The house was quiet, the kind of peaceful silence that usually came after everyone has gone to bed.
Desi stood in the bathroom, gripping the edge of the sink as she stared down at the small pregnancy test in her hand.
Two lines.
Positive.
Her heart pounded, her stomach twisting in a mix of emotions, fear, nervousness, and excitement.
Pregnant.
She is pregnant again for Lucas.
Her fingers trembled as she set the test down on the counter.
This wasn’t supposed to be happening, not now when they were still in the middle of a war with Robert. Not when Lucas was barely recovering from his injuries.
Her breath hitched as she closed her eyes. It all made sense now, the dizziness, the exhaustion, the way her emotions had been all over the place lately.
She’d blamed it on stress, on ever
