-Ashes-
“Please! Wait!” Halia pleaded, just as I took a step back.
I paused, curious to hear what she would say in her final moments.
“I-I’m pregnant.”
I stared at her for a few seconds, trying to process her words, before shaking my head in disbelief, almost wanting to laugh. “It’s been so long since I was with you last—not since I returned from killing the escaped prisoners.”
“You were drunk!” she insisted.
“I’ve never been drunk around you.”
She bit her lip, desperately trying to continue the lie. She knew it was the only thing that might save her life. But if she truly was pregnant, it certainly wasn’t with my child. But I wouldn’t have been surprised if she had sought pleasure elsewhere. I wouldn’t have even cared if she hadn’t killed my child. But she did. Besides, I would hav
