Ruby's POV
I didn’t sleep.
Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t. My body ached in too many places, my mind ran in too many circles, and every sound outside the door had me flinching. I sat in the bed for hours,blanket pushed away, hands curled over my stomach, the candlelight dimming as the night wore on.
It was early evening when he came back.
I had just stepped out of the bath, wrapped in one of the silk robes he’d so thoughtfully laid out. The water had done little to soothe the ache in my chest or the fire in my head. I still felt sore, raw, stretched too thin beneath my skin. Like grief and fear were pushing out from the inside.
My belly had grown.
Five months now. I could see it when I stood in front of the mirror: rounder, firmer. A promise and a warning all at once.
And Jake not
