AURORA’S POV: Each day passed with its own theme. Some were peaceful, others filled with taunt. Today felt... mixed. I couldn’t place the feelings, Kasper had gone grocery shopping, leaving me alone in the house. I had chosen to stay back. But the silence was suffocating. Something felt odd. The old patio chair creaked softly as I stood up, my hands bracing my heavy bump. It felt unusually heavy, as if it might pull me down or just fall off. I moved carefully into the house. My feet dragged until I reached the bed. I gently laid myself on the bed. Facing up to avoid putting pressure on my belly It's been so hard to lay comfortably. Even laying on the bed, the strange feeling didn’t go away. I shifted. Tossed. Turned. Still, none of those moves brought me relief. I also tried to

