“I’m fine. Nothing hurts, and I don’t have any contractions,” Raena sighed, ignoring the hand that kept pressing gently on her stomach, checking on the baby’s condition. The old healer gave her a concerned look, but she ignored him. She wasn’t sure when she had stopped crying, but she no longer felt the overwhelming fear and suffocating panic of the chase. She couldn’t remember ever being so scared—not when she woke up in this world, not when she was almost kidnapped by Rissen’s men, not even when Zen took her. But watching her child tremble, trip, and fall as Raena pulled her in a rush broke something in her. If it wasn’t for Lydia telling she was scared and wanted to go home to her daddy, Raena wasn’t sure they would have made it that far. Now, Raena was safe, the baby was safe, and Ly

