**Elena**
I stared at my reflection in the mirror. My belly looked like I'd just eaten too much, but I knew better. The bump was starting to show.
That dull ache in my lower abdomen was still there, but the nurse had checked, said everything was fine.
Good. I needed to be fine. Trisha had it coming, and I needed to be fine to give her a taste of her own medicine.
Knock, knock.
I opened the door. Ivana.
“What took you so long?” I pulled her inside. “It’s been three days.”
“I’m sorry, my queen,” she said, breathless. “It wasn’t easy dodging the guards. But I switched the Golden Villa’s lock. These are the new keys.”
She handed them over.
“And the surveillance camera?”
“I didn’t get close enough,” she said, lowering her voice, “but from where I placed it, someone could make out a s
