Chloe’s pov
With a deep breath, I nodded, my heart pounding against my ribs like a wild creature desperate for freedom. The forest, shrouded in a dense canopy, allowed only fragments of sunlight to pierce through, casting a mesmerizing dance of dappled shadows upon the mossy floor.
Beside me stood Larisa, my dearest friend and confidante, her eyes filled with a potent mixture of hope and determination.
"I am," I replied, my voice steady and resolute, though a swarm of butterflies fluttered in my stomach, threatening to consume me. "This journey, my friend, may be fraught with challenges and perils unknown, but I am ready to face them head-on.
My child, my precious one, deserves nothing short of a life filled with joy and endless possibilities. And I, I shall stop at nothing to make t
