Thirteen years ago, only two years since Jinx left the all-girl school she attended. She thought her future would be adventurous, but instead, she found herself alone, hunted and unexpectedly pregnant.
Jinx stumbled through the forest, the rain pouring down in relentless sheets, soaking her to the bone. She clutched her swollen belly, pain and fear coursing through her veins. She had been wandering for days, far from the rogue settlement, trying to find a safe place to give birth to her child. But fate had other plans.
The pain intensified, and Jinx let out a strangled cry as she fell to her knees, the wet earth beneath her providing no comfort. Her breathing became labored, her vision blurry from the tears that mixed with the rain on her face.
"Please, no," she whispered, her voice ba
