ur

l and another two weeks since I got confined into a corner of the

sold our house; Isadora sold the only place I called home. Having no other option, I hung my head between my shoulders

eady to invite me to their 'newly weds' private time, inviting me to their room whene

y parents these past few days for leaving me in this cruel, wicked world, if they had been here, I wouldn't have been in the palace working

essie groaned as

, I am beginning to gro

The cross was mine to bear, I didn't need to disturb others with my pain

r your tears, especially not your sister and her husband.” Jessie was a friend I made during my times as Ethan's girlfriend and has been t

dache that came with it was severe, the body pains and the nausea, they were all strange and frightening and t

ave been taking the aspirin for the last four days without any improvement

cent of the soap the maids had used in bathing and later gave in to throwing up to the scent of my soap. Once I was d

sorting the clothes out, the room began to spin, I leaned against the wall with my rubbed my thumbs against my temples but that did nothing t

iving no feedback from Jessie, I started on the clothes to avoid Isador

head spun again. My head turn

I wasn't sure she heard me, so I pushed myself off the washing machine and made for t

to the room, and the fear in her eyes were the last

*

I pressed my elbows into the bed and propped myself up on the bed just in time for Jessie and the doctor to wal

shing to my side, "I was worried something had ha

two on your behalf.” Dr. Kings adde

ry, I will try my best to cover for you.” I gave her a smile and a sm

ut an envelope from the pocket of his ho

use I knew there was nothing going on in

s is that

d out the envelope, "you are th

ed out the test results to see the 'positive' and 'twenty-one days pregn

n't it?” I looked down at the paper and my name,

was still speaking. I held the paper in my hands and rose from the bed, uninterested in any other word

o has refused to shine its lights upon the earth or, maybe, upon me. The chirping of the c

m? With my sister by his side as his wife? Would be even entertain the topic after he had alrea

against the rough ground, scrapped h

that were threatening to escape my eyes. 'Talk to him about this and he w

cold night as I rubbed my stomach, my tear

nd pulled myself up the ground, det

s crowned king. I attached the result to the letter and slid into his study and placed the letter in the middle of the book

nd waited for Ethan to send for me

even with little strength and rushed to the door, to my disappointment, a guard

the walls of my chest as I

I wondered, 'didn't this de

pressing my back against it, with shaky hands, I tore the lette

shoulders fell with ev

, Ethan Balor, deny your claims and whatever it is you claim to carry. I, Ethan Ba

u do away with it. If you want to live to see another

play such games with me again, I promise you, my face will be the last thing you see on earth

I crumbled to the groun

breaking my heart, but this was t

my everything from the moment I discovered it, so nothing was g

leave the palace and its environment or even, Sturgeon

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