinquish the rabbit heir. The rabbit-clan continuation task is already complete.] Its voice was unusually urgent. [As long as the wolf and fox heirs are born, you may still return to your original world. There is no need to take this risk.] Ever since I became pregnant with Rowan’s child, the system had been pleading with me every day. Again and again. I had already given birth thirteen times in this world. After every birth, the system would go dormant for a while, drained by the energy it had expended. At first, I had not been completely sure. But now, watching its panic, I knew my guess had been right. I would go home. But I would not let the system that had trapped me here walk away untouched. I rested a hand over my swollen stomach and smiled faintly. “No. I’m not giving up any of them. “They’ll be here in a week. I’m looking forward to meeting them.” Because the moment they arrived would be the moment I left. All three men let out a breath of relief. “The wolf clan is strong,” Fenrir said. “I’ll protect you from now on.” “The fox clan will protect you too,” Kael added. “I don’t care about the black serpent clan, the bear clan, or anyone else.” Rowan looked at me with hopeful eyes. “When the rabbit baby is born, we can live happily together again. Just like before.” I smiled and nodded. Inside, I laughed. Shifters' promises were worth nothing. For the sake of bloodlines, they would say anything. A week passed in the blink of an eye. When the day finally came, the pain was worse than anything I had ever endured. I clutched the sheets as wave after wave of agony tore through me. Outside the room, Fenrir and Kael had no idea what to do. “Is she going to be all right?” Fenrir asked, his voice tight. “She sounds like she’s in so much pain,” Kael said. “What if something happens?” “Stop saying that.” Rowan stood at the door with his fists clenched, staring through the narrow opening. “Ayla will be fine. She’s done this before. “She’ll be safe this time too.” But I could not hear them. The pain swallowed everything. At last, after hours that felt endless, three cries filled the room one after another. [Ding. Congratulations, Host. Bloodline Continuation Mission complete. Preparing return to original world.] At last. I was free. Then the healer suddenly cried out. “She’s too weak. We can’t stop the bleeding!” At the same time, the system’s voice rang out again. [Ding. System energy depleted. Initiating self-destruction protocol.] [Destruction countdown: three… two…] As darkness closed over me, I heard the system laugh. [Host, do you really think destroying me means you’re free?] [I left you a parting gift.] [Enjoy it.]