-Laelia-
I was in agony, screaming, with only shadows and muffled voices above me as I drifted in and out of consciousness. I knew I was going to die. The pain shooting through my body told me that. I was done for…
My child. I groaned, trying to reach for him. His life was tied to mine… My next thought was of Ashes. He would never get to meet him, and when he returned, he wouldn’t just have lost a son—he would have lost me too.
We had our ups and downs, hated each other at times, wanting nothing to do with one another, only to eventually lose our hearts to each other. And now, we would never get a chance to make peace.
A warm memory of Ashes’ lips meeting mine made the pain subside, and I felt like I was drowning—drowning in the warmth of him.
“Ashes…”
I could hear people shouting
