Soraya’s POV
We were back at home and Xander had tucked me into bed. As I lay there all I could think about was how Ajana had been so frightened. Xander had said that Gaia had given her something to help her sleep, I had refused to be sedated. The last thing I wanted was to sleep this away, even though I felt numb right now… I knew that the pain would kick in at some point.
Back at the hospital, I’d been in such a state until Xander got there and put his arms around me. I couldn’t afford to fall apart right now, the kids needed to know that I was okay and my parents would be so relieved when they saw me in the morning. The truth of the matter was that I blamed myself, Stacy had told me to take prenatal vitamins and I was the one that refused to wear that damned dress when Nikolaj told m
