Betrayal can leave a person so damaged that they feel beyond repair, and the same was true for Kiara. Her mind was trapped in a relentless cycle of despair. The thought of being trapped for eternity, with no escape, not even through death, because of the child growing inside her, weighed heavily on her. In the days before her collapse, her body seemed to betray her, slipping further out of her control.
It wasn't that the poor girl wasn't trying to survive; she was. But no matter how hard she tried, everything felt like slipping away. The walls of the chamber suffocated her, a constant reminder of her entrapment. Though she didn't want to admit it, her master's closeness terrified her. Sharing the same bed was a nightly ordeal; her body would tremble uncontrollably, and her breath would g
