Signs of Miscarriage

RHEA'S POV

(Content Warnings: Blood, Miscarriage Mention)

That night, Aleksander's embrace lulled me to sleep. After a relaxing shower together and a stomach full of good food, he took me into his arms and played with my hair until I passed out. It didn't take long for dreams to steal me away lately. I began snoring as soon as my head hit the pillow.

In the late-night hours after I'd fallen asleep, a visceral wrongness descended upon me.

Startled awake by an instinct that something happened to me it was still happening. Perhaps it was only the beginning.

Exhaustion fled my body as icy panic flared within my chest. Whatever it was, my eyes snapped open to the heavy darkness of the bedroom. A blanket of shadows blocked out any light from illuminating my path, which let me know the hour was late.

My limbs scrambled to get up from the bed. Shoving at the blankets tangled around me and rolling away from Aleksander's heavy frame. He groaned in his sleep at the movement but didn't wake. I w