Delphine pov
The faint light of dawn crept through the cracks in the curtains, but I didn’t feel its usual warmth. Something was different today—an unshakable unease had settled deep in my chest. It was the kind of feeling that gnawed at you, whispering promises of chaos even before the day began.
As I swung my legs over the side of the bed, the cool wooden floor greeted me, grounding me for just a second. My hands instinctively cradled the small bump of my stomach, a quiet reminder of the one innocent thing I still had in this life. The life growing within me gave me courage, even on days like this.
But that courage felt fragile, like a thread stretched too thin, threatening to snap under the weight of everything else. My past, my mistakes, my heartbreak—they all hovered like storm clo
