YOU'RE PREGNANT

“I feel…weird. My head’s a bit fuzzy, but I’m fine, I think. Can you tell me what happened?”

“You don’t remember anything?” King asked softly.

“Not exactly, sorry.”

“Well, you passed out again. We went into the forest to investigate the ward that had been tampered with, and…”

And then her memories came rushing back with full force. The recollection slammed into her with unexpected strength, and she felt like she had just been rudely thrown into a cold pool of water.

She remembered feeling the ward trigger and rushing into the forest with King. She had really hoped to find a clue about their target, but instead all they’d found was the young boy who had been hurt and left for dead.

Emilia remembered how that had felt. The boy had lost a lot of blood and she was going to lose him. She had felt it. She had checked her reserves and had known that she did not have enough to bring the boy back.

And yet, she had managed to stitch him back together. She had checked to make sure she wasn’t tra