[ WP ] A pregnant woman discovers that , by absorbing the stem cells of her foetus , she is able to regenerate her own organs . Theoretically , if she continues to get pregnant , she can live forever .

Anne's followed her routine for years. 
 
 She woke up, put on a makeup, her best dress, and went to work. She did n't need a job per se: over the years, she'd managed to accumulate quite a fortune that she turned into a passive income, but the job was the best way to socialize and meet new people, which was an integral part of her survival. She had come to learn that every man dreamed of a work romance, whether they were single or married, and she had honed her skills with countless tries to make that dream come true for each and every of them. 
 
 There were other options, of course. With her money, she could just go to a clinic, pretend for a few days that she was choosing a sperm donor for her child, and then just pay for the procedure that would extend her youth by another year or so. She could also go a nightclub - she did n't even remember when was the last time she failed to get what she needed from those places. And one time she even decided to buy a cottage specifically for her own gigolo - a young good-for-nothing guy who eagerly believed that he was *that* good in bed. 
 
 But all of those options lacked one thing: a thrill of a hunt. A good lover was rare, and over the decades Anne had come to stop loving sex. To her, it was just a mechanical process, like eating or sleeping. It had lost its appeal. However, the excitement of another victory, of breaking through someone's complexes or beliefs or loyalties - the more, the better - was always there for her. There were n't many things that could incite the rush of emotions as seeing another family man falling to his knees in front of her at 8 PM in the office when the only one who could see them was the personnel. 
 
 Of course, there were a lot of tears and drama. Anne had seen dozens of marriages crumble, but what did those things mean to her? She was too old for someone to understand her, and everybody else died too quickly for her to grow accustomed to them, so the lives of other people meant little to her. The only purpose that fate had for her was to live for herself, to pursue her own goals and ambitions - which over the years had reverted to a simplistic pursuit of pleasure. Nothing else ultimately mattered. Nothing else could keep up with her. 
 
 Of course, Anne sometimes wondered if her age gave her any right to treat other people like that, but she was always quick to disregard those thoughts. Her life, her survival revolved around devouring her unborn children, like a hamster stuck in a cage with its own kin, so there was not much place left for anything else in her heart. 
 
 Sometimes she wondered if she could start over. Maybe she could use the help of those surrogate mothers, the help of someone whose womb was n't a cannibalistic muncher so that she could finally have her own children, but such thoughts brought painful memories with them. The memories of her dying husband, distraught that he did n't leave any successor for his kingdom, of people accusing her of witchcraft, and of the secretive life that she had led since then. The Inquisition was long since gone, but Anne had been changing her workplace and name every 5 years. Just to be sure. 
 
 She had been following this routine for centuries. 
 
 * ( Author's Note: Queen Anne is a real historical figure who had 18 pregnancies, all of them resulting in stillborn children ) * 
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