tiana

faint, twisted smile touching the corner of her mouth befo

r face. She released her grip, and the porcelain bowl cras

omen with both hands as she curled up on the b

ing body with my mind blank. I had measured every sin

d across the silk sheets, her piercing shrieks

open with a loud bang. Enzo rushed in like a sto

lunged to the bedside and pulle

t burns..." Brittanie gasped, her trembling fingers po

lare at me, the murderous rage in

you put in

lming blossoms and moonlight grass!" I shouted back

e guards outside the door before lifting Britta

n the floor. As the steam cleared, my nose caught a faint, sharp metallic

ittanie had handled the bowl and stirred it with a spoon after I set down the tray. Both needed to be tested against th

tal bench outside the emergency pod at the

sper Petty walked out, pulling off his surgical m

er dust, causing severe uterine spasms. Fortunately, yo

ult appeared at the top, but the fetal assessment below it cited a scan from three days earlier. There were no current fetal fin

ee from the guard and lunged forward. "Where are today's findin

ac

knocking my head sharply to the side. The metallic t

st heaving as he looked down a

ou were so consumed by jealousy over my heir that

him through blurred eyes. Five years of marriage, and

th with my thumb, my voice dropping to a flat, dead monotone. "Chec

herbs," Enzo said coldly. "But estate security collected and sealed th

"Were those collected separately and tested? You have footage of what I put

e on your excuses." He reached inside his suit jacket. He pulled o

eet. Looking down, I read the bold black title on the top p

k Pack," Enzo said from above me. "If you ever come within ten f

nly vanished, replaced by a hollow, freezing calm. I let out a quiet laugh,

remember that you were the o

out the front doors of the Sanctum. Stepping into the cold wind, I pulled