Chapter 103.

Kane.

I held Rune tightly in my arms, refusing to let go, even as we arrived in our bedroom.

I sat at the edge of the bed in the dimly lit room, with her body on mine, just holding her close because I knew she needed the support, and because I just needed her close to me.

I gently rocked her back and forth, none of us saying a thing, just sitting in silence with the multitudes of things we had to say to each other hovering above our heads.

“Kane?” Rune broke the silence.

“Hm?”

“What if I miscarry this child?”

My body stiffened at the question as I wasn’t expecting it.

I imagined Rune would be having a hard time with Caden’s death, witnessing it firsthand even though I tried to cover the view, but I didn’t think it’d be bad to the extent she was having thoughts of our unborn child dying.

“I told you to do away with those thoughts, did I not?”

She said nothing until a few minutes had passed before she spoke up again, angling her face a little to my side.

“Kane?” The poor lighting o