A foul temper had settled over Emilia like a cloak of misery. She wished she could ignore it, swallow down the hurt and longing that unspooled in her chest.Yet, the sadness was there and the mood had followed. She felt petty and petulant, but the feelings had taken root in her mind and now there was no remedy for them.
The day had begun cheerfully. Emilia had begun to feel the baby’s movements in her womb, little flutters of kicking feet and stretching arms. But when Faren placed his hand on her belly, he hadn’t been able to sense anything…until this morning.
Faren and Emilia had both been slow to rise from their bed, instead spending a few extra moments nestled against each other beneath the covers. Faren’s hand was draped across Emilia’s waist when he felt a tiny thump from beneath he
